The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast
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The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast
A show about politics, music, technology, rollercoasters, golf carts, and the United States of America.
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Episode 95: The Unalloyed Case for Free Markets — with Dominic Pino
On episode 95, Charles takes his last chance to talk to Dominic Pino as a colleague before Dominic heads to the Washington Post. Among the topics they...
Episode 94: The Iron Lady at Sunset — with Peter Just
On episode 94, Charles talks to Peter Just about his book on the post-premiership career of Margaret Thatcher: Margaret Thatcher: Life After Downing S...
Episode 93: Pigeon Forge — with Luther Ray Abel
On episode 93, Charles talks to Luther Ray Abel about his trip to Pigeon Forge, TN, which is supposedly the "tackiest place on Earth," but which is ac...
Episode 92: Sedition! — with Marcus Gadson
On episode 92, Charles talks to Marcus Gadson about his book, Sedition: How America's Constitutional Order Emerged from Violent Crisis. Among the topi...
Episode 91: America, Hell Yeah — with Luther Ray Abel
Ahead of July 4, Charles and Luther share some of their favorite things about America.
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Episode 90: Debate: Does Trump Need Congress's Permission to Attack Iran? — with Andy McCarthy
Episode 90 contains the audio of the debate between Charles and Andy McCarthy, on the topic, "Does President Trump need Congress's permission to attac...
Episode 89: Read Another Book — with Christopher J. Scalia
On episode 89 of The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast, Charles talks to Christopher J. Scalia about his new book, 13 Novels Conservatives Will Love (but Pr...
Episode 88: We're Gonna Party Like It's 1999 — with Ross Benes
On episode 88, Charles talks to Ross Benes about his new book, 1999: The Year Low Culture Conquered America and Kickstarted Our Bizarre Times. Among t...
Episode 87: Why Charles Should Be Religious — with Ross Douthat
On episode 87, Charles asks Ross Douthat about his new book, Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious, and, in particular, to explain to him why he,...
Episode 86: Joshua Glover's Freedom — with Michael Jahr
On episode 86, Charles talks to Michael Jahr about his upcoming documentary movie, Liberty at Stake, which is about the escape from slavery of Joshua...
Episode 85: The Donald Trump Tariff Extravaganza — with Scott Lincicome
On this special pop-up episode, Charles talks to Scott Lincicome about Donald Trump's massive unilateral tariff hike. What is a tariff? What are tarif...
Episode 84: When This Lousy War Is Over — with Michael Vorenberg
On episode 84, Charles talks to Michael Vorenberg about his new book, Lincoln's Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War. When did the Civil...
Episode 83: How UFC Explains the Trump Vibe Shift — with Mary Katherine Ham
On episode 83, Mary Katherine Ham tells Charles how Ultimate Fighting Championship explains the vibe shift toward Trump.
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Episode 82: Communist China Is Our Enemy — with Senator Tom Cotton
On episode 82, Charles talks to Senator Tom Cotton about China—in particular, about his new book, Seven Things You Can't Say About China. Why does Sen...
Episode 81: Dumb Tribalism — with Andrew Heaton
On episode 81, Charles talks to Andrew Heaton about his new book, Tribalism is Dumb: Where It Came from, How It Got So Bad, and What to Do about It. I...
Episode 80: The Tariff Sheriff — with Molly Nixon
On episode 80, Charles talks to Molly Nixon, a separation of powers attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation, about whether the delegation of the tari...
Episode 79: Beautiful, Profound, and Moving — with Justin Shubow
On episode 79, Charles talks to Justin Shubow, the president of the National Civic Art Society, about the importance of classical architecture. What i...
Episode 78: Don't Go to Law School — with Ilya Shapiro
On episode 78, Charles talks to Ilya Shapiro about his new book, 'Lawless: The Miseducation of America's Elites.' Why did he write it? Why does it mat...
Episode 77: This Podcast Is Huge in Greenland — with Jonah Goldberg
On episode 77, Charles reads from a book about Kamala Harris he got for Christmas, and then talks to Jonah Goldberg about whether the United States sh...
Episode 76: The Drones Club — with Jim Meigs
On episode 76, Charles talks to Jim Meigs about the drone panic in New Jersey. What's it all about? What exactly are drones? What's the likeliest expl...
Episode 75: The Strike Zone
On episode 75, Charles talks to Rich Lowry, Dominic Pino, and Michael Brendan Dougherty about the rules of baseball. Why is Dominic against all change...
Episode 74: The Time Machine
On episode 74 of The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast, Charles invites Luther Abel, Dan McLaughlin, and Mark Wright to discuss time travel. Among the topic...
Episode 73: This Land Is Their Land — with Ethan Blevins
On episode 73, Charles confesses that he has replaced every switch in his house, and then talks to Ethan Blevins about the problems that have been cau...
Episode 72: Protecting Conscience — with Lathan Watts
On episode 72 of the Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast, Charles notes that the reaction to Trump's victory has been more muted than it was in 2016, and then...
Episode 71: The Last Man on Earth
On episode 71, Charles talks to Luther Abel, Jack Butler, and Phil Klein about what they would do if everyone other human on earth was wiped out. Wher...
Episode 70: Bring It On Home — with Caleb Kruckenberg
On episode 70, Charles confirms that Luther Abel is real, discusses his attempt to get into Canada, and then talks to Caleb Kruckenberg about federali...
Episode 69: Whizzbang! — with Luther Ray Abel
In episode 69, Charles talks to Luther Ray Abel about their Most Excellent Whizzbang American Roller-Coaster Adventure, which took them from Virginia...
Episode 68: Academic Freedom? — with Keith Whittington
On episode 68, Charles talks to Keith Whittington, a professor at Yale Law School, about his new book, You Can't Teach That: The Battle over Universit...
Episode 67: A Friendly Argument with David French
On episode 67, Charles talks to David French about David's column in the New York Times, 'To Save Conservatism From Itself, I Am Voting for Harris.' A...
Episode 66: The Libertarian Case for Drug Prohibition — with Charles Fain Lehman
On episode 66, Charles talks to Charles Fain Lehman about drugs and crime. Charles asks Charles to tell him why he's wrong about the drug war, why mar...
Episode 65: For the Constitution — with Randy Barnett
On episode 65, Charles talks to Randy Barnett about his memoir, A Life for Liberty: The Making of an American Originalist. Among the topics they discu...
Episode 64: La Saga Del Tappeto Bollente
On episode 64, Charles writes an opera for his most persistent critic, 'Boiling Rug,' and then talks to Clark Neily about the problem of coercive plea...
Episode 63: Osmosis — with Wilfred Reilly
On episode 63, Charles talks to Wilfred Reilly about his new book, Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me: Debunking the False Narratives Defining America's...
Episode 62: All About the Trump Trial — with Andy McCarthy
On episode 62, Charles tells tale of his difficult two weeks, and then talks to Andy McCarthy about the Trump conviction.
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Episode 61: The Revolution Will Be Painted — with Rick Brookhiser
On episode 61, Charles talks to Rick Brookhiser about his new book, Glorious Lessons: John Trumbull, Painter of the American Revolution. Among the top...
Episode 60: Write and Ron — with Peter Robinson
On episode 60, Charles talks to Peter Robinson about the famous 'Tear Down This Wall' speech that he wrote for President Ronald Reagan. Among the topi...
Episode 59: Ukraine — with Noah Rothman and Michael Brendan Dougherty
On episode 59, Charles invites Michael Brendan Dougherty and Noah Rothman to continue the debate over Ukraine that they started on Tuesday's episode o...
Episode 58: The Parent Trap — with Tim Carney
On episode 58—recorded from Lord Ravenscroft's desolate manor—Charles reviews objections to his approach to counting states, relates the most recent p...
Episode 57: The Single Most Egregious Violation of the Fourth Amendment — with Robert Frommer
On episode 57, Charles announces a special jigsaw puzzle and relates which 44 states he's visited before talking to Robert Frommer about an extraordin...
Episode 56: God — with Father Nathaniel Meyers
On episode 56, Charles talks to Father Nathaniel Meyers, the Pastor of the Church of St. Francis Xavier in Buffalo, MN, about whether God exists, how...