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The Ricochet Podcast

Addressing the Elephant in the Room

The Ricochet Podcast

Ricochet

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Conservatism and the Republican Party have been at an impasse for some time. On the one hand, we're beholden to the enduring principles of our founding, on the other we're proud members of the world's most innovative state. Henry Olsen joins Steve and James this week to discuss life at the conservative crossroads. (Check out his new podcast series of the same name here!)

Plus, Lileks and Hayward celebrate the EPA's move to drop the greenhouse gas "endangerment finding," and mark the departure of a friend of Ricochet. Rest in peace, Mr. John Ekdahl.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.

0:07.4

Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall.

0:12.4

It's the Rikishay podcast with Stephen Hayward. I'm James Lillis, and today we go to the conservative

0:16.4

Crossroads and talk to Robert Johnson? No, Henry Olson. So let's have ourselves a podcast. And you took

0:23.0

$10,000. That's a lot. And help them do it. You know, the other thing is whistleblowers came to you

0:28.9

as early as 2019. Let's look. As early as 2019, whistleblowers. Don't talk over me. No, no. You're

0:35.6

talking over me. It's my hearing, pal. As early as 2019. Don't call me, palers came to, well, I should call you a prisoner because you ought to be in jail. Welcome, everybody. It's the Rickettsie podcast number 776. Boy, that sounds patriotic. I'm George Lytics here in Minneapolis, and I'm joined by Stephen Hayward in I presume California. Yes. And this is the Rickashay podcast. You can join us at Rickshay.com, by the way, and be part of the most stimulating conversations and community on the web. Why don't you go there? Well, not now. I mean, you're leading forward elbows on the table wrapped, waiting to see where this is all going to go

1:12.0

but you know when we're done ambled over and see what all the fuss is about

1:15.7

steven how are you today how have things been it's been two weeks last week i was uh i was

1:21.9

flat with a with a stomach book not the stomach. There's not such thing as stomach flu.

1:28.8

I don't think.

1:34.4

I mean, you can't have influenza of the, you know, the GI part.

1:39.0

It was some bug, some noro, some campy bactors, some something, I think.

1:40.0

Right.

1:41.6

I'm fine.

1:46.1

I'm still getting over a respiratory bug I caught a week ago, but I'm back up in fighting for him and very happy about the news this week. There's been, you know, I'm not tired of

1:50.2

winning. I'll just put it that way. Well, let's go down those lists of wins as you see them.

1:55.3

I'm sure some people will regard them as mortal blows against the American experiment. But

2:00.5

with your sunny optimism and your particular prism, what are the things that you,

2:06.0

what winnings do you like today?

2:08.7

Well, I think the biggest story of the week, and I think you can't overstate how big it is,

2:12.8

is the Trump administration rolling back what's been known as the endangerment finding of the Obama.

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