Writer, editor, and author James B. Meigs joins the COMMENTARY podcast to discuss his essay in the latest issue of the magazine, “Elite Panic vs. the Resilient Populace.” How one disaster tells the tale of American ingenuity and how they are so often not trusted to do the right thing by their leaders in government.

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  1. GeezerBob Coolidge
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    I really wish you folks would do something about your feed. Of all the Ricochet podcasts that I listen to, this is the one that almost invariably fails to complete. Today is no exception. It stalled about 9 minutes in and i know it will not recover. I am also almost certain it is a repeatable problem. Since I enjoy your commentary, I would h ope this issue can be resolved.

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  2. Heisenberg Member
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    GeezerBob (View Comment):

    I really wish you folks would do something about your feed. Of all the Ricochet podcasts that I listen to, this is the one that almost invariably fails to complete. Today is no exception. It stalled about 9 minutes in and i know it will not recover. I am also almost certain it is a repeatable problem. Since I enjoy your commentary, I would h ope this issue can be resolved.

    I have the same issue with this podcast when trying to listen through the browser (it’s fine in iTunes, for example, so I just listen there).  It might be a format issue.  The Klavan show will not play at all through the browser.

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  3. Penfold Member
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    GeezerBob (View Comment):

    I really wish you folks would do something about your feed. Of all the Ricochet podcasts that I listen to, this is the one that almost invariably fails to complete. Today is no exception. It stalled about 9 minutes in and i know it will not recover. I am also almost certain it is a repeatable problem. Since I enjoy your commentary, I would h ope this issue can be resolved.

    I have the same issue.  I’ve given up and download the podcast to play with Media Player.

    I never want to miss out on the positive upbeat feel-good messages from New York.

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  4. Jon1979 Inactive
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    Heisenberg (View Comment):

    GeezerBob (View Comment):

    I really wish you folks would do something about your feed. Of all the Ricochet podcasts that I listen to, this is the one that almost invariably fails to complete. Today is no exception. It stalled about 9 minutes in and i know it will not recover. I am also almost certain it is a repeatable problem. Since I enjoy your commentary, I would h ope this issue can be resolved.

    I have the same issue with this podcast when trying to listen through the browser (it’s fine in iTunes, for example, so I just listen there). It might be a format issue. The Klavan show will not play at all through the browser.

    I noticed months ago the Klavan show wouldn’t stream through my phone without stopping, and went to just downloading all the podcasts to USB drive for playing later — size-wise, it’s by far been the largest file, so if the Commentary Podcast is now doing the same thing, it may be uploading at a file size that causing attempts to stream it to choke and stop.

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