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The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

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🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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If you had a war between India and Pakistan on your 2025 bingo card, congratulations—because nobody else did, including the Trump administration. What are the possible consequences, and how will they interfere with Trump's trip to the Middle East in the coming days? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome for the best.
0:09.0	Expect the worst.
0:11.0	Some drink and pain.
0:13.0	Some die of first.
0:15.0	The way of knowing which way it's going.
0:19.0	Hope for the best.
0:20.0	Expect the worst. Oh, for the best, expect the worst.
0:22.4	Oh, for the best.
0:24.7	Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily podcast.
0:27.5	Today is Wednesday, May 7th, 2025.
0:30.4	I am John Pudhor.
0:31.3	It's the editor of Commentary Magazine with me.
0:34.0	As always, Executive Editor, Abe Greenwald.
0:36.1	Hi, Abe.
0:36.9	Hi, John.
0:38.4	Washington Commentary columnist and Director of Domestic Policy Studies at the American Enterprise
0:43.3	Institute, Matthew Contenetti. Hi, Matt. Hi, John. And senior editor Seth Van Bell. Hi, Seth.
0:50.3	Hi, John. Okay, I'm hoping that our voices were sufficiently distinct in your monosyllabic
0:57.5	responses to me, the classic, hi, John, well, that's two syllables, but two monosyllabic words,
1:04.8	that people who were complaining that they couldn't distinguish us, can now distinguish us,
1:10.4	but I'm going to play a game today
1:11.8	and every now and then say your names and see if that helps people so that they stop hocking me
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