The Hanania Show

Mar 17 2025 90 ep. 22 mins

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Discussion of politics, philosophy, and current events

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Boomer Liberalism Must Be Overcome

Mar 17 2025 19 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comDerek Thompson is a staff writer at The Atlantic (profile, X account), and the host of the Plain English podcast. He joins me to discuss his new book Abundance, co-authored with Ezra Klein. Derek was actually responsible for the first article I ever published in a mainstream media outlet, which was

Is Trump Serious about Annexing Canada?

Mar 12 2025 26 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comJust did a livestream with Michael Tracey. We talk about the latest news in the Ukraine War. The Ukrainians have accepted a 30-day ceasefire proposed by the Trump administration, and the ball is now in Putin’s court, in Rubio’s words. This seems to us like the minerals deal all over again, where

AMA, 3/5/25

Mar 05 2025 15 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comJust did an AMA. I took questions on whether I would ever have another institutional affiliation again, why Substack is so much higher quality than Twitter, Nick Fuentes’ intelligence, what parts of the Trump agenda might be undone by a future Democratic administration, whether I watch Severance,

The End of Zelensky?

Mar 01 2025 11 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comI did a livestream yesterday after a viral tweet on the Zelensky press conference from hell. I discuss what I saw, scroll Twitter for reactions, and take some questions from the audience. The first hour and a half or so was good, but it dragged out a bit at the end. Yet it’s all here for the super

WE’RE GETTING THOSE MINERALS!!!

Feb 26 2025 13 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comI did my first weekly show with Michael Tracey today. Michael begins by discussing his experience at CPAC and his time at a DOGE appreciation party, where I was apparently a topic of contention. The bulk of our conversation is then spent talking about the deal for the US to supposedly take a cut of

Does God Want You to Listen to This Conversation?

Feb 20 2025 91 mins

I am honored to have New York Times columnist Ross Douthat on the podcast to talk about his new book Believe: Why Everyone Should be Religious. I’ve always seen atheism as my first intellectual position. Upon learning that many Christian doctrines declare that non-believers go to hell and are tortured for all eternity, I decided I needed to look into whether their claims were tru

Why Conservatives Love Andrew Tate

Feb 18 2025 8 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comJust did a livestream with the beautiful gorgeous amazing brilliant stunning Claire Lehmann, editor of Quillette. You can follow them on Substack here, and also follow Claire directly to keep up with what she is doing. Follow her on X too while you’re at it.We discuss conservatives’ love affair

The Miraculous Findings of Paleogenetics

Feb 12 2025 9 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comI just had a discussion with Razib Khan about some of the exciting recent developments in paleogenetics. In 2018, I read David Reich’s Who We Are and How We Got Here and was absolutely captivated by the idea that we could learn about cultures, population movements, and other aspects of our past th

Race Posting Is Not a Personality

Feb 08 2025 8 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comJust did a livestream on the importance of “race posting” in right-wing culture. Things have gone well beyond being anti-woke. Young right-wingers have created a horrifying inverse of woke culture where race and attitudes towards racial issues, along with attitudes towards those who dislike raci

Trump, Elon, and Embracing the Future | Richard Hanania & Noah Smith

Feb 05 2025 72 mins

I did a livestream today with Noah Smith, someone whose writing I have admired for a long time and who I was happy to finally get to meet.We start out by talking about what’s going on with the Trump administration, and all the recent craziness, including the president’s supposed plan for the US to take over Gaza. This blends into discussions about China and Russia, and their me