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The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast

The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast

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A show about politics, music, technology, rollercoasters, golf carts, and the United States of America.2024 Art Literary History & Criticism Music Political Science Politics & Government
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  • Episode 88: We're Gonna Party Like It's 1999
    May 21 2025

    On episode 88, Charles talks to Ross Benes about his new book, 1999: The Year Low Culture Conquered America and Kickstarted Our Bizarre Times. Among the topics they discuss are how Jerry Springer helps explain Donald Trump, how 'kayfabe' took over the world, how porn explains much of Internet, how video games became respectable, and whether it matters that the elite class watches completely different television than most voters.

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    40 mins
  • Episode 87: Why Charles Should Be Religious
    May 8 2025

    On episode 87, Charles asks Ross Douthat about his new book, Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious, and, in particular, to explain to him why he, Charles Cooke, should be religious.

    The dial-up tone in the introduction was recorded by lintphishx and is used under a CC 3.0 License.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Episode 86: Joshua Glover's Freedom
    May 1 2025

    On episode 86, Charles talks to Michael Jahr about his upcoming documentary movie, Liberty at Stake, which is about the escape from slavery of Joshua Glover in 1854, the abolitionist activism of the people of Wisconsin, and the subsequent founding of the Republican Party. Then Charles talks to Dan McLaughlin about the background to, and structure of, the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act.

    The dial-up tone in the introduction was recorded by lintphishx and is used under a CC 3.0 License.

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    41 mins

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