How Does it End?

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Today we discuss the lingering questions regarding Trump's Iran strategy - is he still pursuing a definitive end to the war, or searching for an exit ramp due to rising oil prices and the situation in the Strait of Hormuz? We also touch on the historical context of American losses of life and equipment, and the consequences of American treatment of its international allies. Plus, the fight over TSA funding reaches the boiling point, and the emerging danger of prediction market abuse by insiders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hope for the best.
0:08.0	Expect the worst.
0:10.0	Some drinks can pay
0:12.0	Some die of thirst.
0:15.0	The way of knowing which way it's going.
0:19.0	Hope for the best, expect the worst. Oh for the best expect the worst
0:22.2	Oh for the best
0:24.3	Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily podcast
0:27.5	Today is Friday, March 27th,
0:30.4	2026.
0:31.4	I'm John Bodhor.
0:32.2	It's the editor of commentary.
0:33.9	I want to do a little advance scheduling notification.
0:39.2	Beginning next week is the Jewish holiday of Passover and an observance of Passover and our travel schedules.
0:47.9	There will be no podcasts Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of next week.
0:53.4	So we will have podcasts Monday and Tuesday, and then we
0:55.9	will go dark until the following week. So please plan accordingly. Don't think you're going to be
1:03.7	able to go into your fallout shelter and have three episodes next weekend to listen to the podcast on.
1:12.8	But you can always go back and listen to some of our classics.
1:17.0	I just don't know what those are because we record so many that I don't even remember
1:23.4	what we talked about yesterday.
1:25.0	So I will endeavor not to repeat what we said yesterday with
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