Are the Authoritarians Losing It?

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.6 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2022

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

James B. Meigs, our Tech Commentary columnist, joins the podcast today to talk about the protests in China and how they relate to what we know about the Chinese government's response to COVID—and our own government's response. Plus, is Elon Musk just acting crazy or is he up to something interesting? Give a listen.

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0:00.0	bu
0:05.4	Perfect.
0:28.1	Monday, November 28th, 22.
0:32.6	I'm John Pothor.
0:33.5	It's the editor of Commentary Magazine
0:35.0	with me as always executive editor,
0:36.7	a Greenwald Hyade.
0:38.0	Hi, John.
0:39.7	Associate editor and author of Rise of the New Puritans.
0:42.5	No, Rothman, I know.
0:43.8	Hi, John.
0:44.6	Christine Rosen is out today.
0:45.7	So joining us, fan favorite, tech commentary columnist,
0:50.3	host of the How Things Work podcast.
0:53.0	Do I have that right, Jim?
0:54.2	How do we fix it?
0:55.5	How do we fix it?
0:57.0	I think you should call it How Things Work.
0:58.5	I've probably already one of those.
1:00.6	OK.
1:01.3	It's like you're like Rhonda McDaniel.
1:03.9	I'm Rhonda Romney McDaniel.
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