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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Heaven Forfend!

Episode Date: May 24, 2024

The Ricochet Podcast is back, and jam-packed with chatter on sex, comedy, food and fun... and the lack thereof we find among our postmodern youth. Noa...

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The Parent Revolution

Episode Date: May 17, 2024

In 2020 ordinary parents learned an important lesson: the so-called public school system felt perfectly free to ignore the public's wishes. This set i...

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Chaos Agents

Episode Date: May 3, 2024

H.R. McMaster joins James, Peter and Steve Hayward to discuss the Biden administration's feckless policy on the war in Gaza; he explains Hamas' battal...

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The Ivies Must Die

Episode Date: April 26, 2024

Just James, Peter and Rob this week to wade through the disaster that has become of American higher education. Naturally, the essential question arise...

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We'll Have Manhattan

Episode Date: April 19, 2024

We'll have Manhattan, The D.A. and a jury, too...And so we begin with apologies to Rodgers and Hart as our intrepid founders find themselves in the Bi...

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Realty Check

Episode Date: April 12, 2024

James Lileks is back in the house, ladies and gentlemen! And speaking of houses, Jack Ryan joins the podcast to explain his war against the National A...

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About the Lamb, Not the Ham

Episode Date: March 29, 2024

Andrew Klavan returns to the Ricochet Podcast for a special Good Friday/Easter episode! He, Rob and Peter cover everything from antisemitism—the devil...

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When Bureaucrats Gather

Episode Date: March 22, 2024

Richard Epstein brings his encyclopedic knowledge to help break down some of the pivotal matters being debated in Congress and before the Supreme Cour...

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The Visual Fallacy

Episode Date: March 15, 2024

Thirty years back, filmmaker Whit Stillman charmed audiences with a comedy about two Americans abroad in chaotic Cold War Europe. He joins Rob, James...

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Drunken Monkey Business

Episode Date: March 1, 2024

This week the Three Whiskey Happy Hour gang join James for a riotous good time, even as discuss and debate their beloved nation's precarious situation...

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Accept NO Imitation

Episode Date: February 23, 2024

The forces against free speech are at again! Whether or not you've heard of NewsGuard or the Global Disinformation Index, rest assured that they're in...

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Rock Me Amadeus

Episode Date: February 16, 2024

We've got a special number for ya, folks. Instead of a guest or even politics, Charles Cooke, James Lileks and Peter Robinson talk football and music....

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Working Properly

Episode Date: February 9, 2024

We're reminded often to mind our "work-life balance", but perhaps that distinction is drawn too plainly. Today we hear from David Bahnsen, author of t...

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Where and When to RUNRWAway

Episode Date: February 2, 2024

Do you ever get that queasy feeling by the occassional thought that the people running our foreign policy agenda are, well… dumb? We do too. And so do...

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Country on the Wire

Episode Date: January 26, 2024

The GOP primary is basically dunzo. Time to look ahead towards the general election, the future of the Republican Party, even on to the generations th...

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Frozen in the Safe Lane

Episode Date: January 12, 2024

Iowa braces for a cold Caucus Night and now the Trump, DeSantis, Haley and Ramaswamy teams have their work cut out for them to keep their engines from...