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The Commentary Magazine Podcast

The Podcast of Laughter and Forgetting

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.65.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Eli Lake joins us to take the temperature of the Tim Walz Era—are the stories about his service dangerous for him or dangerous for Republicans who want to use them? And what about Kamala Harris's engagement at a rally with pro-Hamas protestors—did that go well for her or does it suggest trouble ahead? 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 drink champagne, some die of furs.

0:14.0

A-a-furs.

0:15.0

No 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.

0:27.0

Today is Thursday, August 8, 2024.

0:30.0

I am John Potth, the editor of Commentary Magazine with me as always,

0:34.0

Executive Editor Abe Greenwald.

0:35.4

Hi Abe.

0:36.2

Hi, Abe. Hi, Abe.

0:36.7

Hi, John.

0:37.7

Washington Commentary columnist Matthew Cottonetti.

0:40.1

Hi Matt.

0:41.0

Hi, John.

0:42.1

And Commentary contributing editor, uh, and free press contributing person.

0:51.0

I don't know what your title is.

0:52.0

I'm on staff at the free press you can say man on staff at the free press our friend and

0:57.9

occasional musical coordinator bandleader Docen, Paul Schaefer, Eli Lake.

1:05.4

Hi Eli, Eli.

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