Meet the Met

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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While signs that hostilities with Iran might renew despite statements from Pete Hegseth to the contrary, we pivot to discussing last night's Met Gala and the current obsession with ugly as beauty, and the expansive world of modern celebrity. Plus, John recommends Jonathan Moore's The Night Market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the best.
0:07.0	Expect the worst.
0:10.0	Some drink and pain.
0:12.0	Some die of first.
0:14.0	The way of knowing which way it's going.
0:17.0	Hope for the best.
0:19.0	Expect the worst. Welcome to the Best and Express the Worst
0:21.0	Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily
0:24.7	podcast. Today is
0:26.5	Tuesday, May 5th, 2026, Cinco de Mayo.
0:29.4	I am John Pott Horowitz.
0:30.9	The editor of Commentary Magazine with me,
0:32.6	as always, executive editor, A. Greenwald.
0:34.5	Hi, Abe.
0:35.4	Hi, John.
0:36.6	Senior editor, Seth Mandel. Hi, Seth. Hi, John. Senior editor Seth Mandel.
0:38.3	Hi, Seth.
0:39.6	Hi, John.
0:40.3	And Washington Free Beacon Editor Eliana.
0:42.7	Johnson, hi, Eliana.
0:44.3	Hi, John.
0:45.5	So we're in some weird mid-frozen moment
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