Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words
Victor Davis Hanson provides commentary on the latest political and cultural news with an eye to the historical significance of our time. He is an author, historian, classicist, and contemporary analyst. Join him to learn about the what's going on in your world.
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January 17, 2026 • 42 mins
Award-winning filmmaker and president of Man of Steele Productions Eli Steele joins Jack Fowler to discuss the historical factors surrounding Michael Brown’s 2014 death at the hands of a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri and how 1960s post-liberal policies were the catalyst that set off years of racial unrest in America beginning in the mid 2010s and lasting until the George Floyd riots in 2020 on today’s edition of “Victo...
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January 16, 2026 • 51 mins
Join host Jack Fowler as he fills in for Victor Davis Hanson and welcomes renowned sculptor Sabin Howard for an insightful discussion on art, culture, and patriotism. Howard critiques modern art's nihilism and highlights his commitment to creating art that honors American values and elevates human consciousness on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”
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January 15, 2026 • 42 mins
In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Jack Fowler fills in for Victor Davis Hanson and sits down with David DesRosiers, president of the RealClearFoundation and publisher of RealClear Politics. They discuss the importance of maintaining a diverse and open news platform amidst increasing partisanship, the impact of RealClear's polling average, and the challenges conservative media faces in the current climate. ...
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January 13, 2026 • 42 mins
Did former President Barack Obama prioritize a scheme to increase and use immigration to achieve political goals? Were Obama’s cronies actually the ones in the driver’s seat during the ramp-up of the Biden administration’s open-borders policies, asks Jack Fowler on this special edition of “Victor Davis Hanson (Minus Victor): In His Own Words” with Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies.
Answer: “W...
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January 10, 2026 • 58 mins
**This episode was recorded before Victor Davis Hanson's December 30 medical operation**
In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler weigh the four finalists from their Sour 16 troubling issues, with Hanson explaining what they all have in common.
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January 9, 2026 • 60 mins
**This episode was recorded before Victor Davis Hanson's December 30 medical operation**
In this special edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler continue their ranking of the “Sour 16” to determine which issues pose the greatest existential threat to the United States in 2026. We’ve now entered ROUND 2 of the bracket, the “Hate 8.” Here’s the list:
Rogue Nukes versus Ruin of Cities
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In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler continue their Sour 16 competition with growing irreligiosity squaring off against artificial intelligence. Which does Hanson feel is more worrisome?
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January 6, 2026 • 54 mins
**This episode was recorded before Victor Davis Hanson's December 30 medical operation**
In a new March Madness-style series that will pair off “16 terrible issues” against each other, Hanson will act as the judge, ruling on the greatest existential threat to the United States.
In the first episode, Hanson decides whether the following are the biggest issues facing the United States in 2026:
China vs. rogue nukes
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January 3, 2026 • 48 mins
This content was recorded prior to Hanson’s major surgery on Dec. 30.
In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson answers additional questions from listeners, including one on the undue influence of our intelligence agencies on U.S. policy.
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January 2, 2026 • 60 mins
In this episode of "Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words," Victor Davis Hanson answers a round of questions submitted by listeners. Here he's asked about tanks and tank warfare. This episode was recorded before Hanson's major surgery on Dec. 30.
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December 31, 2025 • 58 mins
Former Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., shared insight into his work with President Donald Trump’s social media and crypto company merging with TAE Technologies, a company focused on nuclear fusion power.
Nunes, who is CEO of Truth Social and who also chairs Trump’s Intelligence Advisory Board, outlined future plans for building commercial reactors, expecting to commence construction in 2026, with Hanson during today’s episode of “Vict...
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This content was recorded by Victor Davis Hanson prior to his Dec. 30 medical operation.
600,000 people could soon be without water because Pacific Gas & Electric is tired of being sued by environmental nonprofits trying to protect indigenous land, alleges a recent article by UNWON. “I understand that we want to have social justice, but the whole indigenous land is such a volatile issue and anybody who challenges this idea that th...
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December 27, 2025 • 70 mins
Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler take aim at what they call the “fake magnanimity” of America’s wealthiest elites, critiquing figures like Mitt Romney for publicly calling for higher taxes—while continuing to benefit from tax structures and investment strategies unavailable to working Americans on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”
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December 26, 2025 • 75 mins
In this episode of "Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words," Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler to examine the consequences of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ideology on American institutions and public life. Hanson argues that DEI has replaced meritocracy with exemptions based on identity, undermining accountability and fueling corruption, fraud, and public distrust. From higher education to criminal justice, he explains how DEI...
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December 23, 2025 • 68 mins
Tucker Carlson favored putting America’s strategic relationship with the Gulf states, most namely Qatar, ahead of Israel, arguing that the Jewish state was a "completely insignificant country” with “no resources,” during the Doha Forum earlier this month.
Victor Davis Hanson responds to Tucker Carlson’s claims that Israel offers little strategic value to the United States, laying out Israel’s cultural importance, democratic legit...
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December 20, 2025 • 68 mins
In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler take aim at Rep. Ilhan Omar’s trash talking America and how mass immigration without assimilation gives you what you’re seeing in Minnesota.
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In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Sami Winc dissect Australia's reaction to the Hanukkah massacre and how the West flicks aside antisemitic violence.
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December 18, 2025 • 68 mins
Every time a tragic shooting happens, the Left “always says we need new gun control.” That kind of reaction, however, is a “moral out” to avoid addressing the real problem.
The issue with the recent shooting in Australia “was not guns,” but rather “letting people into the country whose culture is antithetical to the tradition and norms of that society,” explains Hanson during today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own ...
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December 16, 2025 • 62 mins
In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler discuss former President Joe Biden’s failure to make sure our adversaries in Syria paid a cost for attacking Americans, and the failure of so many immigrants to say “thank you” for all we do.
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December 13, 2025 • 81 mins
On this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Sami Winc dissect the effort to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and the Biden administration’s effort to drum white conservative males out of the service.
Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., announced Wednesday his intention to file articles of impeachment against Hegseth, for “Murder and Conspiracy to Murder and Recklessness and Unlawful Mishandlin...
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