The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast

Episode 13: Horse, Not Zebra

Episode Summary

It's Episode 13—the unlucky one. Charles starts by pushing back against the idea that there is something alarming about the House taking a long time to choose a Speaker. After that, he talks to a cardiac electrophysiologist and a neurosurgeon to find out more about what happened to Damar Hamlin in the NFL.

Episode Notes

In the thirteenth episode of The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast, Charles argues that the ongoing freakout over the House of Representatives's apparent inability to find a Speaker is silly. Perhaps the opposition to McCarthy is frivolous. But it's not a national security threat, or a crisis. Next, Charles talks to Andy Kaplan, a cardiac electrophysiologist, and Steve Pirris, a neurosurgeon, about the effects on the heart and the brain of the cardiac arrest suffered by Damar Hamlin during last Monday's NFL game.

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