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The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

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🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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FDD's Jonathan Schanzer joins us on this St. Patrick's Day to discuss Israel degrading Iran's missile capabilities, as well as the developing Lebanese front. We also discuss the killing of Ali Larijani, the reports that Iran's new supreme leader is gay, and the open questions of whether Iranian proxies in Iraq and Yemen might join the fray. 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 your 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., for the best, expect the worst.
0:22.3	Oh, for the best.
0:24.7	Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily podcast.
0:27.3	Today is Tuesday, March 17th, 2026.
0:30.7	Happy St. Patrick's day to everyone who observes.
0:34.1	I'm John Pothoritz, the editor of Commentary Magazine.
0:36.9	With me, as always, executive editor, Abe Greenwald.
0:40.6	Hi, Abe.
0:41.5	Hi, John.
0:42.8	Senior editor, Seth Mandel.
0:44.2	Hi, Seth.
0:45.5	Hi, John.
0:46.2	And joining us today, Commentary is contributing editor and Puba at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
0:52.8	Jonathan Shanzer.
0:53.6	Hi, John.
0:54.7	Hey, John. Is it Foundation for the Defense of democracies. Jonathan Shanzer. Hi, John. Hey, John.
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