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Welcome to the Harvard Lunch Club Political Podcast for January 24, 2017, it’s the Carnage? What Carnage edition of the podcast. This week we will discuss the dystopian, gloomy perspective that President Trump (wow! That felt good!) has of the current American experience as exemplified in his inauguration speech. Why does the media insist on hammering Trump for pointing out the “carnage” in the streets? As Heather Mac Donald points out in a recent National Review piece, if 16 unarmed Blacks killed by police in 2016 is a horror story, why isn’t 6000 Blacks murdered (in 2015) by fellow citizens not appropriately described as carnage? Our guest is Dr. Will Happer of Princeton University!

The media are playing the anti-Trump protests as a triumphant movement. They’re the symptoms of a catastrophic failure.

Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America applaud the vast majority of President Trump's executive orders. They also groan at the news President Obama defied Congress to send $221 million to the Palestinian Authority on his final morning as president. And they shake their heads as two-thirds of Senate Democrats even oppose Mike Pompeo to lead the CIA.

Welcome to the era of Trump! This week the Mad Dog and Englishman talk the inaugural speech, TPP, why we hate marches, and the proliferation of fake news.

Basically, everyone’s crazy except for you and me. And I’m not too sure about you.

What does Alexis de Tocqueville have to say about 21st-century America? Enough to fill a new book, according to James Poulos, author of The Art of Being Free: How Alexis de Tocqueville Can Save Us from Ourselves. In a 10-minute conversation with The Bookmonger, Poulos explains why Tocqueville looms so large in the American mind, how he first came to know this 19th-century writer, and what advice Tocqueville would give to President Trump.

Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America scratch their heads over White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer's special briefing to scold the media over coverage of crowd size at the inauguration and the location of the Martin Luther King bust in the Oval Office. They also shake their heads as the huge "women's march" is really nothing more than an anti-Trump movement that likely turned off more potential allies than it attracted with all the vulgar speech and costuming. And they discuss Sen. Marco Rubio's decision to support Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State just two weeks after blasting him during Tillerson's confirmation hearings.

On the first podcast of the week, we discuss the opening days of the Trump administration and why they were, um, not so good really—and argue over the meaning of the Women’s March and its possible ramifications for 2018. Give a listen.

On this weeks ladybrains, we discuss inaugural fashion, spilling the beans about pregnancy, and Kelly's pet wallaby's penchant for destruction.

It’s a jam packed special new episode of HWX, with Brian Ward and Paul Happe reconvening to discuss the critical issues of the day. Topics addressed include: * Garrison Keillor’s latest love note to conservatives via a column the Washington Post. We analyze the history of Keillor’s withering rhetoric to his political enemies. Plus, our own attempts at writing a Garrison Keillor political insult, with Dueling Garrisons. * An episode of Fake News, featuring National Public Radio. NPR interviewed new Congressman Jason Lewis, and chose to set the agenda with a series of false accusations and general nonsense that happened to fit their narrative. * We go back In the Bubble, to hear Bruce Springsteen and Marc Maron discuss their fear and panic over Republicans getting elected. * Also, a special announcement of a new musical tour launching in 2017, the Four Ricochet Tin Ears Paul Happe, Pat Sajak, Brian Ward, and Rob Long – destined to shatter box office records and ear drums around the nation.

To mark this historical day, we’ve assembled a panel that we think reflects all sides of the new Trump administration — a mashup of the Ricochet Podcast and Need To Know with Charen and Nordlinger with a dash of Victor Davis Hanson thrown in for flavoring. It’s a bracing conversation that really gets into the weeds on the election and what may lie ahead.

Greg Corombos of Radio America and Ian Tuttle of National Review react to President Donald Trump's inaugural address. They discuss his proclamation that the American people are in charge of their country again, offer analysis on his description of "American carnage" and applaud his efforts to unify the nation.

To mark this historical day, we've assembled a panel that we think reflects all sides of the new Trump administration -- a mashup of the Ricochet Podcast and Need To Know with Charen and Nordlinger with a dash of Victor Davis Hanson thrown in for flavoring. It's a bracing conversation that really gets into the weeds on the election and what may lie ahead. Public service announcement: if you’re not a member of Ricochet and enjoy this podcast, be one of the 1,500 and join today. Music from this week’s podcast: Orange Crush by R.E.M. The ALL NEW opening sequence for the Ricochet Podcast was composed and produced by James Lileks. Yes, you should absolutely subscribe to this podcast. It helps! And leave a review too! Shower the people, @EJHill

On an Inauguration Day installment of Law Talk, Professors Epstein and Yoo are casting one last glance toward the Obama Administration and taking on the big questions around the dawning of the Trump era. First, the professors react to President Obama's clemency for Chelsea Manning -- and explore why the Founding Fathers gave the president such sweeping pardon powers anyway. Then, they take the long view: how will history remember the Obama years? (Spoiler alert: neither professor is anticipating Abe Lincoln being bumped off the $5 anytime soon). Then, as we look toward the future: what should the agenda be for Jeff Sessions' Justice Department? What should President Trump be looking for in a Solicitor General (and what does a Solicitor General do anyways)? Were the salacious BuzzFeed accusations about Trump grounds for a libel case? And how worried should we be about the tension between President Trump and the intelligence community? All that, plus some riffing on early 19th century American politics and a bold prediction of a nuclear exchange in Central America -- just another day in the faculty lounge.

Will 2017 be the year of school choice? National School Choice Week President Andrew Campanella stops by to talk with Teri about School Choice Week, which starts January 22nd. Andrew explains the beginnings of the organized school choice movement, the different kinds of schooling options available to all American children, and what economically disadvantaged families […]