Mourning in Michigan

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

Politics, News, News Commentary

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🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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On our last show before Passover we discuss Michigan senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's comments on the death of Ayatollah Khamenei published by the Free Beacon, and the democratic dilemma regarding more radical candidates. Plus, the absurd Dark Money accusations against AIPAC, and Eliana and Christine recommend the movie Nuremberg. 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 drink your pain.
0:13.0	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. Hope for the best, expect the worst.
0:22.4	Oh, for the best.
0:25.1	Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily podcast.
0:28.0	Today is Tuesday, March 31st, 2026.
0:31.8	I'm John Pott Hort.
0:32.5	It's the editor of Commentary Magazine Programming Note.
0:35.6	This is our last podcast this week. Some of us will be traveling
0:39.8	tomorrow to be in preparation for the first night of the two Passover Saders, which take place
0:47.8	Wednesday and Thursday night. Passover, therefore, takes place from Wednesday night through Friday night.
0:56.5	And so we will not be having any shows after today's, and we will be returning next Monday.
1:03.8	And by we, I mean executive editor, Abe.
1:05.9	Greenwald, hi, Abe.
1:07.3	Hi, John.
1:08.4	Senior editor Seth Mandel.
1:10.0	Hi, Seth.
1:11.3	Hi, John. Washington Free Beacon editor, Ele Hi, John. Senior editor Seth Mandel. Hi, Seth. Hi, John.
1:12.6	Washington Free Beacon Editor Eliana Johnson.
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