Commentary Magazine Podcast

In this pre-Thanksgiving COMMENTARY podcast, the gang (minus an under-the-weather Noah Rothman) discusses Donald Trump’s anti-presidential attitude and whether there’s an upside to it. We also consider the new partisan turn in the response to ongoing sexual-misconduct allegations. Give a listen.  Don’t forget to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes.

On the first of this holiday week's COMMENTARY podcasts, we delve into the question of what the sexual harassment scandals of the past seven weeks have in common with previous moments in American history. And we talk tax reform and where you can get a cheap cooked turkey. Give a listen.

In the second COMMENTARY podcast of the week, the crew (Noah’s still on vacation) makes sense of the continued allegations against Senate candidate Roy Moore, the new allegation against Senator Al Franken, the reemerging allegations against Bill Clinton, and the whole state of our post-Weinstein culture. We also reflect on the Republican tax-cut push and what its success would mean for Donald Trump. Give a listen. Don’t forget to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes.

On the first COMMENTARY podcast of the week, the gang (minus Noah Rothman) covers the accusations of sexual misconduct against the Roy Moore, his strange defense, and his even stranger defenders. We also talk about President Trump's press conference with Rodrigo Duterte and the explosive news of a massive cyberattack on the NSA. Give a listen. Don’t forget to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes.

On the second podcast of the week, the COMMENTARY crew takes up the question of how bad the 2017 election results are for the GOP and what they herald for next year, whether the damage might be mitigated by a tax reform bill, and whether Democrats can be responsible stewards of their own future and keep themselves from going off the ledge into a leftist maelstrom. Then we discuss the terrifying prospect of Jeremy Corbyn's ascension to 10 Downing Street. Give a listen.

On this week’s first COMMENTARY Podcast, John Podhoretz, Abe Greenwald, Sohrab Ahmari, and Noah Rothman discuss the left-right cultural divide over how to respond to horrific shootings like that which occurred in Texas over the weekend. The hosts also explore how the left’s temptation to attack cultural signifiers on the right will prevent them from exploring what really happened in the event that a Republican wins the Virginia gubernatorial race on Tuesday.

We welcome Senior Writer Sohrab Ahmari to the COMMENTARY podcast today, as we examine two articles today that finally show the Democratic Party is taking the full measure of the disaster it has brought upon itself. We also talk about the horror in Tribeca. Give a listen.

The first COMMENTARY podcast of the week finds me, Abe Greenwald, and Noah Rothman considering the volcanic possible consequences that might flow from Special Prosecutor Mueller's indictments of one-time Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Then we move on to the Hollywood sex scandals and wonder whether we are seeing the literal implosion of an entire industry. Give a listen.

Abe, Noah, and I join for the last COMMENTARY podcast of the week to discuss the retirement of Jeff Flake and his attack on Donald Trump's violation of norms: Can you really say the man who wins the presidency is a political aberration. We then consider the schadenfreude of the Right at learning of the Clinton campaign's hidden role in trying to dig up dirt on Trump in Russia—and wonder at the conspiracy theory that is being spun from it. Give a listen.

On this week's first COMMENTARY podcast, we stand agog at the personal $32 million payout by former #1 cable news star Bill O'Reilly and what it means about the sexual harassment scandals and the way they are changing the rules. Then we move on to simpler matters, like American foreign policy and the ambush in Niger. Give a listen.

On the second COMMENTARY podcast of the week, we delve into the Russian purchase of an American uranium company during the Obama years and how its executives enriched the Clintons and the Clinton Foundation as it was happening—and what this tells us about them and the Democratic party and Obama. Then President Trump's uncomfortable contretemps over calling Gold Star families takes us to the question of the culture war and how important it is in understanding our present moment. Give a listen.

On the first COMMENTARY podcast of the week, we take up the Trump White House's move on the Iran deal, its declarations on health care, and its shifting policies on immigration and "Dreamers" and how they reveal that this revolutionary administration is actually engaging in half-measures that are designed to make everybody miserable. Give a listen.

The COMMENTARY crew digs deeply into the horror of Harvey Weinstein, now journeying, perhaps, into a land beyond extradition, and ask whether his monstrousness is specifically related to show business or whether it reflects something baser in general. Then we talk about the story that Donald Trump said he wanted more nuclear weapons and wonder at the outrage expressed about it. Give a listen.

On the first COMMENTARY podcast of the week, Abe Greenwald and Noah Rothman explore with me the meaning of the Twitter war between the president and the retiring chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and what it portends for the potential crackup of the Republican Party. Then we descend into Hollywood Gomorrah with Harvey Weinstein and his sexual predation and the coverups thereto. Give a listen.

On the second COMMENTARY podcast of the week, I ask Noah Rothman and Abe Greenwald whether things are changing on the Right in regards to gun-control measures after Las Vegas—and whether "mass shootings" constitutes an event category that makes sense. And we ask whether Rex Tillerson calling the president a "moron" constitutes a Jack Woltz event. Who is Jack Woltz, you ask? Give a listen.