Victor Davis Hanson's The Classicist
190 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2.2K ratingsThe Classicist is the weekly podcast of Victor Davis Hanson, scholar, writer, farmer. Tune in each week to hear VDH's unique perspective on the issues of the day.
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E228. VDH Q&A
May 28, 2021 03:42 - 56 minutes - 3.31 KBOn this, the final episode of The Classicist Podcast, Victor Davis Hansons answers listener questions on everything from farming to war movies to which books he’s always wanted to write but never gotten around to. Tune in for a jam-packed episode featuring VDH like you’ve never heard him before. It has been an honor to carry this show since its inception 6 years ago, and we are sorry to see it go... Source
E227. The Israelis, the Palestinians, and the Future of the Middle East
May 21, 2021 00:34 - 26 minutes - 1.54 KBVictor Davis Hanson analyzes the recent conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians, how it reflects on the foreign policy of the Biden Administration, and what the consequences may be for the future of the Middle East. Source
E226. California, at Dusk
May 14, 2021 03:38 - 36 minutes - 2.16 KBVictor Davis Hanson analyzes the decline of California — and a few hopeful signs that it may not be permanent. Source
E225. What Killed Higher Education?
May 06, 2021 00:08 - 43 minutes - 2.54 KBVictor Davis Hanson explains how today’s campus radicalism is different to that of the 1960s, analyzes the factor that led to higher education’s decline, and provides a blueprint for what a more enlightened university might look like. Source
E224. The Woke Breaking Point
April 29, 2021 04:41 - 40 minutes - 2.36 KBAmidst woke ideology’s takeover of elite institutions, a hopeful sign is emerging: a counterrevolutionary backlash amongst the American people. Source
E223. How Much More Can America Take?
April 23, 2021 04:28 - 43 minutes - 2.52 KBVictor Davis Hanson analyzes the decay of America institutions — from politics and education to the military and law enforcement — and asks “at one point does America hit it’s breaking point”... Source
E222. Will the Great Awokening Succeed?
April 15, 2021 01:17 - 44 minutes - 2.6 KBVictor Davis Hanson examines how ’The Great Awokening’ has morphed from a boutique obsession into a society-wide attack on meritocracy … and considers whether that is setting the state for a brutal backlash. Source
E221. Failures at Home, Dangers Abroad
April 08, 2021 03:34 - 38 minutes - 2.25 KBIn a wide-ranging conversation that covers voting rights, COVID, Immigration, foreign policy, and debt, Victor Davis Hanson looks at the perilous consequences of the Biden Administration. Source
E220. Racism By Any Other Name
April 01, 2021 03:27 - 47 minutes - 2.77 KBVictor Davis Hanson examines the dramatic change in elite racial attitudes in recent years and issues a stern warning: there’s never been a bigger threat to America’s ability to hold together as a successful multiethnic society. Source
220. Racism By Any Other Name
April 01, 2021 03:27 - 2.77 KBVictor Davis Hanson examines the dramatic change in elite racial attitudes in recent years and issues a stern warning: there’s never been a bigger threat to America’s ability to hold together as a successful multiethnic society.
E219. Collision Course with China?
March 24, 2021 23:50 - 42 minutes - 2.5 KBIn the wake of the Biden Administration’s diplomatic fiasco with Beijing, Victor Davis Hanson looks at the trajectory of Chinese ambitions, the elements necessary for America to face down the threat, and what the future may hold if the tensions boil over into conflict. Source
219. Collision Course with China?
March 24, 2021 23:50 - 2.5 KBIn the wake of the Biden Administration’s diplomatic fiasco with Beijing, Victor Davis Hanson looks at the trajectory of Chinese ambitions, the elements necessary for America to face down the threat, and what the future may hold if the tensions boil over into conflict.
218. Print the Legend
March 18, 2021 03:53 - 2.28 KBVictor Davis Hanson looks at how many of the most important stories of the last several years — from the Russian collusion charges to the COVID epidemic to the Capital riot to the Biden Administration’s handling of immigration — have been distorted by progressives in government and media until the public can barely decipher the […]
E218. Print the Legend
March 18, 2021 03:53 - 38 minutes - 2.28 KBVictor Davis Hanson looks at how many of the most important stories of the last several years — from the Russian collusion charges to the COVID epidemic to the Capital riot to the Biden Administration’s handling of immigration — have been distorted by progressives in government and media until the public can barely decipher the truth anymore. Source
217. Post-Trump or Trump Redux?: The Future of the GOP
March 11, 2021 00:28 - 2 KBVictor Davis Hanson considers the Republican Party’s future as it deals with the long shadow cast by the presidency of Donald Trump. Should the GOP embrace a Trump comeback? Or should it attempt to find a new standard-bearer who can blend the Trump agenda with a different sensibility? And what’s the one issue to which […]
E217. Post-Trump or Trump Redux?: The Future of the GOP
March 11, 2021 00:28 - 34 minutes - 2 KBVictor Davis Hanson considers the Republican Party’s future as it deals with the long shadow cast by the presidency of Donald Trump. Should the GOP embrace a Trump comeback? Or should it attempt to find a new standard-bearer who can blend the Trump agenda with a different sensibility? And what’s the one issue to which VDH thinks the GOP hasn’t paid nearly enough attention? Tune in to find out. Source
216. War and Peace — From Thucydides to Joe Biden
March 04, 2021 03:00 - 1.82 KBVictor Davis Hanson explores how military history can illuminate current foreign policy challenges, delineates which nations pose the greatest threats to the United States, explores the role that human rights should play in international affairs, looks at the changing shape of America’s alliances, and provides a reading list for future commanders-in-chief.
E216. War and Peace — From Thucydides to Joe Biden
March 04, 2021 03:00 - 31 minutes - 1.82 KBVictor Davis Hanson explores how military history can illuminate current foreign policy challenges, delineates which nations pose the greatest threats to the United States, explores the role that human rights should play in international affairs, looks at the changing shape of America’s alliances, and provides a reading list for future commanders-in-chief. Source
E215. Remembering Rush
February 18, 2021 02:22 - 46 minutes - 2.73 KBVictor Davis Hanson diagnoses the biggest challenges facing America in the years ahead, from debt to immigration to Chinese aggression — and pauses for a special remembrance of his friend Rush Limbaugh. Source
215. Remembering Rush
February 18, 2021 02:22 - 2.73 KBVictor Davis Hanson diagnoses the biggest challenges facing America in the years ahead, from debt to immigration to Chinese aggression — and pauses for a special remembrance of his friend Rush Limbaugh.
E214. The Lidless Eye: How Progressivism Conquered American Institutions
February 11, 2021 02:47 - 44 minutes - 2.6 KBIn a sweeping new installment of The Classicist, Victor Davis Hanson looks at how the Left has moved from a countercultural movement in the 1960s to the commanding heights of American culture in the 2020s. Source
214. The Lidless Eye: How Progressivism Conquered American Institutions
February 11, 2021 02:47 - 2.6 KBIn a sweeping new installment of The Classicist, Victor Davis Hanson looks at how the Left has moved from a countercultural movement in the 1960s to the commanding heights of American culture in the 2020s.
E213. Understanding Progressive Illiberalism
February 04, 2021 00:58 - 37 minutes - 2.2 KBVictor Davis Hanson examines how progressivism has captured American institutions: everything from higher education to high finance, from tech to sports. Along the way, he explains what progressives’ cultural ascendance has revealed about their ideology, predicts what it means for the Right, and analyzes whether a backlash is imminent. Source
213. Understanding Progressive Illiberalism
February 04, 2021 00:58 - 2.2 KBVictor Davis Hanson examines how progressivism has captured American institutions: everything from higher education to high finance, from tech to sports. Along the way, he explains what progressives’ cultural ascendance has revealed about their ideology, predicts what it means for the Right, and analyzes whether a backlash is imminent.
212. The 1776 Commission and the Relearning of American History
January 28, 2021 04:44 - 2.35 KBVictor Davis Hanson explains the work of President Trump’s 1776 Commission (a body on which he served), describes the decline of history as an academic discipline, and explains why humility is an essential ingredient when judging figures from the past.
E212. The 1776 Commission and the Relearning of American History
January 28, 2021 04:44 - 40 minutes - 2.35 KBVictor Davis Hanson explains the work of President Trump’s 1776 Commission (a body on which he served), describes the decline of history as an academic discipline, and explains why humility is an essential ingredient when judging figures from the past. Source
The Unity Presidency Gets Divisive
January 22, 2021 04:01 - 2.24 KBVictor Davis Hanson analyzes how Joe Biden’s early policy moves contrast with his campaign-trail rhetoric, reflects on the last days of Donald Trump, and explains how a fractured Republican Party can move forward.
E211. The Unity Presidency Gets Divisive
January 22, 2021 04:01 - 38 minutes - 2.24 KBVictor Davis Hanson analyzes how Joe Biden’s early policy moves contrast with his campaign-trail rhetoric, reflects on the last days of Donald Trump, and explains how a fractured Republican Party can move forward. Source
211. The Unity Presidency Gets Divisive
January 22, 2021 04:01 - 2.24 KBVictor Davis Hanson analyzes how Joe Biden’s early policy moves contrast with his campaign-trail rhetoric, reflects on the last days of Donald Trump, and explains how a fractured Republican Party can move forward.
137. Trump Agonistes
January 15, 2021 05:51 - 2.16 KBAs the president spends his final days in office embattled, progressives in Congress, Silicon Valley, and the incoming administration seize on the opportunity to mount new offensives against the Right. Will conservative populism survive the onslaught? Victor Davis Hanson explores that question and others in the newest installment of The Classicist.
E210. Trump Agonistes
January 15, 2021 05:51 - 36 minutes - 2.16 KBAs the president spends his final days in office embattled, progressives in Congress, Silicon Valley, and the incoming administration seize on the opportunity to mount new offensives against the Right. Will conservative populism survive the onslaught? Victor Davis Hanson explores that question and others in the newest installment of The Classicist. Source
210. Trump Agonistes
January 15, 2021 05:51 - 2.16 KBAs the president spends his final days in office embattled, progressives in Congress, Silicon Valley, and the incoming administration seize on the opportunity to mount new offensives against the Right. Will conservative populism survive the onslaught? Victor Davis Hanson explores that question and others in the newest installment of The Classicist.
209. An Exhausted Civilization
January 07, 2021 18:00 - 2.15 KBVictor Davis Hanson examines the confluence of trends — a contempt for American history; the decline of the rule of law; the intellectual rot of the academy; the rise of ingratitude and cultural contempt — that are weakening the foundations of American society.
E209. An Exhausted Civilization
January 07, 2021 18:00 - 36 minutes - 2.15 KBVictor Davis Hanson examines the confluence of trends — a contempt for American history; the decline of the rule of law; the intellectual rot of the academy; the rise of ingratitude and cultural contempt — that are weakening the foundations of American society. Source
134. An Exhausted Civilization
January 07, 2021 18:00 - 2.15 KBVictor Davis Hanson examines the confluence of trends — a contempt for American history; the decline of the rule of law; the intellectual rot of the academy; the rise of ingratitude and cultural contempt — that are weakening the foundations of American society.
208. Special Episode: Chaos at the Capitol
January 06, 2021 21:52 - 929 BytesIn a Classicist first, Victor Davis Hanson reacts in real time to an outbreak of mob violence at the U.S. Capitol. Professor Hanson calls for peace, encourages President Trump to cool the passions of his followers, and provides advice to president-elect Biden on how to lower the country’s temperature.
E208. Special Episode: Chaos at the Capitol
January 06, 2021 21:52 - 15 minutes - 929 BytesIn a Classicist first, Victor Davis Hanson reacts in real time to an outbreak of mob violence at the U.S. Capitol. Professor Hanson calls for peace, encourages President Trump to cool the passions of his followers, and provides advice to president-elect Biden on how to lower the country’s temperature. Source
Special Episode: Chaos at the Capitol
January 06, 2021 21:52 - 929 BytesIn a Classicist first, Victor Davis Hanson reacts in real time to an outbreak of mob violence at the U.S. Capitol. Professor Hanson calls for peace, encourages President Trump to cool the passions of his followers, and provides advice to president-elect Biden on how to lower the country’s temperature.
207. The Scars of 2020
December 10, 2020 14:16In the final Classicist of the year, Victor Davis Hanson takes a look back at the intellectual and political trends that defined 2020 — and predicts what they mean for the year to come.
E207. The Scars of 2020
December 10, 2020 14:16In the final Classicist of the year, Victor Davis Hanson takes a look back at the intellectual and political trends that defined 2020 — and predicts what they mean for the year to come. Source
The Scars of 2020
December 10, 2020 03:23 - 23 minutes - 20.7 MBIn the final Classicist of the year, Victor Davis Hanson takes a look back at the intellectual and political trends that defined 2020 — and predicts what they mean for the year to come.
206. The Case for a Cynical Biden Foreign Policy
December 04, 2020 14:47Victor Davis Hanson describes the foreign policy challenges facing the incoming Biden Administration, analyzes the makeup of the incoming national security team, and prescribes a formula for the new president’s success in international affairs: change the rhetoric, not the policies.
E206. The Case for a Cynical Biden Foreign Policy
December 04, 2020 14:47Victor Davis Hanson describes the foreign policy challenges facing the incoming Biden Administration, analyzes the makeup of the incoming national security team, and prescribes a formula for the new president’s success in international affairs: change the rhetoric, not the policies. Source
The Case for a Cynical Biden Foreign Policy
December 04, 2020 03:30 - 19 minutes - 17 MBVictor Davis Hanson describes the foreign policy challenges facing the incoming Biden Administration, analyzes the makeup of the incoming national security team, and prescribes a formula for the new president’s success in international affairs: change the rhetoric, not the policies.
E205. History and the Tragic Hero
November 19, 2020 19:05Victor Davis Hanson explains the concept of the “tragic hero” — a figure both uniquely suited to address the issues of his time but destined to be reviled — and explains why the label may apply to Donald Trump. Source
205. History and the Tragic Hero
November 19, 2020 19:05Victor Davis Hanson explains the concept of the “tragic hero” — a figure both uniquely suited to address the issues of his time but destined to be reviled — and explains why the label may apply to Donald Trump.
History and the Tragic Hero
November 19, 2020 17:27 - 22 minutes - 16.3 MBVictor Davis Hanson explains the concept of the “tragic hero” — a figure both uniquely suited to address the issues of his time but destined to be reviled — and explains why the label may apply to Donald Trump.
E204. The Election and its Aftermath
November 12, 2020 00:37Victor Davis Hanson looks at Donald Trump’s transformation of the Republican Party, the shifting of the conservative coalition, the implications of sharply divided federal government, and the foreign policy challenges ahead. Source
204. The Election and its Aftermath
November 12, 2020 00:37Victor Davis Hanson looks at Donald Trump’s transformation of the Republican Party, the shifting of the conservative coalition, the implications of sharply divided federal government, and the foreign policy challenges ahead.
The Election and its Aftermath
November 10, 2020 02:26 - 18 minutes - 13 MBVictor Davis Hanson looks at Donald Trump’s transformation of the Republican Party, the shifting of the conservative coalition, the implications of sharply divided federal government, and the foreign policy challenges ahead.