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The Ricochet Podcast

To the Moon and Flipping a Grunt

The Ricochet Podcast

Ricochet

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Bondi's out at DOJ. SCOTUS heard another big case and issued another big ruling. We're at war, and Congress is out of the loop... We need a legal expert this week. John Malcolm joins — Vice President of the Meese Institute for the Rule of Law at Advancing American Freedom, and Executive Editor of the third edition of The Heritage Guide to the Constitution

Plus, Charles, Steve, and James are rejuvenated by the Artemis II launch, underwhelmed by Trump's address on the war, slightly stunned by modern slang, and mildly ticked by faulty diction. 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Unfortunately, you make them sound really cool when you say that.

0:04.8

I don't like these people, but that makes me sort of think they're cool.

0:09.7

Well, they aren't.

0:12.1

And here we go.

0:14.2

10, 9, 8, 7.

0:18.2

RS 25, in his, 8, 4, 3, 2, 1, engines. 8.

0:22.3

4. 3.

0:24.0

2.1.

0:25.2

Booster ignition.

0:27.1

And lift off.

0:30.9

The crew of Artemis 2 now bound for the moon.

0:33.6

Humanity's next great voyage begins.

0:37.3

It's the Rickusay podcast with Charles C.W. Cook and Stephen Hand. I'm James Lillax. Today we talk to John Malcolm,

0:39.6

the Institute for the Rule of Law. So let's have ourselves a podcast. Our enemies are losing in America,

0:47.0

as it has been for five years under my presidency, is winning and now winning bigger than ever before.

0:54.3

Welcome, everybody. This is the Rickoshae podcast episode, number 783.

0:58.8

Why don't you join us at ricochet.com from Wentz the Springs,

1:01.5

and you two can be part of the most stimulating conversations and community on the internet.

1:06.5

I'm James Lilleylux here in Minnesota for not the penultimate, but soon to be penultimate, and then ultimate episode from Minneapolis. And I'm joined by Charles C.W. Cook in Florida. And Stephen Hayward, who I believe is broadcasting from John U's office, which may explain the tie on the wall on the hangar. Is that actual U.N. Neckware that we're seeing here in the video feed? It's actually you neckwear and you books and you everything behind us. So you go. Good for you. We'll get to the president's speech in a bit. He finally made that bully pulpit speech about around the people have been asking him to do. But first and foremost, in my mind, is the fact that it didn't blow up on the pad. I'm sorry, we're going back to the moon.

1:46.1

That was fantastic.

1:48.4

That was absolutely stunning and brave, as they say to things that are neither.

1:54.3

And we are indeed going back to the moon.

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