The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Host of ABC’s “The View,” Meghan McCain, joins the podcast today to talk about Joe Biden’s inauguration as president, the fallout from the January 6 Capitol Building riots, and what it will be like to host a daytime talk show without President Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's podcast takes up the surreal fact that Joe Biden will be president, and Donald Trump will not be president—and yet it still feels like Trump is the only news game in town and nobody cares what Biden will say or do. Also some football talk! Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bret Stephens, newly minted COMMENTARY contributing editor, joins the podcast today to discuss his blockbuster article, "Memo to President Biden: Please Don't Mess Up the Abraham Accords."  Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast takes up the second impeachment and the quandary facing the Senate as regards the trial of Donald Trump. Will it involve an assault on free speech? Why are liberals so intent on cracking down on speech anyway? And what about the GOP and Trump’s continued popularity? Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast anticipates the House’s vote to impeach Donald Trump a second time and where things go from here—is this the worst possible way to do something our crew does think is vitally necessary? And how badly will the Republican Party fracture over this? Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Congress once again compelled to take up an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump, and the old political calculations are making a comeback. Republicans have a gun to their heads—if reports are to be believed, in a very literal sense, and are increasingly less inclined to support such a motion. But Democrats don’t seem inclined to make betraying Trump an enticing prospect. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our podcast today is supersized as we take on the aftermath of the riots, the removal of Trump from Twitter and the removal of Parler from the Internet, the Republican Party’s challenge, the prospects for impeachment and removal, and the very nature of reality itself. Get a cup of coffee and give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the fallout settling from the siege of the Capitol Building, it has become clear that there should be serious consequences to render that event unthinkable. But what should they be? From impeaching the president, to shaming the lawmakers who allowed this to happen, to the fight for the soul of the GOP; the podcast discusses and debates next steps. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The insurrection staged by Donald Trump yesterday is the focus of our podcast today, and what remedies should or could be adopted to deal with one of the most disgusting events in American political history. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The podcast considers the meaning of the Democratic victories in Georgia and the fact that four years ago Republicans had secured control of the House, the Senate, and the White House—and have now, four years later, lost them all. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices