Power Line
Steven Hayward, John Yoo, and "Lucretia" bring you a whisky-sodden perspective on the week's big headlines, and occasional deep dives into law and philosophy.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 560
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
The Three Whisky Happy Hour, with Guest Bartender John Yoo
Lucretia and I are already departing from our nascent Islay-Highland-Irish whisky flight format because we have a guest bartender and malt master on with us for this weekend’s episode—John Yoo! John …
01:11:34 |
Sat 25 Jul 2020
The Three Whisky Happy Hour, Flight 3
The estimable New York Post reports on a clear example of “expert” junk science that purports to prove that “men should limit alcohol to just one drink per day.” This is clearly the first step to ful…
00:48:32 |
Sun 19 Jul 2020
Happy 200th To Us!
For our 200th podcast, we assembled all four Power Line Beatles, John, Paul, George and Ringo Steve and Scott, to kick around various current topics, including Steve’s own experience with cancel cult…
00:52:19 |
Sat 18 Jul 2020
The Three Whisky Happy Hour, Flight #2
Steve and “Lucretia” are back with another “Three Whisky Happy Hour” to end the week, dishing out a sweet Irish whisky to go with our idea for the attack ad we hope the Trump campaign will run agains…
00:32:48 |
Sat 11 Jul 2020
A Few Minutes with Gov. Kristi Noem
Gov. Kristi Noem The centerpiece of this week’s show is an in-depth interview John Hinderaker conducted this week with South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, who has charted her own course in managing th…
00:45:59 |
Fri 10 Jul 2020
The Three Whisky Happy Hour, Take One
By popular demand we’re bringing “Lucretia,” Power Line’s International Woman of Mystery, back to the show, and we’ve decided to start our own “Three Whisky Happy Hour,” because why should Greg Corom…
00:23:46 |
Sat 04 Jul 2020
Needed: "A Gaullist Moment with Churchillian Fortitude"—Dan Mahoney
Daniel Mahoney of Assumption College has a short and compelling essay up today at Real Clear Politics on “What Does Our Nation Mean to Us? Rejecting the Culture of Hate.” I decided to post our regula…
01:04:11 |
Thu 02 Jul 2020
Toppling Teddy Roosevelt the Right Way, with Jean Yarbrough
When I heard the news that the nihilist mob plans to take down the statue of Theodore Roosevelt astride his horse in front the Natural History Museum in New York City, I knew I had to ring up Jean Ya…
00:55:29 |
Wed 01 Jul 2020
Power Line's Fab Four on Our Crazy World
On Wednesday, “The Beatles” (John, Paul, George and Ringo Scott, and Steve) got together for a live online VIP chat session, covering everything from the riot scene, the fall election, statue-tipping…
00:45:57 |
Fri 26 Jun 2020
"Apocalypse Never," with Michael Shellenberger
This week’s guest is Michael Shellenberger, the founder and president of Environmental Progress, and author of an important new book, Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All. Most b…
00:53:30 |
Sun 21 Jun 2020
"The Coming of Neo-Feudalism," with Joel Kotkin
Joel Kotkin is one of America’s premier analysts of urbanism, urban economics, demographic change, and social trends. His brand new book, The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle C…
00:52:28 |
Sat 13 Jun 2020
"The Sixties Never Ended"—Fred Siegel Reflects on Our Mob Rule Moment
When our cities start to come apart and people say it seems like 1968 all over again, that can only mean one thing: time to get in touch with Fred Siegel. Among Fred’s many fine books is The Future O…
00:44:18 |
Wed 10 Jun 2020
Riots, Viruses, "Epistocracy," and Other Social Diseases
Funny how the COVID-19 crisis has nearly disappeared from the news, after having been the subject of wall-to-wall media attention for three months. Riots have a way of doing that, though the mass rio…
00:48:15 |
Wed 03 Jun 2020
Ross Douthat on "The Decadent Society"
“Decadence” is one of those familiar terms that is trivialized or rendered comic by overuse—perhaps you’d say from decadence itself. And while most people think decadent is mostly a synonym for “sump…
00:49:19 |
Sat 30 May 2020
"This Cannot Go On"—The Breakdown of Higher Education, with John Ellis
John Ellis John M. Ellis, distinguished professor emeritus of German literature at UC Santa Cruz, is out with a terrific new book, The Breakdown of Higher Education: How It Happened, The Damage It Do…
00:45:59 |
Sat 23 May 2020
Freedom of the Press in an Era of Fake News, with Zach Wood
Zachary Wood This episode flips the format, with my guest interviewing me for a change. Zachary Wood is a graduate of Williams College, where he was the president of a student group called “Uncomfort…
00:47:22 |
Sat 16 May 2020
Trumping Obama's Legacy, with Charles Lipson
Barack who? Is it just me, or is Obama the incredibly shrinking president, destined already to be remembered in the same league as John Tyler or Warren Harding? Charles Lipson, emeritus professor of …
00:51:46 |
Tue 12 May 2020
Breaking: Facebook's "Supreme Court"? (With a Side of the Flynn Case)
Michael McConnell John Hinderaker joined me today to co-host this special edition of the show. Yesterday Facebook announced the creation of a 20-member oversight board that some media accounts descri…
00:59:06 |
Thu 07 May 2020
The 1619 Project Pulitzer and Other Outrages: A Phil Magness Omnibus
Phil Magness When the news broke yesterday that the New York Times‘s egregious “1619 Project” had won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary, I knew the only thing to do was get Phillip W. Magness on the li…
00:40:53 |
Tue 05 May 2020
Do Lockdowns Save Lives? The Data Say No
Joe Malchow The Wall Street Journal this morning includes an article from T.J. Rodgers, the retired founder and CEO of Cypress Semiconductors, with the provocative title, “Do Lockdowns Save Lives? In…
00:30:39 |
Mon 27 Apr 2020
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