Podcast Episodes

Is It OK to Compare Zelenskyy to Churchill?

Andrew Roberts, the foremost Churchill biographer, joins the podcast today to discuss Ukraine and grants his imprimatur to analogies suggesting Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is a present-day…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

The State of Biden's Union Is Lousy

Matt Continetti joins the podcast today to do a post-mortem on Joe Biden’s SOTU—featuring an Abe Greenwald rant about how cheap the speech was that you simply gotta hear. As you have to hear the rest…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Preparing For the Worst

With the Russians changing tactics and advancing relentlessly on population centers in Ukraine, the podcast crew wonders how the West will react when the horror begins to escalate. And why can’t the …

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Should We Be Triumphant or Terrified?

By all accounts, Russia’s war in Ukraine is going badly for Moscow. Vladimir Putin is now confronted with a geopolitical environment that is wholly arrayed against Western interests. That’s good for …

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

The Fog of War

Today’s podcast takes up the early moments of the Ukraine war and whether things are going well or badly for Russia. We also talk about Biden’s speech, the lifting of COVID restrictions by the CDC, a…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

It Begins

Matthew Continetti joins the podcast to discuss the outbreak of the Russian war on Ukraine and what the next steps might be—and what it all portends for the future of American politics and the Right.…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

You'll Miss Pax Americana Now That It's Gone

Bret Stephens joins the podcast today to discuss the latest on Ukraine and Biden, and later, we finally take on the “nat-cons.” Give a listen. Source

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Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

The Dawn of a Darker Era

After weeks of waiting, Russia is making its move on Ukraine. Will the Western response meet the measure of the moment? Bloomberg columnist Eli Lake joins the podcast to discuss this and a report all…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Invasion Weekend?

The COMMENTARY podcast welcomes tech columnist James B. Meigs back to the show as Russian troops converge on Ukraine ahead of what looks like a pivotal weekend. Will Russia invade, or will it allow t…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

The Double Standard, Again and Again

So we’re supposed to be concerned about Donald Trump and his accountants but we’re supposed to dismiss special prosecutor John Durham and his findings—this, anyway, is what the mainstream media are t…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago