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Will Trump Hit Iran? Jun 20, 2025

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In this Friday news roundup, Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Sami Winc discuss Iran’s military capabilities, the political implications of U.S. involvement with Israel’s attack on Iran, Obama’s stated agenda to transform America, the role of universities in cultural decay, positive changes in crime rates and immigration, the impact of self-deportation on the American workforce, and Democrats avoiding the hearings on the mental state of Joe Biden.

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A Military Historian’s Omnibus Jun 19, 2025

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William Tecumseh Sherman, liberation, and race in the Civil War, reflections on the Iraq War, the significance of horses in ancient military tactics, the overlooked legacy of the Byzantine Empire, and more.

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A Q&A with VDH on World War II Jun 17, 2025

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Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Jack Fowler answer listener questions on WWII. Topics covered include the failure of the Western Allies declare war on the Nazi-allied USSR in 1939, Patton’s role on the Western Front and his desire to take on the Soviets, reading recommendations for the post-war era, and more.

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Violence: Historical, Current, and Potential Jun 14, 2025

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In this weekend episode Victor Davis and Sami Winc look at the LA riots, Greta Thunberg's antics in Gaza, Iran's nuclear ambitions, political violence in Latin America, and how 1944 played out during World War II.

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One Battle, Two Spats: D-Day Remembered, the Trump/Musk Split, & the Biles/Gaines Feud Jun 13, 2025

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In this episode Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Sami Winc discuss the LA riots and the deployment of the National Guard, D-Day, the falling out between Trump and Musk, the big beautiful bill, tariffs, and trade deficits, and the row between Riley Gaines and Simone Biles over trans men participating in women's sports.

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The Gallery of Rogues Cultivated by the Left Jun 12, 2025

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Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Jack Fowler discuss Chinese students as the People's Army agents, Chinese responsibility for global troubles, US judges as politicos, the Secret Service politicized, the choices for Jews among Left anti-Semites, the criminality of the Left's martyrs, cutting aid to California's high-speed rail, and UC Santa Cruz as microcosm of radicalism started in the 1960s.

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Riots, Musk-Trump, and the Guinea Pigs of California Jun 10, 2025

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Join Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Jack Fowler for thoughts on the LA riots, Musk-Trump fallout, ICE raids, Newsom's "this is cruel," and the real cruelty in California, meaning 65-cents-per-gallon tax, liberal elite destroying the middle class, sub-standard schools, and doxing ICE agents.

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Victor Davis Hanson Interviews David Mamet Jun 07, 2025

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Join Victor Davis Hanson in conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, author, and filmmaker David Mamet. Topics discussed include David's new book, The Disenlightenment: Politics, Horror, and Entertainment, the power and corruption of institutions, the recrudescence of anti-Semitism on campus, and the current state of Hollywood.

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Protestors, War and the Fragility of Women Jun 06, 2025

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Join Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Sami Winc to examine the week's news: anti-Semitic attack in Boulder, Colorado, protestors turn on ICE agents, drones hit Russia, Olympic "woman" boxer Khalib is male, Chinese nationals with dangerous fungus, 56.3% of liberal women with mental health issues, and Karine Jean-Pierre shirks Democratic party.

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China Threat, Biden Outing, and DEI Addicts Jun 05, 2025

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Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Jack Fowler examine China's threat to Taiwan, Trump calling out China on Truth Social, Biden's first speech since leaving office, Jill Biden should answer for lies, DEI has paralyzed the Democratic Party, Judge Dugan believes she's above the law, and from AIDS to trans issues for gay community.

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