The Interview with Hugh Hewitt: Recent Episodes
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In a career spanning more than 30 years, Hugh Hewitt has conducted over 25,000 interviews on television and radio. He has spoken at length with many authors, actors, artists, public officials, presidents and more. This podcast will bring the best of his interviews from over the years as well as new interviews being conducted currently.
In this episode of The Interview, Hugh speaks with Andrew Roberts.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh replays a discussion he had with Byron York on today's show about President Biden's response to Doocy's questions at the press conference yesterday.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with Senator Lindsey Graham about the SCOTUS nomination, the Russia-Ukraine war, and more.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with Christine Emba about her book titled "Rethinking Sex: A Provocation."
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Rethinking-Sex-Provocation-Christine-Emba/dp/0593087569
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by former Attorney General Bill Barr to discuss his memoir titled "One Damn Thing After Another."
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/One-Damn-Thing-After-Another/dp/0063158604
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with John Coleman about his book, "HBR Guide to Crafting Your Purpose" published by Harvard Business Review Press.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with C.J. Box about his latest in the Joe Pickett series of novels, "Shadows Reel."
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh replays six of his favorite interviews with best-selling author Daniel Silva whose books have chronicled the rise of a revanchist Russia and paranoid Putin.
Books in order of discussion:
Moscow Rules (2008)
The Defector (2009)
The English Spy (2015)
The Other Woman (2018)
The New Girl (2019)
The Cellist (2021)
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with former National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster about his new book "Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World."
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh replays a discussion from today's show with Admiral James Stavridis about the developing situation in Russia and Ukraine.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with Arthur Brooks about his latest book, "From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life."
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Strength-Finding-Success-Happiness-Purpose/dp/059319148X
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with Scot Lehigh of The Boston Globe about his column, the January 6th committee, and more.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh replays two interviews from today's show with Senators Dan Sullivan and Tom Cotton.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with Dwight Chapin about his book titled, "The President's Man: The Memoirs of Nixon's Trusted Aide."
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with Captain Edward Bartlett about the state of the U.S. fleet of ships and more.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with Fmr. Gov. Christie about the January 6th committee as well as 2021 and the upcoming 2024 Presidential Election.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by Dr. Matthew Spalding, Hillsdale College's Vice President of Washington Operations & Dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government, as they discuss the future of the SCOTUS.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with Ken Follett about his newest book, "Never"
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh replays interviews he had with multiple Republicans this week following President Biden's presser.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with Corey DeAngelis of the American Federation for Children and Cato Institute.
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Mistakenly replayed the 1st half of the show, 1/3/22. Re-uploaded to broadcast 2nd half of New Year's show, 1/9/22.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh begins his replay of the six hour, two day extravaganza that is the History of Western Civilization and Ideas with Hillsdale College president, Dr. Larry Arnn.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh pulls a discussion from the archive and replays his 2010 show-long interview with British novelist Ken Follett about his then newly released epic series title "Fall of Giants."
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with historian Andrew Roberts about his latest book, "The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III."
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Last-King-America-Misunderstood-George/dp/198487926X/
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with Bo Snerdly about his book, "Rush on the Radio: A Tribute from His Sidekick for 30 Years."
https://www.amazon.com/Rush-Radio-Tribute-Sidekick-Years/dp/1737478544
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Katie Couric talks about her memoir “Going There” with Hugh, including, of course, former President Trump, Jeff Zucker and the vast advantage of a great dad.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh speaks shares a pair of conversations he had on today's show with Doug Lesmerises, Kellyanne Conway, and Bernie Moreno.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by former President Donald J. Trump to talk about world leaders and how President Biden is handling the country among other things.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by Michael Shellenberger to discuss his book, "San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities."
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with Robert George, Princeton University professor and Dr. Ryan Anderson, President of Ethics and Public Policy Center about the Dobbs case currently before the Supreme Court that is a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with Derek Robertson, a contributor for Politico Magazine whose writing can also be found in The Atlantic, The Ringer, and Indianapolis Monthly.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh continues his discussion with David Harsanyi about his new book, "Eurotrash: Why America Must Reject the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent."
Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Eurotrash-America-Reject-Failed-Continent-ebook/dp/B08PVN96QW
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with Professor Jesse McCarthy about his latest book, "The Fugitivities."
Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Fugitivities-Jesse-McCarthy/dp/1612198066
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with Andrew Roberts about his new book, "The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III"
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with former New Jersey governor Chris Christie about his new book, "Republican Rescue: Saving the Party from Truth Deniers, Conspiracy Theorists, and the Dangerous Policies of Joe Biden."
Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Republican-Rescue-Conspiracy-Theorists-Dangerous/dp/1982187514
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh speaks with Christopher Rufo, writer at the City Journal and Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by David Harsanyi, journalist and author of the new book, "Eurotrash: Why America Must Reject the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent."
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh speaks with Doug Lesmerises of Cleveland.com about all things Browns and Ohio Sports.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin fresh off his electoral win earlier this week and they discuss the future of the commonwealth of Virginia.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh plays a compilation of Glenn Youngkin's hits on The Hugh Hewitt Show from just before the VA Republican Primary to this week as he surges in polling on the eve of next week's General election.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with Ross Douthat, American conservative blogger, New York Times columnist, former Senior Editor at The Atlantic, and author of the new book, "The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery."
Available on Amazon now: https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Places-Memoir-Illness-Discovery-ebook/dp/B08Y1BFFWC
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with Sean Spicer about his new book, "RADICAL NATION: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s Dangerous Plan for America."
Available on Amazon now: https://www.amazon.com/RADICAL-NATION-Harriss-Dangerous-America/dp/1630061719
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh replays his discussions with Senators Ernst and Cotton from today's show.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh replays Sunday night's Ohio GOP debate the he and Aaron Baer moderated.
2:00 – Why would they be best to defeat Tim Ryan? 11:00 – How will you take over for Rob Portman and would you welcome his endorsement? 18:30 – The Education System 27:20 – Immigration 35:40 – What disqualifies someone to be a Federal Judge? 43:50 – Americans are Still in Afghanistan, What to do. 51:30 – The Equality Act 59:30 – Social Media and Big Tech Companies 109:30 – Aaron Baer asks each candidate individual questions based on previous answers 127:30 – Educational Structure, School Boards 136:20 – Climate Change 145:00 – The Drug Problem at The Border
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh speaks with Senior Correspondent for The Washington Examiner David Ducker about his newly released book, "In Trump's Shadow: The Battle for 2024 and the Future of the GOP."
Available on Amazon now:
https://www.amazon.com/Trumps-Shadow-Battle-2024-Future/dp/1538754045/
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh talks with Sen. Hagerty and Rep. Gallagher about China.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh replays the discussion he had with Senator Tom Cotton earlier today on The Hugh Hewitt Show.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh speaks with Bret Baier, host of Special Report on Fox News and author of the new book, "To Rescue the Republic: Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876."
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with Glenn Youngkin as the Virginia gubernatorial race tightens.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by General Stanley McChrystal to discuss his latest book, "Risk: A User's Guide."
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh speaks with Dr. Anderson and Dr. Nussmeier about the "100 Days of Dante" project.
Dr. Matthew Lee Anderson is an assistant research professor of ethics and theology at Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion.
Dr. Anthony Nussmeier joined the Modern Languages faculty at the University of Dallas as Assistant Professor of Italian and Director of Italian Language in 2016.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh speaks with Gold Star widow Michelle Black, author of the new book titled "Sacrifice: : A Gold Star Widow's Fight for the Truth."
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with Victor Davis Hanson, Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, about his newest book released today titled, "The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America."
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by Mollie Hemingway, senior editor at The Federalist, Fox News contributor, and author of the new book, "Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections."
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh has Dr. Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Advisor to President Biden and Dr. Francis Collins of the NIH back on the podcast for another round of pressing questions.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh speaks with musician John Ondrasik of Five for Fighting about his recently recorded single in reaction to the events in Aghanistan, "Blood on my Hands."
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh speaks with John Bursch, former Michigan Solicitor General and Senior Counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former NJ Governor Chris Christie.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and American historian Joseph John Ellis about his newest book, "The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783." Available where books are sold now.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with columnist and author George Will about his latest book, "American Happiness and Discontents: The Unruly Torrent, 2008-2020."
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh speaks with Professor Jesse McCarthy about his book entitled, "Who Will Make Reparations on My Soul?: Essays."
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh speaks with Andrew Sullivan, British-American author, editor, and blogger. Sullivan is a political commentator, a former editor of The New Republic, and the author or editor of six books.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with Harvard Professor Harvey Mansfield, Jr. on the state of the country and the West as he begins completes his fifth decade of teaching political theory to Harvard undergraduates.
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On September 11th, 2001, The Hugh Hewitt Show was live from 9am-12pm EST as the World Trade Center buildings and Pentagon were attacked and the towers fell. Here is the entire broadcast from that day on this, the 20th anniversary of 9/11/01.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh speaks with Glenn Ellmers, PhD.
Glenn is a senior fellow of the Claremont Institute, research fellow at Hillsdale College, and author of the new book, "The Soul of Politics: Harry V. Jaffa and the Fight for America."
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by Chris Wallace of Fox News.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh speaks with Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh speaks with former President Donald Trump about the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan as it worsens.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh plays the bulk of the media reactions from President Biden's speech on Afghanistan yesterday.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by former U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley to discuss the continued chaos in Afghanistan.
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Hugh and Ambassador O'Brien discuss the continued chaos in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Hugh continues to talk about the horrific catastrophe unfolding in Afghanistan with former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, founder of the Champion American Values PAC.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh shares three important interviews from today's show as the public pressures ABC to release the full interview with President Biden and the situation in Kabul continues to unfold.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with Kirk Herbstreit about his latest book "Out of the Pocket."
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NIH Director Dr Francis Collins details Covid booster plans and decisions with Hugh Hewitt, saying that participants in vaccine trials should be first in line. The two also discuss masking K-3 children and Collins confirms there is no study evidence that Delta is worse for children than prior variants.
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In this episode of The Interview, Larry joins Hugh to discuss his candidacy and issues that affect the state of California ahead of the Recall Election in September.
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In this episode of The Interview, Dr. Anthony Fauci returns to discuss masking and messaging with Hugh.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh replays an interview from February, 201 with the late Louis Zamperini, hero of the film, Unbroken.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh replays his 2014 discussion with Kerri Walsh Jennings, three-time Olympic gold medalist in beach volleyball.
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In this episode The Interview, Hugh is talking with Larry Elder about his recent court win and his bid for the governor's office in the recall election.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with former Mayor of San Diego and Republican candidate for the CA Governor Recall Election.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with Dr. Ernest Moniz, former U.S. Secretary of Energy from 2013-2017.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh replays a 2015 discussion he had with David Axelrod, former senior strategist to President Obama, about his then new autobiography, "Believer: My Forty Years in Politics."
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by award-winning novelist Brad Thor to discuss his latest release, "Black Ice."
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by Governor of the Lone Star State Greg Abbott.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is speaking with the CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom Michael Farris at the ADF Conference in Orlando.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh speaks with Ken Starr at the ADF Conference in Orlando FL about a number of topics and legal issues as well as his latest book, "Religious Liberty in Crisis: Exercising Your Faith in an Age of Uncertainty."
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is broadcasting from the ADF conference in Orlando and speaking with Senator Marco Rubio.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by Jonah Goldberg of The Dispatch.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh speaks with Hoover Institution Fellow and candidate for CA Controller Lanhee Chen. His campaign website can be found at https://www.chenforcalifornia.com
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh talks with former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks about threats posed by Russian cyber hacking, the shocking implications of the CCP's genome harvesting operation, and the insanity of Critical Race Theory.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is talking with award-winning author and friend of the show Daniel Silva about his latest book, "The Cellist."
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by "The Smart Guys" Jonathan Adler of Case Western Reserve Law School and Steve Vladeck of the University of Texas Law School.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh presents a special 4th of July Hillsdale Dialogue with Dr. Larry Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, discussing the Declaration of Independence with audio clips from a 2001 interview with, the late, Dr. Harry V. Jaffa, former Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna and the Claremont Graduate School.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh reads the Declaration of Independence, discusses the founding fathers and the incredible impact of the Lincoln presidency on this special vintage broadcast with Dr. Harry Jaffa of the Claremont Institute (2001).
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh replays a conversation he had with the late former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in 2013 about his then new book, "Rumsfeld's Rules: Leadership Lessons in Business, Politics, War, and Life."
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh replays a 2011 discussion he had with the late Donald Rumsfeld about his then new memoir, Known and Unknown.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh speaks with Andrew Biggio about his new book, "The Rifle: Combat Stories from America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 Garand."
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh replays a 2014 conversation he had with Dr. Charles Krauthammer, Fox News All-Star and Washington Post columnist, author of the then NYT #1 bestseller, Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh replays a discussion from 2014, an interview with Ben Smith, then of Buzzfeed, now of The New York Times, and much in the news this weekend.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by Congressman Mike Waltz to discuss General Milley's recent comments on Critical Race Theory in the U.S. Military.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by David Brooks of The New York Times to discuss the good news and bad news of the pandemic.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh replays a 2013 conversation he had with author and historian Max Boot about his then newly released book, "Invisible Armies."
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by Axios' Jonathan Swan to discuss his remarkable HBO interview with Pakistan PM Kahn.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by Senator Rick Scott to discuss the Republican effort in upcoming elections among other things.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by Texas Senator Ted Cruz to discuss the 2024 presidential race, Biden-Putin summit, and the need to defend Taiwan.
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In this special edition of The Interview, Hugh covers the media reaction to his most recent interview with GOP Leader Mitch McConnell.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh speaks with former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo followed by another interview from yesterday with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by Citizens United president David Bossie.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by former governor of New Jersey Chris Christie.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by New York Times Op-Ed columnist Ross Douthat. He was a senior editor of The Atlantic. He has written on a variety of conservative topics, including the state of Christianity in America and "sustainable decadence" in contemporary society.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina.
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In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by editor-in-chief and co-founder of The Dispatch as well as host of The Remnant podcast, Jonah Goldberg. He is a columnist for the L.A. Times, a Fox News contributor, and author of three New York Times best sellers.
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