The Victor Davis Hanson Show
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.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 65 minutes
- Episodes
- 855
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Tanks for the Memories
In the weekend edition, VDH and Sami discuss RFK Jr.'s stance on vaccination mandates, more nuttiness from Joy Reid, and developments in Gaza and Venezuela. The professor also offers an in-depth look…
01:08:33 |
Sat 06 Sep 2025
Trump to Tren de Aragua: Say Hello to My Little Friend
In this news roundup VDH and Sami cover Trump sinking a Venezuelan cartel drug boat, the media speculating that Trump might have died, whether the National Guard should go into Chicago, Europe's poli…
01:14:15 |
Fri 05 Sep 2025
More Students From China is a Bad Idea
In this episode Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler discuss the implications of Trump's proposal to increase Chinese student enrollment in American universities, including concerns about espionage an…
01:03:57 |
Thu 04 Sep 2025
Barack, Regrettably, Re-Emerges.
In this episode of the Victor Davis Hanson Show, Victor and Jack discuss the left’s mockery of ‘thoughts and prayers’, the hypocrisy in narratives surrounding human trafficking, the reemergence of Ba…
01:01:22 |
Tue 02 Sep 2025
VDH Interviews Sebastian Gorka
Victor Davis Hanson interviews Dr. Seb Gorka, discussing the significant changes in national security and counterterrorism under the Trump administration, the historical context of Trump's presidency…
01:06:29 |
Sat 30 Aug 2025
An Avatar for the Dems: Charles Bronson or Don Knotts? (This One is Easy.)
In this Friday news roundup VDH and Sami cover Trump's cabinet meetings, why the Democrats can’t manage to be viewed as authentically tough, the Gaza-Israel conflict, transgender issues, the Cracker …
01:18:08 |
Fri 29 Aug 2025
More WWII ‘Revisionist’ History & the Vulgarity of a Kennedy Scion
In this episode of the Victor Davis Hanson Show, Victor Davis Hanson examine assertions regarding World War II made by David Collum during an interview with Tucker Carlson, the unseemly antics of JFK…
01:07:07 |
Thu 28 Aug 2025
Bolton’s and Comey’s Troubles and Cracker Barrel’s Own Goal
In this episode of the Victor Davis Hanson Show, Victor Davis Hanson and host Jack Fowler discuss the raid on John Bolton's house, the Cracker Barrel logo change, male cheerleaders in the NFL, the ho…
01:15:04 |
Tue 26 Aug 2025
Gavin, the Gerrymander, and Air Power in WWII
In this weekend episode, VDH and Sami discuss Trump's recent legal wins, Gavin Newsom's desperate gerrymandering ploy, the American and British achievement in air power in WWII, and more.
See Privac…
01:29:26 |
Sat 23 Aug 2025
The Last Line of Defense: Victor's conversation with Senator Eric Schmitt
Victor Davis Hanson sits down with Senator Eric Schmitt of Missouri to discuss his new book, The Last Line of Defense: How to Beat the Left in Court. The two delve into the shifting political landsca…
01:05:04 |
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Donald Trump Sets Europe Straight
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Jack Fowler talk about the summit involving Trump, Zelensky, and European leaders, the implications of U.S. foreign policy, the perception of American…
01:12:41 |
Thu 21 Aug 2025
Jews vs. Rome: VDH Interviews Barry Strauss on New Book
Victor Davis Hanson talks with Barry Strauss about "Jews Vs Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World’s Mightiest Empire” scheduled for release August 19, 2025. They talk about revolts of Ma…
00:32:45 |
Wed 20 Aug 2025
Putin and Zelensky: In Search of the DMZ
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler as they discuss the talks between Trump and Putin, Zelensky's policies, Europe's role in the Ukraine-Russia war, Jussie Smollett in the news, ethnicity…
01:11:17 |
Tue 19 Aug 2025
Sheinbaum Gets it All Wrong and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq in Retrospect
In this weekend episode of the Victor Davis Hanson show, topics covered in depth include Mexican president Sheinbaum's remarks on immigration and fentanyl, the issue of race and crime in urban areas,…
01:14:14 |
Sat 16 Aug 2025
The Armenian-Azeri Peace Treaty and ‘Shifty’ Schiff on the Hot Seat
In this Friday news roundup, VDH and Sami cover the Azerbaijan-Armenia peace treaty, the deployment of the National Guard in Washington D.C., Adam Schiff in hot water, military recruitment, and more.…
01:14:31 |
Fri 15 Aug 2025
Zeldin’s Drive to Deregulate and the Iliad’s Relevance Today
Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Jack Fowler analyze Lee Zeldin's efforts to deregulate the EPA, California's energy crisis, the relevance of Homer's Iliad to modern warfare, and more.
See Privacy Po…
01:08:12 |
Thu 14 Aug 2025
The Coarsening of the Culture and Howard’s End
Victor Davis Hanson and host Jack Fowler on the meeting between Trump and Putin in Alaska, the nature of war and deterrence, the decline of Howard Stern, cultural coarseness in public discourse, the …
01:22:32 |
Tue 12 Aug 2025
Israel’s Gaza Decision and Dropping the Big One
Victor Davis Hanson and host Sami Winc discuss developments in Iran, China, Israel’s military administration of Gaza, Trump's new census proposal, the history of the atomic bomb missions of 1945, and…
01:30:45 |
Sat 09 Aug 2025
Gerrymandering, the Midterms, and Immigrant Ingratitude
Join Victor Davis Hanson and host Sami Winc as the uproar caused by the gerrymandering in Texas, the ingratitude of recent immigrant cohorts, the upcoming midterms and the inversion of ideology of No…
01:17:03 |
Fri 08 Aug 2025
Whither Kamala? On Second Thought, Who Cares?
Join Victor Davis Hanson and Co-host Jack Fowler as the discuss decentralizing the USDA, Kamala's uncertain political future, the legacy of John Harris, the rise of the 'climate right', Gen Z going c…
01:15:43 |
Thu 07 Aug 2025
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