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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Welcome Back, Blueberries

Episode Date: July 31, 2014

It’s been a while since our amiable hosts have been in the same bowl with each other, so we took this opportunity to do a special three guest show fro...

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Bearing Down

Episode Date: July 18, 2014

This week, Lileks returns and we’re all about borders — both our own and the ones in Eastern Europe. We’re joined by Russian expert Yuri Yarim-Agaev,...

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Borderline Crazy

Episode Date: July 10, 2014

This week, Ricochet member Fredösphere provides the intro (coffee mug incoming, Fred, and more of the entries at the end of the show) as Troy Senik si...

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Court and Sparklers

Episode Date: July 2, 2014

Lileks is off this this week, so it’s just Robinson and Long for our annual 4th of July Spectacular Show. And yes, we were supposed to have talk show...

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Mississippi

Episode Date: June 26, 2014

This week on the podcast we do a deep dive on the curious goings on in Mississippi both on our own and with Washington Post Capitol Hill correspondent...

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Murphy and Kaus

Episode Date: June 19, 2014

Political strategist Mike Murphy makes a long overdue return to the Ricochet Podcast to discuss what really happened in the Cantor-Brat race. Was it i...

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Change Is Good

Episode Date: June 12, 2014

This week, we’re all about change: change the Majority Leader, a change of life, loose change, and more. Our guests are The Campaign Stop’s Jim Geragh...

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See Cruz

Episode Date: June 5, 2014

Is Bowe Bergdahl a deserter, a hero, or something in between? That’s the primary question on this week’s show, both for the hosts, and for our guest,...

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The Phone Call

Episode Date: May 22, 2014

This week, Long is assente in Italy, Lileks is powerless on the phone, and Robinson is rolling with all of it. We’ve got Money & Politics podcaste...

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#Hot

Episode Date: May 14, 2014

This week, we’re hash tagging like the cool kids as we tackle hash tag diplomacy, global warming, oops, we mean, climate change, no sorry, climate act...

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The Reykjaviking Crew

Episode Date: May 8, 2014

This week, a little history and a little current events. First, author/historian Ken Adelman on his new book Reagan at Reykjavik: Forty-Eight Hours Th...

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The Curmudgeons

Episode Date: April 17, 2014

Michael Bloomberg is going to heaven, the UN is getting warmer (just ask them), Charles Murray is dispensing indispensable wisdom (courtesy of his new...

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Kind Of A Drag

Episode Date: April 10, 2014

Turns out experts don’t have so much expertise after all; the zen and psychology of the tax code (and Rob’s pitch for the flat tax); the evolution of...

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Making A Run For It

Episode Date: April 2, 2014

This week, all we’ve got all is questions: Is ObamaCare decided? Are conservatives who watch MSNBC masochists? Is Jeb Bush a tarnished brand? What sho...

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Not In Kansas Any More

Episode Date: March 27, 2014

This week on the podcast, we put Putin in his place, D.C. McAllister on that Charlotte mayor and the writer we’d all like to write like. Then, dean of...

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Things Gonna Change

Episode Date: March 20, 2014

Our first 2.0 Ricochet Podcast! This week, 2.0 is here (lots of talk about that), where’s MH370, Fox News’ James Rosen on Ukraine and his impressions...

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Launch It

Episode Date: March 13, 2014

Direct link to MP3 file This week on the podcast, as we get ready to finally launch 2.0, the boys are feeling jolly about Jolly, and offer their theor...

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Crimea River

Episode Date: March 6, 2014

Direct link to MP3 file This week, Troy Senik sits in for the absentee Rob Long as we welcome the always irrepressible James Delingpole, reporting in...

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Nested Comments

Episode Date: February 21, 2014

Direct link to MP3 file Foreign policy and mid-terms: anybody care? The Obama administration’s and NBC’s whitewash of the news in Ukraine. Then, AEI’s...