The Commentary Magazine Podcast

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  Riyadh Politik 19.08.2026 37分

  FDD's Jonathan Schanzer joins us on this week-long series of interviews for our upcoming September print issue to discuss his article on the two paths that lay before Saudi Arabia - a pro-American route, and a darker alternative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Putting the Con in Consultant 18.08.2026 36分

  Our Washington Commentary Columnist James Kirchick joins us on this week-long series of interviews for our upcoming September print issue. We welcome Jamie to our line of commentary columnists and discuss his piece on the progressive consultant class bubble. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Mission Accomplished? 17.08.2026 46分

  Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Tod Lindberg joins us on this week-long series of interviews for our upcoming September print issue to discuss his cover story on the War on Terror and the global changes in the quarter century since the September 11 attacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Non Campus Mentis 14.08.2026 1時間 3分

  It's Friday, and we close out the week by discussing  the tendency of leftist candidates to publicly put down favorite American pastimes and places and how this could impact Abdul El-Sayed's political ambitions. Plus, the antisemitism reckoning at Haverford College, the dismissal of the antisemitism case against Harvard, and Duke's racial admissions discrimination. Also, Eliana recommends the Netflix documentary Mourinho. Stop online threats before they become real-world attacks. Visit ironwall.com/COMMENTARY and request a free Risk Assessment to see exactly how exposed your executives are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Backdoor Socialism 13.08.2026 1時間 15分

  Matt Continetti is back to discuss recent primary results and the artificial differences between so-called establishment and insurgent nominees, and how muddying these lines allows socialism to infiltrate mainstream democratic circles. Plus, the debate surrounding "woke 1" and what a post-Trump right might look like, and Matt recommends Lee Child's No Middle Name. Stop online threats before they become real-world attacks. Visit ironwall.com/COMMENTARY and request a free Risk Assessment to see exactly how exposed your executives are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Poll Vaulting 12.08.2026 1時間 2分

  We are back to discuss the fallout of Francesca Hong's loss in the Wisconsin gubernatorial primary and what another stunning polling error that radically favored far left candidates tells us about upcoming races. Plus, Trump endorsements no longer guarantee victory to republican primary candidates, the controversy surrounding the security incident involving Air Force One in Ankara, and John recommends James Ellroy's Red Sheet. Stop online threats before they become real-world attacks. Visit ironwall.com/COMMENTARY and request a free Risk Assessment to see exactly how exposed your executives are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Hong Out to Dry 11.08.2026 1時間 9分

  It's primary day in Wisconsin, and Francesca Hong is in the spotlight with her history of terrible comments and social media posts, AOC hand-waves "woke 1" and announces IVF treatments, and New York Magazine's antisemitism-infused ode to Middle Eastern food and culture in NYC. Stop online threats before they become real-world attacks. Visit ironwall.com/COMMENTARY and request a free Risk Assessment to see exactly how exposed your executives are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  No Way Out 10.08.2026 1時間 5分

  We are back to discuss the never ending cycle of the Iran war and the forming regional alliances in the wake of an American power vacuum, as well as the president's polling and the looming electoral disaster in the midterms.  Stop online threats before they become real-world attacks. Visit ironwall.com/COMMENTARY and request a free Risk Assessment to see exactly how exposed your executives are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Frogs Electing Scorpions 07.08.2026 1時間 10分

  Contributing editor Eli Lake is back to discuss Chuck Schumer's promotion of Abdul El-Sayed despite styling himself the Guardian of Jews, and the folly of attempting to appease those who hate you. Plus, President Trump's hard-to-believe declaration that the Strait of Hormuz is open and the prospect of a terrible Iran deal on the backdrop of negative economic numbers, and John recommends the Anthony Bourdain biopic Tony. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Pyrrhic Victories 06.08.2026 1時間 23分

  Our friend Noah Rothman joins us today to share in our crushing morosity over recent election news, and whether the rise of terrorism-friendly politics and academia are the result of the decisive win in the War on Terror. What strategies might work in countering candidates like Abdul El-Sayed and Francesca Hong and the intersection of Marxism and Islamism? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Abduly Noted 05.08.2026 1時間 10分

  Today we discuss Abdul El-Sayed's tiny margin of victory in Michigan in contrast to polls that predicted a landslide, as well as the sorry state of the Democratic establishment and what these results tell us about the November election. Plus, the remarkable story out of the UK regarding fabulist Cambridge Professor Jason Arday, which grew out of a report on supposed plagiarism in his work, and Simon & Schuster's shame in publishing antisemitic author Susan Abulhawa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Pirro Pressure 04.08.2026 1時間 5分

  Today we discuss Trump's ire with Jeanine Pirro for dismissing charges of vandalism of the reflecting pool after the prosecution fell apart, which dovetails with the almost comic nature of his ongoing flip-flop on Iran strikes. Plus, Abdul El-Sayed's probable win in the Michigan primary vote and the increased marginalization of Jews in the democratic party, the antisemitic hate crime spike in New York, and how this year's Met Gala reflects these trends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Tehran TACO 03.08.2026 1時間 12分

  Jewish Insider's Josh Kraushaar joins us on this busy news Monday to discuss Trump's latest walkback of an attack on Iranian infrastructure, the collapse of the Reflecting Pool vandalism prosecution, the worrisome midterm poll numbers and the rise of increasingly radical left wing candidates, and another global wave of antisemitic incidents. Plus, John recommends City of Angels at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Mailbag Friday 31.07.2026 1時間 3分

  We are joined by our producer Noam Blum to answer some of your questions: From our favorite essayists to 2028 predictions and much more. Stop online threats before they become real-world attacks. Visit ironwall.com/COMMENTARY and request a free Risk Assessment to see exactly how exposed your executives are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Gain of Fauci 30.07.2026 1時間 11分

  Our old friend Jim Meigs is back to break down Anthony Fauci's appearance on the hill and the recent revelations from his personal diaries, and to revisit the COVID era through the prism of current knowledge - the lab leak theory, gain of function research, and the atmosphere of fear of criticizing the public health establishment. Stop online threats before they become real-world attacks. Visit ironwall.com/COMMENTARY and request a free Risk Assessment to see exactly how exposed your executives are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Pardon My Silence 29.07.2026 1時間 16分

  Contributing editor Eli Lake is back to discuss Anthony Fauci invoking his 5th amendment rights in Senate testimony and a revisiting of his tarnished COVID legacy, the aftermath of Netanyahu and Zelensky's Washington meetings and Trump's profane warning to the Iranians after yesterday's strike in Jordan. Plus, Eli's new piece on Laura Loomer, the rise of radical Islamist ideology through left-leaning institutions, and Eli recommends Midnight Run. Stop online threats before they become real-world attacks. Visit ironwall.com/COMMENTARY and request a free Risk Assessment to see exactly how exposed your executives are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Cherry-Pickaxe 28.07.2026 1時間 15分

  Our friend Matt Continetti is back to discuss today's oval office meetings with president Zelensky and Prime Minister Netanyahu and the increased focus on the Iranian facility in Pickaxe Mountain, as well as how technology has shifted the modern battlefield. Plus, the Haley Stevens-Abdul El-Sayed debate pits the establishment against populist enthusiasm, the release of Anthony Fauci's diaries and Biden's interview with Robert Hurr, and Matt recommends The Oxford History of the French Revolution. Stop online threats before they become real-world attacks. Visit ironwall.com/COMMENTARY and request a free Risk Assessment to see exactly how exposed your executives are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Sellin' of Troy 27.07.2026 1時間 3分

  It's Monday, and we are back to discuss the pivot to Troy Jackson after Graham Platner's implosion in Maine and the familiar pattern of adoring media coverage for a struggling democrat, as well as Governor Gretchen Whitmer throwing her lot in with Haley Stevens in Michigan. Plus, a full resumption of hostilities in Iran once again does not materialize and the issue of stockpile shortages is brought into the spotlight, and 9/11 victim families want Mamdani out of the memorial ceremony. Stop online threats before they become real-world attacks. Visit ironwall.com/COMMENTARY and request a free Risk Assessment to see exactly how exposed your executives are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  A Stabbing in New York 24.07.2026 1時間 1分

  Today we discuss the creeping danger to Jews and Israelis everywhere after yesterday's stabbing in New York City and reports that the stabber shouted "Allah Akbar," as well as how Zohran Mamdani's minimal response contrasts with sterner comments from other officials. Plus, the Jews who lend legitimacy to those who hate them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Dire Straits 23.07.2026 1時間 20分

  Today we are joined by WSJ's Matt Continetti and FDD's Jonathan Schanzer to speculate on Trump's new strategy in Iran after the resumption of strikes last week and Iran and the Houthis teaming up to choke the straits of Hormuz and Bab Al-Mandab, as well as the emerging Saudi nuclear deal. Plus, Vance support slips in favor of Marco Rubio, a check in on the polls in the leadup to the midterm, and Matt recommends The Burroughs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices