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Teaching Wit, Wisdom, and Love of Country
Jun 19, 2026
57m 18s
A World of Willful Wierdos
Jun 12, 2026
55m 15s
A World of Willful Weirdos
Jun 12, 2026
55m 15s
A Law Unto Yooself
Jun 5, 2026
59m 46s
Deal or No Deal?
May 29, 2026
57m 55s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/19/26 | Teaching Wit, Wisdom, and Love of Country | America's 250th birthday is just a few weeks out, and festivities are underway. But, leaving aside disputes about fist fights and daring stunts on the White House South Lawn, a question emerges about what a serious celebration of the American way looks and feels like. To consider this and more, Charles, James, and a visiting Peter Robinson sit down with Matthew Mehan, author and Associate Dean of Hillsdale College's graduate school in Washington, D.C., to discuss The American Book of Fables.The gang thinks through the meaning of our civic inheritance and the endeavor to pass on the baton to the young. Matt's here to remind us that the arduous effort can be joyful and that hopefulness is a trait that marks the serious thinker. Our trio also kvetches (and then some!) over the Iran deal, winces at the newly unveiled Obama Presidential Center, and chortles with bewilderment at the accusation that a Pride-themed baseball cap was "desecrated" by a Bible verse.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-ricochet-podcast--5817275/support. | 57m 18s | ||||||
| 6/12/26 | A World of Willful Wierdos✨ | politicscommentary+3 | — | CNBC | AmericaEurope | billionairetrillionaire+3 | — | 55m 15s | |
| 6/12/26 | A World of Willful Weirdos | It's just James and Charles to recollect and swap rants about the goings-on of the land of the free and the home of oddball. The cast of characters includes the world's first billionaire, an Angeleno who lost an election for common sense, a lunatic posing as a model working man, and the deeply flawed judgment of Democratic voters about guys like these. Lileks and Cooke also delight in watching Europeans share their newfound love for America, and embrace Trump's can-doism vis-à-vis public beautification.Sound this week: CNBC announces the world’s first trillionaire, Jimmy Kimmel recoils, and Graham Platner continues to gaffe.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-ricochet-podcast--5817275/support. | 55m 15s | ||||||
| 6/5/26 | A Law Unto Yooself✨ | SCOTUS opinionsCalifornia vote counting+4 | John Yoo | DOJ | CaliforniaAlabama+1 | SCOTUSCalifornia+6 | — | 59m 46s | |
| 5/29/26 | Deal or No Deal?✨ | Iran dealtaxation+3 | Richard Goldberg | Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesWhite House National Security Council | — | Irantax+5 | — | 57m 55s | |
| 5/22/26 | Revolution on the Run✨ | revolutionary changeslocal elections+4 | — | DNCAI | — | revolutionpolitics+4 | — | 59m 06s | |
| 5/15/26 | Summit Song and Dance✨ | Trump-Xi summitpolitical violence+3 | Noah Rothman | National ReviewBlood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence in America | — | TrumpXi Jinping+4 | — | 58m 34s | |
| 5/8/26 | Alien to the Court✨ | Supreme CourtMollie Hemingway+5 | Mollie Hemingway | Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution | OhioVirginia | Supreme CourtMollie Hemingway+5 | — | 1h 02m 19s | |
| 5/1/26 | The Renegade Academy✨ | homegrown terrorclassical education+4 | Spencer Klavan | United Arab EmiratesOPEC+2 | — | homegrown terrorclassical education+5 | — | 59m 07s | |
| 4/24/26 | Lawless Education✨ | higher educationlaw schools+4 | Ilya Shapiro | Lawless: The Miseducation of America’s Elites | — | sociologylaw schools+5 | — | 53m 58s | |
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| 4/17/26 | Take a Bromo✨ | reminiscencecurrent events+3 | James Lileks | Gothampapal | — | reminiscencecurrent events+3 | — | 1h 03m 09s | |
| 4/10/26 | Ceaseless Loco Motion✨ | Iran hostilitiesrescue operations+3 | — | — | Iran | Iranrescue operation+3 | — | 44m 31s | |
| 4/3/26 | To the Moon and Flipping a Grunt✨ | legal analysisSupreme Court+4 | John Malcolm | Meese Institute for the Rule of LawAdvancing American Freedom+1 | — | DOJSCOTUS+5 | — | 52m 08s | |
| 3/27/26 | Cheer Up, Chaps✨ | political pessimismIran negotiations+3 | Charles | National ReviewSCOTUS | Iran | political pessimismIran+3 | — | 51m 46s | |
| 3/20/26 | To Speak Ill of the Dead✨ | Middle East warmilitary capabilities+4 | H.R. McMaster | — | — | H.R. McMasterMiddle East+7 | — | 51m 32s | |
| 3/13/26 | Bomb Throwing Like a Liberator✨ | American-Iranian relationswar predictions+3 | Noah Rothman | BritsBlood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence in America | IranNew York | Iranwar predictions+3 | — | 57m 38s | |
| 3/6/26 | Epic Fury✨ | warpolitics+3 | — | — | — | wartimepolitics+3 | — | 57m 45s | |
| 2/27/26 | The Radicals Are Here✨ | Democratic Socialismpolitical rhetoric+3 | Tal Fortgang | Manhattan InstituteDemocratic Party | USA | Democratic SocialistsTal Fortgang+5 | — | 55m 12s | |
| 2/20/26 | Message Discipline✨ | Donald Trumppresidential approval ratings+5 | Daniel Mahoney | Assumption CollegeSCOTUS+1 | — | Donald Trumppolitical decorum+6 | — | 56m 21s | |
| 2/13/26 | Addressing the Elephant in the Room | Conservatism and the Republican Party have been at an impasse for some time. On the one hand, we're beholden to the enduring principles of our founding, on the other we're proud members of the world's most innovative state. Henry Olsen joins Steve and James this week to discuss life at the conservative crossroads. (Check out his new podcast series of the same name here!)Plus, Lileks and Hayward celebrate the EPA's move to drop the greenhouse gas "endangerment finding," and mark the departure of a friend of Ricochet. Rest in peace, Mr. John Ekdahl. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-ricochet-podcast--5817275/support. | 55m 02s | ||||||
| 2/6/26 | World Still Spinning, Hacktivists Hardest Hit | Lingering cold has many a podcast host needing a week off, but Rob Long and Steve Hayward reconvene to enjoy some juicy stories and just desserts: The "Democracy Dies in Darkness" crowd got cut up in broad daylight, Jeffrey Epstein's pals are paying their due for dealing with the devil, and a $2 million verdict was awarded to a minor in a suit against the medical professionals who deformed her. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-ricochet-podcast--5817275/support. | 50m 42s | ||||||
| 1/30/26 | Marco's World | Peter returns to catch up with James of Snogadishu and Charles of the land of peace, prosperity, and enviable winter climate. It's good timing to have the ever-winsome Robinson back as the trio wraps their heads around another week of crazy that hits a little too close to home. They grapple with domestic disturbances revolving around another killing in the Twin Cities and the preposterous notion that journalists have special First Amendment privileges. There's also trouble abroad...all over the place, in fact. But we're feeling pretty good about a State Department left in Little Marco's hands.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-ricochet-podcast--5817275/support. | 59m 54s | ||||||
| 1/23/26 | New Right 4.5 | We're one year into Trump 2.0. And it's America at 250. James, Steve and Charles discuss and debate an especially wild week for an already-adventurous Trump administration.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-ricochet-podcast--5817275/support. | 55m 06s | ||||||
| 1/16/26 | Fighting Political Punctilios with...Fire | Sometimes you've just had enough. Bill Barr, two-time Attorney General and author of One Damn Thing After Another, knows the feeling. He joins James, Steve, and Charles today to discuss the legal grounds for the extraordinary rendition of Nicolás Maduro and the options available to federal law enforcement as the Twin Cities tiptoe around an insurrection. The trio speculates on whether the US is reversing its position on Iran, considers the supposed price tag on a Greenland buy, and James declares that he has absolutely no opinion on the new Star Trek series. Not a one. Zip, zero. Don't bother asking...Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-ricochet-podcast--5817275/support. | 58m 05s | ||||||
| 1/9/26 | The Revolution is Always the Issue | James, Steve, and Charles are back for a new year that seems determined to outdo its predecessor. Lileks reports from the Twin Cities, a site dead set on being the epicenter of American chaos. Then the fellas step out of the Minnesota cold to warm their bones by the fire of collectivism. And they round it all out with a chat about the ever-surprising Don Doctrine, which put an end to one tyrant last week and has many wondering what it could mean for Iran.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-ricochet-podcast--5817275/support. | 54m 34s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
9 placements across 9 markets.
Chart Positions
9 placements across 9 markets.