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The Ricochet Podcast

Big Ben, The Indomitable Donald and the Tush Push

The Ricochet Podcast

Ricochet

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Ben Domenech returns to the Ricochet Podcast to give a progress report on Trump's second go at running things. James, Charles and Steve glean insights about the builder from Queens as Ben divulges about his long sitdown with the president in February. 

Plus, the hosts rap on the pope from Chicago, Germany's lurch toward state censorship, series worth a watch, and pieces worth a read.




- Sound from this week's open: a clip from Ben's interview with Trump.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Bye bye, bye, bye, bye, bye.

0:01.5

We hadn't agreed what key we were in, and James didn't give us any indication at all like usual.

0:06.6

You always leave me stranded, James.

0:08.7

Ask not what your country can do for you.

0:13.5

Ask what you can do for your country.

0:16.4

Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall.

0:21.4

It's the Rookashay podcast with Charles C.W. Cook and Stephen A.ward.

0:25.0

I'm James Lalex.

0:25.9

Today we talk to Ben Dominic, who sat down with Donald Trump, and he's going to tell him what he said.

0:30.8

So let's have ourselves a podcast.

0:32.6

You're familiar with this because you watch the game.

0:34.6

There's this whole debate about the meat and play that they were on the tush push. I wouldn't ban it, but what I would ban is this horrible

0:43.0

kickoff rule, this new kickoff rule. That is so bad. It is so terrible. You know, in football,

0:50.9

when the ball bones, you're supposed to be moving. This ball is up in the air

0:54.6

and they're all said it is so horrible. Welcome everybody. It's the Rickishay podcast number 740.

1:02.9

I'm James Lylex in a beautiful, gorgeous May Day here in Minneapolis. Charles C.W. Cook at the

1:07.9

moment is dealing with a water emergency, as he put it,

1:11.8

which is not a British euphemism for anything. Apparently he's got some water where it ought not to be in his house.

1:18.4

He's probably right now putting down bounty towels, soaking it up and strewing sawdust so he can get to us as soon as possible because of course this takes priority.

1:28.1

Stephen Hayward is with us as well.

1:29.5

Steven, are you in California?

1:31.2

I am.

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