Viewpoint with Tony Hodge
Viewpoint with Tony Hodge is where worldviews, politics, culture, and public policy intersect. Join us for thoughtful conversations about critical issues facing our community and country and how our worldviews shape our lives and our future. Based in West Virginia.
Episodes
James Baird joins Tony to discuss James's book "King of Kings," which explores the role of Christianity in government and argues for its promotion through a logical syllogism. They debated various aspects of the book's central argument, including the definition of government, the nature of subjective and objective truths, and the historical context of religious liberty in America. The podcast concl...
Tony sits down with Dr. John G. West, the Vice President of the Discovery Institute to discuss his latest book, "Stockholm Syndrome Christianity."
Tony and John examine how Christian leaders sometimes adopt secular worldviews despite their personal faith. They explored various challenges facing Christian institutions, including compromised teaching standards, inconsistent leadership approaches, and the influe...
In this epidsode, Tony comments on the assassination of Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk. He touches on Charlie's legacy, how to respond, and talks about how this is not a war against people, but something else entirely.
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Tony interviews filmmaker Tim Mahoney, the producer of the film "The American Miracle, Our Nation is no Accident." Tim shares his inspiration behind the film, God's Providence in our founding, and his favorite on-scene locations to film. Tony and Tim also discuss the dangerous re-writing of history that has taken place in recent years and the need to be historically truthful. https://americanmiraclemovi...
Tony talks about the bankruptcy of the Democrats and the bill in WV Legislature that defines a man and a woman. Tony talks about the ills of marijuana legalization in Pueblo, Co., and he talks about the potentials (or not) of data centers.
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This week Tony has thrown together a show quickly while traveling a great deal. He talks about the new World War One Memorial, Jacksonianism, the new WVU president, Russia and U.S. relations, and more!
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Tony discusses in depth the book by Rob Henderson entitled "Troubled." He talks about social stability as a requirement for economic mobility.
Tony reports Trump's rightful take over of the Kennedy Center.
DOGE might pay a visit to West Virginia.
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Tony talks about more young men than young women being conservative and more young men than women being involved in church. More on this here.
Tony discusses the recent news about the Equal Rights Amendment.
Tony discusses a NYT article that details a woman who has sex with an AI chatbot.
Tony also talks about GOP dominance in West Virginia and why voters have rejected the Democrats and embraced Republican political lead...
Tony Hodge reviews the inauguration of Donald Trump and discusses the highlights of his first 100 hours in office.
- The historic first 100 hours
- DeepSeek's Sputnik moment
- How DEI conquered the University of Colorado
- The Hyde Amendment
- Keep Americans safe in aviation
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Today's guest is Michael Wegman, the author of "Caveat Games," a military suspense thriller. Michael is a retired naval officer, an author, a painter, a creator, a political scientist, an adventurer, a teacher, a leader, a man of faith and so much more. Listen as he shares his background and life experiences that has shaped who he is today.
His book "Caveat Games" can be found here
On this episode, Tony talks about the death threats by Joseph De Soto. He also shares his thoughts on Rich Rodriguez's return as the WVU football coach. Tony concludes by sharing the Christmas story.
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Tony is joined by Byron Fisher. Mr. Fisher works in politics with a strong focus on issues of election integrity. We discuss elections, Senator Joe Manchin and his recent SCOTUS proposal, legislating morality, and church issues.
Joe Manchin's proposal is here.
Young men leaving traditional church is here.
St. Nicholas slapping someone is here.
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Tony discusses President Biden pardoning his son, the implications of the melees we saw on the college football field this week, the boom in sales of the Bible, and how more young men are into church than young women for the first time ever.
Read about the Biden pardon here.
Read about the college football rivalry melees here.
Sales of Bibles are Booming—read here.
Young men are more religious tha...
Discussion topics on this episode include visiting Thomas Jefferson properties and how the narrative around these locales have shifted away from celebrating Jefferson's accomplishments and toward condemning him for his flaws. Tony talks about Jefferson's politics and his architecutual ideology. Also, Tony briefly reminds the listeners of the story of Thanksgiving.
Book Recommedations on Thomas Jefferson...
This week Tony discusses the meteoric rise of artificial intelligence, the effect of inflation on the election, the Mike Tyson fight, and more.
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Tony talks about his top four reasons for the red wave nationally.
1. Inflation
2. Immigration
3. Identity Politics
4. Influence of new media
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Danny Jones is our guest on this episode of Viewpoint. He is a former four-term Mayor of Charleston, WV, a former Sheriff, and a former member of the House of Delegates. But that's not all. He has lived a colorful, eventful life and he shares some of those details.
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On today's episode we talk about Joe Rogan interviewing Donald Trump and the importance of the long form interview in the 21st century. We talk about the upcoming election and the importance of voting down ballot.
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Astrophysicist Hugh Ross Discussion on UFO's can be found here
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Our guest for this episode is Delegate JB Akers. He is a Delegate in West Virginia representing the 55th District which covers portions of Charleston and surrounding areas. We discuss his early life, how he became interested in politics, his family, and we learn about his passions as it relates to his public service.
You can learn about JB by visiting his website here
JB's legislative page can...
In this episode, Tony talks with Dr. Os Guinness about the idea of freedom, how it is defined, and how America can keep it. They discuss how the radical left in modern America does not have the same historical view of freedom that was born in 1776. They also talk about modern politics and how we can navigate today's world with clarity.
Learn more about Os Guinness at his website
His book, Last ...
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