In this episode, Jay talks music, and plays some recordings – starting with a couple of fantasies. So, trip the light fantastic, with some arias and other things thrown in too.

Something Mitt Romney said reminded Jay of what Hillary Clinton once said — to him (Jay). H. R. McMaster delivered an important message. Eliot A. Cohen unearthed an extraordinary (early) American. A man learned a painful lesson in Alaska.

Jay talks about all this and more, including sports and a deodorant commercial (yes). The podcast ends with his dad singing a fight song. A brief podcast positively bursting with eclecticism.

Jay talks Gershwin (two of them). Michel Legrand plays a prelude. Zell Miller speaks (“Spitballs?”). Jay remarks on baseball — and Louisiana speech. Finally, a bride sings a song, “Seduced.” A buffet for the ears.

Jay plays some Louis Armstrong, some rap (yes), and some Rosemary Clooney. He talks politics, persecution, Russia, Harvard, and more. Actually, Russia and Harvard intersect at some point. A varied, offbeat, and provocative podcast.

The appointment of John Bolton as national security adviser puts Jay in mind of mustaches — and he plays a little Stephen Foster. He also has coined a term that he hopes will catch on. Whether it does or not, he likes it. He talks about language, political and non-, and he tells a couple of stories — presidential ones. He ends with material related to Saint Patrick’s Day, late or not. “Danny Boy” is for every day, right?