On this week’s podcast, Mona and I have a guest, Michael Ledeen — that scholar and champion of freedom. He talks of Iran, primarily. The Khomeinist regime has been a curse on humanity — especially Iranians — for 35 years. Its downfall will be a great day. Mona and I adopt Michael’s trademark refrain, “Faster, please.”

Later, we discuss President Obama’s abuse of power, his “climate” pact with China, and other things. Those other things include Putin, Harper, Sharpton, Cuba, Israel, and Cosby. I am exceptionally shouty, even extreme. Mona is more levelheaded, of course, but still impassioned.

We go out with a stretch of Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony, written in the dead of the war (1943). To join us, go here.