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The former head of the CIA joins the guys and things get wonky. The (mostly) unredacted conversation covers everything: Russia, China, college basketball, AI, spy novels, and what it takes to become an intelligence officer. What does the former top spy remember most about his time as a hostage at the Farm’s Special Operations Training […]

Cue the fanfare and Pomp and Circumstance March Number One: The MacArthur Foundation has revealed its latest class of “Genius Grant” recipients (officially styled MacArthur Fellows). But behind the marketing hype, this program—and the related program of the even-more-radical Marguerite Casey Foundation—are just an old form of ideological or political advancement: Patronage. Joining us to […]

The Cornell 7 case has sparked national outrage against the young “Jane Doe,” the seven accused fraternity brothers, and the larger group chat of men who did nothing to stop the alleged rape. But who is guilty when all parties are intoxicated and willing? Perhaps the root of the problem is not a legal one. […]

Erick, broadcasting from a hotel on assignment, tells listeners the midterm polling is bad but not as bad as the headlines, breaking down Steve Kornacki’s NBC News poll on Hispanic voters (a 24-point Democratic lead on the generic ballot versus 22 points in 2022) and the cost of living and corruption problems dragging down Republicans. […]

Erick reacts to Southern Baptist Convention president Willy Rice telling Fox News that Christians need to step up in politics, and argues that believers cannot play team sport for the Republican Party while corruption is the number two issue for voters. Using the book of Lamentations, the Psalm 51 repentance of King David, and the […]

Erick opens with breaking news that the US has cleared Iraqi airspace for Israeli aircraft after pulling American troops out of Iraq — armed skirmishes spread inside Iran, oil falls to $100 Brent, and B-1 bombers leave RAF Fairford after a foiled terror plot. He argues the carrier group and 10,000 Marines headed to the […]

This episode covers a packed day of political news, media drama, and viral moments. The Chicks break down Tucker Carlson’s tense interview with Jacob Rees-Mogg, including pushback over Tucker’s comments about Hitler and Russia’s economy. Plus, Abdul El-Sayed faces questions over his past “defund the police” position while prominent Democrats are pressed on whether they’ll […]

Join Jim and Greg for the Monday 3 Martini Lunch as they dig into reports of a Russian dying from the plague after a lab accident, the Democrats planning to push tax increases to address affordability concerns, another lefty tax scheme blowing up in Dems’ faces, and Sunday’s Bears-Jets game. New episodes every weekday. 👉 […]

Steve Cortes warns that the United States could repeat Europe’s experience with mass Muslim immigration, pointing to Dearborn, Michigan, and arguing that assimilation and shared American values should play a larger role in immigration policy. He also discusses what he found while reporting in Michigan, Maine and Wisconsin and how immigration could shape major races […]

This week: The war in Iran, adjusting exams in the age of artificial intelligence, and the importance of small classroom sizes. Dr. Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, joins Hugh Hewitt on the Hillsdale Dialogues. Release date: 02 October 2026

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 Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) endorsing Democrats in the midterm elections, an apparent terrorist attack by a pilot on a plane with many Israeli passengers, new research […]

The Fed just raised interest rates — and Zach Abraham from Bulwark Capital Management joins the Chicks to explain why, what it means for inflation, housing, and your wallet, and why this economy is unlike anything we’ve seen before. From soaring debt and stubborn inflation to the AI spending boom and a changing global economy, […]

Richard Epstein examines Trump’s proposal to send Americans $5,000 checks, questioning who would pay, whether the giveaway makes economic sense, and what congressional approval it would require. He discusses the difference between political promises and bribery, the constitutional limits on presidential spending, and the electoral risks of sweeping cash giveaways and whether a constitutional amend...

Way back in the 1970s, Malcolm Muggeridge wrote a classic essay entitled “The Great Liberal Death Wish,” but in recent years this formulation has become more pronounced. Forget abortion: the leading edge of Progressive “compassion” is “assisted” suicide, which, while claiming to be in the cause of “relieving suffering,” looks to be much more insidious […]

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Glenn and John host Sean Stevens of FIRE to discuss the organization’s College Free Speech Rankings and the methodology behind measuring campus speech climates, alongside concerns about administrations overreaching under the guise of safety—particularly around Israel-Palestine speech. The show then moves to audience Q&A, covering the earlie...

Sometimes life feels like a freak show, and the sane can either take it in or turn away. This week gave us more glimpses of horror than usual, which tends to make folks more amenable to harsh punishments. James, Steve, and Charles consider the death penalty in light of the heinous crime of an unsuccessfully […]

Erick opens Open Line Friday with a sweeping history of social contagion, from the 1518 Strasbourg dancing plague and the Salem witch trials to the McMartin preschool panic, then connects it to new data showing LGBTQ identification among kids in free fall and J.K. Rowling’s take on the trans fad. He also reports that oil […]

Erick takes on a New York Times report that Anthropic quietly hosted religious scholars under nondisclosure agreements to discuss AI consciousness and Claude’s moral status, and that the company reportedly considered pulling out of a Vatican launch event for Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on AI. Erick argues theologically that AI is a math equation that […]

Erick wrestles with the Cornell Seven fraternity case, arguing that society cannot prosecute bad or immoral behavior, only crimes, and walks through New York consent law, the Duke lacrosse case, the University of Virginia fraternity hoax, and the Lindsay Clancy insanity verdict. He also reports that national Republicans are pulling money from Michael Whatley in […]

Jeff is joined by Jonathan Turley – Georgetown University law professor, author, and constitutional law expert – to discuss the revolutionary roots of America, and how a few key distinctions between our revolution and that of France kept America from devouring itself, as so many revolutions do. Get Jonathan Turley’s new book, Rage and the […]

The Chicks are back with a packed Friday show covering the biggest stories, viral clips, and controversies making headlines. They react to conspiracy theories surrounding the FlyDubai attack, including reactions from Ana Kasparian and others questioning the official narrative. Plus, Steve Hilton and Xavier Becerra face off in a heated California debate over taxes, Trump, […]

Join Jim and Greg for the Friday 3 Martini Lunch as they weigh on on several prominent Democrats injecting themselves into the “Cornell 7” case, Maine Senate hopeful Troy Jackson being frustrated that Jewish voters don’t believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, the Trump administration going atter “ghost student” fraud and saving taxpayers a lot […]

On this edition of The Federalist Radio Hour, National Civil Liberties Alliance Senior Litigation Counsel Margaret Harker joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to discuss the NCLA’s lawsuit against former “special counsel” Jack Smith for unlawfully seizing Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s phone records and explain why it is unconstitutional. Federalist Co-Founder and CEO Sean Davis al...

Can the government track your car, can the president show reporters the door, and can you blame a chatbot for someone’s crimes? Charles C. W. Cooke, Richard Epstein, and John Yoo tackle Flock surveillance cameras and the Fourth Amendment, the fight over White House press access, and the limits of AI liability—before taking on Meta’s […]

Guest: Robert Livingston Host Scot Bertram talks with Robert Livingston, former U.S. representative from Louisiana, about efforts by the Biden White House to punish political enemies through lawfare, his own experience as a target of the judicial system, and his new book: The Rainbow Chaser: The Man Who Gambled for Success and Broke Even. To learn […]