Ricochet Podcast Episode 19
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Jun 4, 2010 at 6:45am
This week, Ricochet's gone global. On the latest Podcast, we've got Boxer challenger Mickey Kaus; brand-new Ricochet contributor Matt Continetti, fresh from the Republic of Georgia; Claire Berlinski, in Istanbul; and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour. Click that green play button, over there to your right. Now sit back, listen, and enjoy.
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May '10
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As an avid consumer of podcasts and a guy who puts out a weekly podcast of my own, let me just tell you all that Ricochet has one of the best shows going. It is not easy to come up with interesting subjects and interesting people consistently. Peter, Rob, and IMoM Mark are doing exactly the podcast I would do if I were three far more interesting and intelligent people with access to a mighty host of other such folks.
May '10
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As a lover of the Podcast "from day one" as a certain President would say, I am waiting for the day when Peter and Rob have a guest they don't really like on the show. While he makes fun of Rob's 'man chrushes', Peter is invariably the one who can't wait to profess/gush his his love and admiration for the just departed guest. I can't imagine what he would say if the guest was boring and disagreeable! ;-)
On another note, I was listening to this episode as I drove from Georgia (the state) to Virginia. Along the way we pulled through a McDonald's drive-thru, got a value meal with the burger for me, fries for the wife, and we split a large Coke between us. Not long after, I heard Rob profess *his* love for the large Coke at McDonald's. It was almost like listening to the Ricochet podcast in 3D or with a scratch & sniff card. An enhanced podcast experience!
May '10
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Oooo! Ricochet podcasts in 3D!
I love listening to the different speech patterns of all of the participants. I find myself, after listening to a Gov. Barbour appearance, trying over and over to mimic his dialect. I just can't seem to get it right, though. Gotta listen to him some more, I guess.
Speaking of Gov. Barbour, I thought he brought up an interesting point that should the U.S. government shut down off shore drilling, the statistical likelihood of more disastrous oil spills would increase not decrease. The majority of catastrophic spills are due to shipping accidents not drilling accidents.
And back to dialects... once someone made mention on the FB ricochet page that Mark Steyn sounded a lot like Mr. Darcy, I just can't keep from imagining Mark rising up out of the pond with a white shirt on just like in the Colin Firth version of "Pride and Prejudice." Hee hee hee!
Claire Berlinski's description of the "lazy journalists" sounds just like the ones we have in the U.S. In fact, maybe they went to the same schools...
May '10
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Was someone slurping a fountain drink during that podcast? It sounded like it every once in a while.
I've never seen "Lost". Am I the only one besides Claire? I don't feel deprived in the least, cultural references notwithstanding.
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Felicia, it's impossible to talk to Governor Barbour and not want to talk like he does.
And yes, Charles, it's true: Peter and I do like our guests -- but that's not by design, I think. We didn't start out with that in mind, it's just a naturally occurring thing: we want to talk to people we like and respect. In a way, it's what Ricochet is all about. We may not always agree, but there's a fun camaraderie, we hope.
(And a big part of that is getting our members to join the conversation. So thanks.....)
Just for the record, here's my theory about the Coke at McDonald's: it's got a little less syrup than it's supposed to. My thinking is, the McDonald's Corp. figures that if they put a little less Coke in the Coke, over the course of a year and a couple of Billion Served, they'll save a pot of money and no one will really notice. The outcome is, their Coke is a little more fizzy, a little less sweet, a little more light. Plus ice. And for me, that's perfect.
May '10
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I am really a Diet Coke guy myself....but I gotta keep the wife happy on the long road trip!
May '10
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I just got a chance to listen to podcast 18 and am frantically trying to catch up with 19, so I can join this conversation. I thought I might get a teaser by reading this, but instead I'm learning all about Coke syrup. I love it, because Ricochet is unpredictable and spontaneous...just like real conversations in real life meander. Rob, I'm sure this is complete fluff to you considering all the heavy topics going on in the other threads, but, honestly, I get so stressed with what's going on in this world (i.e. Turkey and Israel) and this is what cheers me up after Claire completely depresses me. It's a balance between reading, thinking and discussing serious topics and just enjoying a free-flowing conversation. It uses a different part of my brain and reduces my stress level. Now, the problem is by the time I can listen to the podcast and come back you will all be gone. :-) (Your hated smiley face)
May '10
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FeliciaB: ...once someone made mention on the FB ricochet page that Mark Steyn sounded a lot like Mr. Darcy, I can't keep from imagining Mark rising up out of the pond with a white shirt on just like in the Colin Firth version of "Pride and Prejudice." · Jun 6 at 3:16pm
That would be me. And I do associate Mark with Mr. Darcy...I can't help myself. It's a wonderful thing. Now, if he spoke like Christopher Hitchens or William F. Buckley I would fast-forward every time he opened his mouth. When my British friend, who has a fabulous dry humor, speaks he has to say everything twice. The first go around my brain is stuck distracted by his accent. Once I figure out what he just said I still have a delay in registering it, because he uses the same civilized and cheerful tone to insult someone as he does describing his favorite vacation spot. When I'm bored I just blurt out, "How 'bout those Scots?"...and there's a good 10 minutes of entertainment. Brits also end every statement with ", isn't it?". Like unless you speak up you agree by default.
After six months in Pensacola (Florabama) my tongue went into hibernation.
Re: Ricochet Podcast Episode 19
Well, Andrea, I'm of the belief that there's no such thing as "complete fluff." Pretty much everything is interesting, if you think about it hard enough.
When Peter and I first started thinking about Ricochet, we wanted to capture exactly that kind of spontaneity. Because, look, all politics all day is not only depressing, it gives a skewed view of the world which really is, when you think about where its been and what's happened on it, doing okay.
But as far as this thread is concerned, we'd like to keep them up and running as long as the podcast is available. It's hard right now to keep on top of all of the running conversations, but I've found that by diligently clicking through the "Recently Active" tab, I can quickly see which older conversations are still popping. So, don't hold back! Comment away!
May '10
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For the record, Andrea, Claire isn't always depressing. I'm reading her last book Lion Eyes right now. It's hysterical!
May '10
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Rob Long: It's hard right now to keep on top of all of the running conversations, but I've found that by diligently clicking through the "Recently Active" tab, I can quickly see which older conversations are still popping. So, don't hold back! Comment away! · Jun 8 at 9:48am
I had no idea there were those sorting tabs! Thank you for pointing that out. I wonder if you could make them more prominent, since Scott didn't notice them, either??
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Good idea about the "Recently Active" tab, Andrea. We'll look into it very very soon.
May '10
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FeliciaB: For the record, Andrea, Claire isn't always depressing. I'm reading her last book Lion Eyes right now. It's hysterical! · Jun 8 at 11:12am
Thanks, Felicia, for making me feel inept at my level of efficiency with multi-tasking. Here I thought everyone with three young children didn't have time to read a book. And, if they do, well...they're not also reading political and current event articles, martini recipes and Ricochet! But, there you are...Super Woman proving me wrong. Actually, I have so many books I want to read I'm frozen in indecision.
May '10
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Claire said the publishing industry is dead and books the publishers would have printed even five years ago can't get published today. Why is that? Is it because Americans are too distracted with the volume of blogs and short articles that are being published every minute? It seems even talented writing is a disposable product, now.