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 Selfie

Episode Date: July 25, 2013

Direct link to MP3 file We get wordy and reflective this week with our guests, authors Andrew Klavan and C.J. Box. Of course, we talk about Weiners, w...

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We're So Baked

Episode Date: July 18, 2013

Direct link to MP3 file We’re down one host this week (Lileks is on assignment), but it’s a super-sized edition of The Ricochet Podcast, clocking in a...

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Get Me My Glasses

Episode Date: July 11, 2013

Direct link to MP3 file This week on the world famous Ricochet Podcast, City Journal editor Brian Anderson on the state of California and his new book...

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Independence Day

Episode Date: July 3, 2013

Direct link to MP3 file This week on the podcast, James and Peter talk Egyptian politics and culture with Hoover’s Fouad Ajami (read his WSJ Op-Ed pie...

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Enforce The Law

Episode Date: June 27, 2013

Direct link to MP3 file This week, Peter Robinson returns with tales of the east, a fervent debate on the complications of the Supreme Court’s DOMA ru...

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Lesson From Lincoln

Episode Date: June 14, 2013

Direct link to MP3 file This week, Rich Lowry, National Review Editor and author of Lincoln Unbound: How an Ambitious Young Railsplitter Saved the Ame...

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Listen Up

Episode Date: June 7, 2013

Lots to talk about this week, and we have the guests who are more than up to the task (Troy Senik is sitting in for Peter): Michael Barone, the dean o...

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Taking The Fifth

Episode Date: May 24, 2013

Direct link to MP3 file This week on the one and only Ricochet Podcast, Peter is MIA, but Rob and James soldier on in style with guests AEI President...

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Texas, Taxes, and Scandals

Episode Date: May 17, 2013

Direct link to mp3 file It’s another action-packed edition of the Ricochet Podcast, as we’re joined by Texas governor Rick Perry and National Review c...

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Cookies and Underwear

Episode Date: May 10, 2013

This week, The Washington Examiner’s Byron York on Benghazi and immigration, Rob correctly ID’s a blintz and assails the lickspittle press, Peter orde...

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Modern Men

Episode Date: May 2, 2013

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (visit his site, Gingrich Productions) stops by to discuss disruptive technology, rail against big governmen...

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Just Over The Border

Episode Date: April 25, 2013

This week we’re all about The Big Issues. First, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus stops by to talk about how we get back to the business of winning electio...

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Boston

Episode Date: April 18, 2013

This week on the podcast, we’re, of course, all about Boston. Also, our own Mollie Hemingway on the media and the Gosnell trial and National Review’s...

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The Iron Lady

Episode Date: April 12, 2013

This week on the podcast, we take a look back at Margaret Thatcher with someone who knew and worked with her: the great John O’Sullivan. We discuss he...

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Prager, Wilson, and Jaws

Episode Date: April 5, 2013

This week on the podcast, a double shot of big guests. First, our old pal Dennis Prager stops by for some cogent views on SSM, religion, and why it’s...

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Angry Birds

Episode Date: March 22, 2013

This week, we’re all over the place. First, Fouad Ajami joins to discuss the 10th anniversary of the Iraq war. Was it worth it? Fouad says yes. Tell u...

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Habemus CPAC

Episode Date: March 14, 2013

We’re live from CPAC this week, as we cover all the news and controversy from the conference with Troy Senik, our man on the ground in Maryland, and K...

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Filibuster!

Episode Date: March 7, 2013

After a brief hiatus, the Ricochet Podcast returns this week with our old friends Pat Sajak and Mickey Kaus. We talk filibusters, drones, that dinner...

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It's A Beautiful Day

Episode Date: February 21, 2013

This week on The Ricochet Podcast, social conservatives make their case to Rob, Haley Barbour makes his case for a new party coalition, Victor Davis H...

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Not Much Love

Episode Date: February 14, 2013

It’s action packed post-State of the Union podcast. We chat with GOP rising star Artur Davis on the President’s speech, the GOP response, and how to a...