On his birthday, Victor Davis Hanson reflected on his own mortality. He is in "limbo," waiting for scans and blood biopsies every three months after treatment for lung cancer. The conditions that…
Victor Davis Hanson — Podcast Appearances & AI Summaries
Victor Davis Hanson has appeared on 24 podcast episodes in our AI-summarized catalog, including Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words, The Megyn Kelly Show. Every appearance below has a free 5-minute AI summary.
What Victor said
“My point is that they think if they shoot Donald Trump, they're gonna be famous forever. And the sad thing is, I think they may be right...”
— Victor Davis Hanson
Episode appearances
24 Victor Davis Hanson opened the episode by dismissing recent polling that shows Republicans trailing in key Senate races. He argued that many of these polls are conducted by left-leaning firms that…
In the first days of October 2023, Iran's entire nuclear military-industrial complex was destroyed—fifty years of investment, half a trillion dollars, wiped out in weeks. Yet prominent American…
Victor Davis Hanson’s Friday episode, recorded while he was on vacation, answers listener questions on a range of topics, from the structural proposals of the Democratic Socialists of America to…
Victor Davis Hanson argues that sanctuary cities are not merely a policy disagreement but a fundamental constitutional crisis. He calls them a “neo-Confederate” idea, one that resurrects the…
Victor Davis Hanson argues that the United States is on an "unsustainable spending spree" that poses a greater long-term threat than any single foreign adversary. While the conversation covers the…
In the summer of 1971, Victor Davis Hanson’s father drove him to the University of California, Berkeley, to move into Morrison Dormitory, room 208. When his father put his hand on a dormitory wall…
Victor Davis Hanson opened his Friday news roundup with a blunt assessment of several primary races, starting in Florida. The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) took a hit, he argued, because…
“We’re taking a gamble with your lives because our virtue-signaling sense of self-guilt is more important than your collective safety.” That’s how Victor Davis Hanson summarizes the decision by 21…
Victor Davis Hanson opens the episode with a sharp image: a goose being squeezed by the neck until it breaks and stops laying eggs. That is his metaphor for what happens when tax rates climb high…
“We don’t really weigh all of the discomfort to the average citizen because we’re so worried that we don’t want to identify a driver who did it,” Victor Davis Hanson says early in this episode,…
Iran negotiations have collapsed repeatedly, military stockpiles are dangerously low, and JD Vance is being reined in after breaking with the administration’s messaging on Israel. Meanwhile, the…
Victor Davis Hanson: Socialism Sounds Better Than It Works In the 2024 primaries, Michigan's Democratic primary became the most expensive House primary in history—roughly $80 million spent—and the…
The WNBA is currently the most visible women's professional sports league in America, and by most measures it is thriving. Caitlin Clark alone has been worth an estimated one billion dollars in…
Victor Davis Hanson opened this episode with an unusual personal update: after a lobectomy and a burst pulmonary artery that required six transfusions, he is still recovering seven months later. A…
In a meeting at Cal State Fresno, a professor screamed at Victor Davis Hanson to “shut the F up.” When he responded by asking if she wanted to slap him instead, she burst into tears and accused…
“I am the most famous and talked about person in the country, one of the most recognizable people in the world.” That is not a line from a satirical novel. It is a diary entry from May 21, 2020,…
In a recent episode of Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words, host Jack Fowler and Victor Davis Hanson dissected a series of cultural and political flashpoints, centering on a controversial map of…
In a recent episode of Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words, host Jack Fowler and historian Victor Davis Hanson dissect a range of pressing issues, from the escalating confrontation with Iran to…
In the middle of a discussion about Iran, Victor Davis Hanson makes a blunt observation about the Trump administration’s early negotiating strategy: “I think everybody knew it all along.” The “it”…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams—who arrived in the United States as a legal immigrant from Uganda—used his Fourth of July speech to accuse America of being “an arena of supremacy” that belongs…
Victor Davis Hanson opens the episode with a blunt observation: the American republic has survived for 250 years not because of its natural resources or geographic isolation, but because of a…
The Carmelo Anthony Case, the Nancy Guthrie Investigation, and the Politics of Race On the Megyn Kelly Show, host Megyn Kelly and historian Victor Davis Hanson dissected the media and political…
“I want to kill the president” is not protected speech. But what about posting a photo of seashells arranged to spell “8647”—a code that, in some circles, means “kill the president”? That is the…
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