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The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

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🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Today we discuss the torrent of right wing podcast commentary regarding the war in Iran and the importance of a victory in the conflict to combating their narratives, as well as more revelations on Zohran Mamdani's wife, and the aftermath of Joe Kent's resignation and appearance on Tucker Carlson's show. Plus, the new sexual misconduct allegations against Cesar Chavez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Project Hail Mary is an awe-inspiring masterpiece.
0:03.0	I'm not an astronaut.
0:06.0	Critics are in agreement. It's utterly spellbinding.
0:09.0	So, I met an alien.
0:11.0	Mesmerizing and profoundly moving.
0:13.0	It's now or never.
0:15.0	Thumbs up, baby.
0:16.0	Project Hail Mary.
0:17.0	Amaze, amaze, amaze.
0:19.0	In Cinemas Now.
0:20.0	Oh Mary. Amaze, amaze, amaze. In Cinemas now.
0:28.4	Hope for the best.
0:30.8	Expect the words.
0:32.5	Some drinks your pain.
0:34.8	Some diaphyrs.
0:42.3	The way of knowing which way it's going oh for the best expect the worst Welcome to the commentary magazine Daily Podcast. Today is Thursday, March 19th, 2026. I am John Podhoritz, the editor of Commentary Magazine. With me, as always,
0:56.0	Executive Editor, A. Greenwald. Hi, Abe.
0:58.3	Hi, John. Senior editor Seth Mandel. Hi, Seth. Hi, John. And Washington Free Beacon
1:04.5	editor, Eliana Johnson. Hi, Eliana. Hi, John. Abe, last night on our text chain, you said you were feeling a little weird because you find yourself constantly distracted from the facts of the war or the details of the war or the larger picture of the war by the gnat-like swarms of negative commentary coming from
1:33.4	the woke right and that, you know, this, there seems, you're like going insane with this.
1:40.5	And yet you said, you think it's important nonetheless that your attention is distracted in this way.
1:49.2	And I just want to point out one thing and then ask you to explain it, which is Joe Kent, the person who resigned on Tuesday from the National Counterterrorism Center job saying he could no longer countenance
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