Noah Rothman is my brother-in-arms at Commentary magazine. He is a sterling thinker and writer, with particular expertise in Russia and the former Soviet Union. I have done a podcast with him — a Q&A — in which we talk about Russia and its neighbors, especially in light of our presidential election. The Republican nominee has an unusual attitude toward the Kremlin — unusual for a Republican presidential nominee, that is.

When we recorded the podcast, we were on two different continents: Noah at home, in New Jersey, and I in the Baltics — Estonia, which Newt Gingrich has referred to as “the suburbs of St. Petersburg.” (Not Florida, to be clear.) Being in Estonia can concentrate the mind, where Mr. Putin is concerned.

In our podcast, Noah and I talk about other issues, too — including the alt-Right. Noah has ample and repugnant experience with this crowd. We further talk about the media: What to read these days, or watch, or listen to?

Anyway, to listen to Noah and me — if that’s your bag — that link, again, is here. You may not like everything we say. But it will be 100 percent sincere.

(So we got that going for us, to paraphrase Bill Murray in Caddyshack.)