GLoP Culture

Bad Bosses In The Bible

12 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After a brief hiatus, GLoP is back and, well, not much has changed: John can’t remember the month, Rob’s in Los Angeles for reasons unknown, and J...

Barnyard Odors

09 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Yep, it's another episode of GLoP, where three middle-aged men wander from topic to topic like your drunk uncles at Thanksgiving—except with more r...

Zombie Schlongs

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast has never been above (or below) using a title to click-bait you into listening and this episode maintains that high standard. But rest as...

One GLoP At A Time

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why is this GLoP different from all other GLoPs? Because on this GLoP, the principals discuss the future of the show and how to evolve it given their ...

Pope Rob of Princeton

27 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This month on GLoP: Rob has an important announcement to make, some unfortunate serial killer names, The Last of Us, Andor, Wolf Hall, and various ot...

The Other Goldberg

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Among other things, Jonah really wants you to know he's not Jeff. After clearing that up, he and the rest of the GLoP crew delve into writing with AI,...

The Augmented Reality GLoP

27 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jonah's got a new pair of specs, the WaPo has a new editorial policy, White Lotus, Severance, Rob studies and watches Tik-Tok, Reacher, and lots o...

The Dark GLoP

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's the first GLoP of 2025, so we super-sized it. We've got everything from Oscar nominations, to AI everywhere, to David Lynch to Bob Newhart to No...

Avoid The Yak

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We're back after an unavoidable month-long hiatus to comment on all things pop and regular culture. This week, we cover The Odd Couple, Moscow Edition...

Pharmacological Quality GLoP

26 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Yep, it's time for another romp through pop culture and (trigger warning) politics as the men of GLoP riff on college campus antics (one of the paneli...

Jihad Me At Hello

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the new GLoP -- the one where Rob is back in school. Yes, we talk a lot about that, took some questions from GLoP fans on X, ruminated on ...

Great Content for Chik-fil-A

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve got DNC Rank Punditry®, we've got star encounters, we've got bad boss stories, we've got Minnesota accents, we've got Rob's Burisma collectio...

That's Where The Trouble Begins

27 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

An all-over-the-place GLoP for mid-summer: we've got some Rank Punditry® about changes past and possibly future at the top of ticket, some discourse ...

It's Got The Ticker

25 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Beat the summer heat with a healthy dollop of GLoP! This week: some discourse on Stripes (always start with a 40 year old movie), Inside Out II, th...

Father Long

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This month, a rare event: a Pod-less pod, with Rob and Jonah taking sole command of the GLoP bridge. But there's still plenty to talk about, including...

Every Success Is A Mistake

30 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We've got a wide ranging GLoP for you this month: everything from who John spent 9/11 with to movie bad guys and losers who end up winning, Alan Bloo...

Schrödinger's Pants

29 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It's late in the month and that means it's time for another run through the zeitgeist with America's most crotchety culture critics. On this outing, t...

The Coffee Table GLoP

28 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve got A.I.! (Is Jonah really worse than Pol Pot? — The answer may surprise you!) We’ve got Oscars! We’ve got best movie performances ever!...

It's Business

27 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This month GLoP is literally all over the place and time: the guys discuss a time traveling Podhoretz, Back To School, the curious courtship of Alan B...

The Snoopy In The Vestibule

20 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's our last GLoP of the year, and we're in something of a melancholy and reflective mood this year. But that doesn't mean we can't make of get some ...

Dark Comedy

10 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Let’s just get this out of the way right at the top: Yes, we missed a show last month. And many of you noticed, and correctly surmised why. So it wa...

The Bewitching GLoP

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s almost the end of the month and that means it’s time to squeeze another episode of GLoP just before the deadline. This time: Jonah is a rambl...

Game Show Hosts and Car Dealers

30 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

GLoP is back and just under the wire for this month's outing. In this installment, we cover why you can't get a cold drink in Europe, a GLoP tribute t...

The M*A*S*H* Up GLoP

11 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This month on America's most beloved podcast, we've got some thoughts on Der Schwarzenegger, movies we hate, why Rob Long never reads the comments, an...

The Ecdysiasts

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Yep. it's another GLoP and this month, we've got some Rank Punditry® on a certain ex-President's legal trouble (consider yourself warned, Spatial Den...

The Office of Mr. Fukamora

17 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we discuss a rare IRL meeting of the GLoP crew on the occasion of the party that was held at the White Horse Tavern in Greenwich Village to...

GLoP About Nothing

14 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This morning we reunited the men of GLoP (that's JOnah Goldberg, John Podhoretz, and Rob Long for another jazz riff through pop culture and politics. ...

Are You a Lecter or a Gump?

22 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the men of GLoP ruminate on questions existential, political, pragmatic, and legal: John reveals his long ago brush with the law, Rob admit...

Mother, Jugs, and GLoP

17 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Raquel Welch passes, F-Troop becomes relevant again, were TV series better 30 years ago, why you should watch comedian Steven Wright’s epic debut on...

Locker Room Talk

30 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This month, the men of GLoP recall some highly unusual and unforgettable celebrity sightings, ruminate on TV remakes and the lack of variety shows, co...

The Holiday Geek-Out GLoP (Formerly Scatological)

23 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The men of GLoP return (finally) for their traditional end of the year Christmas muisic and dance spectacular. We’ve got an overview of European com...

Don't Like Turkey

23 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The men of GLoP are back just in time for Thanksgiving and in fine form despite Jonah recovering from the dreaded COVID. This week, they tackle the tr...

The Age of Blunder

31 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You may have heard that Jonah’s mother, Lucianne Goldberg, has passed. He’s out today, but John and Rob pay their respects to the tough broad, and...

The Uber Verse

29 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve got 2/3rds of a GLoP for you this month as John Podhoretz logs in from the back of an Uber in NYC –well, for about 1/3rd of the show. We cov...

Centered Around Asses

26 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It’s late in the month and that means it’s time for another romp through pop culture, ephemera, and tales of travel. This week: Rob has a Midnight...

An Iconic Episode

15 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sing us a song, you’re the men of GLoP… from Margaritaville to Brandy… where everyone is gay and everyone is Jewish (There is a logical explanat...

Occasionally Masculine

25 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hey oh, the men of GLoP are back (despite predictions to the contrary in certain quarters). We’re not going to spoil any of the topics discussed wit...

A Bunch of Gloppin' Comedians

21 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

At the close of trading on November 17, 2021 a share of Netflix stock would cost you $691.69. At the end of trading on May 20, 2022 it was $186.35, a ...

The GLoPidote

30 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The men of GLoP are (finally) back and this week, they discuss their celebrity encounters, delve into Amber Heard, Johnny Depp, and the ACLU, the tale...

The Slap and Ovation Delta

01 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a fairly rare event these days when an event in the pop culture realm becomes something everyone has a take on. But that’s what happened earl...

With a Machete

17 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We know that we’ve missed a GLoP or two in the past few months. So in an effort to make up for lost GLoPs, we present this super-sized edition, clos...

Distinguished Gentlemen

18 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the men of GLoP remember a friend and someone who they admired from a far. P.J. O’Rourke, the great humorist, satirist, author, editor of...

Be Like Ike

21 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is an eclectic episode to be sure. We start with a review of Wednesday’s presidential press conference and center on how Joe Biden sees himself...

The Road to Hell…

05 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The merry men of GLoP are back with their first show of 2022, and they have a lot to get off their chests, starting with the fact that all three of th...

So What'd You Think?

21 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Yep, it’s the last GLoP of 2021, and there’s lots to discuss, including Rob’s not so great day, some advice for big entertainment companies, a v...

Upper West Side Story

13 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We admit, it was touch and go for a while there, but GLoP is back and not a moment too soon because West Side Story, a movie near and dear to one of t...

Kwizatz Haderach?

08 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week on GLoP, the guys deconstruct Dune, discuss the merits of keeping a diary, offer some opinions on Succession, and remember show runner extra...

The Bad Part

21 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the world famous GLoP podcast we….start over. You’ll hear what we’re talking about when we listen and no, we will never discuss wha...

Tainted GLoP

01 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s late in the evening on the last night of the month, so you know what that means: time for the 2nd GLoP of the month! In this installment, our i...

Low Energy GLoP

13 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As summer slides into autumn GLoP eases into a decidedly laid back edition. Rob goes from the wilds of Alaska to the beaches of the Virgin Islands whi...

Unsympathetic Characters

19 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the rare two-headed GLoP this week as Jonah Goldberg is traveling. But that doesn’t mean it’s still not 100% fun: we’ve got some Rank Pun...

The King Of The Bears

13 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of GLoP spans a panoply of topics, multiple locations coast to coast, health updates, political scandals, an offbeat HBO show, and some j...

Vertigo

28 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We’re late and we know it. But there’s a good reason for it, which will be explained within. Also, we note the passing of Jackie Mason, Rank Pundi...

Fan Service

30 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the end of the month and you know what that means: time for another contractually obligated episode of GLoP! This week, the guys are all over t...

Full of Rage

16 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week, another tiptoe through non-sequiturs, riffs, racy stories, and long forgotten factoids and anecdotes about TV, movies, and whatever else po...

Uncoherent

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the last week of the month, so that means it’s time for another GLoP. This week, Jonah, Rob, and John discuss the good and the bad of slingin...

Hedonic Adjustment

14 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the men of GLoP try to teach the kids in the audience (yes, we have some young listeners) about what it’s like to live with inflation, Ro...

Cancelled

30 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week, an audio feast fit for a leprechaun: we’ve got Rank Punditry® on Biden’s Big Speech, we’ve got er, commentary on Shakespeare (not ki...

The Retromingent GLoP

17 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

No, we’re not going to tell you what the word in the title of this episode means. But it is revealed within. Other things revealed in this episode: ...

Gods on Earth

31 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The mighty men of GLoP are back just in time to satisfy their contractual obligation to release two episodes per month and to pundit on a host of topi...

Never Go Full GLoP

12 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a new month and that means a new GLoP. They eschew all of the obvious cultural issues in the news (despite some prodding from outside parties, ...

Contractually Obligated GLoP

28 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We know, we know: we just put out a GLoP a few days ago. But with Rob in Africa, Jonah trapped in Austin, and John wrapped up in selling merch, we wer...

It Could Work

26 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Long is fresh off the plane from Kenya and naturally has a lot to say about to say about the experience, and the guys pull out just about every po...

It's a Hedge

29 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Strange days call for a strange podcast. This week, GLoP explains the GameStop controversy, remember the great Cloris Leachman, the once great and the...

Highly Scatological

23 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The men of GLoP have some thoughts about the events at the Capitol, both the attack and the inauguration. They punditize Melania’s costume change on...

Lady of Spain, Man of Mexico

31 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Even though Jonah is off this week, Rob Long has some personal news to share concerning his health and (like Hilaria Baldwin), his ethnicity. Also, Jo...

Full of Craft

15 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Yep, it’s time for another jaunt through pop culture with the men of GLoP. But fair warning: we do discuss politics in this show, so if you are not ...

Cylon Talking

01 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This is the GLoP Culture Podcast description for episode #156, published on 11/30/20. We record Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long, and John Podhoretz on a soft...

The Kraken Katchers

20 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

WARNING: The Surgeon General has determined that portions of this podcast may cause anxiety, irritation, abdominal pain, and explosive diarrhea to sup...

Pick Out the Time Traveler

30 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The men of GLoP reunite to discuss the hit Amazon Prime Video The Boys. Is it a parody? Is it an homage? Or just a dark comedy? We investigate (warnin...

History's Biggest Blunder

16 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Got a new piping hot GLoP for you, and we aren’t kidding about the pipe, as that ancient smoking accoutrement is discussed in great detail in today’...

Alligator Meatballs

24 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back with another edition of the World’s Most Non-Partisan Podcast®. This week, some thoughts on Linda Hunt (the actess, not the character ...

GLoP Goes to the Movies

15 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week on GLoP, a slight shorter show than normal, but don’t fret — we’ll be doing –count ’em– THREE shows this month, including anothe...

I Love My Balzac

21 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Long and John Podhoretz man the good ship GLoP themselves this week (Jonah will return for next week’s show) as Rob confesses he did not actuall...

Happy Problems

30 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week on America’s most beloved pop culture podcast: ACTUAL pop culture! Yes faithful listener, the men of GLoP have heard the voice of the peop...

How Do I Sound?

22 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

One of these days, we’re going to do a politics free GLoP, but today is not that day. Our sympathies to those listeners who disagree with the GLoP-s...

The Spin Zone

30 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Warning: The Surgeon General has determined that the podcast associated with this post contains jokes and observations that may offend some listeners ...

Screwed in the Elites

13 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week on GLoP, we’re in the midst of a low level cultural revolution in which movies, tv shows, books, statues, and more are all looking at poss...

Check Your Preferences

29 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

OK, fair warning: we’re in week 10 or so of this lockdown thing, and the men of GLoP are getting a bit punchy. Add to that some technical issues and...

It Had to Be Shabbat

15 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the mighty GLoP Podcast, we’re properly social distancing by recording from Florida, Long Island, Manhattan (and Southern California if...

Zoom GLoP II: GLoP Harder (The Radio Edit)

29 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This past Sunday evening we ventured back into the Land of Zoom: our second GLoP Culture podcast captured on video. This is the audio of that event (t...

Live GLoP on Zoom II: GLoP Harder

21 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hello die hard GLoP listeners (see what we did there?). Our previous live Zoom GLoP was such a smashing success that by popular (or unpopular) demand,...

The Golden Age of Misanthropy

11 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Live (well, live on MP3). from their primary domiciles, it’s the mighty GLoP podcast! This week, a trip back to days of show biz past as the GLoP-he...

GLoP Virtual Night Owl: We'll Do It Live!

31 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This past Saturday evening marked a seminal moment in the often sordid history of the mighty GLoP podcast: our first virtual Night Owl captured on vid...

GLoP in the Time of Corona

25 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Here on the mighty GLoP Podcast, we were social distancing long before social distancing was cool. Usually by at least a few hundred miles. As you wou...

Cooking for the "Event"

13 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the mighty GLoP podcast the guys take everything with an abundance of caution and taped our show without a studio audience (which is what...

Odor Is Particulate

01 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to this very special leap year edition of the mighty GLoP podcast! We’re going to let you, dear listener, find the provenance for the title ...

Cold As Ice

14 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, another free-form GLoP, with topics ranging from the Bill Barr imbroglio, exotic Chinese cuisine, the prospect of a Socialist being the nom...

Let's Get Small, Comrade

29 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hey look — it’s another GLoP podcast! This week, we ponder why some movies don’t age well (and others do), do some Rank Punditry® on Bolton and...

Extreme Affectation

17 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the mighty GLoP podcast, the guys spend some time analyzing Megxit, the economics, the relationships, and the causes. Then, it’s time w...

Helping Jonah Write a Column

19 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the last GLoP of the year — oh wait, it’s the last GLoP of the decade. Better make this one memorable. What can we do? I know, let’s help...

Fan Service

11 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the mighty GLoP podcast, we once again throw pre-agreed topics to the curb and let the Big Brains (that’s really what they make us call...

We're No Angels

21 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, something a little different: a totally free-form, no-topics-agreed-on-prior-to-the-show, take it where you will episode. Full disclosure: ...

A Beautiful Friendship

13 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Obsessed with a certain political procedure in DC? Cleanse your intellectual palate with this Impeachment hearing free episode. Instead of blowhard Ho...

This Is Hollywood

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Yes, it’s Halloween and the guys do weigh in on their favorite Halloween candy and scary movie (Agree? Disagree? Let us know in the comments) but th...

That's Humanity

10 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Yep, it another run through the cultural landscape with your podcast pals Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long, and John Podhoretz. This week, the guys jog throug...

We Work (So You Don't Have To)

25 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Recorded live this morning as the transcript was released, this episode of GLoP is as fresh as a just mowed lawn. Wait, are newly mowed lawns fresh? O...

GLoP Magazine

20 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Yes, we know we’re a little behind schedule this month, but better late than never (that’s what we tell ourselves, at least). This week, some comm...

Woke-lahoma!

29 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the last GLoP of the summer, but we’re not relaxing. The GLoP-sters (one of whom is working injured with a summer cold), cover which sections...

Who's Fredo?

15 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Once in a while, when the planets and the stars align (or when Rob Long is not available), we do a GLoP/The Remnant cross-over episode. This week, Joh...