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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The Republican Standard Bearer

Episode Date: July 22, 2016

The moment we’ve been preparing for all year finally arrived this week: Donald J. Trump is the Republican Party’s nominee for President of The United...

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Chasing Pokémons

Episode Date: July 15, 2016

This week, Lileks is on vacation so we asked our good friend Larry Kudlow to sit in his chair as we welcome the Manhattan Institute’s and Wall Street...

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Pride and Prejudice

Episode Date: June 30, 2016

This week, we take a little break from politics to bring you one of our favorite people — writer/director Whit Stillman, who’s new movie Love & Fr...

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Throwback Thursday

Episode Date: June 23, 2016

There’s a sit-in in the House, and the Emperor has no money. Seems like old times, except for the fact that we invited Twitter-famous Sonny Bunch to s...

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Guns and Brexit

Episode Date: June 17, 2016

This week, a debate about guns, some inside dope about Trump, courtesy of the great Byron York, one final conversation about Brexit compliments of the...

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The Greatest

Episode Date: June 10, 2016

Another momentous week calls for a momentous podcast with Ricochet Editor-In-Chief Jon Gabriel sitting in for Rob Long. We’ve got Washington Post poli...

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Summer

Episode Date: May 28, 2016

We recorded this one yesterday in New York City, and due to travel and other issues, we’re posting it now. We talk Trump, the now official Republican...

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Build That Wall

Episode Date: May 20, 2016

This week, we present a super-sized edition of the Ricochet Podcast (75 minutes plus of thoughtful jabbering!) where within, we attempt to answer a fe...

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Bigger In Texas

Episode Date: May 13, 2016

As we adapt to a world where Donald Trump is the Republican nominee for President, we figured we ought book some very grounded guests for this week’s...

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The Purple Reign

Episode Date: April 21, 2016

It’s not often that a news story breaks while we’re recording the podcast, but that’s exactly what happened today. We started off talking politics wit...

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The Time Shifters

Episode Date: April 8, 2016

This week, some insight into the TV viewing habits of your favorite podcasters, followed by the very smart opinions of Wall Street Journal Opinion Pag...

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The Party's Over?

Episode Date: April 1, 2016

Well, it’s another week that we must bring you yet another sobering meditation on the state of the Grand Old Party. Today, the Wall Street Journal’s D...

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Rove and Limbaugh

Episode Date: March 25, 2016

Another week, another set of brand name guests to debate the issues of the day. This week, first up is Karl Rove who stops by the discuss his terrific...

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Raised Middle Finger

Episode Date: March 17, 2016

This week, we bring you two very different views of the current state of the Republican Party courtesy of two of the smartest observers we could find....

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Be Afraid

Episode Date: March 10, 2016

This week’s podcast is a large as the plains that our guest, Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) hails from. We go from Trump, to party loyalties, to Rubio vs. C...

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A Glitch in the Matrix

Episode Date: March 3, 2016

As we recorded this week’s podcast, Mitt Romney was giving the stem-winding speech of his life in Utah against the candidacy of Donald Trump. We cover...

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Catch a Wave

Episode Date: February 18, 2016

We’re all over the galaxy this week with our guests The Federalist’s Ben Domenech and Ricochet’s own Saturday Night Science guy himself, the always aw...

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Breakfast In America

Episode Date: February 12, 2016

Let’s get right to the point: we’ve got Larry Kudlow (shameless plug: listen to Kudlow and Pawlenty’s Money & Politics podcast) who may or may not...