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The Victor Davis Hanson Show

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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.

Episodes

Negotiations, Military Success, and the Overweening, Underwhelming Left

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

May 09, 20251 hr 21 min

India, Lawfare, and Political Decision Disasters

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not...

May 08, 20251 hr 15 min

Iran's Nuclear Program, Man-Boy Solicitation, and Grooming Girls

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

May 06, 20251 hr 19 min

To War in 1939 and Delusional Democrats

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

May 03, 20251 hr 20 min

Canada, Spain, Poll and the New Democrats

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

May 02, 20251 hr 14 min

Universities, Election Interference, and Colonialism

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pri...

May 01, 20251 hr 10 min

Trump Fixing It and World-Class Criminals Championed by the Left

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Apr 29, 20251 hr 15 min

A Prelude to World War II and Our Crazy Judicial World

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Apr 26, 20251 hr 22 min

Earth Day, Immigration, and JD Vance

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Apr 25, 20251 hr 26 min

No Majority, No Honesty: What the Left Lacks

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Apr 24, 20251 hr 7 min

Middle East, Diplomacy and the Worry of Higher Education

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-in...

Apr 22, 20251 hr 18 min

Real Fascism of the 1930s and the Federal Reserve Trumped

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Apr 19, 20251 hr 37 min

Gangbangers, Arsonists and Murderers: What's Wrong With Democratic Icons

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Apr 18, 20251 hr 19 min

The Lost Appeal: From Democratic Party to Their Representatives and Policies

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...

Apr 17, 20251 hr 36 min

Lawfare, China, and State Education

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Apr 15, 20251 hr 21 min

1920s Idealistic Diplomacy, Cabinet Meetings, and Budget Bills

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Apr 12, 20251 hr 15 min

Trump Promises Come Through Despite Wall Street Ruckus

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." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Apr 11, 20251 hr 12 min

Trump Will Win This Tariff War and Other Pressing News

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Apr 10, 20251 hr 7 min

Tariffs, Taking the Knee, and Remedial Courses

Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss tariffs and stock markets, DOGE's recent work, female fencer refuses to fight trans, colleges need to remediate, Rubio on Europe funding NATO, Australia regulates beef, proxy vote for new parents in Congress, and many more Federal funds go to NPR and PBS than they let on. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Apr 08, 20251 hr 8 min

VDH Interviews Michael Walsh on his Latest Book

Victor interviews essayist, historian, and journalist Michael Walsh on his just released second volume—A Rage to Conquer. Twelve Battles that Changed the Course of Western History—in his envisioned three-volume trilogy on the social, cultural, economic and political consequences of key battles of Western history. Join us for discussions on the status of military history, the brilliance of Western commanders from Alexander and Caesar to Patton and Nimitz, the manner in which battles alter popular...

Apr 07, 202549 min

Trump's Tariffs and the Great Depression

In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc examine the recent tariff policy and Liberation Day speech, the Great Depression and current economic policy, and Gavin Newsom's machination and the no-alternative Democrats. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Apr 05, 20251 hr 27 min

America First Here and Around the World

Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for the Friday news roundup: Trump's tariffs, special elections, Tesla protestors, criminal deportations and their Left discontents, LePen found guilty, the death penalty for Mangioni, the Ukraine war, and might Trump bomb Iran. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Apr 04, 20251 hr 27 min

From Modern Youth to Ukraine to Trump's EO

Listen to Victor Davis Hanson with cohost Jack Fowler discuss youth vote, stealing from Whole Foods, Left billionaires, Mangioni, Ukraine settlement, Canadian politics, and Trump's recent executive orders.   See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Apr 03, 20251 hr 15 min

Left’s Legacy to Law: Leaking, Breaching, Freaking

In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler provide an update on the Goldberg leak, Trump’s messaging, Greenland, AI videos, California’s water project and regulations, judge Boasberg, South Dakota ranchers fight the feds, and the question of China’s ascendence. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Apr 01, 20251 hr 29 min

Treaty of Versailles and Team Trump Plows Ahead

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 current news includes Trump's tariffs, lawsuit brought against pro-Hamas protesters, Vance in Greenland, Rubio rightly unapologetic, and Stefanik's nomination withdrawn for UN ambassador. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Mar 29, 20251 hr 15 min

Goldberg Leak, Crockett Crass, and PBS Mea Culpa

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, three incendiary devices found in Austin, West Coast judges wants criminal aliens back, Hezbollah sends rockets into Israel, Hyundai to invest $21 billion in the US, and PBS and NPR try to convince Congress their bias is no bias at all. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-n...

Mar 28, 20251 hr 31 min

Federal Clean Up and California's One-Party State

In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss the revoked security clearances, California the most lawful and lawless of states and its medieval decline — impoverished, DEI-ed, mediocritized, and childless — all from universities, Left rallies have Grateful Dead-like following, and the Left's socialism message failing. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Mar 27, 20251 hr 14 min

Defeating Our Worst, Losing Our Best

Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss Trump's Houthis policy, Khalil paradox as representative of what troubles the Middle East, losing Mia Love, Hamas tunnels and death cult, cartel camps in Mexico, Left judges want criminals returned to your neighborhood, the shambles of a party, and Trump attends the NCAA. Our Sponsor: OpenPhone: Streamline and scale your customer communications with OpenPhone. Get 20% off your first 6 months at  www.openphone.com/victor See Privac...

Mar 25, 20251 hr 19 min

WWI Consequences and Democratic Angst

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 leadership of the Left, suggestions of Justice Roberts, Baltic states and Poland pull out of ban on landmines, and the JFK files. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Mar 22, 20251 hr 18 min

The Outer Limits: From Outer Space to Spacy Progressives and Protestors

Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc discuss the week's news: SpaceX Dragon brings astronauts home, district judges stopping executive actions, Trump hits the Houthis, Israel returns to Gaza, a French politician wants the Statue of Liberty back, pro-Khalil protests at Stanford, Columbia's admissions favors protestors, and Fani Willis to pay a fine. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Mar 21, 20251 hr 11 min
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