Presidents, Porn Stars, and America's Soul

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

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🗓️ 18 January 2018

⏱️ 66 minutes

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So Trump pays off a porn star and it isn’t even the biggest story of the day. On the second COMMENTARY podcast of the week, we explore all angles of this peculiar state of affairs. What does it say about us politically? What does it say about us morally? And what does it tell us about the condition of the American soul? Give a listen. Source

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0:00.0	Welcome to the commentary magazine podcast for the 18th of
0:29.8	January 2018 I am John Pudhorts the editor of commentary the 73-year-old monthly of
0:36.5	political analysis, intellectual property and cultural criticism from a conservative
0:40.3	perspective. Join us at commentary magazine.com we give you a few free reads and ask
0:44.8	you to subscribe 1995 for a digital subscription 2095, for an all-access
0:50.3	subscription including our beautiful monthly magazine in your mailbox 11
0:54.1	times a year next week dropping in your mailbox will be our February issue with
0:58.9	the remarkable comprehensive Nick Everstadt article called the the method in
1:07.6	North Korea's madness wait that's not what's called so it's called yes okay we
1:12.5	changed the name the middle we changed the name not quite the last minute but
1:17.1	we were calling it the North Koreans aren't crazy but we we changed that
1:21.8	because it wasn't quite serious enough sounding and some amazing other stuff
1:29.1	Andy Ferguson on Michael Wolfe Christine Rosen on the New York Times's gender
1:33.7	editor great piece by Mayor Sullivan Hick on Winston Spencer Maccabee or the
1:40.9	mysterious connection between Churchill and the story of Hanukkah great
1:47.6	piece by Florida Rabbi Rabbi Salkin on the misuse of sloganering in liberal
1:56.0	Judaism and a whole bunch of other stuff Terry T. Chaude on what do we do
2:01.3	about great artists whose private lives are repellent focusing on the choreographer
2:09.4	George Balanchine so that's what's coming up if you don't subscribe subscribe
2:14.5	today you can read all of that if you if you don't subscribe you're gonna
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2:23.4	smashing down on your head so please do give us your shot with me as always
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