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Weekly episodes of Ricochet’s flagship podcast feature our hosts James Lileks, Rob Long, Peter Robinson, and guests discussing the issues of the week.

1228 - When Bureaucrats Gather
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  • 1228 - When Bureaucrats Gather

    Richard Epstein brings his encyclopedic knowledge to help break down some of the pivotal matters being debated in Congress and before the Supreme Court. Plus, James and Rob look back on the Covid lockdowns four years later, along with Minneapolis' move against Uber and Lyft.

    Fri, 22 Mar 2024
  • 1227 - The Visual Fallacy

    Thirty years back, filmmaker Whit Stillman charmed audiences with a comedy about two Americans abroad in chaotic Cold War Europe. He joins Rob, James and Peter to discuss his movie Barcelona, cinema as an artform and as a business, and reasons for hope regarding its revival as a crowd-pleaser. 

    Plus: Rob's returned from Morocco, Peter's got big news, and James has a plan for the post-CCP TikTok.





    - Soundbites from the opening: Chris Eigeman and Taylor Nichols in Barcelona; Bob Hope at the Academy Awards in 1968; and Brendan Fraiser at the Oscars on Sunday.

    Fri, 15 Mar 2024
  • 1226 - Ancient Ideas and the Spectacle of the Union

    It's the Cooke and Lileks Show today! The duo delve into the egregious State of the Union address, and lament the erosion of the enumerated powers doctrine. They talk TikTok and the Energy and Commerce Committee's unanimous bill against the company's Chinese parent ByteDance; Charles has high hopes for the upcoming ruling that may well overrule the Chevron doctrine; and James has a few Oscar reviews and an ode to old Hollywood.








    - Soundbite from this episode: Joe Biden decrying the Dobbs decision in his SOTU address.

    Fri, 08 Mar 2024
  • 1225 - Drunken Monkey Business

    This week the Three Whiskey Happy Hour gang join James for a riotous good time, even as discuss and debate their beloved nation's precarious situation. They cover Joe Biden's visit to the border, Donald Trump's appeals to the Supreme Court, the latest on the war in Gaza, and a silly journalist's constitutional illiteracy. Plus there are whiskey recommendations and a must-hear story about apish antics on the high seas.

    And if you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe to the Three Whiskey Happy Hour podcast, available at Ricochet.com.





    - Soundbite from this week: dueling press conferences in Texas between the current and previous occupant of the Oval Office.

    Fri, 01 Mar 2024
  • 1224 - Accept NO Imitation

    The forces against free speech are at again! Whether or not you've heard of NewsGuard or the Global Disinformation Index, rest assured that they're intently interested in where you get your information. Joining Peter, Rob and James today is David DesRoisers, Publisher of RealClearPolitics.com, whose scrupulously down-the-middle site was flagged by the groups above as a 'disinformation site,' and has lost a great many advertisers as a result. David's here to remind us of the threats institutions like these are to a free press and a free society.

    The guys also have thoughts CPAC and Google Gemini.




    - This week’s audio is from Donald Trump’s townhall with Laura Ingraham on Fox News

    Fri, 23 Feb 2024
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