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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A Clickbait Christmas

Episode Date: 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 he...

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An Explosive Week

Episode Date: 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 spe...

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Pardon Yoo!

Episode Date: December 6, 2024

John Yoo returns to discuss a lotta legal stuff this week. He talks presidential pardons, Daniel Penny, United States v. Skrmetti and the murder of Un...

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Guilty Pleasures

Episode Date: 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. The...

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The Forces & the Fracas

Episode Date: October 11, 2024

This week we cover a handful of great tug-of-war games, past, present, and future. Charles McElwee, founding editor of RealClearPennsylvania, returns...

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Screed Adjacent

Episode Date: October 4, 2024

With Israel's stunning string of victories over its enemies and the approaching anniversary of October 7th, Eli Lake returns to the Ricochet Podcast....

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Virtual Extinction

Episode Date: September 27, 2024

The mediating technologies of the new century were welcomed as wonderous life enhancers. A few decades later, we often talk about how the devices we c...

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The Return of Robinson

Episode Date: September 20, 2024

Peter's back! After a whole summer away, he, James and Steve have quite a bit to catch up on. What more is there to say? - Opening soundbite this week...

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Citizens on the Move

Episode Date: September 13, 2024

The contemporary social planner seems to favor all sorts of peoples' movements—except for the kind that involves automobiles, driven by citizens away...

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A Warning Against Nihilism

Episode Date: September 6, 2024

They say Labor Day marks the ordinary American's starting point for following a particular election cycle, setting off a scramble for undecides by cam...

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That IS so B'crat

Episode Date: August 30, 2024

It's a big legal stuff week for Donald Trump. Naturally, we phoned our pal Andy McCarthy. Andy brings breaking news on Judge Merchan’s sentencing sche...

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An Enema Election

Episode Date: August 23, 2024

The Democratic National Convention Dance Party has come to a close. Now that they’ve had time to overcome the disappointment that Beyonce didn’t show,...

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Coming Up Empty

Episode Date: August 16, 2024

We've heard it said, "Go woke, go broke," but is it really panning out that way? This week Fox Business's Charles Gasparino joins James, Steve, and Ch...