The Victor Davis Hanson Show
News & Politics Podcasts
This is the Victor Davis Hanson Show. Victor is the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Wayne & Marcia Buske Distinguished Fellow in History at Hillsdale College. Victor's co-host for 2 podcasts is Jack Fowler. He is the Director for the Center for Civil Society at American Philanthropic. Victor and Jack discuss current political and social events and ideas, and current and past cultural trends. Victor also is joined by Sami Winc on 2 podcasts as they discuss current national news, what's trending in California, and how history repeats itself.
Location:
United States
Genres:
News & Politics Podcasts
Description:
This is the Victor Davis Hanson Show. Victor is the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Wayne & Marcia Buske Distinguished Fellow in History at Hillsdale College. Victor's co-host for 2 podcasts is Jack Fowler. He is the Director for the Center for Civil Society at American Philanthropic. Victor and Jack discuss current political and social events and ideas, and current and past cultural trends. Victor also is joined by Sami Winc on 2 podcasts as they discuss current national news, what's trending in California, and how history repeats itself.
Language:
English
Contact:
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Episodes
Out-Of-Touch Left and Trump Diplomacy
5/13/2025
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Jack Fowler discuss the China tariff deal, Biden on "The View," the Vatican chooses a new pope, Newark ICE detention center protests, Left out of touch with their constituency, AOC's constituency angry at her, 4 in 5 Democrats embarrassed to be American, Time Square statue, Edan Alexander freed in Gaza, India-Pakistan ceasefire, and the cold reality of negotiations in Ukraine war.
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Duration:01:18:17
The Year 1940, War, and California Legislature or Asylum
5/10/2025
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for this weekend's episode in which Victor explains the strategy of the German and Japanese armies as they waxed in WWII and then takes up some current news: Kristi Noem's testimony, Venezuela in the illegal immigration game, Antifa again at University of Washington, and the NY Times raises its ugly head once more.
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Duration:01:09:12
Negotiations, Military Success, and the Overweening, Underwhelming Left
5/9/2025
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for the Friday news roundup: Canada's Carney talks with Trump, investigation of FBI cover up, Left rhetoric and fear mongering, Israel hits the Houthis, Britain updates war plans, and SCOTUS transgendered ruling.
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Duration:01:20:40
India, Lawfare, and Political Decision Disasters
5/8/2025
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about the India-Pakistan conflict, how India as a good ally, Trump wanting to re-open Alcatraz, law firms the government avoids, smacking down rogue judges, the South Dakota rancher's case, quality nuclear power, California's left and their destructive political decisions, and the university presidents' letter to Trump.
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Duration:01:14:43
Iran's Nuclear Program, Man-Boy Solicitation, and Grooming Girls
5/6/2025
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss Trump's and Israel's options to prevent Iranian nuclear weapons, Great Britain's illegal immigration, the grooming of young girls, those who deal with the fallout from illegal immigration and those who don't, solicitation of boys 16 years of age, and Maine assault on democracy and free speech.
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Duration:01:18:53
To War in 1939 and Delusional Democrats
5/3/2025
In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc discuss the beginnings of World War II in 1939 and the current news: David Horowitz passes away, Eugene Daniels's speech, Harvard internal task force finds anti-Semitism, Walz the 'he-man' on the ticket, and Michelle Obama's late-night worries.
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Duration:01:19:48
Canada, Spain, Poll and the New Democrats
5/2/2025
In this news roundup, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc talk about Canada's election, polls on Trump, power outage in Spain, Ukraine negotiations, Belichick interview, David Brooks claims Judge Dugan a hero, and JB Pritzker calls for disruption.
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Duration:01:14:00
Universities, Election Interference, and Colonialism
5/1/2025
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler to examine the issues of the day: universities fight Trump, more information on the helicopter crash at Reagan airport, Klaus Schwab caught, Biden's attempt to oust Netanyahu, the 50th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon, China funding Houthis, Martina Navratilova questions transgender medical procedures, and the Left adopting imperial methods.
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Duration:01:10:05
Trump Fixing It and World-Class Criminals Championed by the Left
4/29/2025
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler as they discuss Ukraine, China, polls, the stock market, technology's future and Elon Musk, Hegseth targeted, Judge Hannah Dugan abetting criminals, due process for illegal aliens, Dept. of Energy, and Democrats don't understand the working class.
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Duration:01:15:18
A Prelude to World War II and Our Crazy Judicial World
4/26/2025
Join the weekend edition with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc as they talk about events that led to World War II and some current trials for our system of justice: New Mexico justice banned for life, SCOTUS on LGBTQ+ literature, Minnesota DA lets off Tesla vandal, a task force on anti-Christian bias, banning dyes, and Elon's work coming to an end.
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Duration:01:21:36
Earth Day, Immigration, and JD Vance
4/25/2025
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for this week’s news: Earth Day, Abrego Garcia madness, Hegseth’s faceless critics, Elizabeth Warren, and JD Vance in the news and in India.
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Duration:01:25:56
No Majority, No Honesty: What the Left Lacks
4/24/2025
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss the polls on Trump's agenda, the Left being unable to spell out an agenda, the media's false claim of a violent right, Arizona governor Hobbes, California unaffordable and swamped by immigrants, Los Angeles post-fire and post-sanity, and Van Hollen in El Salvador.
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Duration:01:06:36
Middle East, Diplomacy and the Worry of Higher Education
4/22/2025
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler to talk about Pope Francis who recently passed away, immigration and security of nations, Steve Witkoff and the Middle East-Ukraine arenas, illegal immigration brings with it insidious problems, Canada's elections, Panama Canal's future, AOC-Sander's fan base and the 1960s, Blue Origin flight, and the Trump-Harvard stand-off.
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Duration:01:17:41
Real Fascism of the 1930s and the Federal Reserve Trumped
4/19/2025
Listen to the weekend edition with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc. Topics include a discussion of fascism in the 1930s, the polls on Trump's approval, Trump goads Jerome Powell, Kristi Noem's glam, Harvard and tax exemption, and nemesis touches partisan lawyers.
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Duration:01:36:41
Gangbangers, Arsonists and Murderers: What's Wrong With Democratic Icons
4/18/2025
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for the news of the week: Deported Salvadoran MS-13 member Garcia, Shapiro's home set ablaze, Lorenz on Mangioni's "moral goodness", Letitia James investigated, Biden's speech, Gretchen Whitmer hides her face, pro-Hamas protesters, and Bezos sends a rocket into space.
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Duration:01:19:25
The Lost Appeal: From Democratic Party to Their Representatives and Policies
4/17/2025
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler make a deep dive into the issues plaguing the Democrats: CNN poll show alienated popular classes, agricultural labor is mechanized, Biden decline the biggest cover up since Watergate, James Clyburn and the Tammany Hall nomination, military resignations, DEI companies on language, Middle East donations to universities, the Bradley Prize, and Okinawa in WWII.
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Duration:01:35:54
Lawfare, China, and State Education
4/15/2025
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler. They discuss gangs and immigration, admired cop killers, why to avoid basing financial decisions on politics and ideology, stock market logic, the US being allowed to deport Khalil, illegals on social services, and school officials influence on our children.
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Duration:01:21:11
1920s Idealistic Diplomacy, Cabinet Meetings, and Budget Bills
4/12/2025
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 meeting, Scott Bessent, Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and choices made by Kash Patel.
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Duration:01:15:23
Trump Promises Come Through Despite Wall Street Ruckus
4/11/2025
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, Elon claims Navarro a "sack of bricks," data on undocumented from the IRS, Trump comes down hard on universities, Amy Comey Barrett, and "Silence Is Violence."
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Duration:01:12:25
Trump Will Win This Tariff War and Other Pressing News
4/10/2025
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler examine the fallout from tariffs and "Black Monday", the ruling on district judge Boasberg's case against deportation, 52% of the Left would be happy if Trump were assassinated, and Obama's brand is falling precipitously.
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Duration:01:07:04