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Will this podcast soon be available on iTunes along with the other Ricochet podcasts?
Thanks for answering my question!
‘I’ll go back and forth with you in the comments all week. Because I’m a shut in. That’s not a joke. That’s my lifestyle.’ That was great. #Science
Hi Emily, there’s a slight delay between posting here and then having iTunes ingest and publish the podcast. Let us know if you don’t see it appear over there.
This podcast has a great morning zoo vibe! I just can’t enough! Just one thing: Could you add wacky sound effects?
That would make the podcast so perf.
The unfocused verbal meandering I did during this podcast is the most I’ll wander this month.
Schlichter is pretty much a living Whoopee Cushion.
How about Stitcher?
It should be on Stitcher later this week.
Responding to your request for comments:
I enjoy the podcast, but cringe a bit when I hear generalizations like, “Everything liberals say is a lie,” as you did on the gun discussion. That just sounds silly and thus hurts your point for me. A more accurate statement that would make you sound like a more thoughtful/civilized conservative (which I think is the idea behind Ricochet) is, “Everything they say is a lie or incredibly uniformed and naive.”
Then again, I love Delingpole and he’s a lunatic.
This was great, quite mean on hillary, though. Looking those pictures, I have to say I didnt know Ron Jeremy was conservative.
I’m considering becoming a vegan, I’m worried my family won’t support my decision. Any advice for me? Thanks in advance!
More tambourine.
Also, I’m a big fan of all the angst-ridden, heartbroken duets that seem popular these days because I enjoy listening to men sing about their inadequacy with a tremble in their voice. Any chance you guys could open up and show some vulnerability? I think it would round out the show if you guys could share some of your true feelings instead of hiding behind this macho, gun-toting facade for the whole show. Just a suggestion!
I love these podcasts!
Hey guys,
Thanks for the call out, I suppose. Younger daughter is 7 and just a bit too young for references to sodomy. She will ask what it means. As a conservative I’m all about age appropriate. She does listen to Hugh Hewitt in the car on the way home from school.
Completely agree with Tony’s recommendation to avoid Disney. Same daughter used to watch it until she was snotty with me. I reminded her that I’m her mother & not the figment of some script writer.
I’m soooo glad someone admitted that they don’t like Dr. Who. I watched it once to see what all the hullabaloo was about, but I hated it. I hated it so much I was angry about it. It was so acne-covered, a.v. club, low-T dorky, I think my ovaries seized up while watching it. I like some aspects of nerd culture and entertainment : The Big Bang Theory, Talking Dead, etc., but I think it’s a little overdone – even on here at times (e.g., ask James Lileks or Jonah Goldberg a Star Trek question). I think you guys are a good counter weight to it. I love your unapologetic guy-ness. Don’t get me wrong, I love cerebral nerdy types like James and Jonah, but you guys are a great, much-needed addition to the mix.
If GLOP is like a glass of bourbon, this show is more like a shot of rye.
What does Kurt Schlichter like?
So far I know he likes hot Latin women, guns and (IIRC) top shelf booze.
What the heck else does a guy need to like?!?
We should be good to go on Stitcher now.
Hey guys,
You asked for it, so here it is.
You are dead-on with the Hollywood/cinema/TV comments, keep ’em comin’
Speaking of ‘cringe-worthy’ dialogue, your treatment of the Scottish independence issue was less than zero (B. E. Ellis ref there :-) ) For guys who don’t know the diff between Wales and Scotland, you could at least listen to Delingpole’s podcast first before you guys go on about it.
And finally, you totally miss the point of Breaking Bad and Skylar White: Walter does the whole deal ‘for the family’, totally believing that doing wrong is actually doing right by his family. Skylar is horrified at the realization of what is happening, and goes into passive aggression, which horrifies Walter — why can’t she appreciate the risk…and the reward? (She eventually gets better than him at laundering the money — she engineered the car wash deal and Ted’s death, but she’s still sick of the whole thing). It’s supposed to make you cringe, and in the end Walter admits in the last episode that he really isn’t doing it for the family — he says it’s because ‘I’m good at it’ and he makes the best stuff, which he is proud of. Wives really act like that. (You’ll find out. :-) )
Anyway, I like the stream of consciousness, floating bull session feel of the show. Even though you have official topics for the segments they seem like just suggestions on where to start, and I especially like the pop-culture refs (You made me go back and look at Trainspotting again, not a good thing — you b@stards! Ha!)
Best Regards,
Bit
Hillary’s steak fry tong shot was political cheese at its saddest. She is so earnestly trying to be liked and to appear like someone you’d like to actually talk to, it’s tooth-grindingly painful. For all of Bill’s flaws, he seems to genuinely *like* people, and she doesn’t. Her Benghazi statements were Hillary In Full. I think that once-innocent knucklehead from the 70’s decided to stand by her “man”, and it must gall her endlessly to know that everything she now claims as “accomlishments” are simply the fruit of her being married to Bill.
She’s everything and nothing at the same time. Her education and ability should have been enough, but weren’t, so despite some oddly profitable cattle-future trading (not sure how a lawyer is supposed to know markets that well), the rest of her life has been on the public dime. And sadly, it looks like she feels she deserves compensation for everything she’s put up with – and she’s pissed about it to boot.
Imagine working for someone who is that unhappy. Gah.
Oh, and welcome back Stephen “I used to be on PJTV” Cruiser (and Katz, too). Used to love Kruiser Control.
Are you guys this entertaining when you are wearing pants?
Just a tad too much testosterone. I hope as time goes on and personalities begin to mesh there will be more chemistry.
Good enough, though, for another listen-hear.
Glad most of the fellas like Dr. Who.
Hot Scottish Women. Catherine Zeta-Jones.