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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Heating Up

Episode Date: June 2, 2017

The hard thing about producing a weekly podcast is coming up with relevant topics to talk about. Nothing ever happens in this boring administration we...

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Generic Current President

Episode Date: May 26, 2017

Bodyslamming, Trump in Europe, the great Mollie Hemingway (you are hereby ordered to buy her new Encounter Broadside Trump vs. The Media right now), t...

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Happy Family

Episode Date: May 19, 2017

Another slow news week…yawn. Uh, no. With so much to talk about, we present another super-sized Ricochet Podcast clocking in at just under 90 minutes....

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Shattered

Episode Date: May 12, 2017

It’s never a dull moment with the Trump administration and to parse everything that happened this week, we call on our good friend, former podcaster,...

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The Francophiles

Episode Date: April 28, 2017

We’re a man down this week, as James Lileks is in Reno (no, he did not a shoot a man there just to watch him die), but we have lots to talk about and...

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Elegy For Billy

Episode Date: April 21, 2017

We’ve got Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance here to talk about investing in startups in the midwest. We’ve got The Factor on permanent hiatus. We’ve g...

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The In Crowd

Episode Date: April 15, 2017

Another Saturday edition of the Ricochet Podcast with a super-sized running time and a legendary guest: The Podfather himself, Norman Podhoretz, whose...

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International Relations

Episode Date: April 6, 2017

We’re all over the globe for this show: Mexico, North Korea, the Middle East, the well of the Senate, and more. That’s in part due to the news cycle b...

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Reunited

Episode Date: April 1, 2017

It’s a special Saturday edition of the Ricochet Podcast, and it’s special not only because of the day (April Fool’s Day!), but because we get to welco...

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Too Much Monk-ey Business

Episode Date: March 24, 2017

Yep, it’s another super busy week (and day), but as tempted as we were to cover the breaking news as it happens, we decided to take a step back and in...

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The First 100 Days

Episode Date: November 11, 2016

Yeah, yeah, there was an election earlier this week, but we’re all past that now. What will the first 100 days of the Trump administration look like?...

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Contagious

Episode Date: September 16, 2016

Another week, another show in which gab and you listen. This week, our guests are two world class gabbers: The Hoover Institution’s Bill Whalen stops...

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A Little Bit O' Sowell

Episode Date: September 9, 2016

This week, we’re lucky to be joined by the great Dr. Thomas Sowell, (buy his newly revised classic book Wealth, Poverty and Politics: An International...

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Trump to Mexico

Episode Date: September 1, 2016

Let it never be said that this show does not go out of its way to present all points of view on the issues. This week, not one, but two guests from th...

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The Impossible Dream

Episode Date: August 26, 2016

This week, another fair and balanced podcast we bring you quixotic Presidential candidate Evan McMullin. His campaign is a long shot, but his qualific...

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Law and Order

Episode Date: August 19, 2016

This week, author and Manhattan Institute fellow Heather Mac Donald joins the show to discuss her important new book, The War on Cops: How the New Att...

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The Doctor Is In

Episode Date: August 11, 2016

This week, Hillsdale President Dr. Larry Arnn stops by to make the intellectual and academic argument for Donald Trump (h/t to Ricochet member @rushba...

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Question Time: Summer Edition

Episode Date: August 4, 2016

A few times a year, we banish the guests and open the floor you, our cherished members. And you didn’t let us down — dozens of great questions were su...

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RIP GOP?

Episode Date: July 29, 2016

We open with some thoughts on the just concluded Democratic convention, and then segue into our guest, Avik Roy. His interview with Vox has been discu...