The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast

National Review
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Jan 19, 2023 • 49min

Episode 15: The Sound of Silence — with Billy Binion

On the fifteenth episode of The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast, Charles looks at the case of hockey player Ivan Provorov, and argues that a tolerance for political silence should, in almost every imaginable circumstance, be the default position.Charles's guest this week is Billy Binion, a writer at Reason who tells him about the many disturbing cases of equity theft we are seeing in states such as Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, Illinois, Alabama, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, and Maine. In the Q&A section, Charles answers questions about Florida's summer heat, his support for the Gators, and whether Americans are really as divided as the commentariat likes to believe. And, finally, it's time for another visit from John Ekdahl for this week's Jacksonville Jaguars Update: Kansas City Chiefs Edition.The dial-up tone in the introduction was recorded by lintphishx and is used under a CC 3.0 License.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Jan 12, 2023 • 1h 1min

Episode 14: Gas Panic — with Jonathan Adler

In this fourteenth episode of The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast, Charles proposes that you should be deeply suspicious of anyone who picks up a cause, and, ten minutes later, sounds as if they’ve been fighting in favor of it for their entire life. Such people are impressionable, excitable, and ridiculous—and, ultimately, dangerous. After that, he asks Jonathan Adler, of Case Western Reserve University School of Law how on earth we can square the work of the Consumer Product Safety Commission with the limits on the federal government that are imposed by the Constitution's enumerated powers doctrine. And, finally, it's time for the Color Supplement, which, this week, features a timely Jacksonville Jaguars Update.The dial-up tone in the introduction was recorded by lintphishx and is used under a CC 3.0 License.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Jan 6, 2023 • 40min

Episode 13: Horse, Not Zebra

In the thirteenth episode of The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast, Charles argues that the ongoing freakout over the House of Representatives's apparent inability to find a Speaker is silly. Perhaps the opposition to McCarthy is frivolous. But it's not a national security threat, or a crisis. Next, Charles talks to Andy Kaplan, a cardiac electrophysiologist, and Steve Pirris, a neurosurgeon, about the effects on the heart and the brain of the cardiac arrest suffered by Damar Hamlin during last Monday's NFL game.The dial-up tone in the introduction was recorded by lintphishx and is used under a CC 3.0 License.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Dec 23, 2022 • 50min

Episode 12: Sunny Side Up — with Mike Rowe

In this pre-Christmas edition of The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast, Charles makes the case against conservative nihilism, even when things look really bad. Afterwards, Charles talks to Mike Rowe, of Dirty Jobs, about America's imperiled work ethic, the brilliant 50-year "PR campaign" in favor of four-year college degrees, and the likelihood that some balance will be restored to the workforce.The dial-up tone in the introduction was recorded by lintphishx and is used under a CC 3.0 License.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Dec 9, 2022 • 56min

Episode 11: Tim Burton Republicans — with Steve Morris

As promised, Charles sings all four operas from Wagner's 'Ring Cycle' — Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, and Larry's Giant Subs — while accompanying himself on the Mongolian nose flute.In between arias, he argues that the Republican Party's choice is obvious: it can either find candidates that are palatable to the majority, or it can keep on losing winnable races; talks to Steve Morris about gay marriage—this time, the criticisms come from the Left; and asks Dan McLaughlin what on earth is going on with these $300m+ baseball contracts. The ISBN for this week's episode is 5, and rising.The dial-up tone in the introduction was recorded by lintphishx and is used under a CC 3.0 License.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Dec 2, 2022 • 55min

Epiſode 10: Words in the Key of S — with Michael Brendan Dougherty

This is Episode Ten of The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast. Or, as the Founders might have written it: Epiſode 10. Why did English speakers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries do that? What did it denote? When did it stop? Charles starts the show by explaining what he's found. Then, it's on to a debate with Michael Brendan Dougherty on the question of gay marriage: Charles is for; Michael is against. And, finally, in this week's Color Supplement, Scot Bertram helps Charles look back on the remarkable career of Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie, who died this week at the age of 79.The dial-up tone in the introduction was recorded by lintphishx and is used under a CC 3.0 License. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Nov 23, 2022 • 43min

Episode 9: Really Cool Stuff on the Internet — with Ricky Cobb

On Thanksgiving, Charles reflects on the marvels of the modern world. Guest Ricky Cobb shares insights from @Super70sSports. Q&A covers dual citizenship and Beatles books. Podcast explores nostalgia, internet sensation, and sports loyalty.
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Nov 14, 2022 • 37min

Episode 8: Emergency Stop — with Josh Sauerman

On Episode Eight of The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast, Charles reflects on the Republicans' poor performance in last week's election, owns up to his incorrect predictions, and makes the case that there is no good reason for the GOP to keep indulging Trump. Charles's guest this week is Josh Sauerman, the Creative Director of Animax Designs, who joins the show to talk about animatronics.The dial-up tone in the introduction was recorded by lintphishx and is used under a CC 3.0 License. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Nov 8, 2022 • 51min

Episode 7: The Coyotes Are Barking — with Sean Trende

On this Election Day episode of The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast, Charles talks to RealClearPolitics's Sean Trende about the best way to read the polls, the perils of polling in the Internet Age, and where Sean thinks the Republicans' high and low watermarks will be in the 2022 midterms. After that, Charles talks to George Mason University law professor, David Bernstein, about his fascinating book, Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America. The dial-up tone in the introduction was recorded by lintphishx and is used under a CC 3.0 License. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Nov 3, 2022 • 55min

Episode 6: The Raging Personality Disorder and the Lair — with Mary Katherine Ham

On episode six of The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast, Charles soldiers on with a much-depleted voice to bring you the first Husky Edition of the show. This week's guests are Mary Katharine Ham, who was punished by CNN for criticizing Jeffrey Toobin after he was suspended for . . . well, for "Toobining," and Jeff Blehar, who shows up again in the Color Supplement to discuss the remix of The Beatles' Revolver album. Charles also discusses the press's preposterous attempt to use the attack on Paul Pelosi to get the Republican Party to shut up.The dial-up tone in the introduction was recorded by lintphishx and is used under a CC 3.0 License. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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