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Weekly episodes of Ricochet’s flagship podcast feature our hosts James Lileks, Steve Hayward, Charles C. W. Cooke, and guests discussing the issues of the week.

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#805
Friday · 1 hr 5 min
Embodied Optimism
AI has many amygdalae flooding nervous systems with warnings; a rising share of Americans look toward digital technology with deep suspicion; and a data center revolt is underway. The worries are increasingly apocalyptic. But it's not that America has...
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#804
August 28 · 52 min
More Hot Water
Canada is back in the news, but not in the good way like you want. So Steve and James find themselves weighing in on another renamed body of water while wading through the latest wave of weekly events. There's also curiously leaked reporting on CIA...
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August 21 · 1 hr 4 min
Upending Your Moral Universe
It's just James and Charles this week at the post: Post-elections in Florida, Minnesota, and South Carolina - post-mortem on l'affaire de Arday - and the post-partum madness of Lindsay Clancy, who is on trial in Massachusetts for murdering her three...
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#802
August 14 · 58 min
Confessions of a Democratic Operative
For once, we can all agree with AOC: Woke 1 was crazy. But rather than laugh it off and set the stage for "true woke has never been tried," perhaps we could ask the youths to learn from their mistakes. To that end, we were pleased to chat with Evan...
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#801
August 7 · 57 min
Rearranging the Deck Chairs
Britain is on its seventh prime minister since bidding adieu to the EU a decade back. There’s news of once-unimaginable crimes and ethnic strife shaking once sleepy shires. Even model citizens like scholar-slash-philanthropist and casual world-class...
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#800
July 31 · 1 hr 6 min
If It Pleads, It Leads
It's a milestone episode! Number Eight Hundred. That calls for a celebration. Not only does Ricochet co-founder Peter Robinson join to host, but our dear pal Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is able to take a moment away from running both the NIH and CDC to talk...
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#799
July 24 · 57 min
Homer Bound
Christopher Nolan has another blockbuster hit in theaters and has set off the pop culture controversy of the year with his rendition of The Odyssey. To move beyond the visual spectacle and online hysterics, James, Steve and Charles are joined by Titus...
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#798
July 17 · 56 min
Survey Says: Love Will Keep Us Together
CNN's Harry Enten joins Steve, Charlie and James to put a little pizzazz on polling data. The gang covers a great deal of ground: the DSA insurgency, a couple of key midterm races, economic pessimism, public suspicion about polling, and some of the...
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#797
July 10 · 56 min
Our Favorite Bands
As the late Johnny Thunders would say, "Rock and roll is simply an attitude." And we bring the attitude this week with Free Press contributor https://x.com/EliLake, as we talk Graham Platner's Maine implosion, underestimating the Ukranians and how...
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July 3 · 35 min
Bringing the Golden State Back into the Fold
For a special edition of the Ricochet Podcast, Peter Robinson sits down with Steve Hilton, California's Republican candidate for governor. The duo discusses Hilton's uphill fight with the machine-backed Xavier Beccera, the corrupt alliance between...
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#795
June 26 · 49 min
Ducks in a Row to Administer the Algae-rithm
Our hosts are out of sorts as they prep for the Independence Day celebration: Hayward is on the high seas, Lileks is in Boston, and the always-fashionable Cooke is even later than usual. But the gang had to get together once more before the holiday...
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#794
June 19 · 57 min
Teaching Wit, Wisdom, and Love of Country
America's 250th birthday is just a few weeks out, and festivities are underway. But, leaving aside disputes about fist fights and daring stunts on the White House South Lawn, a question emerges about what a serious celebration of the American way...
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#793
June 12 · 55 min
A World of Willful Weirdos
It's just James and Charles to recollect and swap rants about the goings-on of the land of the free and the home of oddball. The cast of characters includes the world's first billionaire, an Angeleno who lost an election for common sense, a lunatic...
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#792
June 5 · 59 min
A Law Unto Yooself
John Yoo returns to usher in SCOTUS opinion season, joining James and Steve for some friendly debates on law, politics and, most controversially, more than a few matters of taste. For our democrats in the audience, we've got chatter on California vote...
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#791
May 29 · 57 min
Deal or No Deal?
Lots and lots of burning questions dominate the news. Do we need a $250 bill, and what or who should be on it? Mamdani flexes his communist urges in NYC, so what could possibly go wrong? And can a state tax a "slush fund" at 100%? James and Charles...
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#790
May 22 · 59 min
Revolution on the Run
James, Steve and non-stipendiary host Rob Long shoot the breeze as they face revolutionary changes big and small. From the impending phenonena of Pratt Summer and unstoppable AI to the DNC's stateside Commie drama and the Euros giving nationalism...
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#789
May 15 · 58 min
Summit Song and Dance
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have ended their two day summit in Beijing with lots of talk and no announced breakthroughs. James and Steven break it all down. Speaking of breaking down, we welcome back National Review senior writer...
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#788
May 8 · 1 hr 2 min
Alien to the Court
Ricochet’s beloved former editor Mollie Hemingway is back with a new book, https://www.amazon.com/Alito-Justice-Reshaped-Restored-Constitution/dp/1541607139. We’re so thrilled, in fact, that we couldn’t even keep Peter Robinson away. So Mollie leads...
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#787
May 1 · 59 min
The Renegade Academy
Have we hit the "another week, another act of homegrown terror" phase of American history? Spencer Klavan joins Steve and Charles for a roundup of the (relatively) young academic's recent works on subjects ranging from Francis Fukayama's...
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#786
April 24 · 53 min
Lawless Education
The pitiful state of university sociology departments is an unfortunate thing, but to see tantrums at elite law schools over "controversial" speakers portends danger — or so says Ilya Shapiro, author...
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