Driving My Dong Fang

GLoP Culture

Ricochet

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

John Podhoretz, Jonah Goldberg, and Rob Long er, "ricochet" from Trump potentially skipping his son’s wedding to the collapse of late-night television, the strange death of black-tie culture, the rise of “Technogerd” pharmaceutical ads, and whether the future belongs to GLP-1 drugs, Episcopalians, or Chinese vertical dramas. Along the way: Jane Fonda at the Chinese Theatre, yacht-rock pedophilia lyrics, the comedy gold of the JPMorgan sex-lawsuit texts, Netflix sitcoms, empty Manhattan churches, Johnny Carson’s killer instinct, and the immortal phrase “Fiddla Please.” It’s a classic free-association GLoP: equal parts cultural criticism, showbiz war stories, theological detour, and middle-aged panic attack — all powered by Dongfang energy and sustained by propofol-grade banter.

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0:00.0	I work with Spanky.
0:02.6	I literally have never heard of a single person working with Spanky McFarlane. Well, he played Spanky McFarland. He came, he's in a bar teaser. He comes in. And the guy says, aren't you Spanky McFarland? And everyone is a real generational thing. Everyone in the room thought it was hilarious. We got Spanky McFarland. I was like, who the fucking spanking McFarling?
0:20.5	And they said, well, you're too young.
0:21.9	Like, well, I mean, you know, yes, I was young then, but like, maybe, maybe I am too young, but this is also too old. That's also possible. The audience was baffled. Spanking McFarlane, we had to do this giant run-up. Spanking McFarland. You know Spanking McFarland from the old art gang. Remember with Alfalfa and Darla? Remember? Oh, yeah. Oh, that's the guy. I mean, those is nine-hour setup. Yeah. Because nobody knew who the fuck he was. It's gold, by the way.
0:52.8	I'm auditioning for Professor Garrity's All-Black production,
0:55.9	A Fiddler on the Roof.
0:57.0	It's called Fiddler, please.
0:59.0	It's hard to be Jewish.
1:00.4	It's hard to be Jewish.
1:01.6	It's hard to be Jewish in Russia.
1:03.7	Yo, bagels and locks.
1:05.7	Someone drop an Old Testament beat.
1:12.6	Dradles. Trey-O-Doh.
1:13.6	Okay, we're fast approaching Memorial Day, so it is time for another Glop culture.
1:26.6	I'm John Podhorretz in New York. In Washington, Jonah Goldberg. Hi, Jonah. Hey, John. And in Princeton, New Jersey, Rob Long. Hi, Rob. Hi, John. Hi, Jonah. How are you guys? All right. Really? Not so bad. Not so bad? Not so bad. You know, I, as you know, my father passed away
1:48.7	in December and he was really a wonderful father. But I mean, he can't compete with Donald Trump
1:56.0	who just, as we're recording this, just said that he was thinking about going to his son's wedding
2:02.5	this weekend, but he wasn't sure he could make it because he's got a lot of stuff going on
2:07.4	like Iran and other things. And he's really, and his son is a person he's known for a long
2:13.5	time. And hopefully it will be a happy marriage, he marriage he said in fairness the new tile samples are
2:21.1	coming in for the ballroom and you know you got a got to swatches but also look me it's not like um
2:28.1	the trumps aren't one and done in the marriage wedding department in general. I'll make it to the next one.
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