Gavin Knew Some

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Today we discuss Gavin Newsom's SAT scores on the backdrop of his 2028 presidential ambitions, and John recommends Splitsville. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm James Patterson. I write way too many books. Welcome to Hungry Dogs. The title comes from my
0:07.1	maternal grandmother, Isabel Zelvis Morris. Nan used to always say, Hungry Dogs Run Faster, James,
0:13.9	and I've been running fast ever since. Here's what will be coming your way soon, and this is a really
0:19.3	terrific list, I think. You'll hear from some incredible people like Stacey Abrams.
0:24.6	Yay.
0:25.6	B.J. Novak.
0:26.9	Yay.
0:27.7	Kathy Bates, Dolly Parton, Josh Gadd, and Pope Leo.
0:32.4	Okay, maybe not Pope Leo.
0:33.7	But who knows?
0:34.4	Maybe he'll show up.
0:35.3	Hungry Dogs Run Faster.
0:37.3	Thank you, Grandma, for turning me into a hopeless, obsessive, compulsive.
0:42.0	Listen to Hungry Dogs with James Patterson. That'd be me on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever
0:49.1	you get your podcast. Thank you, thank you, thank26. I'm John Pod Horitz, the editor of Commentary
1:30.5	Magazine with me as always, executive editor, Abe Greenwald. Hi, Abe. Hi, John. Senior editor Seth
1:36.3	Mendel. Hi, Seth. Hi, John. And Washington Free Beacon editor Eliana Johnson. Hi,
1:42.1	Eliana. Hi, John. Okay, do we all want to go around and say what our SAT scores were?
1:47.9	Because, by the way, mine weren't that good, I will confess.
1:52.4	Like, I thought that the trick...
1:53.7	Haven't they changed the way that you score since most of us took them?
1:59.0	Yes, I think basically now, yes.
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