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National Review's Charles C.W. Cooke and Kevin D. Williamson discuss whatever they feel like discussing this week. N.B. The most recent ten episodes of this podcast are available on this feed. Full archives are available at NationalReview.com.

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    • Sep 30, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    How to Get The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 2:08


    You can subscribe to The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast using the following links:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-charles-c-w-cooke-podcast/id1647660323Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0oXcNGZPF7iMP8dotIqQq2Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/c176f47f-6b05-4b1e-8f66-325d7cbd167f/the-charles-c-w-cooke-podcastPandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/the-charles-c-w-cooke-podcast/PC:1001028339Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/1028339Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunesid1647660323RSS: https://feeds.simplecast.com/qxAw7LNr

    A Farewell of Sorts

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2022 5:29


    Charlie says goodbye to Mad Dogs and Englishmen, and hello to his new solo show.

    Episode 368: Storms, Sounds, and Sonic Booms

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2022 45:21


    Episode 367: Charlie and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2022 43:42


    Kevin and Charlie discuss Charlie's cursed week, and inform listeners that, contrary to popular belief, they do not own a bar in Tampa.

    Episode 366: A Very Vegas Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2022 41:32


    Kevin and Charlie talk about Vegas, where Charlie is currently, and Kevin's upcoming Sunday column.

    Episode 365: Effective vs. Acceptable

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2022 50:10


    Episode 364: The China Threat

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2022 36:51


    Kevin asks Jimmy Quinn why we should care about TikTok.

    Episode 363: A Bit about Burke

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2022 63:07


    Kevin is joined by Dominic Pino, National Review's Thomas L. Rhodes Fellow, to discuss Burke, strikes, unions, and much more.

    Episode 362: No Prep, No Problem

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2022 57:55


    Kevin and Charlie discuss the heat, the foiled mass shooting in Indiana, and Hunter Biden.

    Episode 361: Culinary Conversations

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2022 48:35


    Kevin and Charlie discuss the pronunciation of “taco,” grammar, Jill Biden, the irrelevance of First Ladies, and inflation.

    Episode 360: The Art of Persuasion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2022 49:05


    Kevin and Charlie are back after a month-long hiatus to discuss the Court and to define some terms that are often carelessly thrown around.

    Episode 359: Inflationary Language

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 41:04


    Kevin and Charlie discuss inflation and its rapid incursion into all areas of American life.

    Episode 358: À la recherche du temps Perdue

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2022 49:39


    Kevin and Charlie discuss yesterday's primary elections in Georgia and Saul Cornell on guns.

    Episode 357: Mania in Pennsylvania

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2022 44:25


    Kevin and Charlie discuss the Buffalo shooting and the Pennsylvania primaries.

    Episode 356: Stop Making Everyone an Enemy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2022 36:39


    Kevin and Charlie discuss Joan Walsh's memory loss and national inflation.

    Episode 355: Stop Maneuvering around the Lies

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 39:38


    Kevin and Charlie discuss this week's hot topic: the ban on menthol cigarettes.

    Episode 354: Twitter Takover

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2022 42:10


    Kevin and Charlie discuss Elon Musk, the Internet, and student debt.

    Episode 353: From France to Florida

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2022 37:09


    Kevin and Charlie discuss the upcoming French election and Governor DeSantis's ill-advised move on Disney.

    Episode 352: Who Wants to Tax a Billionaire?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 37:37


    Kevin and Charlie discuss Biden's proposed billionaire tax.

    Episode 351: Defining a Woman Isn't That Hard

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022 32:00


    Kevin and Charlie discuss Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's worrisome inability to define a woman.

    Episode 350: Unpopular Safetyism

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2022 36:53


    Kevin and Charlie discuss Wordle, social media, Covid, and whether or not we need to give Putin an “off-ramp.”

    Episode 271: Keeping Up with Capitalizations

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2020 39:50


    Kevin and Charlie discuss the Court’s 7–2 ruling in favor of the long-suffering Little Sisters of the Poor, and talk about proper punctuation.

    Episode 270: Less Literate and More Stupid

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2020 33:07


    Kevin and Charlie discuss the reworking of Splash Mountain, muse over Tina Fey’s takedown of her own shows, and consider Europe's ban on U.S. travelers thanks to our COVID response.

    Episode 269: A Little Humor Goes a Long Way

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2020 35:24


    Kevin and Charlie discuss the Downton Abbey movie, and propose that National Review take on a society columnist.

    Episode 268: Grab Your Guitars

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2020 30:46


    Kevin and Charlie discuss police slashing tires and Guitar Center’s hypocritical new boycotting stance.

    Episode 267: Understanding Libel Law

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2020 37:57


    Kevin and Charlie discuss libel law, the Minneapolis riots, and more.

    Episode 266: From Harmony, from Heav’nly Harmony

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2020 36:43


    Kevin and Charlie discuss the arts. Specifically: musical genius.

    Episode 265: Spelling Is Hard

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2020 33:27


    Kevin and Charlie discuss their grammatical pet peeves and struggles.

    Episode 264: Disingenuous Lines of Argument

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020 31:03


    Kevin and Charlie discuss a ridiculous criticism of National Review and Betsy DeVos’s Title IX reform.

    Episode 263: Waco Revisited

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 30:12


    Kevin and Charlie discuss the Netflix series Waco.

    Episode 262: Cause and Effect

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2020 29:48


    Kevin and Charlie discuss hyperpoliticized journalism and a Harvard Law professor’s attack on homeschoolers.

    Episode 261: What About Due Process?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2020 27:14


    Kevin and Charlie discuss what power the president actually has, and the mainstream media's double standards when it comes to reporting on sexual assault allegations.

    Episode 260: Now Let Us Praise Eccentric Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2020 34:30


    Kevin and Charlie discuss farming, and touch on humanity's fascination with the quirks of famous individuals.

    Episode 259: Is the Golf Course Still Open?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020 28:27


    Kevin and Charlie discuss the chances of a "return to normalcy."

    Episode 258: What Happens after the Crisis Passes?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2020 38:42


    Are gun stores essential businesses and should they stay open during the shutdown? Kevin and Charlie discuss this and other coronavirus-induced questions.

    Episode 43: The VA

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2014 33:29


    The Veterans Administration scandal and government-run healthcare.

    Episode 42: Education

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2014 37:19


    What's wrong with education?

    Episode 41: Reid's Amendment

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2014 28:09


    The Democrats' plan to amend the First Amendment.

    Episode 40: Brown vs. Board

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2014 32:51


    Sixty years after Brown v Board of Education, where are we?

    Episode 39: Rollercoasters

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2014 28:07


    Rollercoasters, and what they tell us about America.

    Episode 38: Death

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2014 24:09


    New York's awful transport monopolies, the death penalty, the virtue of the stocks.

    Episode 37: Orwell

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2014 27:27


    What were George Orwell's politics and how should conservatives regard him?

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