The Victor Davis Hanson Show
Episodes
Lawfare, China, and State Education
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler. They discuss gangs and immigration, admired cop killers, why to avoid basing financial decisions...
1920s Idealistic Diplomacy, Cabinet Meetings, and Budget Bills
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc talk about the global treaties made in the 1920s, tariff wars, Trump's cabinet meeti...
Trump Promises Come Through Despite Wall Street Ruckus
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join this week's news roundup with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc: China's tariff war, Netanyahu talks to Trump, thoughts on Iran and Turkey...
Trump Will Win This Tariff War and Other Pressing News
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler examine the fallout from tariffs and "Black Monday", the ruling on district judge Boasberg...
Tariffs, Taking the Knee, and Remedial Courses
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss tariffs and stock markets, DOGE's recent work, female fencer refuses to fight trans, coll...
VDH Interviews Michael Walsh on his Latest Book
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Victor interviews essayist, historian, and journalist Michael Walsh on his just released second volume—A Rage to Conquer. Twelve Battles that Change...
Trump's Tariffs and the Great Depression
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc examine the recent tariff policy and Liberation Day speech, the Great Depression and...
America First Here and Around the World
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for the Friday news roundup: Trump's tariffs, special elections, Tesla protestors, criminal deportations...
From Modern Youth to Ukraine to Trump's EO
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson with cohost Jack Fowler discuss youth vote, stealing from Whole Foods, Left billionaires, Mangioni, Ukraine settlement, ...
Left’s Legacy to Law: Leaking, Breaching, Freaking
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler provide an update on the Goldberg leak, Trump’s messaging, Greenland, AI videos, Califor...
Treaty of Versailles and Team Trump Plows Ahead
29 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join the weekend episode with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc. They discuss some recent news and the Treaty of Versailles following WWI. The ...
Goldberg Leak, Crockett Crass, and PBS Mea Culpa
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for the Friday news roundup. Waltz deals with leak and hits Houthis hard, Jasmine Crockett can't stop it...
Federal Clean Up and California's One-Party State
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss the revoked security clearances, California the most lawful and lawless of states ...
Defeating Our Worst, Losing Our Best
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss Trump's Houthis policy, Khalil paradox as representative of what troubles the Middle East...
WWI Consequences and Democratic Angst
22 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc discuss the impact of WWI on the West, the recent attacks on Tesla, the failed leade...
The Outer Limits: From Outer Space to Spacy Progressives and Protestors
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc discuss the week's news: SpaceX Dragon brings astronauts home, district judges stopping executive a...
Are Universities a Net Good or Evil for Our Country?
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler examine the academic crisis, anti-family, anti-Semitic, anti-American universities, Khalil...
The Promise of Trump
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss correcting problems caused by progressive Biden, WSJ anti-Trump writers, Biden flew illeg...
Fighting in World War I, in Ukraine, and for the Future
15 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc as they look at some recent news stories on Biden, Ukraine, the Democrats, ActBlue, city mayors before C...
Trolling Politics: Trump and the Art of Provocation
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Jack Fowler tackle pressing political issues, including the controversial case of Mahmoud Khalil and ...
Revising Government, Rooting Out Crime and Waste
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler to examine Trump’s revision of student loan policy, security clearances revoked, aid stopped to Sout...
Trump's Speech to Congress and Democratic Leadership
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler for discussion of President Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress, turning around universities...
Mexico, MeToo No More, the Left’s Meager Pickin’s
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss Pete Hegseth rethinking Mexico, Mark Halperin, no-strategy Democrats, “inseminat...
Zelensky Leaves Washington
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler for discussion of Zelensky's mistakes, the brainiac left response, Vance's record, how Trump's critics...
History of Income Tax Amendment 16 and News of the Week
01 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson discuss with cohost Sami Winc the history of Amendment 16, a new income tax in 1913. They also address the news on healt...
Wheeling and Dealing in Europe and at Home
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to the Friday news roundup with Victor Davis Hanson and his cohost Sami Winc: peace deal in Ukraine, China and Russia mineral rights in Bolivia...
Promises Made, Promises Kept: Executive Orders and Energy Dominance Unveiled
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Jack Fowler discuss the recent executive orders from President Trump, their implications, and the bro...
Overexposed: The Truth and Troubles of Left Politics
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler take on Joy Reid's lost job and the squad's lost audience, Stacey Abrams' billions, Gazans celebr...
Dicey Endeavors: Building the Panama Canal and Peace in Europe
22 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc examine the rhetoric between Trump and Zelensky, the historical precedents to the Uk...
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc as they discuss the latest revelations by DOGE, Trump's Ukraine deal, Hamas in a pickle, German pol...
The By-Gone Era: Free Felons, Sanctuary Cities, and University Protestors
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler examine the new direction of the Trump administration: Bondi after felons, Boston mayor co...
Europe's New Reality and Ukraine Peace Settlement
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler for thoughts on Vance in Europe, Macron in trouble, laxity for illegals denied to citizens, riots in S...
The Echoes of History: From Ancient Wonders to 20th Century Events
15 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Sami Winc as they explore the significant events of the 20th century that shaped our world today. Victor shares h...
Elon, Hamas, and Deporting Criminals or the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this Friday news roundup, Victor Davis Hanson talks with cohost Sami Winc about DOGE confronted by the judiciary, Hamas weaseling out of promises, ...
The Fury and the Fantasy of the Left
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler examine the condition of Israeli hostages, protest mentality in the West, against the West, maids...
Historic Transparency, Theater, and Success
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen in with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler who talk about Secretary of State Rubio in Panama, moving USAID to the State Department, DOG...
A Weekend in the Hanging Gardens and in the Troubling News
08 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson's weekend episode with cohost Sami Winc: suing the NYTimes and Washington Post over Russian hoax, new leadership for Dem...
Trump First Weeks: Israel, ISIS, and Impeachment
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join the Friday news roundup with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc. Netanyahu visited D.C. and Trump entertained many initiatives, USAID funds...
Eeyore Is Dead: Real Hope For America
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss changes need in the FBI and CIA, the Kennedy's and Caroline's allegations, Jay Bha...
Return to Normality and Meritocracy
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler to examine the status of Venezuela, China, Colombia, and the Middle East in the Trump administration, ...
Going to Giza and Cutting Through DC Waste
01 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join the Saturday episode with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc as they discuss the ancient pyramids in Giza and recent news: Bankman-Fried’...
Plane Crash, Executive Orders, and Kash
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc discuss Trump's early presidency, executive orders, the D.C. plane-helicopter collision...
Don't Look Back: America First and the Dangerous Alternative
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss DJT's America First Manifesto, contrast Obama administration, Mexico thinks DJT un...
Trump Goes to California and Hegseth's Confirmation
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler for a discussion of Pete Hegseth's nomination fight, the US Naval Academy, Elon's salute, Trump taking...
Trump, Davos, and the New World Order
25 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, join Victory Davis Hanson and Sami Winc as they delve into the current political landscape, discussing Trump's recent video address t...
Dawn of a New Era: Inauguration, Executive Orders and Pardons
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to the Friday news roundup with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc as they discuss the inauguration speech and happenings, Trump’s exec...
Sovereignty and the Face of Deterrence
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler to talk about Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, US sovereignty, Harris-Biden admin and the sympatheti...
Biden: The Biden Way and Way Out
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss the final actions of Biden — and those of his Left enablers — as he leaves office, th...
National Security and the Deep State: VDH Interviews Adam Lovinger
18 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen into the Saturday edition as Victor Davis Hanson interviews Adam Lovinger, the Vice President of Strategic Affairs at the Gold Institute for In...
Ceasefire, Resignation, and Political “Cults"
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this Friday news roundup, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc talk about Hamas-Israeli talks, Jack Smith’s report after resigning, the LA fi...
Farms, Universities and Businessmen
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler to look at Hoover’s legacy, Stewart Resnick's farms, the presidency left in shambles for Donald Trum...
Revealed and Revealed Again: The Many Ironies on the Left
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about Trump sentenced, the ironies Trump reveals on the Left, Karen Bass icon of the ...
Beyond Peak Woke?: VDH Interviews Ilya Shapiro on Our University Censors
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, Victor Davis Hanson talks to Ilya Shapiro about his law school experience and university employment as a senior lecturer at G...
Fire, Trump's New, and The Temple to Artemis
11 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen in to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc as they discuss the 4th of the wonder of the ancient world, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. Th...
Beyond the Flames: The Devastation of Los Angeles Fires
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to the Friday news roundup with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc as they discuss the Palisades fire in LA and the issues of water, insu...
Trolling and Investigating Trump
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen in with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler as they talk about deserved and undeserved presidential medals, Biden's historical legacy, J...
Life Under Carter and the Immigrant Mind
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler examine election to the speakership, diplomacy under Jimmy Carter (hostages in Iran, infla...
The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus and Europe Undone by the Left
04 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson, with cohost Sami Winc, takes a look at the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, a wonder of the ancient world. Th...
Terror Attack, Kash, and Homeless
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc to examine the recent attack in New Orleans, the explosion at Trump tower Las Vegas, KSM's commuted deat...
The New Middle East, Trumpian Lingo, and Manhood Redefined
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler as they discuss discrimination against Jews, Netanyahu changing the Middle East, should masking be ban...
Immigration, Civic Education, and Sleepy Joe
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss impolite culture of air travel, necessity of civic education, immigration special ...
Nunes: From Truth Social to the President's Intelligence Advisory Committee
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson in this interview with Devin Nunes who reviews challenges and solution from a thirty-year career that spanned Congressio...
From Israel to Russia to the Temple of Zeus
28 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc as they discuss Netanyahu’s plan for the Houthis, Russia’s disruption of Baltic states and Finland, ...
Around the World at Christmas
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for discussion of the happenings in Iran, Germany, Israel, Ukraine, Panama, Greenland, and Trump’s amb...
The Lame-Duck Period: Right Revolution, Left Devolution
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler for discussion of the Musk-y shake-up, Biden’s pardons and forgiving student loans in the last days,...
The New Movement: Art, Immigration and Diplomacy
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk with Justin Shubow about American Monuments and the NEA, and then they examine the ma...
Statues, Budgets, and Open Wounds
21 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc this weekend for VDH’s thoughts on the Colossus of Rhodes, leaking from the Biden White House, the Hou...
Border Wall, Climate Accord, and Defamation Lawsuit—Trump's Win Win
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this Friday news roundup, Victor Davis Hanson talks with cohost Sami Winc about the border wall, Liz Cheney's J6 antics, Trump and the Paris Climat...
Immigration Outlook and Cultural Counter-Revolution
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about the Johnny-come-lately media, Homan and working on the immigration problem, McC...
Devin Nunes on the Election and Truth Social
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, Victor Davis Hanson talks with Devin Nunes, former Congressman and CEO of Truth Social, who weighs in on the election and post-elec...
A Serious Look at a Funny World
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss the late Lee Edwards and his Victims of Communism Museum, Biden’s classified documents ...
Government Health Policy and the Trump Nominees
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson talks with Dr. Steven Quay about Trump’s nominees for NIH, CDC, FDA, and HHS and the problems within these agen...
The Coming of New Eras: Trump Shines and WWII Unwinds
14 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join the Saturday edition with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc as they discuss the conferences ending WWII, Trump presidency already begun, a...
The Verdict and the Conflict
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for the Friday news roundup: Daniel Penny verdict, BLM New York founder, the fall of Assad in Syria, and...
The Daniel Penny Controversy and the Coming End of Nihilism
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Jack Fowler delve into the controversial legal case of Daniel Penny, the complexities of New York Cit...
A New Trumpian World
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler as they discuss the revolution in Syria, discipline in the military, the arrest of a Boston City ...
The Atomic Bomb Controversy and Fixing the Government
07 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join the weekend show with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc: a look at government employee decadence, Musk's compensation package, Hegseth's n...
The Coming Administration
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc discuss the nomination of Kash Patel, Hunter's pardon, and diplomacy from Mar-a-Lago featuri...
The Fix-It List: Education, China, and Ukraine
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss the money spent on education and its empty promises, how China's Belt and Road Ini...
Trump Diplomacy and California Energy Crisis
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss Trump's surrogate administration holding court, Trump's middle-class coalition, the end o...
Bombers, Bombing, and Bombed
30 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join the weekend episode in which Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc talk about U.S. bombing campaigns in World War II, drones over the Pentagon...
The Rising Tide: Blue State Blues and Trump’s New Wave
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for this Friday news roundup: Israel-Lebanon cease-fire, Trump tariffs, the blue-state model, Hollywood ...
Israel, Mexico, Europe and Giving Thanks in America
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this Thanksgiving episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about the International Criminal Court's unwarranted arrest warrant for ...
America Just Escaped Revolutionary Destruction
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler for the latest on illegal immigration and the Hispanic constituency, tone-deaf sanctuary-city policy i...
The Battles for the Philippines and Leftism Fatigue
23 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson examines the battles fought over the Philippines in WWII, and, in the news, more Trump nominations, Bragg...
War in Russia, a Murderer in Prison, and Needed Change in D.C.
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc as they discuss the currently escalating Ukraine-Russia War, Laken Riley’s attacker sentenced and...
A Study in Contrasts: Trump Sanity, Left Insanity, and Losing Cred Fast
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss the La Leche League and "chest-feeding," transexuals not being a third sex, child-...
A Liberating Time to Be Alive
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler to discuss North Korean troops and Ukraine's strategy, cabinet nominations Stefanik, Burgum and Gaetz,...
WWII Peripheral Wars and Post-Election Shake Up
16 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson's weekend episode with cohost Sami Winc. VDH talks about the peripheral wars in WWII, the shake up at the LA Times,...
Trump's Future Cabinet and the Woes and Throws of Harris' Campaign
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join the Friday news roundup with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc: Trump's nomination picks, a new Senate majority leader, 15 million less vo...
Republican Loyalists, Democrat Spendthrifts
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss Trump's political picks, how 95% of Republicans loyal to Trump, Trump's anti-estab...
The Restoration: The First Order of Business for the Trump Administration
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss the ways 2024 echoed 1865, dealing with military leaders who hope to thwart Trump's admin...
The Political Blame Game and Allied WWII Air Campaign Against Germany
09 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, join Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Sami Winc as they discuss the current political blame game and its implications. They also ...
Harris Exit and Campaign Blame Game
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen in to the post-campaign debrief by Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc: Harris's concession speech, say goodbye to some celebrities, who's...
Post-Election Analysis: the Rewards of Authenticity and Hard Work
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler to analyze the Nov. 5 election: Trump wins, the people fed up, the end of the end of never-Trumpe...
Last Thoughts on Election Day
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss the election: last polls, the call for Liz Cheney to face the reality of war, October surprises, po...
Left-leaning Politicos With Eyes Wide Open and WWII Defense of the Soviets
02 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson talks with cohost Sami Winc about the long and failed German campaign into Russia. They look at current n...
Campaign Season Comes to a Close
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Come join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for campaign news: Harris’s unity speech, Biden’s “garbage” comment, a look at the polls, N...
Harris' Surrogates, Mexican Cartels, and Political Expediency
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler examine Kamala Harris's entourage of celebrities, how the Left insults their core constitu...
VDH’s Interview with Devin Nunes
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, Victor Davis Hanson talks with Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes about the social media company, the Trump campaign and wine makin...