Violence Made Manifesto

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

Politics, News, News Commentary

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🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 80 minutes

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National Review's Noah Rothman joins us from his vacation to discuss the attempted assassination of Trump and the media coverage of the incident and the shooter Cole Allen's manifesto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the best.
0:07.0	Expect the worst.
0:10.0	Some drinks can pay.
0:12.0	Some die of birds.
0:14.0	The way of knowing which way it's going.
0:17.0	Hope for the best.
0:19.0	Expect the worst. Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily Podcast. Today is Monday, April 27, 2026. I am John Podhawd's the editor of Commentary Magazine. With me, as always, senior editor, Seth Mandel. Hi, Seth.
0:37.3	Hi, John. Social commentary columnist Christine Rosen. Hi, Christine. Hi, Seth. Hi, John.
0:38.1	Social commentary columnist Christine Rosen.
0:40.3	Hi, Christine.
0:41.4	Hi, John.
0:42.2	Washington Free Beacon editor Eliana Johnson.
0:44.9	Hi, Eliana.
0:45.8	Hi, John.
0:46.7	And joining us today, the Inceptor of the Commentary Magazine podcast, now senior editor at National Review, an author of the forthcoming book, Blood and Progress,
0:59.0	our old friend Noah Rothman, here from his vacation redoubt in the Caribbean, because, of course,
1:06.4	the topic of blood and progress is the rise of political violence on the left in the United States. So who
1:12.4	better could we have to discuss this matter today of what happened over the weekend? Then Noah Rothman.
1:19.3	Hi, Noah. Hi, John. Thank you for having me. Acts of violence like this create a lot of victims.
1:24.5	And I am just one of them coming to you and breaking my vacation.
1:28.0	You're a victim.
1:28.6	I'm a hero.
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