The Ricochet Podcast

Weekly episodes of Ricochet’s flagship podcast feature our hosts James Lileks, Rob Long, Peter Robinson, and guests discussing the issues of the week.Listen to The Ricochet Podcast, along with more than 40 other original podcasts, at Ricochet.com. No paid subscription required.

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Closing Arguments

Episode Date: October 30, 2020

This is it, folks — the last Ricochet Podcast prior to the 2020 election. What a long strange trip it’s been (no, that is not the closing song, but we...

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The Home Stretch

Episode Date: October 23, 2020

As you may be aware, we had a Presidential debate last night. The President did well, we all agree on that. Will it move the polls? Do the polls matte...

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The Big Tech Election

Episode Date: October 16, 2020

We’ve got some debates town halls to cover, we’ve got a good old fashioned social media shadow banning scandal, Joe Biden’s son is bad at influence pe...

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Meet The Press

Episode Date: October 9, 2020

We know you like it when the hosts get into it and we know you like it when one of them gets triggered by a certain Chief Executive. So –no spoilers!–...

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The Viral President

Episode Date: October 2, 2020

The news cycle these days is crushing — warping time upon itself like a black hole. So how does America’s Most Balanced Podcast® respond? By booking a...

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Battlegrounds; Real and Imagined

Episode Date: September 25, 2020

Another jam packed week means another jam packed show: We’ve got the Ricochet Podcast’s Senior Court Packing and Confirmation Correspondent, John Yoo...

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The COVID Doc and Tik-Tok

Episode Date: September 18, 2020

This week on America’s Most Benevolent Podcast®, another super-sized episode. First up, the Middle East is breaking out in…peace. That’s good, right?...

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Senator Fix-It

Episode Date: September 11, 2020

This week, the rare single guest show. But when that guest is Senator Ben Sasse, he has enough brain power to fill two segments and that’s exactly wha...

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Bad Hair Day

Episode Date: September 4, 2020

Well, it’s crunch time now: we’re into the final lap of the election and things are going to be intense for the next 8 weeks or so. But first, some pe...

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Conventional Thinking

Episode Date: August 28, 2020

It’s the Republican National Convention week, or as pundits on the right call it — Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, and whatever other major holiday you w...

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Say It Ain't So, Joe

Episode Date: August 21, 2020

This week, Joe Biden accepts the Democratic nomination and we devote all of the opening segment to the just ended Democratic Convention. Then, this ma...

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Coconut Buttons

Episode Date: August 14, 2020

We’ve got a new VP candidate, we’ve got Mark Simon (right hand man to Hong Kong freedom fighter Jimmy Lai), we’ve got historian Tevi Troy on political...

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The Crusaders

Episode Date: August 7, 2020

Last week, Rob Long and Peter Robinson found themselves in a disagreement about –not kidding– The Crusades. Well, one of the great things about having...

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How You Doing?

Episode Date: July 31, 2020

Tis week, James is blue, Peter is unplugged, Rob meets his political doppelgänger, John Yoo meets his hero, and Kevin Faulconer (the current Republica...

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Get Schooled

Episode Date: July 24, 2020

Hello faithful Ricochet Podcast listeners. It’s us. We have another show for you. It’s a good one. We have Ricochet Editor and Twitter celebrity Betha...

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The Long Game

Episode Date: July 17, 2020

Back this week with the full cast and another full show. We start with a deep dive on the Bari Weiss resignation and free speech in general. Then our...

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Everything Is Broken

Episode Date: July 10, 2020

We’re back after our 4th of July break (well, most of us are back — we have Ricochet Editor Bethany Mandel sitting in for the vacationing Peter Robins...

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School of Sowell

Episode Date: June 26, 2020

About once a year, we get a visit from the master himself, the great Thomas Sowell. This year’s session is on the occasion of the publication of his n...

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Sycophants and Brutuses

Episode Date: June 19, 2020

Another action packed show: Is the lockdown over or is this just intermission? Hey, did John Bolton write a book? Did the Supreme Court hand down some...