Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words
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Latest episode: Fri Oct 17 2025
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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- Oct17Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Takes a Victory Lap As Europe Begrudgingly Smiles After Gaza Peace Deal77mins
- Oct16Victor Davis Hanson: The West Commits Suicide as Katie Porter Fails Management 10168mins
Oct14The Democrats’ October Surprises: Government Shutdowns and Abysmal Debate Performances | Victor Davis Hanson85mins
Oct10Inside Washington DC: VDH Talks with Senator John Kennedy49mins
Oct9Spying on Senators and Crushing Free Speech in the UK67mins
Oct2Barack and Hillary, Singing the Same Old Song67mins
Sep30The UN’s True Colors: A Tale of Two Leaders75mins
Sep27A Conservative Schism? And the Battle of Crete, 1941.74mins
Sep26Trump Reassesses Ukraine’s Chances and Olbermann Unhinged (As Usual)65mins
Sep25Hallmarks of Civilizational Decay, Old and New67mins
Sep23Rewarding Terror, Political Violence, & Disney’s Downward Spiral69mins
Sep20The Heroism of Churchill in 194079mins
Sep19The Cultural Impact of Charlie Kirk’s Assassination70mins
Sep18The Rise of Antisemitism in Hollywood and Lawlessness in the West65mins
Sep16Charlie Kirk, The Left, and A Troubled Nation71mins
Sep13Two Giants: The Legacies of Charlie Kirk and William Tecumseh Sherman68mins
Sep12Where the Left Fails Us: Iryna Zarutska, Tom Homan, and Nigel Farage79mins
Sep11Charlie Kirk, RIP80mins
Sep9Trump Resurrects the Department of War, ‘Phillies Karen’, and the Murder of Iryna Zarutska77mins
Sep6Tanks for the Memories71mins
Sep5Trump to Tren de Aragua: Say Hello to My Little Friend76mins
Sep4More Students From China is a Bad Idea65mins
Sep2Barack, Regrettably, Re-Emerges61mins
Aug30VDH Interviews Sebastian Gorka64mins
Aug29An Avatar for the Dems: Charles Bronson or Don Knotts? (This One is Easy.)79mins
Aug28More WWII ‘Revisionist’ History & the Vulgarity of a Kennedy Scion67mins
Aug26Bolton’s and Comey’s Troubles and Cracker Barrel’s Own Goal75mins
Aug23Gavin, the Gerrymander, and Air Power in WWII87mins
Aug22The Courage to Fight: VDH Interviews Senator Eric Schmitt on The Last Line of Defense65mins
Aug21Trump's Summit, Left Crisis, and Elon Is Back71mins
Aug20Jews vs. Rome: VDH Interviews Barry Strauss on New Book32mins
Aug19Putin and Zelensky: In Search of the DMZ71mins
Aug16Sheinbaum Gets it All Wrong and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq in Retrospect75mins
Aug15The Armenian-Azeri Peace Treaty and ‘Shifty’ Schiff on the Hot Seat75mins
Aug14Zeldin’s Drive to Deregulate and the Iliad’s Relevance Today68mins
Aug12The Coarsening of the Culture and Howard’s End82mins
Aug9Israel’s Gaza Decision and Dropping the Big One91mins
Aug8Gerrymandering, the Midterms, and Immigrant Ingratitude77mins
Aug7Whither Kamala? On Second Thought, Who Cares?75mins
Aug5Erin Burnett Beclowns Herself. Again.71mins
Aug2Current Dealings With China And Russia and the First Gulf War75mins
Aug1The Economy on the Upswing and Fracturing Democrat Party67mins
Jul29Trump’s New Tack with Putin and Bongino’s Cryptic Remarks75mins
Jul26The Vietnam War, More Trade Deals, and Hulk Hogan, RIP63mins
Jul25Hunter, Barry, Ozzy, & Candace64mins
Jul24Obama as ex-President and Conservative Ghettos on Campus70mins
Jul22Obama’s Spooks and ‘Russian Collusion’72mins
Jul19Putin’s Dilemma, Rubio’s Cuts, and France at Ebb Tide66mins
Jul18Where Powell Stands, Beating Mamdani, and the Fallout from Butler69mins
Jul17Toughen Up, Buttercup?75mins
Jul15The Treasonous John Brennan65mins
Jul12Orange Man…Popular?70mins
Jul11Call Me Daddy: Trump Takes on the World72mins
Jul10There is No Safe Haven for ‘Trump-ugees’60mins
Jul5The Diddy Verdict, U Penn Caves, and the Korean War Revisited58mins
Jul4Zohran Mamdani, Hypocrite Extraordinaire60mins
Jul3Iran and China as Paper Tigers57mins
Jul1The Colossus of Trump74mins
Jun28NATO Revived, Iranian Sleeper Cells, & the Berlin Blockade67mins
Jun27Iran Abandoned, and Blue Cities, Too60mins
Jun26Iran, the Pariah Nation65mins
Jun24Trump Bombs Iran, While Obama Just Bombs61mins
Jun21Iran, China, and a Look at the Final Year of WWII84mins
Jun20Will Trump Hit Iran?79mins
Jun19A Military Historian’s Omnibus48mins
Jun17A Q&A with VDH on World War II45mins
Jun14Violence: Historical, Current, and Potential62mins
Jun13One Battle, Two Spats: D-Day Remembered, the Trump/Musk Split, & the Biles/Gaines Feud70mins
Jun12The Gallery of Rogues Cultivated by the Left82mins
Jun10Riots, Musk-Trump, and the Guinea Pigs of California90mins
Jun9The Values of Our Youth: VDH Interviews Julie Banderas48mins
Jun7Victor Davis Hanson Interviews David Mamet56mins
Jun6Protestors, War and the Fragility of Women94mins
Jun5China Threat, Biden Outing, and DEI Addicts63mins
Jun3Commencements, Visas, Debt, and Trump's Trumping77mins
May31Allies Win in 1943 and Revolutionaries Pursue Trump81mins
May30Swimming Upstream: War, Trump Tried, and California Exodus71mins
May29Vertigo: Things That Unmake the Democratic Party67mins
May27Biden's Health, Domestic Extremists, and Energy Policy70mins
May241942 the Year That Changed the War and Memorial Day Celebration78mins
May23Trump Meets Ramaphosa and Rubio Faces the Senate64mins
May22From the Big Beautiful Bill to the Failure of Modernism68mins
May20Planes, Brains, and Universities69mins
May17War in 1941, Congressional Disruption, and Military Trim83mins
May16Give 'Em A Chance: Trump Navigates the Complicated Middle East64mins
May15Bias and Balderdash: Accents, Gifts, Refugees and Islamofascism74mins
May13Out-Of-Touch Left and Trump Diplomacy77mins
May10The Year 1940, War, and California Legislature or Asylum71mins
May9Negotiations, Military Success, and the Overweening, Underwhelming Left81mins
May8India, Lawfare, and Political Decision Disasters74mins
May6Iran's Nuclear Program, Man-Boy Solicitation, and Grooming Girls77mins
May3To War in 1939 and Delusional Democrats78mins
May2Canada, Spain, Poll and the New Unruly Democrats75mins
May1Universities, Election Interference, and Colonialism67mins
Apr29Trump Fixing It and World-Class Criminals Championed by the Left73mins
Apr26A Prelude to World War II and Our Crazy Judicial World80mins
Apr25Earth Day, Immigration, and JD Vance85mins
Apr22Middle East, Diplomacy and the Worry of Higher Education76mins
Apr19Real Fascism of the 1930s and the Federal Reserve Trumped96mins
Apr18Gangbangers, Arsonists and Murderers: What's Wrong With Democratic Icons78mins
Apr17The Lost Appeal: From Democratic Party to Their Representatives and Policies92mins
Apr15Lawfare, China, and State Education78mins
Apr121920s Idealistic Diplomacy, Cabinet Meetings, and Budget Bills76mins
Apr11Trump Promises Come Through Despite Wall Street Ruckus70mins
Apr10Trump Will Win This Tariff War and Other Pressing News66mins
Apr7Tariffs, Taking the Knee, and Remedial Courses66mins
Apr5Trump Tariffs and the Great Depression85mins
Apr4America First Here and Around the World84mins
Apr3From Modern Youth to Ukraine to Trump's EO74mins
Apr1Left’s Legacy to Law: Leaking, Breaching, Freaking84mins
Mar29Goldberg Leak, Crockett Crass, and PBS Mea Culpa90mins
Mar27Federal Clean Up and California's One-Party State71mins
Mar25Defeating Our Worst, Losing Our Best75mins
Mar21The Outer Limits: From Outer Space to Spacy Progressives and Protestors67mins
Mar20Are Universities a Net Good or Evil for Our Country?69mins
Mar18The Promise of Trump69mins
Mar14No One Has the Right: to Commit Crimes or Cheat on Tests68mins
Mar13Revising Government, Rooting Out Crime and Waste60mins
Mar6Zelensky Leaves Washington80mins
Mar6Mexico, MeToo No More, the Left’s Meager Pickin’s70mins
Mar4Zelensky Leaves Washington80mins
Mar1History of Income Tax Amendment 16 and News of the Week78mins
Feb28Wheeling and Dealing in Europe and at Home82mins
Feb27Out of Touch and Out of Office73mins
Feb25Overexposed: The Truth and Troubles of Left Politics90mins
Feb20A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy80mins
Feb20The By-Gone Era: Free Felons, Sanctuary Cities, and University Protestors79mins
Feb18Europe's New Reality and Ukraine Peace Settlement86mins