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 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...

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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...