The Commentary Magazine Podcast

The details of the ceasefire/hostage negotiations in Doha between Israel and Hamas are not viewed favorably on today's podcast, to put it mildly, and suggest there may be danger ahead when it comes to the Trump administration and what it's willing to do to claim successes. And we also view unfavorably Jack Smith's report on how, yeah, he woulda gotten Trump convicted if it weren't for you meddling voters! Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The ongoing disaster in California has exposed the failures of the dominant ideology of the American left just as the moment that its transmission vector, the mainstream media, is going the way of the dodo. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is the connection between the policy failures in California, the fires that continue to rage, and progressive ideology dating back a century? We break it down. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Los Angeles fires might prove a hinge moment in 21st century political history depending on how California's progressive leaders respond to the calamity and how to rebuild after the crisis is over. We discuss this and Trump's response. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The incoming president gave a press conference yesterday, and what a press conference it was, from Greenland to Panama to Canada to NATO to Ukraine, and the threat of unleashed hell in the Middle East should the hostages remain in Hamas captivity upon his inauguration. We break it down. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why did Justin Trudeau step down? Why is Facebook giving up on "content moderation"? Why do people no longer trust "experts" who may not really be experts? Why did Biden give a Medal of Freedom to George Soros...and George Romney? Give a listen.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Republicans are staying united as Donald Trump nears his swearing-in—with the shadow of Judge Merchan's determination to sentence him as a felon later this week. Meanwhile, the Biden foreign-policy team makes its case for its success as we try not to laugh. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The only way to combat the kind of Islamist mass murder that took place in New Orleans this week is to...combat Islamism, both abroad and at home. We talk about how before we talk about Republicans in the House and last-minute Biden moves to control and contain the new administration. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first podcast of 2025 reckons with the horror in New Orleans and the attempted horror in Las Vegas before discussing the damage done to the Democratic Party by its own ideological blinders and its decision to gaslight America about the president's condition and his family's financial shenanigans. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this holiday podcast, we offer cheer and warning in equal measure and then talk about...sitcoms and Christmas movies! Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's holiday podcast questions concern how we Commentaryites define ourselves in terms of the generations we come from, and what indelible encounters we've had in our lives with meaningful people. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's special podcast offers a glimpse into how we prepare for each morning's conversation, and we offer some vacation spot tips as well. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's holiday podcast, we answer a viewer's question about when and how we all met, and what is going on behind us (if you watch us on YouTube). Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's special holiday podcast, John talks with COMMENTARY contributor Rick Marin about his article "The Anti-Woke King of Hollywood" and what's in Taylor Sheridan's special sauce. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's special holiday podcast provides you with our list of the shows we liked the best on streaming and broadcast in 2024. Give a listen!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On our last news podcast of the year, we take up the Wall Street Journal story delineating the facts of the Biden cognitive cover-up, which now, it appears, dates back as far as 2020. Aside from the governing crisis the refusal of his cabinet and vice president created by failing to intervene as the Constitution requires, the Biden story also highlights the collapse of liberals and liberal institutions and the loss of legitimacy their behavior over the past four years has engendered. How? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's podcast explores the existential pit in which House speaker Mike Johnson finds himself and whether there's any way out. Also, Israel continues to fight the fight for Western civilization while others scoff and belittle. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should Donald Trump be paying as much attention to dealing with the problems he actually resolved by winning the election, like his beef with Liz Cheney and the Des Moines Register poll? On the other hand, what if one of the witnesses who testified before the January 6 committee was encouraged to change a story she had already told under oath? Also, how on earth does Mike Johnson get out of his "we gotta pay for the government somehow" pickle? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's podcast notes the extraordinarily different tone and approach taken by Donald Trump in his first press conference as president-elect and what it might tell us about the kind of presidency we might be seeing. And what on earth was going on at the White House Hanukkah party? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's podcast examines the ramifications and emanations and penumbra arising from ABC's stunning decision to settle with Donald Trump after George Stephanopoulos wrongly said he had been found guilty of rape. What does this say about the mainstream media, and how does it connect to the drone story? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices