Best Ricochet Audio Network Podcasts (2024)

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Roaming the Land with Credentials 31:13

1h ago31:13

31:13

A stiff drink, a hot band and a lanyard around your neck. It doesn't get any better than that. Or does it?By Ricochet

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Great Content for Chik-fil-A 1:25:51

12m ago1:25:51

1:25:51

We’ve got DNC Rank Punditry®, we've got star encounters, we've got bad boss stories, we've got Minnesota accents, we've got Rob's Burisma collection, we've got House of The Dragon, Silicon Valley, and for Pete's sake -- mind your own damn business.By Ricochet

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Muti, Music, and Harmony 47:32

3h ago47:32

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Maestro Riccardo Muti is a fixture at the Salzburg Festival. This year, he conducted the Vienna Philharmonic in Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony. Between rehearsals and performances, he sat down with Jay to discuss a variety of matters—musical and even social. What constitutes harmony in society? And what can music teach us about how to live together? A …

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A Holsum Edition with Extra Honey 33:19

6h ago33:19

33:19

White Bread, Peanut Butter, Honey and T-Rex.By Ricochet

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We Have Your Face 36:31

3d ago36:31

36:31

Contemplating the marvels and the possible malevolence of the modern age while consuming a slightly warmed-over "Weird Burger."By Ricochet

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The Sum of All Fears 33:26

18d ago33:26

33:26

Old dogs, renamed streets... and what the heck is a quoit?!?By Ricochet

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Blue Öyster Special 30:27

19d ago30:27

30:27

Playlists, algorithms, musical tastes and you never know who's listening... On the juke box: End of Every Song by Buck Dharma (Triceratops Music - ASCAP) Used by permission. endofeverysong.comBy Ricochet

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That's Where The Trouble Begins 1:19:32

19d ago1:19:32

1:19:32

An all-over-the-place GLoP for mid-summer: we've got some Rank Punditry® about changes past and possibly future at the top of ticket, some discourse about -yes-- cupholders in cars, a little Columbo, some thoughts about The Outsiders and it's various incarnations in different media, that time Jeff Goldblum played a NYC mugger, The Warriors, and of …

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An Archduke Walks into a Diner 35:45

1M ago35:45

35:45

Events of the day leads to thoughts of events of the past - with a little Lidocaine thrown in for good measure.By Ricochet

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A Legal Eagle, on Law and Life 47:07

1M ago47:07

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Ilya Somin is a law prof and all-around intellectual. He is of a libertarian bent. He teaches at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University. He began life in the Soviet Union. He was but six when his family immigrated to America. He read Robert Nozick, and Tolkien, and others. He went to Amherst, Harvard, and Yale. He is a Boston spor…

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The Stuff 37:26

1M ago37:26

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James is back from the British Isles and has had a little bit of it shipped home directly to The Diner.By Ricochet

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Daughter of Cuba 38:26

1M ago38:26

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Rosa María Payá is a democracy activist. So was her father, Oswaldo—killed by the Cuban regime in 2012. With Jay, Rosa María talks about political prisoners, the Castros, the alliance between Havana and Moscow, the alliance between Havana and Beijing, the nature of democracy, and more. She is a brave, poised woman, with a touch of nobility about he…

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A Life in Academe, a Life in the World: Eliot A. Cohen 48:39

1M ago48:39

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For The Atlantic, Eliot A. Cohen has written a piece called “Farewell to Academe.” The subtitle is: “I leave with doubts and foreboding that I would not have anticipated when I completed my formal education in 1982.” With Jay, he talks about this. They also talk about Israel and Ukraine. About U.S. politics. About the life of the mind, including po…

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Immunity Idols and Chevrons 52:00

2M ago52:00

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In this special edition of Law Talk with Epstein & Yoo, Richard Epstein and John Yoo are joined by National Review’s Charles C.W. Cooke to discuss the Supreme Court’s decisions concerning Donald Trump’s claim of presidential immunity in Trump v. United States, as well as Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, aka the Chevron case established in 1984…

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From Russia, a Brave, Conscientious Woman 27:38

2M ago27:38

27:38

Anastasia Shevchenko was a civil-society leader in Russia. She was the first person prosecuted under the Kremlin’s notorious law concerning “undesirable organizations.” She fled Russia in the summer of 2022 and continues to work for human rights in her native country from abroad. Earlier this month, she was a guest, by video hook-up, of the Oslo Fr…

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It's Got The Ticker 1:21:54

2M ago1:21:54

1:21:54

Beat the summer heat with a healthy dollop of GLoP! This week: some discourse on Stripes (always start with a 40 year old movie), Inside Out II, the peculiar problem with Jeffrey Jones, why Star Trek: Discovery sucks, anecdotes about David Soul and Chuck Mangione, and some inside info on Jonah Goldberg v. Niall Ferguson.…

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Tips For Everyone: A Supreme Court Roundabout 57:57

2M ago57:57

57:57

Richard Epstein and John Yoo discuss the last two weeks of Supreme Court rulings covering challenges to Second, Fourteenth, and Sixteenth Amendments. They also preview the upcoming challenge to Chevron Deference and dive into disputes among the originalist thinkers on the court. Finally, they weigh in on criticisms of recent disclosures by Justice …

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Bearly the Fourth of July 33:38

2M ago33:38

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James is heading off on his annual sojourn but takes emough time to stop in and sit at his familar place at the long, boomarang-patterned Formica counter and talk a little Fourth of July and things that go BOOOOM in the night.By Ricochet

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Saturday Night in America 45:59

2M ago45:59

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Christian Schneider is a writer and podcaster. With Scot Bertram, he hosts a podcast about “Saturday Night Live.” Jay talks with him about “SNL,” about politics, about politics and “SNL,” etc.By Ricochet

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Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me 45:54

2M ago45:54

45:54

Beth and Andrew speak with author, professor and conservative commentor Wilfred Reilly about his recently published book, Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me, which sets the record straight on a variety of topics that are mistaught in our nation’s schools. Reilly discusses the real history of slavery and the truth about colonialism around the world. We…

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MARFAK'ed 31:03

2M ago31:03

31:03

Getting lubricated while going off menu. It's as much fun as it sounds.By Ricochet

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Ukraine, from Independence till Now 1:06:40

2M ago1:06:40

1:06:40

Adrian Karatnycky is a New Yorker with Ukrainian-Polish heritage. For eleven years, he was president of Freedom House. Today he is with the Atlantic Council and other organizations. He was a student of Ukraine—and the general neighborhood—long before most people thought of Ukraine. He has now written a history: “Battleground Ukraine: From Independe…

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Local Soda Jerk 33:20

2M ago33:20

33:20

Refrigerator's acting up. Will take my regional soda with ice. Hold the metal shavings.By Ricochet

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Son of Nicaragua 47:14

3M ago47:14

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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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From Rwanda, the Hotel Manager 34:23

3M ago34:23

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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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Proof Is In the You-Know-What 36:47

3M ago36:47

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Brown sugar. Butter. Maybe some cream. Perhaps a dash of vanilla and a pinch of salt. That's the recipe for Butterscotch. Or you just follow the directions on that 10-lb bag of powder over there.By Ricochet

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Father Long 1:23:04

3M ago1:23:04

1:23:04

This month, a rare event: a Pod-less pod, with Rob and Jonah taking sole command of the GLoP bridge. But there's still plenty to talk about, including a big announcement for Rob, some thoughts about The Fall Guy, the boys have dinner in NYC, a little archeological rank punditry (yes, there is such a thing), get slightly scatological (again), and to…

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Thoughts While Eating Toast 37:33

3M ago37:33

37:33

You write and you write and you write some more. And you keep writing until you're done.By Ricochet

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Dilated 32:51

3M ago32:51

32:51

An episode that asks the eternal questions: Is this good? Better? Worse? Better here? Or better here? What's the lowest line you can read?By Ricochet

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Painter of Our Revolution 57:56

3M ago57:56

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Richard Brookhiser has written many books about the American Revolution and the Founding Fathers. He got interested when he went to college—to Yale, where he saw John Trumbull’s paintings. Now he has written a biography of the artist. A wonderful student and explainer and depicter, Brookhiser is.By Ricochet

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A Ukrainian on Ukraine 38:19

3M ago38:19

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Illia Ponomarenko is one of the leading war reporters and defense analysts in Ukraine. He himself is Ukrainian—from the east of the country. He went to college in Mariupol, which has now been bludgeoned and taken over by Putin’s forces. Ponomarenko has come out with a book, mid-war: “I Will Show You How It Was: The Story of Wartime Kyiv.” Jay talks…

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Penalizing Women's Sports 39:28

4M ago39:28

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On this episode, Andrew and Beth speak with Kim Russell, an activist for preserving girls’ and women’s sports. Russell shares her story about what attracted her to take the position of the Women’s Lacrosse Coach at Oberlin College, a notoriously left-leaning college and how a social media post on trans swimmer Lia Thomas led to her removal from tha…

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Battlestar Diner 29:14

4M ago29:14

29:14

Something that you can only get at The Diner: A trip to the future on a trip to the past. By your command...By Ricochet

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Scholar, and Explainer, of Islam 38:56

4M ago38:56

38:56

Mohamad Jebara grew up in Ottawa, Canada, the son of Lebanese immigrants. He, and they, were “cultural Muslims.” But he soon became a scholar of Islam, and a philologist. He is a man of formidable learning, and he has a gift for imparting what he knows to a general audience. From ages ten to twelve, he memorized the Koran. It is still there, in his…

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The Professors Strike Back: The 1st Amendment on Campus, ICC's Overreach, and Presidential Immunity 50:49

4M ago50:49

50:49

Richard and John respond to the clearing of student protests at major universities and judge their claims to the validity of their encampments. They also discuss the likelihood that the International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and whether President Biden will continue the pressure that his predecessor…

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Every Success Is A Mistake 1:11:17

4M ago1:11:17

1:11:17

We've got a wide ranging GLoP for you this month: everything from who John spent 9/11 with to movie bad guys and losers who end up winning, Alan Bloom, college campus unrest and the best movies about college, Norman Podhoretz watched a dirty movie once and wrote about it. morning routines of the rich and famous, and Jonah's beefs with Fallout and S…

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Architectural Gas 37:21

4M ago37:21

37:21

An order of eggs, forget the bacon and bring us a side order of aesthetically pleasing buildings.By Ricochet

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Title IX Rewrite 40:47

4M ago40:47

40:47

Andrew and Beth speak with education activist Erika Sanzi about the Biden administration’s recently released new Title IX Rules. Sanzi gives us a brief overview of the history of the legislation and illustrates how the rules changed dramatically under the Obama administration and then the Trump administration. And now Biden’s new rules bring back k…

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