{"podcast":{"title":"The Ricochet Podcast","slug":"the-ricochet-podcast-317753","podcast_index_feed_id":317753,"rss_url":"https://feeds.feedburner.com/ricochet","website_url":"https://ricochet.com/series/ricochet-podcast/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/87ac5b53ec9200929552d3ddd32888f9.jpg","author":"Ricochet","episode_count":677,"summary":"Weekly episodes of Ricochet’s flagship podcast feature our hosts James Lileks, Steve Hayward, Charles C. W. Cooke, and guests discussing the issues of the week. Listen to The Ricochet Podcast , along with more than 40 other original podcasts, at Ricochet.com . No paid subscription required. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-ricochet-podcast--5817275/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T20:21:32.397170+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ricochet-podcast-317753"},"episode":{"title":"Alien to the Court","slug":"alien-to-the-court","published_at":"2026-05-08T20:27:43+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ricochet-podcast-317753/alien-to-the-court","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ricochet-podcast-317753","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/alien-to-the-court--71928541","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/35/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71928541/ricochet_788.mp3","summary":"Ricochet’s beloved former editor Mollie Hemingway is back with a new book, Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution . We’re so thrilled, in fact, that we couldn’t even keep Peter Robinson away. So Mollie leads our embarrassment of hosts through her exclusive scoop on the Supreme Court’s most enigmatic justice. Tune in for an in-depth report covering everything Alito—from the political dramas starting with his confirmation to the leak of his best-known Dobbs opinion, and analysis of the particulars of his legal philosophy, his mastery over oral proceedings, and ultimately his influence over the increasingly originalist branch of government. And with investigative journalism in mind, our quartet digs into reports about rampant Medicaid fraud in Ohio, and James tries to pin the panelists down on their stance on aliens, UFOs and G-man plots. The gang also guffaws at the Virginia Supreme Court's redistricting rebuff and manages to find quibblible claims against the common understanding of invasive species. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-ricochet-podcast--5817275/support .","meta_description":"Ricochet’s beloved former editor Mollie Hemingway is back with a new book, Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3739,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ricochet-podcast-317753/episodes/alien-to-the-court/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ricochet-podcast-317753/alien-to-the-court.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}