Victor Davis Hanson's The Classicist show

Victor Davis Hanson's The Classicist

Summary: The 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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Podcasts:

 A Winning Agenda for 2020 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:14

If Donald Trump wants to win reelection, he’ll champion these issues.

 A Winning Agenda for 2020 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0

Victor Davis Hanson proposes a policy agenda — and a strategic posture — for the Trump campaign to take up in the presidential election.

 Radical Chic and its Terrified Enablers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:55

The mobs don’t have numbers on their side — but they do have quivering elites.

 Radical Chic and Its Terrified Enablers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0

What will bring the wave of radical protests and cancel culture to an end? It would help if the leadership of America’s elite institutions grew a backbone.

 Triumph of the Country Mouse | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:07

The disconnect between urban and rural America is starting to work in the latter’s favor.

 Triumph of the Country Mouse | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0

Victor Davis Hanson explores the historical, political, and economic aspects of the rural-urban divide — and its implications for American culture.

 Revolution, Overreach, and American History | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 29:44

From toppled statues to renamed military bases, a look at the iconoclastic impulses sweeping the country.

 Revolution, Overreach, and American History | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0

Victor Davis Hanson puts the efforts to uproot confederate iconography into historical perspective, examines the revolutionary zeal currently in fashion amongst progressive activists, and compares & contrasts this moment of American instability with otGeorge Floydhers in the nation’s past.

 The Revolution Eats its Own | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:50

The protest movement has unleashed an ideological zeal the Left can no longer control.

 The Revolution Eats Its Own | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0

Victor Davis Hanson looks at how the protest movement inspired by the death of George Floyd has morphed from a legitimate lament of tragedy into a dangerous, revolutionary crusade.

 Dark Days Ahead | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 19:39

On political polarization, the debt reckoning, and Chinese aggression.

 Dark Days Ahead | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0

Victor Davis Hanson takes listeners on a tour of the chaos emerging in the wake of COVID-19: increased political polarization, a tidal wave of debt, and an emboldened China.

 The Cult of the Elites | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0

What happened to America’s elites? During the COVID-19 pandemic they have unleashed a torrent of authoritative pronouncements about the crisis that have too often proven to be incomplete or totally inaccurate. Victor Davis Hanson argues that the increasing specialization of intellectuals — along with a declining sense of humility — is making the expert class […]

 The Cult of the Elites | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:14

We may owe experts respect, but we don’t owe them deference.

 When the Tide Recedes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:56

The challenges facing America — both at home and abroad — as we attempt to bounce back from the coronavirus.

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