The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast

Mar 07 2025 83 ep. 51 mins 1.1k
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A show about politics, music, technology, rollercoasters, golf carts, and the United States of America.

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Episode 83: How UFC Explains the Trump Vibe Shift

Mar 07 2025 45 mins  
On episode 83, Mary Katherine Ham tells Charles how Ultimate Fighting Championship explains the vibe shift toward Trump.

Episode 82: Communist China Is Our Enemy

Feb 19 2025 42 mins  
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 Senator Cotton say that the Chinese Communist Party is 'evil'? Why does he think it's preparing for war? What does he mean when he says that it's engaged in 'economic warfare'? Has it really 'infiltrated' the United States? Why shoul

Episode 81: Dumb Tribalism

Feb 13 2025 59 mins  
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.' Is tribalism bad per se, or is it just bad in politics. Why has it got so much worse recently? To what extent is technology to blame? What can we do about it?

Episode 80: The Tariff Sheriff

Jan 30 2025 41 mins  
On episode 80 of the Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast, Charles talks to Molly Nixon, a separation of powers attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation, about whether the delegation of the tariff power is constitutional. Why do we accept Congress giving this away when we wouldn't accept Congress giving away the authority to set tax rates? When did this start? What are the main laws that Co

Episode 79: Beautiful, Profound, and Moving

Jan 22 2025 40 mins  
On episode 79, Charles talks to Justin Shubow, the president of the National Civic Art Society, about the importance of classical architecture. What is classical architecture? Why is it "humanist"? What's wrong with modern art? Why do people defend it? Would it be too expensive to return to classical architecture? Why was Penn Station knocked down? Should it be rebuilt? What are th

Episode 78: Don't Go to Law School

Jan 15 2025 43 mins  
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 matter if law schools are illiberal? Why is the law writ large threatened by the rejection of classical liberalism? What can do we do about it? Who is doing the right things? Is he optimistic about the future?

Episode 77: This Podcast Is Huge in Greenland

Jan 10 2025 72 mins  
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 should absorb Canada and to Michael Brendan Dougherty about why he's not appalled by the idea of invading Greenland.

Episode 76: The Drones Club

Dec 20 2024 38 mins  
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 explanation for what's going on? In the future, will my pizza be delivered by a drone? What military threat do drones pose?

Episode 75: The Strike Zone

Dec 12 2024 50 mins  
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? Why is Rich in favor of most change? What is the case against robot umpires? Why does the NFL innovate so freely, where baseball seems stuck in the mud? Can baseball ever be the most popular sport in America again, or is there somet

Episode 74: The Time Machine

Nov 26 2024 56 mins  
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 topics discussed are how far one would have to go back in time before one's knowledge was useless; how many modern soldiers it would take to beat various historical armies; whether one would prefer to have been in the first wave on D-Day o