His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 160 The U.S. House and Senate GOP elected new minority leaders Tuesday for their caucuses following being curb stomped by voters on Nov. 3. The House GOP elected U.S. Jim Jordan, R-OH, as minority leader. He defeated Steve Scalise, R-LA. Meanwhile, the Senate GOP doubled down on bad leaders, w. U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-SD. One would think after losing the Senate, Thu...

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 159 It will be interesting to see how Israel forms a new government because there are indications that Benjamin Netanyahu will be squeezed out, despite the performance of his Likud party in recent elections. Poland has a crisis unfolding between the president and prime minister. Politico reported that tensions are high between President Karol Nawrocki and Prime Mini...

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 158 Israel was supposed to throw Benjamin Netanyahu to the curb in Tuesday’s elections. The pre-election polls said it was a forgone conclusion for both Netanyahu and his Likud Party. Although Likud will be forced to form a coalition government, and it won’t have the head of the Knesset, it will still be a force in Israel’s government. Will something striking like t...

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 157 U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., recently spoke at the University of Chicago and said the quiet part out loud. She wants to prosecute everyone who works for President Donald Trump. Her goal is for young conservatives coming out of school will be afraid of working in a Republican administration. Worse, she’s a former CIA analyst. She knew exactly what she was s...

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 156 James Talirico, the Democrat for the Texas U.S. Senate seat, is getting away with not having to explain his two-week absence from the campaign trail. Rumors swirled in Texas that he was a patient at the Lindner Center of Hope, a mental health facility, in Mason, Ohio. Audio confirming his departure from the Ohio facility emerged Oct. 11. This should require more...

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 155 On the third anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, remember the unspeakable crimes committed by Hamas against men, women, and children. Remember how they celebrated their savagery. There should be no doubting that Israel has been justified in their response on Hamas, Iran, and Hezbollah. And no one should be surprised how the mass protests inside Iran again...

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 154 A flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv Wednesday produced more drama than anyone wanted. One of the pilots was stabbed multiple times. After the plane dove, passengers rushed the cockpit, subdued the culprit, and took over to complete an emergency landing in northwest Saudi Arabia. Israel scrambled fighter jets because they thought a terrorist event would need a resolu...

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 153 This midterm election should easily be about the economy. To hear President Donald Trump tell it, all economic news is positive. But don’t tell that average Americans who are being suffocated by gas prices that are approaching a national average of $4.50 a gallon. Throw in diesel prices north of $6 a gallon and you have the James Carville phrase “it’s the econom...

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 152 New York State Gov. Kathy Hochul protects criminals, illegal immigrants, and anyone other than law-abiding citizens. She did it again recently by pardoning a Dominican Republic migrant who committed a violent crime and has an aspect of his case that was set for oral arguments before the U.S Supreme Court. Read more about it here . This is Hochul’s juvenile way o...

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 151 The 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks demands some reflections on that historic day. I reflect on my work day as a journalist in the eastern suburbs of Cleveland, how 9/11 altered travel, and how it stripped Americans of civil rights. America hasn’t remembered well. And please enjoy the video “Remember the Day” by Steven Curtis Chapman. This...

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 150 Actress Anne Hathaway tortured the English language by calling abortion “an act of mercy.” Words mean things. When a life is taken inside or outside the womb it is diffiult to call it mercy. In the New Testament, mercy means, “God withholds the punishment that people rightfully deserve for their wrongdoings.” Hathaway wants people to think about the multiple ele...

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 149 Just when you thought you had seen every conceivable angle of the attacks on the World Trade Center, someone resurrects a new one. It comes from WNBC-TV Chopper 4 Videographer April Amonica. In this 3-minute video , with very little commentary, one sees the North Tower already ablaze in the area where the plane struck. Suddenly, Flight 175 hits the South Tower....

A trade war with Canada looms on Sept. 8 after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney walked away from a potential trade deal on Aug. 21. However, this isn’t just about a trade war as it also involves U.S. midterm elections. Carney has calculated that a trade war so close to the election will hurt President Donald Trump’s party that he will be dealing with congressional Democrats. But there’s far mor...

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 147 David Morens , a former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) official, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to commit offenses and to defraud the U.S. He faces up to five years in prison when he’s sentenced, the New York Post and other media reported. This involves efforts to willfully hide communications woth co-conspirators to fail com...

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 146 The U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Oversight Committee now has Dr. Tony Fauci’s government phone. Some of the first info involves Fauci’s concerns to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy about miscarriages for vaxxed pregnant mothers. Fauci’s private concerns never resulted in public warnings. U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R- WI...

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 145 Dr. Tony Fauci will face a contempt of Congress after the Senate Homeland Security and Government Oversight Committee passed a resolution Thursday. It will hit the Senate floor this fall. However, the media’s attempts to resuscitate Fauci’s tattered reputation underscores how out of touch they are and how Americans don’t trust them. Talks are back on between the...

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 144 The fireworks started early in the Senate Homeland Security Committee as Dr. Tony Fauci announced he would plead the fifth and not answer any questions. He reportedly pleaded the fifth 106 times during the hearing. U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ken. and committee chairman, promised consequences from it. He said, “It’s against the law to obstruct an investigation of Con...

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 143 As Dr. Tony Fauci pleaded the fifth before a U.S. Senate committee Wednesday morning, the diary entries that have been made public since last weekend paint the picture of a megalomaniac narcissistic sociopath. Fauci had a god complex, with diary entries that reveal new cases, new deaths, and almost a daily parade of headline grabbing. However, anyone who didn’t...

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 142 Democrats are reacting to the rise of the democratic socialists (read Communists) in the party. Bill Mahrer has said his vote in 2028 is up for grabs. Meanwhile, Van Jones, the former Obama adviser and current CNN contributor, went to Substack recenttly and went off on the crowd pusing abolishing police, not imprisoning murderers and rapists, and rejecting the r...

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 141 My son, Samuel, and I review Young Washington , complete with a focus on some of the issues dating back to the Declaration of Independence. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit curtolson.substack.com

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 140 Israel alerted American leaders to Iranian plot to kill President Donald Trump as he left the recent NATO Summit in Turkey. The death of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., suddenly creates interest in the snap August primary to see if the GOP can keep the Senate seat. Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, was sworn in Tuesday to finish his term. With all eyes...

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 139 Is it the Hunter Biden scandal, but with a taste of Trump and Lutnick? The president’s two sons, Don Jr. and Eric, and Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick’s two sons are set to profit from a plan where a company will be mining tungsten in Kazakhstan. The New York Times has a paywalled original story. The New York Post did one of their own. The whole thing smells of sel...

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 138 With America’s 250th birthday apopraching, follow 1776Live on X as this guy is sending out information under 250 years ago today while tracing events of the American Revolution. The Democrats could have acted normal and saw the communist wolves at the gate before they started using Democrats as a tool for political power. But they didn’t, and we now have a mess...

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 137 The New York State primary on Tuesday delivered a powerful message to the Democratic establishment: the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)—Communists and Marxists—are the base of the party. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani played kingmaker in three Democratic primaries for congressional districts. These DSA nominees are anti-ICE, they want police defunded,...

His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast—Ep. 136 Spencer Pratt, the Republican Los Angeles mayoral candidate who seemed a shoo-in for the general election until he wasn’t, crafted a video response to events surrounding the recent mayoral primary. The video comes with a language warning. It’s unknown how this all ends now. But we haven’t heard the last of Spencer Pratt. Team Trump needs to deport Democrats who...