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The B (For Baby) Team

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This week, Ricochet editors Jon Gabriel and Bethany Mandel and yes, her baby (listen closely and you'll hear him in this podcast) join Peter and James to discuss another maddening news cycle. Our guest Harmeet Dhillon takes us through the latest power grab by the Biden Administration, the means to fight back and the hopes for an Elder in Sacramento's Governor's mansion. The Ricochet gang also take some time to remember 9/11 and assess the distinction between worthwhile arguments and the kinds that necessitate the block button.

Music from this week's podcast: The Nothing Man by Bruce Springsteen

Hosts:
Bethany MandelJames LileksJon GabrielPeter Robinson
Guest:
Harmeet Dhillon

Discussion (21)

  • EJHill@EJHill
    ReplyingtoToryWarWriter

    ToryWarWriter (View Comment):

    Any talk that James wasnt supposed to be in this podcast is fake news and should be treated as such.

    Sue me.

    James had another commitment and wasn't sure that he could make it. And he waltzed in about 10 minutes late, much to the relief of all who dreaded the chore of trying to segue into - and then actually read - commercial copy.

    If you were with us for the Zoomcast every time James effortlessly slid into a commercial Peter got this look on his face that said, "There, but for the grace of God..."

    On top of all that, the youngest commentator we had decided to turn the podcast into a real crap shoot. Or, to break the COC, a descriptive alliteration with the word "show" in it. Luckily for all of us (and by all of us I mean everyone not named Bethany Mandel), those early attempts of inventing Smell-a-vision failed spectacularly. Or as I once remarked to my wife while holding our first born at arm's length, "I know this is supposed to be new but does this baby smell like it's spoiled to you?"

  • kedavis@kedavis

    The "Bethany Bio" in the "sidebar" is out of date.

    Also, how is it possible to find her Ricochet posts? I'm not seeing any way to get there, from clicking on her name in the "sidebar." It seems like you need to find a COMMENT from someone, in order to get to their list of other comments.

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