The Meaning of Norman Podhoretz

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🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Today, we discuss the life, work, and ideas of longtime COMMENTARY editor and intellectual giant Norman Podhoretz, who died yesterday at age 95. From there, we move on to the strange developments in the Brown University shooting investigation, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles's unusual interview with Vanity Fair, and the Trump administration generally. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm James Patterson. I write way too many books. Welcome to Hungry Dogs. The title comes from my
0:07.1	maternal grandmother, Isabel Zelvis Morris. Nan used to always say, Hungry Dogs Run Faster, James,
0:13.9	and I've been running fast ever since. Here's what will be coming your way soon, and this is a
0:19.0	really terrific list, I think. You'll hear from some incredible people like Stacey Abrams.
0:24.6	Yay.
0:25.6	B.J. Novak.
0:26.9	Yay.
0:27.7	Kathy Bates, Dolly Parton, Josh Gadd, and Pope Leo.
0:32.4	Okay, maybe not Pope Leo.
0:33.7	But who knows?
0:34.4	Maybe he'll show up.
0:35.3	Hungry Dogs Run Faster.
0:37.3	Thank you, Grandma, for turning me into a hopeless, obsessive, compulsive.
0:42.0	Listen to Hungry Dogs with James Patterson. That'd be me on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever
0:49.1	you get your podcast. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you. the worst. Some drink champagne. Some die of thirst. The way of knowing which way it's going. Oh, for the best.
1:17.8	Expect the worst. Welcome to the commentary magazine daily podcast. Today is Wednesday,
1:26.6	December 17th, 2025. I'm Abe Greenwald, the executive
1:30.5	editor of commentary. Joining me today is social commentary columnist Christine Rosen. Hi, Christine. Hi,
1:37.4	Christine. Hi, Abe. And Washington Free Beacon editor, Eliana Johnson. Hi, Eliana.
1:44.0	Hi, Abe.
1:46.5	So John is out today because, as you've likely heard or seen or read by now, his father, Norman Podharitz, who has edited commentary between 1960 and 1995,
2:04.2	and whose appearance in the magazine predated that,
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