The Hanania Show

Jan 27 2025 81 ep. 21 mins 9

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Discussion of politics, philosophy, and current events

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DeepSeek: Hype and Reality

Jan 27 2025 65 mins

The stock market was sent reeling today as a result of the release by the Chinese company DeepSeek of an open source AI model that comes close to or matches the performance of American models, but was created for a fraction of the cost. While traditional models have cost in the range of $100 million to $1 billion to produce, the latest application from DeepSeek was reportedly creat

Winning the War on DEI

Jan 23 2025 7 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comI just did a livestream with Bryan Caplan on Trump’s executive orders on DEI and my role in making them happen. For context, see my post from yesterday. We discuss the history of EO 11246 and Bryan talks about the pressure his dad got from the government to hire more minorities in the airline indu

Inauguration Day Stream

Jan 20 2025 7 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comI just did a stream on the inauguration and Trump’s potential executive orders, some of which might be signed by the time you watch this. I did this stream with screensharing, so you can follow along as I scroll X, the New York Times and the Washington Post, and read about the Biden pardons, what

At the 90th Percentile of Ayn Rand Appreciation

Jan 06 2025 105 mins

Alex Epstein (X, Substack) is a philosopher, energy expert, and the author of two New York Times bestselling books: Fossil Future and The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels.Alex and I met a few years ago through our mutual friend Bryan Caplan. A couple of months ago we were talking and he asked me how much Ayn Rand I had read. I mentioned that I’d gone through Atlas Shrugged when I was

Nietzschean Chuds and the Indian Christmas War

Dec 26 2024 9 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comA war has broken out on X between Tech Right types and populists over the question of Indian immigration. For context, see this article, or basically scroll through my entire X feed. I spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day posting about this, as this topic is where many of my interests overlap. I’

The Cowardly Lion, the Jacked Falconer, and the (Possible) Triumph of Islamo-Capitalism

Dec 16 2024 9 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comTom Khaled Würdemann (follow on X) is a PhD student at Heidelberg University. He also works as a lecturer at the Police College of the State of Hassia, Germany.He joins the podcast to talk mainly about the history of Syria and recent events in that country. I am particularly fascinated by the quest

Hanania, Tracey, Assad

Dec 08 2024 8 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comMichael Tracey joined me tonight to discuss the fall of the Syrian regime. We speculate about the future of Syria, and express surprise regarding how little Assad did to rally his troops and try to inspire them to fight on. See here for the WSJ piece we refer to.

Economic Reasoning and Self-Help

Dec 04 2024 12 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comBryan joined me on a livestream recently to talk about his new book Self-Help is Like a Vaccine. We discuss topics like parenting, how to live a stress free life, when to stick to one’s principles and when to compromise, and more. We end by taking a few questions from the audience. See Bryan on Mi

"Do Your Own Research" (from credible sources)

Dec 02 2024 9 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comStephen Goldstein (follow on X) is a postdoc in Evolutionary Virology at the University of Utah Medical School, where he specializes in coronaviruses. He joins me to discuss vaccines and whether you should get them.Short answer: yes. I’ve been delving a bit into the claims of anti-vaxxers, and eve

Hunter Gets Away, Assad Falters, and the Trump In-Laws Come to Washington

Dec 01 2024 8 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comTonight I had a livestream with Mike Tracey on the Hunter Biden pardon, Trump expressing an intent to name Kash Patel as FBI Director, the latest in Syria, and what Trump might do in Ukraine. I explain to Michael why Trump appointing both of his daughters’ fathers-in-law to positions might make se