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This special edition of the GLoP Culture Podcast was recorded live from National Review Institute’s 2015 Ideas Summit at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, D.C. The gang, The Weekly Standard’s Steve Hayes National Review’s Jonah Goldberg, Commentary’s John Podhortez (also of The NY Post) and our own Rob Long, talk about The Donald misplaced hatred of Jonah, mattresses, anti-American movies, market disruption, and how best to shave your back (hint: enter “GLOP” at checkout), all while reportedly sipping contraband Jameson. In attendance at the NRI Summit for this live episode of GLoP Culture were a dozen Ricochet members, most of whom received free tickets to the evening’s events as part of their Reagan memberships.
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At last, Mr Goldberg is being called to account for his hateful tweets.
This is, perhaps, the funniest photoshop to date. Whoever does these is an absolute craftsman.
Kind words and a visit to the tip jar are always appreciated!
I think Jonah takes it by a length…I’ve seen that very truculent-over-the-boardroom-table look on Trump’s face on his show….
A ‘uge tip.
GLoP 2016 Election Season Live Tour – make it happen, ppl.
*THAT* hair! Nooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was laughing so hard I got a headache. Then I got to meet Jonah. And Charlie Cooke from NR. And Jon Gabriel. And I sat next to Troy at dinner. What a sweetie!
PS – I may be in love with Ben Sasse.
I think John is conflating Diane Sawyer with Monica Crowley – Diane was a White House intern if I remember correctly.
Update – I checked wikipedia she did work in Nixon’s WH [she was suspected of being Deep Throat] but she also did continue to work with Nixon while he prepared for the Frost interviews after his time in office.
I expected Troy and Jon to be great guys, but Charlie was great to talk to. Seemed to genuinely enjoy meeting us.
You may have to fight me for Ben…he’s dreamy ;-)
Reminds me of the old SNL sketch with Aykroyd and Belushi as the Elvii – twin Elvises, thin and fat.
In this case, with the Trumpi trio, it’s the hair that changes in shades ranging from red to blonde – I guess that represents preferences expressed by The Donald’s* changing royal consorts.
*Ivana was first quoted using Trump’s first name preceded by the definite article in a magazine article in the ’80s. I remember reading it at the time and, along with everyone else, thinking WTH? It apparently was due to the fact that Ivana’s native Czech has no definite article, causing her to use it, or refrain from using it, improperly. Our grandchildren will be saying “The Donald”, just as many today say “pushing the envelope”** and “O.K.”*** without giving a thought to the origins.
**Actually, “pushing the outside of the envelope”, (Tom Wolfe’s The Right Stuff).
***”Oll Korrect”, 1839 Boston Morning Post
Did you folks read Jonah’s “Newsletter” today? He blamed his foppish GLoP performance last night on the fact that “we the audience” were not “lubricated” enough….. For a Thursday work evening I thought our viscosity was pretty darn good.
I think when I see him next week at the AEI roll out of The Seven Daddy Virtues, I will say “Mr [Stephen] Hayes” I really enjoy your Weekly Standard articles…. I mean if the Donald can’t tell who’s who…..
Show him who lubricated.
GLOP 2-3x/month? What?!
John was annoying again. Very slow to get to the point, interrupting and using up air time for the other speakers who had funnier and less tedious commentary.
More Goldberg, less Podhoretz please.
I like what Mr. Podhoretz has to say, but I wish he would take a lesson from the best Jazz trios: share the stage, take turns, and don’t simply play over the other guy’s best lines.
Of all the rotten nights to no longer live in Maryland! I could have been there, but no! I had to go and move back home to the West a few years ago. Oh well, I still like the wide open spaces better. At least I can listen to the fun.
I was going to ask where the rest of them are.
I have what I think is a better name than GLoP:
GoLoPo. Not great, but really, isn’t most anything better than GLoP?
They should just call themselves Three Godfathers.
John Podhoretz is better read than heard. Out of his league here.
It’s der Mittelmann, Leute, and “portofrei”=free shipping.
Podhoretz and Long’s exchange about the Furious franchise was terrific. Jonah’s point about Hollywood anti-Americanism is true and disturbing, but the question is what are we doing about it besides complaining?
John is great, but your point is so correct. Why would you cage a Goldberg and let a Podhoretz run free? For someone as smart and well written as John, he has ZERO economy of words when speaking – especially live.
I second the motion. More Goldberg less Podhoretz.
I just heard the best line to advertise Casper Beds. It was on a podcast series called Theory of Everything at radiotopia.com A woman with a sexy French accent is asked what she thinks of the bed and she enthusiastically says, “I am never leaving this bed,” and repeats that statement. Now, I presume James’ female fans would respond well if he said that, maybe with a French-Canadian accent….
I honestly don’t know where all this hate for JoPod is coming from. I knew of him when I started listening a year ago but knew much more of Jonah and was (and still am) a huge Jonah fan. Listening to the entire Glop series, I have caught an appreciation for John’s wry and dry sense of humor and somehow have let him eclipse Jonah as one of my favorite media figures. Keep it awkward, John, it’s endearing!
C’mon, guys. You’re going to give John a complex. And if I’ve learned anything from listening to him, it will be a complex complex.
I don’t know why so many people dislike the “Glop” in Glop Culture. It’s funny, self-deprecating, and descriptive; the discussions are veritable tapestries of disparate, interwoven, threads of thought. (Try saying that three times fast.)
I was actually pleased (for lack of a better word) to hear that that coffee sponsor left because they didn’t like conservatives. I always thought they quit because of a long member thread bashing the coffee as being not very good.
I agree: What is culture if not glop of one kind or another?
Except that we never got to hear what Jonah’s dad used to say. Witty repartee requires good comic timing and a sensitivity to the humor in what the *other* guy is trying to say.
One more bone to pick: Obviously, viewing one Hindi film that allegedly featured dancing vampires does not provide one with a knowledge base sufficient to either appreciate or disparage Indian cinema. To suggest that one film represents the entire Indian film industry is like saying that…well, that if you’ve seen Furious 7, you’ve seen American movies. Uh, yeah. No. :)
This episode was rather better than average. And I generally like GLOP Culture podcasts. A lot.
I wonder if it was because they were in the same room? In other words, does GLOP lose something when the guys get together by Skype?
Or was it because they had a live audience?
Well I think John has been pretty good for the last 6 to 9 months in making points succinctly and giving the guys room. It is obviously a rare skill to be a good commentator in a panel or podcast setting and Jo Pod’s ability has been on an upward trajectory.
I think the comment about the setting having some affect may have it and I hope that back on the ‘studio’ podcast JP will continue honing his craft and I get my full dose of Jonah.