GLoP Culture #97

Reading Is FUNdamental

15 COMMENTS
Hosted by John Podhoretz, Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long

It doesn’t happen very often on this podcast, but once in a while, the news cycle overtakes the show and it dates a bit between when we recorded it and when it gets released (in this case, about two hours). Yep, the boys do a riff on Roseanne in this show and now, Ms. Barr’s comeback has been consigned to the shelves of the TV Museum. Ah, well. Stuff Happens. Also, a bit on the book business, some thoughts on book reviews in the internet age, Phillip Roth, Tom Wolfe, and yes, even a bit of Solo. Also, the Weekly Substandard is stealing comedy bits from GLoP. This. Will. Not. Stand!

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GLoP Culture #96

You Leave Me Hangin’ On

24 COMMENTS
Hosted by Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long

Bringing the AEI/Ricochet Podcast Summit to a roaring close was a special edition of GLoP… er, GLo Culture with Jonah Goldberg and Rob Long. They touch on the arduous process of getting a book on to the shelves, the shunning of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on The Simpsons and Rob’s star turn as Pontius Pilate.

This week’s music includes Hanging on the Telephone by Blondie.

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GLoP Culture #95

Rob-Dass

32 COMMENTS
Hosted by John Podhoretz, Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long

The full title of this podcast (which we almost never use) is GLoP Culture and this week, we bring it: a little Rank Punditry® on the Comey media blitz, some thoughts on the books business and how it relates to Jonah’s new book Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy  (yes, you should buy the book. Go ahead, we’ll wait….). Also Rob Long takes a trip, and finally, what are the four moves that define you? The GLoPsters weigh in with theirs. Leave yours in the comments. And buy the book!

 

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GLoP Culture #94

The Reboot

26 COMMENTS
Hosted by John Podhoretz, Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long

This week, the men of GLoP (that’s Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long, and John Podhoretz) perform a little Rank Punditry® on the Mueller investigation, Stormy, and the Roseanne phenomenon. Then a GLoP exclusive: Rob Long pitches his Cheers reboot to you, our faithful listeners. Are you buying it “in the room” as they say in showbiz, do you want want to sleep on it, or is it a hard pass? Tell us in comments. And call our agent.

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GLoP Culture #93

Hooray For Hollywood?

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Hosted by John Podhoretz, Rob Long
With guest Richard Rushfield

This week, Jonah Goldberg is on vacation, so we’ve enlisted Richard Rushfield, our good friend and proprietor of the indispensable Hollywood newsletter The Ankler to join and discuss the good, the bad, and yes the ugly of show business. That includes the lameness of most movie marketing, and the trouble at Nickelodeon. Also, Rob Long is on hiatus, and John Podhoretz is all in for Passover.

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GLoP Culture #92

A Cheeseburger of Schadenfreude

49 COMMENTS
Hosted by John Podhoretz, Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long

This week, partly due to the post-Oscars dearth of pop culture news, we’re deep into the news cycle as this show was recorded the morning that Rex Tillerson was shown the door. We cover that story, the continuing evolution of Hillary Clinton’s political skills, a little more on the economics of Wakanda, and yes, some good old fashioned Rank Punditry®.

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GLoP Culture #91

The GLoPfathers

33 COMMENTS
Hosted by John Podhoretz, Jonah Goldberg
With guests Kyle Smith & Ross Douthat

This week, we’ve pulled together the most knowledgeable quorum on the culture landscape to give you the finest in pop culture hot takes. Our good friends Ross Douthat and Kyle Smith from NR’s Projections podcast (yes, you must subscribe) join John and Jonah (Rob Long is off making TV great again) to do a deep dive on Black Panther, the best Best Picture of all time, and so predictions for this year’s winner. Also, why The Godfather is the best American movie. Don’t agree? Make us an offer we can’t refuse in the comments.

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GLoP Culture #90

Watching The Detectives

32 COMMENTS
Hosted by John Podhoretz, Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long

This week, a retrospective of TV detectives inspired by a Tweet and begun on that other podcast. Then, the curious media coverage around Kim Jong Un’s sister at the Olympics, Black Panther is here to save the world, the guys tell you what they are currently watching, and for the kids in our audience, a discussion about long departed talk show host Merv Griffin.

 

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GLoP Culture #89

Pass The Talking Stick

27 COMMENTS
Hosted by John Podhoretz, Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long

This week on this very sedate and polite episode of GLoP, the boys pass the talking stick and chat about the shutdown, Stormy Daniels, a movie you haven’t seen in a while and are reluctant watch again, and yes, some LIVE coverage of the Oscar nominations!

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GLoP Culture

Don’t Force Me, Bro [Clean]

32 COMMENTS
Hosted by John Podhoretz, Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long

First GLoP of 2018 and we’ve got President Winfrey, some dopey book that everyone is talking about, and yes the official GLoP Star Wars  hot take extravaganza. We are your father.

Note: there is a previous version of this episode that has bad words in it. This is the clean version

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GLoP Culture #88

Don’t Force Me, Bro [Explicit]

46 COMMENTS
Hosted by John Podhoretz, Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long

First GLoP of 2018 and we’ve got President Winfrey, some dopey book that everyone is talking about, and yes the official GLoP Star Wars  hot take extravaganza. We are your father.

Note: This episode contains bad words. For a clean version please listen to the next episode in the GLoP Culture feed.

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GLoP Culture #87

A Merry GLoP

25 COMMENTS
Hosted by John Podhoretz, Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long

It’s the last GLoP of the year, so climb aboard! We do a little more chatter on Moore, but the bulk of this show is about Christmas movies: It’s A Wonderful Life, various obscure TV movies that John Podhoretz is obsessed with, Jonah’s list of top Christmas movies, and Rob’s impression of the worst Christmas movies. Enjoy!

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GLoP Culture #86

Time and Time Again

8 COMMENTS
Hosted by John Podhoretz, Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long

It’s your post Thanksgiving, tryptophan induced podcast with your humble servants, Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long, and John Podhoretz. This week, The Kochs buy some Time, Goldberg goes to Broadway, sexual harassment has landed in Congress and now due process is very important, and the boys pick their favorite Pixar movie (but they don’t hug it).

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GLoP Culture #85

Moore or Less

17 COMMENTS
Hosted by John Podhoretz, Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long

It’s the post-roast GLoP as the GLoPenhiemers (that’s Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long, and John Podhoretz, recap the now legendary evening, postulate on the future and effects of Roy Moore, tackle Twitter’s new 280 character limit, debate whether it’s OK to admire artists who do reprehensible acts. Also, some people are grateful for the dead. Others, not so much. Finally, who is the Greatest Tweeter, Goldberg or Podhoretz? Vote in the comments below.

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GLoP Culture #84

Turn It Off

9 COMMENTS
Hosted by John Podhoretz, Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long

It’s a Halloween edition of GLoP, aka America’s Most Beloved Podcast®. This week, yeah, we sort of have to deal with those pesky indictments, the continuing fallout from Harvey, Roy, Mark, Kevin, and the rest of the gang, but also, they guys pick their favorite scary movies, and a preview of next week’s Commentary Roast.

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GLoP Culture #83

Harvey Tartuffe

23 COMMENTS
Hosted by John Podhoretz, Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long

It’s relatively rare when one story becomes so omnipresent in the culture that we devote almost an entire episode to it. But that’s the case this week when the men of GLoP gingerly step in the Harvey Weinstein story. There’s no good, only bad and ugly in this one. Also, a bit about Jimmy Kimmel’s clown nose on, clown nose off behavior of late and his puzzling statement that he is indifferent to Republican members of his audience. Unlike us.

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GLoP Culture #82

A Bunch of Bull

21 COMMENTS
Hosted by John Podhoretz, Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long

This week, the muchachos of GLoP remember Hugh Hefner, make a few observations on bullfighting, ruminate on killing TV characters, and make a bold prediction for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nominee. Hint: We’re all gonna get cars!

 

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GLoP Culture #81

The Official GLoP “Game” Show

46 COMMENTS
Hosted by John Podhoretz, Jonah Goldberg
With guests Ross Douthat & Sonny Bunch

As promised, here’s the GLoP Game of Thrones season 7 recap podcast with special guests New York Times columnist (and National Review movie critic) Ross Douthat and The Washington Free Beacon’s Sonny Bunch sitting in for the Game-less Rob Long. Need less to say, this show contains wall-to-Northern Wall spoilers as well as arcana and details that only people who actually live in Westeros or die hard Thrones fans will appreciate. That said, if you watch the show and want to hear some smart guys geek out about it, then this podcast is for you. Winter is here.

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GLoP Culture #80

The Long “Game”

54 COMMENTS
Hosted by John Podhoretz, Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long

This week, don’t talk to Rob Long about the final episode of Game of Thrones. Seriously, don’t do it. Also, Jonah reviews the Universal Studios theme park, GLoP’s definitive 5 best movie comedies, the banning of Gone With The Wind, the trouble with Breakfast atTiffany’s and Birth of A Nation, and more general end-of-the-summer observations and hilarity.

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GLoP Culture #79

Pixelated Butts

40 COMMENTS
Hosted by John Podhoretz, Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long

This week on GLoP, some thoughts on the events in Charlottesville, and whether or not the statues come down, and a peek behind the gown of big time TV network standards and practices. Consider yourself warned.

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