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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
- 559
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
Populism Sweeping Europe?
Steve Hayward catches up with Henry Olsen in London, ahead of the upcoming general election in Italy where populist parties are expected to do well, and where German politics remain in disarray becau…
00:19:45 |
Wed 28 Feb 2018
CPAC Recap and Shooting Aftermath
Power Line co-founder John Hinderaker joins Steve Hayward to offer up a recap on the just-concluded annual CPAC meeting, and to analyze the aftermath of the Florida school shooting, where media disto…
00:41:52 |
Mon 26 Feb 2018
Fred Siegel Explains It All
Steve Hayward sits down with author Fred Siegel about a wide range of topics, from Trump and the Democrats, to how to think about leading intellectuals including H.L. Mencken, Arthur Schlesinger, Ric…
00:48:53 |
Tue 20 Feb 2018
The Missing Linker
Is it possible to be a liberal but not a “Progressive”? Steve Hayward sat down with Damon Linker, author and columnist for The Week, to discuss this and related questions, such as why Linker defected…
00:37:30 |
Mon 12 Feb 2018
Fee, Fi, Fo, FISA
With news breaking of the possible involvement of President Obama in the FBI investigation of Carter Page along with Sidney Blumenthal slithering from the sewer yet again, Steve Hayward asked John Yo…
00:12:18 |
Thu 08 Feb 2018
The Second Iranian Revolution?
Steve Hayward talks with Kelly Jane Torrance, deputy managing editor of the Weekly Standard, about the protests in Iran and the Iranian dissident movement in exile, which is being ignored by nearly a…
00:35:47 |
Tue 06 Feb 2018
Regarding Henry
Steve Hayward sits down with Henry Olsen, author and senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, but also a premier practicioner of “psephology” (try pronouncing that fast three times—or ju…
00:37:36 |
Mon 29 Jan 2018
Getting Tired of All the Greatness!
Steve Hayward is joined by the triumvirate behind American Greatness ( amgreatness.com)—Chris Buskirk, Ben Boychuk and Julie Ponzi—to talk more about what the MAGA agenda means in practice, the shape…
00:30:41 |
Thu 25 Jan 2018
The Lighter Side of Deeble
Steve Hayward reached all the way across the Atlantic to track down comedian/magician (and occasional Ricochet contributor) David Deeble to talk about comedy, why most comics (and actors and most oth…
00:30:05 |
Wed 10 Jan 2018
Life After Franken in Minnesota
Steve Hayward and John Hinderaker take note of the exit of Al Franken from the Senate, and how it has thrown Minnesota politics into a state of turmoil, making it ground zero for the mid-term electio…
00:25:17 |
Thu 04 Jan 2018
Celebrating a Year of American Greatness
In this year-end episode, Steve Hayward checks in with Ben Boychuk, columnist for the Sacramento Bee and managing editor of the American Greatness website, about how to think about Trump—yes, we’re s…
00:29:35 |
Fri 29 Dec 2017
Shedding Light on "Darkest Hour"
“Darkest Hour,” the new Churchill biopic that comes out in general release this week, has generated some controversy about its accuracy and depiction of Churchill in the crucial weeks of May 1940. St…
00:51:42 |
Thu 21 Dec 2017
Two Cheers for Tammany Hall!
Steve Hayward sits down with Jonathan Rauch of the Atlantic Monthly and Brookings Institution to discuss Jon’s latest ebook, Political Realism, and also the parlous state of free speech on college ca…
00:32:01 |
Wed 17 May 2017
The Next Broadway Hit for the Trump Era: Madison?!
In this episode of the Power Line Show, Steve Hayward converses with John Yoo about the early days of the Trump Administration, the immigration order, the Gorsuch nomination, and especially how the t…
00:29:55 |
Thu 09 Feb 2017
Back to the Beach (Boys) with Michael Anton
With the election over, we can get back to important things. Like the Beach Boys. Except, like everything else, the left has politicized the Beach Boys too. In this episode of the Power Line Show, St…
00:47:46 |
Fri 09 Dec 2016
Strange Times
Tonight, John, Scott and Steve got together to talk about the strangest political season of modern times. Questions abound: Does Trump still have a chance? Will tomorrow night’s debate matter? Will t…
00:46:02 |
Wed 19 Oct 2016
Rising Stars on the Right
This edition of the Power Line Show features Steve Hayward in conversation with Jeremy Carl of the Hoover Institution. Jeremy helps direct the Shultz-Stephenson Task Force on Energy Policy at Hoover,…
00:22:25 |
Fri 02 Sep 2016
Decoding Evangelical Politics with Mike Cromartie
One of the surprises of the GOP primary campaign season was the strong support Donald Trump received from many—though not all—evangelical Christian voters. Maybe the so-called “religious right” isn’t…
00:29:29 |
Thu 04 Aug 2016
The DNC, Scott & Charlie at the Spa, and Yuval Levin
This edition of the Power Line Show offers our quick reacts to the opening of the fractious Democratic National Convention, Scott’s bonding with Charlie Rangel at a Trump health spa in Florida (!!), …
00:38:16 |
Tue 26 Jul 2016
The Shape of the Race, And the Omens of Brexit, with Henry Olsen
We caught up with Henry Olsen on the eve of the GOP convention in Cleveland to discuss the shape of the race right now, and the prospects for a return of ticket-splitting in down-ballot races if Trum…
00:28:34 |
Fri 15 Jul 2016
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