The Victor Davis Hanson Show

The Trumporama and Polling Big

04 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Listen in as Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc examine current Trump trial shenanigans propelling the polls, voter fraud survey, the House spea...

Inside the Prism: Protests, Advice and Bad Politics

03 May 2024

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Listen to the Friday news roundup. Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc discuss handling the pro-Palestinian protestors, Blinken's advice to Hamas...

Crimes and Miseducation

02 May 2024

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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler as they discuss the crimes of New York lawmakers, the cowardice of protestors, destroying evidence and...

Stop It: VDH's Interview with Author Jeremy Carl

01 May 2024

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VDH interviews Jeremy Carl about his just released deeply researched and splendidly written book, "The Unprotected Class. How Anti-White Racism Is Tea...

Cheering Trump, Bouncing Planes, and Practicing Modern Medicine

30 Apr 2024

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In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about Trump's hearty welcome by NY construction workers, the F-word in the media, a L...

Anti-Israel protesters seize college campuses

26 Apr 2024

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Join the Friday news roundup with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc analyze the pro-Palestinian protesters, Ukraine aid and House speaker Mike ...

Bakersfield, Isfahan, and Commencement at USC

25 Apr 2024

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In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler analyze LA exodus to Bakersfield, US government forewarning of the Iran attack, Israel's r...

An Hour With Miranda Devine

24 Apr 2024

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In a candid interview with New York Post columnist and longtime News Corp journalist Miranda Devine, VDH discusses with her the four weaponized t...

From Congress to the Campus and the Spoils of US Aid

23 Apr 2024

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Listen in as Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about Ukraine aid v. border security, no consequences for the Chinese-Biden payments, Col...

Stoicism and Nonsense: Roman Philosophers and Managing Modern War

20 Apr 2024

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Join the weekend edition with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for a look at Roman philosophers, the Ukraine War, the Senate declining to impe...

Israel at War, Trump on Trial While Biden Buys Votes

19 Apr 2024

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Join the news roundup with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc to listen to the latest about the attack on Israel, the Trump trials and Biden's b...

Deep Pockets and Deep Throat: From California's Homeless to NPR's Politics

18 Apr 2024

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Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler look at California's homeless and natural beauty, O.J. passes away and the logic of exempting blacks from l...

The Middle East: From Brinkmanship to Conflict

16 Apr 2024

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In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about Iran's aggression, Biden's feeble "Don't", Michigan politics, myths about the P...

Cynicism: the Roman Novel and Modern Politicking

13 Apr 2024

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In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson talks about the Roman novel with cohost Sami Winc. They finish up news of the week with a new whistleblow...

Protesters, Withdraw, and Impeachment

12 Apr 2024

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Join Victor Davis Hanson's news roundup with Sami Winc. They look at Palestinian protests and pressuring Israel, Afghanistan withdrawal as a failure, ...

EV Meltdown and the Left's Epic Insanity

11 Apr 2024

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In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler explore the meltdown of the EV craze, Biden's strategic petroleum reserve at 17% and borde...

The Left's Methods Bespeak Timidity and Mediocrity

09 Apr 2024

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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler to examine Blinken's rhetoric against Israel, Ukraine's "Spring Offensive" 2023 in retrospect, immigra...

The Pensive West: Self-Contempt and the Contemporary Campus

06 Apr 2024

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This weekend Victor Davis Hanson interviews Benedict Beckeld about his book Western Self-Contempt: Oikophobia in the Decline of the West and Kevin Fei...

Removing Netanyahu, Gagging Trump, Killing Innocents: What Won't the Left Tolerate?

05 Apr 2024

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Join the Friday news roundup with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc: Biden administration's Netanyahu policy and Iran's generals killed, Mercha...

Crime and How To Get Elected in 2024

04 Apr 2024

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Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss our current crime wave, what needs to be done to win in 2024, Trump attends NYC policeman...

Election Rhetoric Storm and California Slippin' Away

02 Apr 2024

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In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss Joe Lieberman R.I.P., inflation and election rhetoric, California's exodus, cash e...

Roman Historians and Easter Tradition

30 Mar 2024

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In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc look at a few news stories, talk about historians of the Roman era, and the Christia...

The Bridge Disaster, Message from Mexico, and the Know-nothing Testimony

29 Mar 2024

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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for the news roundup: Key bridge collapse, Diddy home raid, Trump bond reduced, Obrador's warning, skier...

Terrorists, Squatters, and Other Unintelligible Intelligence

28 Mar 2024

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Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about ISIS attack on Russia, squatter's rights, DEI in the intelligence community, and racializing mat...

Homeless, Illegal Immigrant Policy Failures, Election Oil Policy Covered Up

26 Mar 2024

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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler as they discuss Ronna McDaniel hired at MSNBC, Newsom's Prop 1 and California's homeless, governor Abb...

Roman Plays and Illegal Acts

23 Mar 2024

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Listen in this weekend as Victor Davis Hanson with cohost Sami Winc discuss the impact illegal immigration has on social services, the Supreme Court b...

Trollers Trolling, Fighters Fighting: Musk, Trump, and Netanyahu

23 Mar 2024

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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for the Friday news roundup: Elon hires fires Lemon, Trump trollers trolling, Stephanopoulos sued, Taiwa...

Iran, Abortion and Trumping the Deep State

21 Mar 2024

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Listen to Victor Davis Hanson with cohost Jack Fowler as they discuss the billions made available to Iran by Biden administration, SBF to be sentenced...

The Case Against Fani and Finding Trump

19 Mar 2024

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In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler examine the news on Fani Willis's case, removing "duty, honor, country" from the military ...

The Greek rhetoricians and Athletes Sue NCAA

16 Mar 2024

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This weekend episode Victor Davis Hanson talks about the Ancient Greek art of rhetoric. News stories include California's crazy legislature, Yellen wa...

Testimony, Trump and Border Insecurity

15 Mar 2024

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Join the Friday news roundup with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc: plaguing Netanyahu, Robert Hur testimony, TikTok ban, things Trump, anothe...

Powers of Destruction

14 Mar 2024

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In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler take on the Veterans Administration's ban on "VJ Day" photo, JK Rowling charged with hate ...

Interview with Tim Sheehy: from Navy Seal to Senator

13 Mar 2024

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In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson interviews the former Navy SEAL and conservative congressman about his life, private business, and campaign to be...

State of the Union

12 Mar 2024

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Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about the many lies, boasts, and fallout from Biden's speech: debt deception, SCOTUS critici...

Aristophanes' Comedy and Modern Secrets and Fantasies

09 Mar 2024

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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for discussion of Aristophanes and some current news: US-Hamas in secret talks, illegal immigrants and s...

Advantage Trump and Other Notable Matches

08 Mar 2024

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In this episode Victor Davis Hanson, with cohost Sami Winc, analyzes the SCOTUS unanimous decision against de-balloting Trump, Trump's other expectati...

Newsom's Cronyism, DOJ's Threat, and Intellectual Thieves

07 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about Newsom's friends exempted from CA labor laws, insurance companies disappear fro...

Trump Too Tough to Trump and Rural America

05 Mar 2024

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Listen in as Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss Trump's polls, trials, voters, and strategic possibilities. Then they examine the Cent...

Wisconsin Watch Dog: Interview with Ron Johnson

02 Mar 2024

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Join Victor Davis Hanson as he interviews Ron Johnson on the border, Ukraine, and the Senate Republican leadership.See Privacy Policy at https://art19...

Depositions, Elections, and Military Questions

01 Mar 2024

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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc in the Friday news round up: Hunter's deposition, Michigan elections, predicting the 2024 election, Smir...

No One Worries about the Tlaxcalans and Other Ironies

29 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler examine whether China will invade Taiwan, reparatory admissions degenerate the culture and...

The Ick of the Left in the Campaign Season

27 Feb 2024

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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler in a discussion of Trump and Haley post South Carolina, Biden's ambassador on the "final solution" for...

War, Scores and the Last Tragedian

24 Feb 2024

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In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson talks with cohost Sami Winc about the Ukraine War two years later, Trump settlement and the NY business c...

Being Left: All Things Trump and Their Insensible Insensitivities

23 Feb 2024

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Listen to Victor Davis Hanson talk with cohost Sami Winc about all things Trump, more anti-Semitism at Harvard, NATO should pay up, and trans-players ...

Our Jacobins: a Smorgasbord of News

22 Feb 2024

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In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler analyze the news: breaking critics of Left policy, hunting down and terrorizing over prono...

A Warning: Trials, Testimony and the Trump Treatment

20 Feb 2024

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Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about the Letitia James ruling, Willis testimony, treatment of Trump is a message to NY businessmen, c...

Ancient Tragedians and Modern Agonistes

17 Feb 2024

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Join the weekend episode with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for analysis of Biden's speech on Alexei Navalny death, Fani Willis's trial, th...

Eyes Open Wide: Hoaxes, Indictments and Whistleblowers

16 Feb 2024

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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for the news roundup: Kansas City shooting, Mayorkas impeached, China scare, two-state solution nightmar...

Looking for the Next President

15 Feb 2024

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In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about Haley still in the race, congressman Bowman once encouraged students to admire ...

Putin Interview, Biden Defense, and Free Speech

13 Feb 2024

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Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler analyze Tucker Carlson's interview of Putin, Biden's response to documents investigation, and the...

Addled Biden and Xenophon Our First Polymath

10 Feb 2024

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Join Victor Davis Hanson with cohost Sami Winc this weekend for a discussion of Biden's "reassuring" speech, the Biden classified files, and Xenophon'...

Impeachment, the Border and Targeting Trump

09 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this news roundup, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc look at Mayorkas' impeachment, the border bill dead in Congress, an update and overview...

Envisioning a Better Nation: Musk and Mega-Donors

08 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss Elon Musk's compensation denied and ideas of a new university, reforming entrenche...

Lackluster Left: Iran, Bombings, and a Border Bill

06 Feb 2024

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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler as they discuss Biden strikes back at Iran, Justice Sotomayor pressed to retire, Ayanna Pressley cries...

Modern Epidemiology, Ancient History

03 Feb 2024

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In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson interviews Dr. Steven Quay on the latest news on disease, explains the works and methods of Herodotus and...

The Obscene and the Obsequious

02 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Listen in to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc as they discuss this week's news: police attacked by illegals in NYC, truckers to the border, th...

Recruit Crisis, Veteran Services, and the Anzio Invasion

01 Feb 2024

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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler analyze DEI in the FBI, recruiting crisis in Britain, illegal immigrants cheat our veterans out of ser...

You Cannot Fool All the People All the Time

30 Jan 2024

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Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about the settlement for E. Jean Carroll, DC juries in a time of lawfare, the border crisis, the despe...

From the Pre-Socratics to Kari Lake and Bibi Netanyahu

27 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc analyze pre-Socratic philosophy, the Kari Lake recording, Trump speeches, Texas's co...

The GOP Nominee Race Takes Shape After New Hampshire and Other News

26 Jan 2024

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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc to discuss the news of the week: campaign trail notes and questions, Supreme Court ruling allows federal...

Military Thoughts: From Israel, to Europe and the United States

25 Jan 2024

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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler in a conversation on the two-state solution in Israel, old and new urban warfare, generals Robert E. L...

Left Ideology and Post-Civilizational World

23 Jan 2024

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In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler explain the reasons elites approve of Biden's record, Davos elites' selective criminalizat...

Dangers of the Deep State From the Inside Looking Out

20 Jan 2024

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This weekend Victor Davis Hanson interviews Kash Patel on what to do with Iran, Biden's policy of appeasement and its fickle policy toward Israel.See ...

Houthis Terrorists, Trump Chasers, and Rare Moments at Davos

19 Jan 2024

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In this Friday news roundup, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc discuss governor Kemp avoiding charges against Fani Willis, Houthis terrorism, t...

The Backwardness of Modern Progressives

18 Jan 2024

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Join with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler as they analyze Fauci's backtrack on his covid policies, how Oct. 7 woke us up to DEI, applying D...

Our Gordian Knot: How the Left's Agenda Hurts the Country

16 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about Hunter's stunts and anger, Trump's trial and campaign, Fani's fraud and frolic,...

VDH Interviews Roger Simon

13 Jan 2024

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In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson talks with Roger Simon, novelist, commentator and screenwriter. The cover many topics from religiosity to...

Lawyers, Secretaries and Crack Addicts

12 Jan 2024

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Join Victor Davis Hanson with cohost Sami Winc on this Friday news roundup: the Fani Willis affair, the Hunter Biden circus, Lloyd Austin's disappeari...

Lack of Character and the Comforts of Nemesis

11 Jan 2024

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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler for discussion of the Dept. of Defense, the perniciousness of DEI in the era of Covid, Francis Collins...

Eye on the Prize

09 Jan 2024

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In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about the Biden speech on January 6, Democratic and Republican campaigns, the damage ...

Munitions, Immigration and Greek Lyric Poetry

06 Jan 2024

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Victor Davis Hanson's weekend edition with Sami Winc begins with US munition shortages, immigration madness and Biden voters jumping ship, and ends wi...

Gaza War and Gay Resignation

05 Jan 2024

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In this news round up, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc discuss the extension of the Gaza War in the Middle East, the resignation of Dr. Gay, ...

A Happy Biden Kwanzaa and Crazy New Toy Requirements

04 Jan 2024

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On this episode, join Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Jack Fowler as they discuss Joe Biden's Kwanzaa wishes, the Governor of Minnesota shows his igno...

Horrors and Atrocities and our Universities

02 Jan 2024

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In this first episode of 2024, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk over Trump excluded from the Maine ballot, Blinken-Mayorkas seeking amn...

End the Year with Hesiod and 2023 Highlights

30 Dec 2023

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In this last episode of 2023, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc discuss some remaining news stories, Hesiod's Works and Days, and the best and ...

The Last News of 2023

29 Dec 2023

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Victor Davis Hanson with cohost Sami Winc looks at the final news of 2023 in the US and the Middle East: pro-Palestinian protests on Christmas Day, en...

Water, Waste, and Losing Face

28 Dec 2023

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Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler examine California's wastewater to water bill and other bad ideas, deductive indoctrination destroying our ...

The Legacy of Woke: Destroyed Brands and Privileged Victims

26 Dec 2023

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Listen in to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler as they discuss Haley/DeSantis strategy, SCOTUS strike down of Jack Smith requests and Biden l...

News and the New Testament

23 Dec 2023

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In this Christmas episode, Victor Davis Hanson talks about the Gospels, especially John, and addresses some current news on Harvard plagiarism scandal...

Trump Booted From Colorado Ballot

22 Dec 2023

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On this episode, join Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Sami Winc on this news roundup as they discuss former President Donald Trump being removed from ...

Leading and Misleading Men

21 Dec 2023

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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler for recent news stories: Eli Steele refuses to check the "black" box, Denzel Washington as Hannibal, C...

Israel and Cultural Nihilism

19 Dec 2023

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In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler explain Biden's new restraint of Israel, popular opinion fatigued by Woke and DEI, nihilis...

Dr. Gay still President at Harvard and The Odyssey

16 Dec 2023

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On this episode, join Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Sami Winc as they discuss Harvard University President Dr. Gay and her continued employment at t...

VDH and Steven Quay

15 Dec 2023

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Dr. Steven Quay discusses with Victor Davis Hanson the effect of the lockdowns, the real nature of mRNA vaccines, and the controversies over the origi...

Hamas, the Middle East and Inside the Beltway

14 Dec 2023

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Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about defeating Hamas with water, women who support Hamas, what Austin and Milley have done to the US,...

GOP Needs Unity, Hunter Needs Lawyers, No One Needs Context

12 Dec 2023

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Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler as they discuss difficult air travel, McCarthy's new critique of the GOP, the Republican ticket m...

Lies, Debates, and Equivocates

08 Dec 2023

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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc to examine the 4th GOP debate, the new, old cries and lies of Trump's authoritarianism, university presi...

Jussie Smollett, Derek Chauvin and Leftist Projections

07 Dec 2023

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On this episode, join Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Jack Fowler as they discuss the latest in the Jussie Smollett case, Derek Chauvin being stabbed ...

Debate, Campaign and Our Anti-Israel Administration

05 Dec 2023

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In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about the DeSantis-Newsom debate, Trump on BLM, Blinken clipping the heels of Israel,...

Activist judges, Remembering Kissinger and The Iliad Continued

02 Dec 2023

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On this weekend edition episode, join Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Sami Winc as they discuss activist judges fighting Trump, Henry Kissinger's pass...

New Hostage Releases and GOP Contenders

01 Dec 2023

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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for this week's news roundup: hostages released by Hamas, New York City school teacher assailed for pro-...

Administrative Waste and the Right-Wing Arena

30 Nov 2023

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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler at they discuss Article 88 in the Military Code of Conduct and General Hayden's political statements, ...

The American Experience Gone and European Left's Experiments Gone Awry?

28 Nov 2023

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In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about the polls that show Americans believe the American dream in decline, trouble fo...

Gaza Hostage Exchange and The Iliad

25 Nov 2023

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On this episode, join Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Sami Winc as they discuss pro-Palestinian protests at the NYC Thanksgiving Day parade, the hosta...

The America Left, the War in Gaza, and Other News

24 Nov 2023

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On this news roundup episode of the Victor Davis Hanson Show, join Victor and co-host Sami Winc as they discuss the war in Gaza and how it will most l...

New Covid Vaccine Study and Happy Thanksgiving

23 Nov 2023

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On this episode, join Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Jack Fowler as they discuss a new study on Covid vaccines that show what most people already sus...

Hamas' Culture of Cowards, Republican Unity, and Blaming Bibi

21 Nov 2023

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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler as they discuss TikTok influencers and the arrogant, ignorant generation, Hamas' feeble warrior cultur...

War in Afghanistan, Palestinian Patsies and Biden Bumbling

19 Nov 2023

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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc on this weekend episode for analysis of GOP candidates, Biden's press conference, the two decades of war...

China In Town, Hospital Raided In Gaza, and Other News

17 Nov 2023

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In this news roundup, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc look at the stories of the week: Biden and Xi meet in San Francisco, the IDF raids al-S...

Military Academies, Our Censors and the US Debt

16 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler as they discuss the DEI culture destroying military academies, Jill Stein and others as Third Party Ca...