The Three Whisky Happy Hour bartenders are finally back in the same time zone, and Lucretia fills in Steve and John about what happened while they were away partying in Europe. We mostly skip over doting on Biden’s dotage, and take up Jed Rubenfeld’s argument that Trump isn’t technically a “convicted felon” yet, and might have strong case for immed…

Business may be booming these days for the great Andy McCarthy, but the judicial corruption and cockamamie prosecutions are all a bit wearying. Nonetheless, he has time to join his Ricochet Podcast buddies to discuss the lawfare against the former president, the ever-waning confidence in an impartial justice system, and the political consequences t…

Today the Chicks discuss Robert de Niro’s meltdown over MAGA supporters, the latest details in the Trump trial, and what Chris Hemsworth said about his wife that might make some liberals very upset. Source Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/mock-and-daisy/daily-dish-robert-de-niro-loves-biden-tru…

Refrigerator’s acting up. Will take my regional soda with ice. Hold the metal shavings. Source Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/the-diner/local-soda-jerk/. Now become a Ricochet member for only $5.00 a month! Join and see what you’ve been missing: https://ricochet.com/membership/. Subscribe to …

Joe Biden doesn’t care about you, your family, or your security. And he proved it again this week. Three years after reversing dozens of Trump policies that had successfully secured our border, and after saying there was nothing he could do on his own to tighten border security, President Biden issued an executive order that he says will rein in th…

Carlos Fernando Chamorro is one of the most important journalists in all of Latin America. He is a Nicaraguan—though the dictatorship has stripped him of his citizenship. He now works in exile, in Costa Rica. He is the son of Pedro Joaquín and Violeta Chamorro. His father was the editor of La Prensa, the newspaper that opposed the Somoza dictatorsh…

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Daniel O’Toole, assistant professor of politics at Hillsdale College, joins Hugh Hewitt on the Hillsdale Dialogues for the start of a new series on Plato’s Republic. In this episode, Dr. O’Toole and Hugh discuss the merits of Allan Bloom’s The Republic of Plato translation. Source Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://r…

Sponsored by Lumen Business may be booming these days for the great Andy McCarthy, but judicial corruption and cockamamie prosecutions are all a bit wearying. Nonetheless, he has time to join his Ricochet Podcast buddies to discuss the lawfare against the former president, the ever-waning confidence in an impartial justice system, and the political…

Today, Jim and Greg discuss Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin divorcing Virginia from California’s EV standards, what the latest job report does and doesn’t tell us about the state of the economy, and the sad, steady decline of the Star Wars franchise and Hollywood products in general. First, they react to Gov. Youngkin’s announcement that Virginia will…

The Freedom of Information Act was supposed to ensure public access to federal government documents, including written communications by senior officials. But the law has been wantonly circumvented; perhaps most notably by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s “homebrew” email server, but more recently it has come to light that aides of forme…

The Washington Post’s new publisher tells the staff the truth—they stink, the product stinks, it’s lost half its audience and $77 million in the past year, and there will be massive change. A watershed moment moment 40 years in the making? Eli Lake joins us to discuss, and we play his weekly AI song to boot. Give a listen. Source Join the conversat…

Some universities are repealing and replacing their diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. At the end of May, the University of North Carolina system voted to repeal and replace its DEI policy for a new policy that “aims to ensure efforts to support students on UNC System campuses do not infringe on academic freedom, equal opportunity, or insti…

On this episode of “The Federalist Radio Hour,” contributing editor at The American Conservative Michael Warren Davis joins Emily Jahinsky to talk about the decline of Western civilization and the potential for its rebirth through Christianity. You can find Davis’ book, After Christendom, here. Source Join the conversation and comment on this podca…

Guests: Richard Samuelson, Jonathan Eller, & D.G. Hart Host Scot Bertram talks with Richard Samuelson, Associate Professor of Government at Hillsdale College’s Washington, D.C., campus, about the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. Jonathan Eller, chancellor’s professor of English at Indiana University’s School of Liberal Arts and author of …

Over the past 8 months, we’ve focused most of our attention on Israel’s perspective and the American perspective since October 7th. But what we wanted to do today is gradually zoom out from Israel and Gaza, to the perspective of other regional players in the Middle East, and finally examine this war from the perspective of the global powers, especi…

Join us for the official launch of Dr. Corey DeAngelis’ new book, The Parent Revolution, in which he unapologetically argues why parents and political leaders must lean into the culture war taking place in schools. Dr. DeAngelis exposes the hypocritical elites who are content to hold other people’s children captive to poorly run government schools …

Ranked choice voting, also known as instant runoff voting, is a voting method where voters select several candidates in the order of preference on a single ballot. Ranked choice voting has been used by certain states, cities, and political party primaries. Recently, a series of jurisdictions have implemented bans on ranked choice voting. A panel of…

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Today, Jim and Greg toast three crazy martinis to our chaotic political landscape. They discuss the ridiculous theory Laurence Tribe is pushing, which states that Donald Trump’s recent convictions means Hillary should have been the winner of the 2016 election; Hillary Clinton’s embarrassing attempt to politicize D-Day; and the surprising party swit…

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January 2021 marked the beginning of an illegal immigration boom in the United States, which has led to a drastic increase in violent crime across the country. In many cases, the criminal aliens were present not in spite of federal, state, or local policy but because of intentional policy choices advanced by the left. Heritage’s new data visualizat…

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The Democrats wanted a conviction. Are they really happy? And we speak to Amb. Alberto Fernandez of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). His organization looks past what Muslim leaders say to the West and concentrate on what they say to each other. All that plus the Parting Shot. Source Join the conversation and comment on this podcast…

In this episode, Sabin Howard joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new work, the World War I Memorial in Washington D.C. Source Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/first-things/a-classical-sculptor-and-world-war-i/. Now become a Ricochet member for only $5.00 a month! Join and see what you’ve been …

The verdict is in but it’s still early to tell exactly what it means for Donald Trump’s bid to take back the White House. To weigh the possibilities, The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway joins Henry. They also cover Joe Biden’s innumerable vulnerabilities to an electorate whose minds may remain unchanged; they parse through the criteria Trump might co…

Today the Chicks discuss Trump’s new list of potential VP candidates, the big lies Biden is telling this time, and what COVID-crazy Doctor Birx is saying about PCR testing livestock. Source Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/mock-and-daisy/daily-dish-hunters-laptop-lies-on-display-trump-narrows-v…

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the most interesting energy and environmental policy issues of the day with top national experts. This week Jack welcomes Founder and President of the Global America Business Institute (GABI), Florence Lowe-Lee to the Power Hour. Jack and Florence discuss how the decades long partnership that the U.…

On this episode of “The Federalist Radio Hour,” Bill Donohue, author and president of the Catholic League, joins Emily Jashinsky to explain the key differences between secular and religious morality and analyze the pitfalls of the postmodern vision for utopia. You can find Donohue’s new book, Cultural Meltdown: The Secular Roots of Our Moral Crisis…

How was the Roman way of war unique, and what were the virtues that defined the Roman Republic? Are there lessons for modern Republics from the Roman one? Annika sits down with 2022-2023 James Madison Program Garwood Visiting Fellow Dr. Steele Brand, a professor of history and director of the Politics, Philosophy, and History Program at Cairn Unive…

Last week, Donald Trump became the first former U.S. president to be convicted of a felony after a New York State court found him guilty on 34 counts of concealing hush money payments to “influence the 2016 election.” Despite the precedent-breaking nature of the case, the stench of politics was strong: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg campai…

In this week’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, Christopher Landau, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, joins us to discuss the election of Claudia Sheinbaum as the new president of Mexico. Amb. Landau discusses the implications of Sheinbaum’s election for U.S. immigration policy and U.S.-Mexico relations. Landau describes Sheinbaum as the prot…

Jeff Sikkenga and Dr. David Krugler discussion D-Day – what is was, what happened on that day, and what Operation Overlord accomplished within the context of World War 2. #dday #overlord #ike #eisenhower #ww2 Host: Jeff Sikkenga Executive Producer: Greg McBrayer Producer: Jeremy Gypton Subscribe: https://linktr.ee/ Source Join the conversation and …

The mayor of Miami has an ambitious goal—to reach a “functional zero” homeless population within his bustling city. “We reached functional zero veteran homeless, and I realized … that we could, we should, take it a step further and get to a functional zero,” says Mayor Francis Suarez, a Republican who leads Florida’s second-biggest city. Miami is p…

The polling is coming in and…sorry, but the Trump verdict isn’t changing anything, it appears. Nonetheless, liberal journalists and politicians keep believing their take that “the rule of law is on the ballot” applies to the aftermath of a Trump victory rather than describing what’s happening right now in the wake of the New York case. Also: Veepst…

Up on today’s Problematic Women – We have a different format today. We bring you the latest news on the fallout after former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial conviction. Plus, China took their panda’s back from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. last year, but now China is sending two new pandas to D.C. Also on today’s show, …

Tzipi Livni has served as a minister of eight different cabinet ministries under three prime ministers: Ariel Sharon, Ehud Olmert, and Benjamin Netanyahu. Her positions have included Justice Minister, Foreign Minister and Vice-Prime Minister. She has also been the official leader of the opposition. As foreign minister, Tzipi Livni led negotiations …

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com After a two-month hiatus, John and I are back for a Q&A session. This time around, as an experiment, we asked subscribers to submit non-political questions. Let’s see what you came up with. Source Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://…

Sara is back from El Salvador, where she attended the inauguration of a president who dramatically improved the lives of his people within just a few years. Can that be done in the U.S. too? Nayib Bukele was elected in 2019 and inherited one of the most crime-ridden nations on earth. The country was overrun by ruthless gangs who drove the homicide …

Across the globe, Paul Rusesabagina is known as “the hotel manager.” In 2004, Don Cheadle portrayed Rusesabagina in the movie “Hotel Rwanda.” (Cheadle won an Academy Award for the portrayal.) In 1994, Rusesabagina was the general manager of a hotel in Kigali. In that capacity, he saved 1,268 refugees from murder—from the genocide. In 2005, George W…

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On this ID The Future marking the anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s death, we’re delighted to share Discovery Institute Vice President Dr. John West’s recent conversation with radio host Michael Medved discussing Reagan’s deeply personal argument for intelligent design. During remarks given at a National Prayer Breakfast event in 1988, Reaga…

What does the conviction of former President Donald Trump mean for the country? Join Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway and Senior Editor David Harsanyi as they discuss President Joe Biden’s publicly declining mental state, break down the hypocrisy of Democrats’ “convicted felon” narrative, analyze Dr. Anthony Fauci’s and Attorney General …