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The Commentary Magazine Podcast
Commentary Magazine
4.6 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2025
⏱️ 75 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hope for the best. |
| 0:08.0 | Expect the worst. |
| 0:10.0 | Some drink and pain. |
| 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. |
| 0:20.0 | Expect the worst., for the best, expect the worst. |
| 0:22.4 | Oh, for the best. |
| 0:25.0 | Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily podcast. |
| 0:27.8 | Today is Thursday, July 17th, 2025. |
| 0:31.2 | I am John Podhoritz, the editor of Commentary Magazine. |
| 0:35.6 | Matt Contenetti, perhaps you could give us a brief update if you want to take a second |
| 0:40.5 | to look at where we are on our YouTube subscribership, your current 2025 obsession. |
| 0:48.6 | It's my obsession. |
| 0:49.9 | It's your obsession and you are going to last a long time. |
| 0:52.8 | Yes. |
| 0:53.6 | Well, let me just pull it up here. |
| 0:56.0 | I have to say, you know, I checked last night, John, and I was a little bit disappointed |
| 1:00.5 | because I have to say we are now at 17,600 subscribers on our YouTube page, the |
| 1:09.0 | commentary podcast YouTube page. |
| 1:12.1 | And, you know, while that is, that's growing for sure, not quite at the pace of recent weeks. |
| 1:18.9 | And so step it up. |
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