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A Clickbait Christmas
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
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
Ricochet presents a special Yuletide episode featuring Joseph Bottum, author...
Pardon Yoo!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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