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That’s No Lady

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It's always great fun when our good pal Pat Sajak stops by for a visit, and today's show is no exception. Along with America's most beloved TV icon (his words, not ours), we cover the latest in communicative diseases, Leon Panetta and the plethora of books coming from the Obama administration, Pat's memory of Joan Rivers, baseball (pretty sure this one's a Ricochet Podcast first), is searching replacing learning, Rush Limbaugh vs. Rob Long, then a rage, rage, against the modern day smart phone, and finally, what does Peter Robinson have in common with a currently running Amazon TV show and a Dustin Hoffman/Sidney Pollack classic comedy? The answer may surprise you. It sure surprised us.

Music from this week’s episode:

Walk On the Wild Side by Lou Reed

The opening sequence for the Ricochet Podcast was composed and produced by James Lileks.

Dude looks like a lady, EJHill.

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Discussion (31)

  • EThompson
    @Yeti: I haven't even started to listen to the podcast but am, as always, enamored with the choice of tunes. :)
  • user_247800@TimothyPatton

    As I sit here and grade student IB History essays, I'm struck by the woe expressed at the loss of traditional convenient myths. I hope our commentators here are joking, or exaggerating.

    These are myths. Not historical events in which we might debate the finer details and interpretations, but myths. If the the subject of discussion was the Noble Savage, we might be less charitable and call it a lie. I may find the lesson of a historical anecdote appealing or useful, but if it has little or no basis in fact it doesn't belong in a curriculum.

    Historical arguments supporting our ideologies can be found without relying on a fake narrative.

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