• Episode 747: A Dizzying Drop
    Apr 25 2025

    Editors’ Picks:

    • Rich: David Zimmermann's piece "When ‘Made in America’ Isn’t an Option, Small Business Owners Facing Tariffs Have Nowhere to Go"
    • Ramesh: Douglas Murray's magazine piece "Israel Understands the Enemy It Faces — Do the Rest of Us?"
    • MBD: Jack’s magazine piece "RFK Jr.’s MAHA Brouhaha"
    • Phil: Jeff Blehar’s post "DNC Sends David Hogg to the Abattoir"

    Light Items:

    • Rich: Yankees all-time lineup
    • Ramesh: Crumbl Cookies
    • MBD: After Stoicism by Thomas Ward
    • Phil: NFL Draft

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    This podcast was edited and produced by Sarah Colleen Schutte.

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    57 mins
  • Episode 746: Powell, the Pentagon, and the Pope
    Apr 22 2025

    Editors’ Picks:

    • Rich: Noah’s post “We Are Not at War with Venezuela”
    • Noah: Becket Adams’s weekend column “Yes, There Is a Left-Wing Violence Problem in This Country”
    • MBD: Rich's piece "Abrego Garcia Gamed the System"
    • Jim: Jeff Blehar’s newsletter “It’s Easy to ‘Wing It’ Until You Actually Have to Fly”

    Light Items:

    • Rich: Spring cleaning
    • Noah: Easter meal
    • MBD: In Ireland during the Masters
    • Jim: Final robotics competition of the year

    Sponsor:
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    57 mins
  • Episode 745: Israel, Iran, and Us
    Apr 17 2025

    Editors’ Picks:

    • Rich: NR’s webathon
    • Phil: Ryan Mills’s piece “North America’s Auto Supply Chain Took Decades to Build. Trump’s Tariffs Could Crush It”
    • Ramesh: Vahaken Mouradian's magazine piece "American Becoming: The Making of a New U.S. Citizen"
    • Dominic: Christian Schneider’s piece “Universities Get Schooled on Federal Funding”

    Light Items:

    • Rich: Going to Milwaukee
    • Phil: Aaron Judge
    • Ramesh: Books for Lent by Edward Feser
    • Dominic: Rest Is History club subscription

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    This podcast was edited and produced by Sarah Colleen Schutte.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Episode 744: Exemption Examples
    Apr 15 2025

    Editors’ Picks:

    • Rich: Audrey Fahlberg’s Morning Jolt today "Republicans Weigh Raising Taxes on Highest Earners"
    • Noah: Rich’s piece “Howard Lutnick Makes No Sense”
    • Phil: Andy’s post “Salvadoran President’s Remarks Do Not Alter Trump Administration’s Duty to Comply with Court Order to Facilitate Detainee’s Return”
    • Jack: Jeff’s piece “Trump Tests the True Limits of Presidential Power”

    Light Items:

    • Rich: His Nespresso machine
    • Noah: NRI
    • Phil: Shout-out to his parents on their wedding anniversary
    • Jack: Prince of Egypt

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    1 hr
  • Episode 743: High Pressure
    Apr 11 2025
    Rich, Charlie, Dominic, and Audrey discuss the latest in the trade war, the budget vote in the House of Representatives, and Trump's executive order to restore high-pressure showers.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Episode 742: Import, Export, Deport, Exhort
    Apr 8 2025
    Rich, Charlie, MBD, and Phil discuss the ongoing fallout from Donald Trump's tariffs, the Supreme Court's decision in the Alien Enemies Act case, and the progressive protests that have sprung up around the country.
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Episode 741: Where Were You on 'Liberation Day'?
    Apr 4 2025

    Editors' Picks:

    • Rich: Haley's piece "Female Fencer Disqualified from Tournament After Refusing to Compete Against Trans-Identifying Male"
    • MBD: William F. Buckley Jr.'s "Senator Buckley's Proposal"
    • Dominic: Russ Latino's "Mississippi Is on the Move with Conservative Reforms"

    Light Items:

    • Rich: An unfortunate calf tear
    • Charlie: Oxford-Cambridge dinner
    • MBD: Watching 'Mob Land'
    • Dominic: Discovered '30 Rock'
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Episode 740: Tax Travails
    Apr 1 2025

    Editors’ Picks:

    • Rich: Christian Schneider's piece "The Supreme Court Killed March Madness"
    • Charlie: Audrey Fahlberg’s magazine piece "How John Thune Plans to Deliver"
    • Phil: WFB Jr.'s piece "Ayn Rand, R.I.P."
    • Noah: Dan’s piece “Trump-Targeted Law Firm Paul Weiss Was Already Bending the Knee, in Another Direction”

    Light Items:

    • Rich: Borg vs McEnroe
    • Charlie: The far reaches of Wisconsin
    • Phil: Smoke alarm scare
    • Noah: His wife’s birthday

    Sponsors:
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    The Otherwise Objectionable podcast from CEI

    This podcast was edited and produced by Sarah Colleen Schutte.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
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