The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Lisa Boothe is joined by Will Hild, executive director of Consumers’ Research, for a deep dive into the growing backlash against data centers and the massive infrastructure buildout powering America’s digital economy and artificial intelligence boom.

Hild argues that Big Tech helped create its own politica...

Clay and Buck analyze El-Sayed’s contentious Fox News interview with Martha MacCallum, including his opposition to the war in Iran, his defense of the Obama-era Iran nuclear agreement, his criticism of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, and MacCallum’s questioning about his fundraising connections to the Soros family. While strongly disagreeing with El-Sayed politically, Clay and Buck argue that Republicans ...

In Hour 1 of the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton kick off the Tuesday program exactly four weeks before the 2026 midterm elections, examining the final campaign sprint, the battle for control of the U.S. Senate, voter frustration over inflation and affordability, and the political messaging that could determine key races. They briefly note reports of riots in Paris before turning to the increasingly ex...

In Hour 2 of the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, Clay and Buck focus heavily on the 2026 midterm elections, President Donald Trump’s campaign push for Republican candidates, the economy, inflation, energy prices, the battle for control of the U.S. Senate, and the long-term importance of the Supreme Court. With Election Day approaching, they discuss Trump’s campaign appearance in Grand Island, Nebraska, and his effort ...

In Hour 3 of the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, Clay and Buck begin with optimism about the U.S. economy and stock market, highlighting the S&P 500 reaching a new all-time high and contrasting the market’s performance with the sharp decline and recession fears of April 2025. Clay recalls urging listeners at the time not to panic and argues that investors who held their positions or bought during the downturn have benef...

Are Republicans getting too comfortable ahead of the 2026 midterm elections?

On this episode of Normally, Mary Katharine Ham and Karol Markowicz warn against counting Democrats out as election season heats up. From Maine and Minnesota to Seattle and Los Angeles, they examine the political consequences of progressive policies on taxes, housing, crime, policing, immigration, and education. 

Mary Katharine and Karol discuss Los A...

Steve Yates breaks down the major national security and geopolitical stories shaping the week, including new details surrounding the FlyDubai hijacker and troubling questions about radicalization, vetting, and international intelligence sharing.

Steve also examines the departure of U.S. B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford amid security concerns in the United Kingdom and a separate Iran-related spy scandal raisin...

Clay Travis and Buck Sexton have an extensive discussion of a thwarted attack aboard Flydubai Flight 1073 and what Clay and Buck describe as a stunning breakdown in international aviation security. They recount reports that pilot Hamam Al-Hamami had previously worked for Oman Air, where authorities became concerned about his interest in radical ideology, prohibited him from flying, placed him in a deradicalization program, and reas...

Hour 1 of the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show opens with a preview of the fast-moving political and cultural stories shaping the day, including President Donald Trump campaigning in Ohio with the 2026 midterm elections roughly a month away, the latest Cornell allegations and the involvement of New York Attorney General Letitia James, WNBA player Sophie Cunningham, a reported plague case in Russia, and Supreme Court Justice Samuel ...

Hour 2 of the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show focuses heavily on the controversy surrounding the so-called Cornell Seven, New York Attorney General Letitia James, campus sexual-assault allegations, prosecutorial discretion and due process, before shifting to Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, the historic leak of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization draft opinion, the attempted assassination of Justice Brett Kav...

Hour 3 of the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show features actor, comedian and Marine veteran Rob Riggle for a wide-ranging conversation about the new film Jimmy, the remarkable World War II military service of Hollywood legend Jimmy Stewart, patriotism and sacrifice, as well as the state of modern Hollywood and comedy. The hour then turns to cancel culture and old social media posts, Chris Rock’s critique of “wokeness,&rd...

The 2026 midterm elections are just 29 days away—and Ryan Girdusky is looking beyond the polls to the numbers that could actually determine who wins.

On this episode of It’s a Numbers Game, Ryan breaks down two critical indicators heading into Election Day: campaign spending and voter registration. Republicans are pouring money into key Senate, House, and gubernatorial races, while Democrats are showing surprising momen...

Former Navy SEAL David Rutherford asks a simple question after last week's Senate hearing with former special counsel Jack Smith: when Congress puts someone in the hot seat, does anyone ever pay? Smith has been referred to the Justice Department over his House testimony, but he has not been charged. David walks through nearly a century of Senate investigations, from the 1934 air mail hearings to Watergate, Iran Contra, Enron and th...

Tennessee tried to execute death row inmate Christa Pike by lethal injection. She survived. Pike remained hospitalized, unconscious and on a ventilator after receiving two doses of the execution drug, while Governor Bill Lee ordered a review of what went wrong. Buck reacts to the extraordinary failed execution and asks how a state can botch the ultimate punishment this badly. He also takes on the larger death penalty debate, from l...

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin joins Tudor Dixon to discuss the Trump administration’s push to expand American energy production, lower costs, roll back Biden-era regulations, and protect U.S. manufacturing.

Zeldin breaks down his visit to Michigan, the future of the Line 5 pipeline, the EPA’s repeal of Biden-era power plant regulations, and why the administration believes environmental protectio...

In Hour 1 of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, Clay and Buck recap their eventful trip to Washington, D.C., including Buck’s visit to Arlington National Cemetery for the burial ceremony of his wife’s grandfather, Admiral James Flatley, followed by an informal meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. The hosts describe talking with President Trump about national politics, the media, college football, a...

In Hour 2 of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, Clay and Buck analyze the latest developments involving Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, Middle East oil exports, gas prices, inflation, the U.S. economy, and the Trump administration’s pressure campaign against Tehran. They discuss reports that Middle Eastern crude exports have rebounded toward prewar levels as Iran’s ability to restrict shipping through the Strait of Hormu...

In Hour 3 of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, Clay and Buck dive into a pair of high-profile legal controversies, beginning with the reopened investigation into an alleged 2024 sexual assault involving Cornell University fraternity members. The hosts stress the importance of withholding judgment and following the evidence as questions of consent, drugs and alcohol, witness accounts, digital communications, and competing allega...