The Victor Davis Hanson Podcast

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Episode 35: Mourning After? Sep 30, 2020

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On today’s episode, Victor gives his take on the first Trump–Biden debate, Chris Wallace’s moderating tilt, vaccine scare tactics, Amy Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court, new charges that Hillary Clinton orchestrated the Russia collusion hoax, the 490 B.C. Project, and Joe Biden’s strange campaign. This episode is produced by Sarah Schutte and sponsored by the American Federation for Children and FundMyChildNow.Com.

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@VDHanson
@JackFowler

Show Notes:

Victor Davis Hanson: The Strangest Campaign in History
Andrew C. McCarthy (at NR): Bombshell Allegation: Hillary Clinton Orchestrated the Collusion Hoax to Distract from Her Emails, According to Russian Intel
Morgan E. Hunter (at NR): What We Really Need Is a 490 B.C. Project
Ellen Carmichael (at NR): Vaccine Scare Tactics Are a Threat to Public Health
How to order The Case for Trump.

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Episode 34: General McMaster on Defending the Free World Sep 22, 2020

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On today’s broadcast, special guest Lieutenant General H. R. McMaster (ret.) joins Victor to discuss his new book, Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World. VDH also explains his new NRO essay on the dangers of conventional wisdom. This episode is sponsored by Wyoming Catholic College and FundMyChildNow.Com, and is produced by Sarah Schutte.

Show Notes:

VDH: When Conventional Wisdom Gets Downright Dangerous
H. R. McMaster: Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World
H. R. McMaster in NR: How to Counter the Chinese Communist Party
H. R. McMaster Hoover Institution bio.
H. R. McMaster: Dereliction of Duty

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Episode 33: Only You Can Prevent Preventing Forest Fires Sep 17, 2020

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On today’s episode, Victor discusses California aflame (and the close call of his home), the “un-news” media, President Trump’s Middle East foreign-policy wins, the presidential horserace 47 days out, the big-money Left planning and bankrolling post-election violence, and tensions between Greece and Turkey. This episode is produced by the Sarah Schutte, and sponsored by Wyoming Catholic College and Fatima, the Movie.

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VDH: How American Journalism Died
VDH: The Same Old, Same Old California Suicide
VDH: The Greek-Turkish Rivalry Is Near the Boiling Point
Rich Lowry: How Trump Defied the Experts and Forged a Breakthrough in the Middle East
Washington Free Beacon: Left’s Point Person for Post-Election Violence
How to order The Case for Trump.

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@VDHanson
@JackFowler

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Episode 32: Is Trump Creating a Middle-Class Coalition of All Races? Sep 08, 2020

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On today’s episode, Victor discusses Joe Biden’s paradoxes, Donald Trump’s appeal to minority voters, America’s hamstrung police, the wild and much-repeated claims by The Atlantic that Donald Trump insulted America’s war dead, California’s continuing descent, and the mistake that was (and remains) the lockdowns. Today’s episode is sponsored by Claremont Institute’s The American Story podcast series and the new book by Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Speaking for Myself.

Show Notes:

VDH (National Review): Biden Is a Prisoner of His Own Paradoxes
VDH (National Review): Trump, Race, and Class
Mike Brake (National Review): America’s Coming Police Crisis
Michael Barone (New York Post): It’s Now Looking Like the Lockdowns May Have Been a Huge Mistake

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Speaking for Myself
Claremont Institute: The American Story podcast
The American Story Podcast (episode 61): The Real American Revolution

The Victor Davis Hanson Podcast is produced by Sarah Schutte.

Episode 31: Biden, in Sorta Trouble Sep 01, 2020

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On today’s episode, Victor discusses silence about violence, Joe Biden’s trip to Pittsburgh, Donald Trump’s trip to Wisconsin, Portland madness, British SJWs shocked by Rule Britannia, and internal tensions among Red China’s leaders This episode is produced by Sarah Schutte and sponsored by Fatima, the Movie, and Claremont Institute’s terrific The American Story podcast series.

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VDH: Silence about Violence
Mark Hemingway in Wall Street Journal: Portland’s Half-Century of Ruinous Leadership/
John O’Sullivan in National Review: “Rule Britannia” – On Musical Jingoism
Therese Shaheen in National Review: Xi, Li, and the PRC

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Fatima the Movie.com
Claremont Institute: The American Story podcast
The American Story Podcast Yogi Berra: Ninety Percent Mental.

Episode 30: Conventional Wisdom Aug 28, 2020

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On today’s episode, Professor Hanson grades the recent Republican Convention and President Trump’s acceptance speech; explains the motivations of thugs amok-running in American streets; the emerging political effects of the violence and Joe Biden’s response to it; profiles California’s emerging New Dark Ages; discusses the latest attempts by pro sports to kowtow to BLM; and remarks on author J. K. Rowling’s continuing public battle against the cancel culture. This episode is sponsored by the Claremont Institute’s new podcast series, The American Story, and the Bradley Foundation’s Conceived in Liberty video series.

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VDH: What Is the Violence in American Cities all About?
VDH: California Apocalypto
National Review editorial: The Fools of Kenosha
J. K. Rowling rejecting the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights “Ripple of Hope” Award: Her statement

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Bradley Foundation: Conceived in Liberty home page
Allen Guelzo’s “Conceived in Liberty” interview: video.
Allen Guelzo in NR: 1619 and the Narrative of Despair
Claremont Institute: The American Story podcast
The American Story Podcast “As Time Goes By.
Fatima the Movie.com

The Victor Davis Hanson Podcast is produced by Sarah Schutte.

Episode 29: Democrats and Their Mobocracy Dreams Aug 18, 2020

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On this new episode, Victor discusses the massive issues and events and election influences of 2020, the Democratic assault on the Constitution and American political traditions, the calls for wealth taxes in a browned-out California, Joe Biden’s narrowing lead in the polls, Michelle Obama’s dishonest convention speech, John Kasich’s whinery, postal conspiracy theories, and the thuggery of Black Lives Matters in the streets of Portland and Chicago. This episode is sponsored by the Claremont Institute’s new podcast series, The American Story, and the Bradley Foundation’s Conceived in Liberty video series.

Show Notes:

VDH: Ten Key Issues, Policies, Personalities – And Chance
VDH: The Democrats Are Waging War on the Constitution and Tradition
National Review: No, the Postal Service Isn’t Stealing the Election
Andrew Stuttaford: California Wealth Tax: A New, Bad Idea?
Drew Hernandez: Black Lives Matter violence.

Contact:
@VDHanson
@JackFowler

Sponsors:
Bradley Foundation: Conceived in Liberty (episode with Mitch Daniels)
Bradley Foundation: Conceived in Liberty home page
Claremont Institute: The American Story podcast

The Victor Davis Hanson Podcast is produced by Sarah Schutte.

Episode 28: Cultural IEDs Blowing Up Aug 12, 2020

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On this new episode, Victor discusses Kamala Harris winning the Democrat veepstakes, reparations, the thin veneer of civilization, the end of civil rights as we knew it, the A-bomb at 75, and the COVID nursing-home apocalypse. This episode is produced by Sarah Schutte and is sponsored by the Claremont Institute’s new podcast series, The American Story, and the Bradley Foundation’s Conceived in Liberty video series.

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VDH: The Thin Veneer of American Civilization
VDH: Our Annual August Debate over the Bombs
Jonathan Leaf (The Spectator USA): Should Kamala Harris Pay Reparations?
Christopher Caldwell (Claremont Review of Books): America, Cowering
Scott Rasmussen (Ballotpedia): 44 % of COVID Deaths Were Nursing-Home Residents

Sponsors:
Claremont Institute: The American Story podcast
Bradley Foundation: Conceived in Liberty (episode with Robert P. George)

Episode 27: Great (and Not So Great) American Generals Jul 28, 2020

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People have to take vacations, even eminent military historians. So in this episode, recorded in late July as we anticipated a lapse, Victor discussed some of America’s premier generals, and what made them great — or, not so great. Among those discussed: George Washington, U.S. Grant, Dwight Eisenhower, William Sherman, George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, Matthew Ridgway, and some of the more prominent Native American chief: Cochise, Geronimo, and Sitting Bull. And a little shade is thrown at Benedict Arnold.

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We thank the Bradley Foundation’s new Conceived in Liberty series for sponsoring this episode.
VDH: The Savior Generals
VDH: The Soul of Battle

Contact:
@VDHanson
@JackFowler

The Victor Davis Hanson podcast is produced by Sarah Schutte.

Episode 26: Dunking on the NBA Jul 21, 2020

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On today’s episode, Victor discusses the reasons and consequences of keeping America’s classrooms locked, free speech on campus, the NFL and NBA prioritizing woke, Donald Trump’s interview with Chris Wallace, and what 2021 might look like in Joe Biden’s America.

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