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Victor Davis Hanson Show

From the Pre-Socratics to Kari Lake and Bibi Netanyahu

In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc analyze pre-Socratic philosophy, the Kari Lake recording, Trump speeches, Texas’s constitutional crisis, and the anti-Bibi campaign by the Biden administration with the help of Bibi’s own war cabinet. Share This

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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

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Civil War and Civility

In this weekend edition, take a walk through the Roman Civil Wars with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc, a topic bookended by white America dropping out and universities beyond the Stanford model. Share This

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Bankrupt and Absurd: What’s Doing Us In?

In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss the Stanford Law School incident, Charlie Kirk assailed by UC Davis president and students, the billions for reparations and BLM, and tanks in modern warfare. Don’t miss the question: is the US like Byzantium? Share This

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Are We the Byzantines?

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness When Constantinople finally fell to the Ottomans on Tuesday, May 29, 1453, the Byzantine Empire and its capital had survived for 1,000 years beyond the fall of the Western Empire at Rome. Always outnumbered in a sea of enemies, the Byzantines’ survival had depended on its realist diplomacy of dividing its enemies, …

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Capitol Videos and Punic Wars

For the weekend edition, Victor Davis Hanson talks with cohost Sami Winc on the Mexican border kidnapping, WalMart closing stores due to historic theft in Portland, and Tucker Carlson’s video montage on Jan. 6. VDH continues his series on war with analysis of the Punic Wars. Share This

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Comeuppance, Conquest and Terror

 Victor Davis Hanson talks with cohost Sami Winc about the Wray and Garland testimonies to the House, Alexander the Great’s life and legacy, and terrorism 30 years after the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. Share This

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Military Matters and FBI Racket

In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc dive deep into the significance of China’s spy balloon, the Persian Wars, and FBI corruption. Share This

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Political Deception and Its History

In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler explore the long line of deception not just in current democratic politics, but also in antiquity and military history. Share This

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An Interview with Classicist and Military Historian Barry Strauss

Victor Davis Hanson and Barry Strauss discuss his recent book, The War That Made the Roman Empire, and his friendship and experiences with Victor as classicists and military historians. Don’t miss them on the Roman Empire, reshaping the West, and his fascinating thesis. Share This

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