Welcome to the commentary magazine podcast today is Monday September 16th 2019.

I'm John Pudhord, the editor of commentary, the 70-odd year old monthly of intellectual

analysis, political, providence, and cultural criticism from a conservative perspective.

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With me as always, a Greenwald senior editor, high-aid.

Hi John, Noah Rothman Associate, or Hi Noah.

Hi John.

And in our studio here in New York, because we have our annual roast tonight,

senior writer Christine Rosen, hi Christine.

Hi John.

Yes, she is not on audacity.

That's the sky through audacity, whatever we have a whole,

you know how long it took us to set that up.

And now she's here and so we don't have to worry about blending the two tracks.

Really peel on the curtain back here.

I'm telling you, the sausage factory is open for examination.

You don't want to see what goes in it.

Just like we don't want to see what went into the New York Times decision to publish this

disgusting smear of Brett Kavanaugh that came out yesterday.

And actually came out Saturday afternoon, the first inkling that anybody had of the New York

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