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Commentary is America's premier monthly magazine of opinion: General, yet Jewish. Highly variegated, with a unifying perspective.

    The Lieberman Legacy

    The Lieberman Legacy

    Today's podcast pays tribute to the life, times, and political wisdom of Joe Lieberman, who died yesterday at the age of 82. What was so special about him and why are we unlikely to see his style of politics and political interaction at work in American public life any time soon? Give a listen.

    • 53 min
    Bridge Over Troubled Nation

    Bridge Over Troubled Nation

    Today's podcast talks about how the bridge collapse in Maryland may accelerate the trust crisis in the country, already accelerating because nobody really knows or understands the condition and strength of the president of the United States. Give a listen.

    • 1 hr 6 min
    The Biden Turn

    The Biden Turn

    Eli Lake joins the podcast to discuss the American abstention from yesterday's UN Security Council ceasefire resolution. Why is the Biden administration saying the policy hasn't changed when the policy has changed? Who exactly is being gaslit and how does this make an Israeli operation in Rafah any less likely? We also talk about the rise in violent crime and how it relates to the larger sense of unraveling. Give a listen.

    • 1 hr 3 min
    The No-Congressional-Body Problem

    The No-Congressional-Body Problem

    Today's podcast considers the terrorist attack in Russia and what it means for the war in Ukraine—and what the chaos in Congress means for the war in Ukraine as well. Also, lesson #257 in what happens if you try to get a job in mainstream media when you're on the right, and what the new Netflix show Three-Body Problem might tell us about our coming debt cliff. Give a listen.

    • 1 hr 2 min
    The Pursuit of Happiness

    The Pursuit of Happiness

    Today we start out discussing a new Pew poll that shows, contra Chuck Schumer and others, American Jews overwhelmingly approve of Israel and its efforts to defeat Hamas since Oct. 7. We then get into the latest World Happiness Report, which finds the U.S. ranking below the 20 most happy countries for the first time in the report's history. What's behind our recent unhappiness and why are Americans under 30 most unhappy of all? Give a listen.

    • 1 hr 2 min
    The Stakes in Gaza

    The Stakes in Gaza

    Today's podcast takes up a conversation between Israeli official Ron Dermer and our friend Dan Senor in which Dermer says a failure to secure victory in Gaza means Israel "has no future." Might this be true also of Jewry itself—especially due to the Jews who are now blaming Israel for their feeling of a lack of safety in the West? Give a listen.

    • 56 min

Customer Reviews

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Dale Stratton ,

It’s a War

I am so disgusted by the (yes) whining about the effects of war on the civilian population of Gaza. War is awful! War ruins cities! War kills civilians and combatants alike. So if you don’t want the outcome of war, don’t start a war! Daily listener. First time ranter.

Fhchmf ,

Museumization

The observation of “museumization” was so on point. I am 65 years old and visited The Tenement Museum in Manhattan a few years ago. The seemingly affluent college age museum guide described the tenement mainly in terms of “Can you believe people actually lived in these conditions?” I quietly mentioned that I grew up in an almost exact replica of the tenement (in Providence RI). We loved our house and did not realize it was so awful. My father, who grew up in far eastern Poland and survived a concentration camp, thought it as heaven. This was of zero interest to the guide. Might as well have said I grew up on Mars.

Boilingrug ,

Dishonest

They seem to distinguish between anti-semites. I’m not sure how one does that, but this show does it regularly. Hint: Democrats are resl, actual real anti-semites. Conservatives don’t really mean it, somehow.
Let that guide how seriously you take their positions.

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