The Cross of Gould

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

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🗓️ 16 February 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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An essay in New York Magazine that tells the story of a 40something writer and the mental breakdown that leads her to want to divorce her husband tells the entire story of 21st century elite and pop culture singlehandedly. It's called "The Lure of Divorce," and we devote most of the podcast today to explaining its inadvertent importance as a cultural document that defines our time. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hope for the best.
0:07.0	the worst.
0:09.0	Expect the worst.
0:11.0	Some bring champagne, some die of furs.
0:14.0	A of furs.
0:15.0	The way of knowing which way it's going.
0:19.0	Hope for the best expect the worst.
0:22.0	Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily Podcast. Today is Friday, February 16,
0:28.7	2024. I am John Buthord, the editor of Commentary, a few programming notes.
0:33.5	The first is that we are recording this not on Friday, February 16th, but at night on Thursday,
0:40.1	February 15th.
0:41.8	And so there may be some timeline problems where we refer to today
0:47.1	but we're actually meeting yesterday as you're hearing this so I apologize for that the
0:50.7	other is that we will not be podcasting on Monday
0:53.4	President's Day but we'll be back to you on Tuesday and by we I mean
0:56.8	executive editor Aig Wainwald. Hi, Abe.
0:59.1	Hi John. Senior writer, Senior editor Seth Mandel, I've said.
1:04.3	Hi, John.
1:05.4	And a former senior writer at Commentary,
1:10.0	now just our media commentary,
1:11.8	not just, but our media commentary columnist and American Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow,
1:16.3	Christine Rosen. Hi, Christine.
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