The Ricochet Podcast

The Ricochet Podcast


Latest Episodes

A Clickbait Christmas
December 20, 2024

For the last podcast of the year, Steve, Charles and Rob pull out all the stops to grab the attention of podcast listeners worldwide: some theology here, a little healthcare debate there, a few notes

An Explosive Week
December 13, 2024

In times such as these, the challenge is packing all the news into a single episode. James, Steve and Charles do their best to move with lightning speed through Biden's shower of clemency, UFOs in New

A Swirl of Joy Beyond All Deserving
December 10, 2024

Ricochet presents a special Yuletide episode featuring Joseph Bottum, author...

Pardon Yoo!
December 06, 2024

John Yoo returns to discuss a lotta legal stuff this week. He talks presidential pardons, Daniel Penny, United States v. Skrmettiand the murder of UnitedHealth's CEO in Midtown Manhattan.Plus, aft

Guilty Pleasures
November 15, 2024

About what President Trump is planning to put in his cabinet... Lileks, Cooke and Hayward have opinions on the digestibility of some of the picks. They're joined by Andy McCarthy to discuss the stunni

Return of the Working Class Republican
November 08, 2024

Who better to talk to on our post-election victory lap episode than the man who saw it coming? Henry Olsen joins after proving correct in his daring prediction in the New York Post of a Trump-led red

Higher Ground with Andrew Klavan
November 01, 2024

It's the last episode before the election, and given the anxiousness surrounding this cycle, we've recruited Andrew Klavan to bring his good cheer, wit and wisdom to put us at ease. We get his take on

Alpha, Omega and all the Letters in Between
October 25, 2024

Rob Long takes a break from Biblical Greek to catch up with a few of his favorite laypeople. He gives James and Steve his early impressions of the coursework and classmates at Princeton Theological Se

A Bad Time to be at War with Ourselves
October 18, 2024

We can debate all we want about the Doomsday Clock's latest setting, but one needn't be a foreign policy expert to know our proximity to midnight is too close for comfort. As it happens, though, we ha

The Forces & the Fracas
October 11, 2024

This week we cover a handful of great tug-of-war games, past, present, and future. Charles McElwee, founding editor of https://www.realclearpennsylvania.com, returns to the podcast to give an election