All Blood, No Progress

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🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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National Review's Noah Rothman is back to celebrate the publication of his new book Blood and Progress and to discuss the press-credentialed Luigi Mangione fans outside his court proceedings and the underlying philosophy behind left wing support for violence. Check out our sponsor at https://strawberry.me Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the best.
0:09.0	Welcome to the commentary magazine Daily Podcast. Today is Tuesday, May 19th, 2026.
0:29.4	I'm John Podhord, the editor of commentary with me, as always, executive editor.
0:34.7	Abe Greenwald, hi, Abe.
0:36.2	Hi, John.
0:37.4	Senior editor, Seth Mendel. Hi, Seth. Hi, Abe. Hi, John. Senior editor Seth Mandel.
0:38.9	Hi, Seth.
0:40.3	Hi, John.
0:41.2	Social commentary columnist Christine Rosen.
0:43.8	Hi, Christine.
0:44.9	Hi, Christine.
0:45.0	And joining us today, our old colleague,
0:49.3	senior editor at National Review,
0:51.7	and the author of
0:53.8	published today, out today, today, May 19th,
1:00.1	his long-awaited book, Blood and Progress, Noah Rothman. Hi, Noah. Hi, John. So I should say
1:09.2	that Blood and Progress originated as an article in commentary two years ago.
1:15.4	And your subtitle is a century of left-wing violence in America. And the president tells us last night that this is the only thing that's going to happen today.
1:29.7	There will be no world historic events that interrupt the rollout of blood and progress.
1:34.9	What's important is that, yes, Donald Trump has postponed the war in Iran so that Noah could get a free shot at an open pub day for blood and progress. And Trump is not the
1:49.2	only person conspiring to give Noah's book a boost because yesterday outside the courtroom in
1:56.6	New York City where the judge hearing the case of accused murderer Luigi Mangione, the
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