The End of Thebes: Alexander’s Vengeance
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson discuss with cohost Sami Winc the fate of Thebes in the 4th century BC at the hands of Alexander the Great. Share This
Ancient Greece
The Greek Rhetoricians and Athletes Sue NCAA
In this weekend episode Victor Davis Hanson talks about the ancient Greek art of rhetoric. News stories include California’s crazy legislature, Yellen walks back “transitory” inflation, and female athletes sue NCAA over transgender competitors. Share This
Aristophanes’ Comedy and Modern Secrets and Fantasies
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for discussion of Aristophanes and some current news: US-Hamas in secret talks, illegal immigrants and secret transport, California Senatorial race, Musk imbroglios, and Pope Francis’ fantasies from the Vatican. Share This
War, Scores and the Last Tragedian
In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson talks with cohost Sami Winc about the Ukraine War two years later, Trump settlement and the NY business community, S.A.T. scores return to university admissions, new non-science in CDC and Health Department decisions, and the last tragedian Euripides. Share This
Ancient Tragedians and Modern Agonistes
Join the weekend episode with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for analysis of Biden’s speech on Alexei Navalny death, Fani Willis’s trial, the Shellenberger-Taibbi-Gutentag investigation, a third party in our democracy, and the ancient Greek tragedians, Sophocles and Aeschylus. Share This
Addled Biden and Xenophon Our First Polymath
Join Victor Davis Hanson with cohost Sami Winc this weekend for a discussion of Biden’s “reassuring” speech, the Biden classified files, and Xenophon’s life as a soldier, philosopher, historian, and his works covering everything from war to Socrates to everyday life–is he the first man we should know from Ancient Greece. Share This
Modern Epidemiology, Ancient History, & the New Napoleon
In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson interviews Dr. Steven Quay on the latest news on disease, explains the works and methods of Herodotus and Thucydides, and reviews the new movie “Napoleon.” Share This
Munitions, Immigration and Greek Lyric Poetry
Victor Davis Hanson’s weekend edition with Sami Winc begins with US munition shortages, immigration madness and Biden voters jumping ship, and ends with a discussion of Greek lyric poetry and western civilization. Share This
Activist judges, Remembering Kissinger and The Iliad Continued
On this weekend edition episode, join Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Sami Winc as they discuss activist judges fighting Trump, Henry Kissinger’s passing and other news. Victor and Sami also continue their in-depth look at The Iliad. Share This
What About It, VDH?
In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson takes on questions from his readers: he explains his optimism in US, takes a look at China today, assesses the decline of the ancient Athenian empire, gives a short on the Suez Crisis of 1955-56, and analyzes the long view of progressive control in US politics. Share This