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Erick opens with a hot dog stand anecdote from New Way Weiners in Macon that matches the polling data: a Trump voter who is not angry, just disappointed, with diesel over six dollars a gallon. He walks through Karl Rove's Wall Street Journal warning that a Trump rally a day in October and an ad […]

Erick tracks the Iran war as Brent hits 95 dollars and West Texas crude hits 91, with Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claiming the Strait of Hormuz is flowing and the regime is finished while Iranian missiles hit Kuwait and possibly a hotel in Jordan. He then reports the growing revolt […]

Erick knocks down the viral photos of the rusted USS Abraham Lincoln as left-wing propaganda, pointing to the HMS Hermes coming back from the Falklands in 1982 in worse shape, then takes a call from Tom, a Navy pilot's father who says the fleet is simply broken and that 62 percent of jet pilots and […]

Join Jim and Greg for the Thursday 3 Martini Lunch as they react to Nebraska's “independent” candidate for senator getting caught saying he can't win if he admits certain positions, a Virginia mom getting convicted and put on a child abuse registry for letting her child take a walk, Maine Sen. Susan Collins stating on […]

With all due respect to grammarians, when we at Beyond the Polls think of New Hampshire, hard facts and rock-solid political analysis from our friend Dante Scala are foremost in mind. In anticipation of Tuesday's Democratic primary, he and Henry discuss the tectonic political shift in the Granite State now that Jeanne Shaheen is retiring—along […]

Things get messy fast in this section of the show as Tim Pool publicly unloads on Alex Jones, refuses calls for a debate and explains why he says he's finished with the longtime media personality. The hosts react to the escalating conservative media infighting before turning to Tucker Carlson's latest comments on Michigan politics. Tucker's […]

Italy is increasingly pushing back against Europe's approach to illegal immigration, including a growing dispute with Germany over who should take responsibility for migrants rescued in the Mediterranean. On this week's episode of the Center for Immigration Studies' Parsing Immigration Policy podcast, Francesca Ronchin offers an Italian perspective on the migration pressures facing Europe and […]

In our back-to-school episode, we welcome the return to D.C. by diving straight into the upcoming midterm elections. Who the hell is running? What the hell do they believe in? Where the hell are the particularly crucial races? Between the Iran War, heightening antisemitism, the increasingly popular DSA, and a possible AI bubble, American voters […]

We're back with another episode of Freedom to Learn, with DFI's Angela Morabito filling in for Host Ginny Gentles. This week, U.S. Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent joins the podcast to give an inside look on how the The Department of Education is bringing transparency to higher education's foreign financial ties, partnering with the […]

Erick returns from break with good scan news for his wife, then breaks down why Army Secretary Dan Driscoll walked into the White House, told President Trump how many generals and admirals Pete Hegseth had quietly purged, and resigned on the spot. He also takes on Laura Ingraham by name over her “never Trump” attack, […]

Jeff and Trisha Bradford join The Chicks on the Right to share the deeply personal story behind their pro-life mission and their book Beauty from Ashes. More than three decades ago, while engaged to be married, Jeff and Trisha discovered they were pregnant. After receiving advice from someone they trusted, they went to Planned Parenthood […]

Join Jim and Greg for the Wednesday 3 Martini Lunch as they consider a terrific defense of capitalism in the face of CNN lefties trying to tie it to white supremacy, Rick Caruso's odd re-emergence in the LA mayor's race, Sen. Ed Markey easily winning his primary and immediately calls for Trump's impeachment, and Hunter […]

In this week's episode of The Learning Curve, co-hosts Alisha Searcy of the Center for Strong Public Schools and retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Barry Anderson speak with historian and legal scholar Edward Larson, author of Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Matters. He explores how the thirteen colonies moved from resistance to British rule to the […]

While many know that Mark Twain created some of the most famous characters in literature—Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, Jim and Puddn'head Wilson—too few have understood that the Missouri author wasn't only America's greatest humorist, but also one of its most subtle political thinkers. But what was the political philosophy of the elusive and ironic […]

A few weeks ago, conservative online discourse was focused on the price of a burrito. Yes, the Vice President of the United States, along with the right's most celebrated minds, were arguing over whether a burrito should cost $20. Beneath the viral posts was a serious question: why does it feel like the American Dream […]

In a retort to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's refusal of a recent trade deal with the United States, President Trump renamed Lake Ontario to “Lake America.” This political renaming of natural landmarks and wonders is not original to Trump. Barack Obama renamed Mount McKinley. Earl Warren's name was stripped from the Legal Institute. Even […]

Erick opens by answering Laura Ingraham's Twitter attack over his Ken Paxton column, then defends Amy Coney Barrett for siding with Clarence Thomas and Donald Trump in the 5-to-4 White House ballroom ruling while tearing apart John Roberts and his “aesthetic injury” dissent. The hour closes on the deadlocked Lindsay Clancy jury in Massachusetts, with […]

Erick breaks with much of the right on Flock cameras, taking apart Ron DeSantis and his move to pull every license plate reader off Florida's state highways, and laying out three fixes he says beat an outright ban: prohibit facial recognition in public rights of way, mandatory prison sentences for police who abuse the system, […]

Erick walks the whole 2026 Senate map, refusing to back off his warning that Ken Paxton is a bad general election candidate against James Talarico in Texas, then breaks live news that Donald Trump has launched new strikes on Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz after Iran tried to mine the strait and fired […]

The Lindsay Clancy trial remains deadlocked as jurors once again fail to reach a verdict—and the circus surrounding the courthouse may be getting even stranger. From Clancy attorney Kevin Reddington's growing fan club to street interviews and one man's blunt assessment of the case, we break down the latest developments. Then Scott Bessent takes aim […]

Join Jim and Greg for the Tuesday 3 Martini Lunch as they discuss congressional Republicans finally defending their own record, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel telling Jews to put the world's needs before their own survival, James Talarico saying fighting climate change requires dismantling capitalism, and Abdul El-Sayed's disturbing 9/11 message. New episodes every weekday. […]

On this edition of The Federalist Radio Hour, Alvin Lui, President of Courage Is A Habit, joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to discuss how the left weaponizes the empathy of normal Americans to force inclusion through “affordable housing,” even if it destroys thriving cities. They discuss how this affects the housing market, crime, […]

Charities (like Capital Research Center) are formally prohibited from intervening in election campaigns. But for years, liberal Big Philanthropy has exploited non-enforcement and loopholes in the law to use charities for transparently electoral purposes. Joining Michael Watson and Tiffany Gabbay to discuss how the left uses charities to directly influence elections is our colleague Parker […]

Ok, they'll bite. What's a university? Ben and Chris are joined by legendary university president E. Gordon Gee. Public trust is in collapse, the core curriculum looks like a Cheesecake Factory menu, the math doesn't add up, and college football looks a heckuva lot like professional football. The guys cover it all. Boy do Stirewalt […]

This week: The first week at Hillsdale College, an update on the Abdul El-Sayed campaign, and Operation Economic Outcast. Dr. Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, joins Hugh Hewitt on the Hillsdale Dialogues. Release date: 28 August 2026

Erick opens by explaining why the Iran war cannot be negotiated like a normal conflict: the Islamic Republic's Mahdiism means the Ayatollahs believe they must bring about the apocalypse. He then walks through Brett McGurk's argument that Iran is actually losing its leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, with oil flows back to two-thirds of […]

Erick reads President Trump's Truth Social post warning that communities rejecting data centers will end up “backwards and poor,” then explains why that is the wrong message and why JD Vance's more nuanced approach is the right one. He walks through the history of populist movements from Huey Long to Zell Miller to argue that […]

From Trump's major Venezuela oil announcement and escalating pressure on Iran to Milo Yiannopoulos' deportation and Hasan Piker's controversial past coming back into the spotlight, there was no shortage of political chaos this weekend. We break down Trump's Venezuela oil deal, Marco Rubio's reaction, new Iran sanctions, U.S. strikes on Iranian missile launchers, Scott Bessent's […]

Join Jim and Greg for the Monday 3 Martini Lunch as they focus on the U.S. military's phenomenal job of de-mining the Strait of Hormuz, Bernie Sanders endorsing a Democrat who has been in Congress for 50 years as a vote against the status quo, Alaska's election system gets even dumber, and ICE arrests and […]

How much of the Middle East's history was actually shaped by the West? The story most of us learned about who created the modern Middle East is incomplete. Dan is joined by historian Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The Cauldron, who argues that we give Western powers too much credit and the people of the […]

Welcome to Last Call, a look at the biggest stories Jim and Greg covered over the past week on the 3 Martini Lunch. This week, they discuss Democrats begging people to stop linking them with Hasan Piker, Abdul El-Sayed comparing circumcision to transgender surgeries for children, President Trump's “Economic D-Day” against Iran and companies doing […]

The band is back together again this week as John Yoo ends his truancy, and we take up the fresh legal and constitutional disputes of the moment, starting with the Supreme Court's recent rulings about mail-in ballots and the Trump Administration's efforts to enlist the Postal Service on behalf of election integrity. From there we […]

Last Friday, with Glenn still on the other side of the world, John McWhorter slid into the host chair for the weekly livestream. The major topic under discussion was the career and death of Jason Arday. As most of you probably know, we cut a segment on Arday from last week's episode because it was […]

Erick uses the Callaway Golf and Good Good Golf blowup, a bad driver ad, a public apology, and a canceled partnership to make a much bigger point about a country with no adults in the room. He tells his own story of the tweet that nearly cost him CNN and how Rush Limbaugh became the […]

Erick kicks off Open Line Friday on President Trump's executive order renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America” and asks the obvious question: who exactly is switching their midterm vote over a lake? He then reports the real story behind the Canada trade war: Jamieson Greer negotiated a deal both sides liked before Commerce Secretary Howard […]

Erick closes Open Line Friday with major Iran news, reporting from Axios and Barak Ravid that the United States has broken Iran's grip on the Strait of Hormuz, plus the full CENTCOM update from Admiral Brad Cooper on the minesweeping operation, the naval blockade, and the 750 million barrels of crude the Navy has escorted […]

Canada is back in the news, but not in the good way like you want. So Steve and James find themselves weighing in on another renamed body of water while wading through the latest wave of weekly events. There's also curiously leaked reporting on CIA chief John Radcliffe's mission to Moscow, investigations into the Soros-backed […]

This Friday's show is packed with political chaos, viral moments, and some genuinely unsettling stories. Trump's fight with Canada reaches a new level as he trolls Mark Carney, takes aim at Canadian trade policies, and renames Lake Ontario “Lake America,” triggering backlash from Canadian leaders and Democrats at home. The Chicks also dig into the […]

On this edition of The Federalist Radio Hour, Matt Osborne, former CIA agent and founder of Osborne Security and Education Consultants, joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to discuss the many dangers that kids might encounter in the modern school system, including active shooter scenarios, “gun-free zones,” cyberbullying, human trafficking, and sextortion, and how parents […]