JL;DR SUMMARY The November 5th, 2024, episode of The Commentary Magazine Podcast delves into the political climate and rhetoric leading up to the U.S. presidential election, with guests discussing the potential implications of a Trump or Harris victory and the exaggerated claims about the future of American democracy. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

• At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
• This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
• Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
• But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
• And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.