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Prediction Market MoversRichard Hanania on Prediction Markets, White Nationalism & the Midterms | Prediction Market MoversOn this episode of Prediction Market Movers, Chris Gerlacher is joined by political commentator and writer Richard Hanania for an in-depth conversation on prediction markets, Republican Party realignment, and the road to the 2026 midterms and 2028 presidential election.
Richard shares his personal history with prediction markets, from trading on PredictIt to being a named plaintiff in PredictIt’s lawsuit against the CFTC.
The discussion explores why prediction markets remain one of the most powerful tools for forecasting political outcomes, holding commentators accountable, and cutting through media narratives.
The conversation then turns to politics, where Ri...
2026-01-2845 min
Razib Khan's Unsupervised LearningRichard Hanania: his break with the Right and the rise of kakistocracyOn this episode Razib, talks to Richard Hanania, a returning guest to the podcast. Hanania holds a Ph.D. from UCLA, a J.D. from the University of Chicago, and an undergraduate degree from CU Boulder in linguistics. He is a regular contributor to the Boston Globe and UnHerd, and has his own newsletter. Hanania is also the author of The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics. Razib and Hanania talk about his new book Kakistocracy: Why Populism Ends in Disaster, and his developing views on populism and immigration. They highli...
2026-01-161h 27
Gunther Fehlinger PodcastAmerican conservative/libertarian Richard Hanania on Trump, Vance, and Europe’s Wake-Up CallGunter Fehlinger (Vienna) interviews Richard Hanania, an American writer with a political science background who covers U.S. politics and geopolitics and has published books including The Origins of Woke. They discuss how Trump and the current GOP shifted toward populist nationalism, what that means for Europe and Ukraine, and why tariffs and “zero-sum” thinking are back. Hanania also explains the U.S. “woke/DEI” backlash, contrasts U.S. vs. European immigration debates, and critiques today’s influencer-driven media ecosystem. 00:03 – Intro, show growth, guest welcome 01:38 – Hanania: classical liberal/libertarian vs. today’s conservatism 03:20 – How Trump captured the GOP: populism, nativism...
2026-01-0846 min
Razib Khan's Unsupervised LearningRichard Hanania: his break with the Right and the rise of kakistocracyThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.comOn this episode Razib, talks to Richard Hanania, a returning guest to the podcast. Hanania holds a Ph.D. from UCLA, a J.D. from the University of Chicago, and an undergraduate degree from CU Boulder in linguistics. He is a regular contributor to the Boston Globe and UnHerd, and has his own newsletter. Hanania is also the author of The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics.Razib and Hanania talk...
2026-01-0419 min
The Hanania ShowMaduro in Jail. Is America Back?This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comI just did a livestream with Daniel Di Martino (X) of the Manhattan Institute. He immigrated to the US from Venezuela ten years ago and has a PhD in economics from Columbia University. I temporarily pulled him away from TV appearances and getting protein drinks to talk about what just happened in his home country. We go into the history of Venezuela, its relationship with Cuba, where Chavismo comes from, who actually is going to run the country now, what Maduro’s...
2026-01-0417 min
The Hanania ShowWhy Trump Finally Went too FarThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comJust did a livestream discussing my recent article, “JD Vance Is the White Kendi.” I elaborate on the essay a bit, and explain why I think that Vance is overwhelmingly likely to be the Republican nominee in 2028. I also give some advice on how to attack Vance from either the left or right. People are yet to fully dig into the disconnect between the author of Hillbilly Elegy and what he has become. No one is paying close enough attention to this...
2025-12-1613 min
The H&H PodcastOn Being Possessed by the AntiheroThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comTyler Tone joins me to discuss There Will Be Blood (2007), as part of my Paul Thomas Anderson series, which has thus far included One Battle After Another (2025) and Boogie Nights (1997).I absolutely loved this film. Daniel Plainview was one of those characters who become incorporated into my psyche for a substantial period of time, like Don Draper or Tony Soprano. I open by discussing how Plainview’s relationship with his son affected how I interacted with my own for a...
2025-12-0315 min
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableEpstein, Moral Panic and Racism with Richard HananiaNoam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by Richard Hanania. Hanania writes a newsletter about American politics, ethics, international relations and culture. He is the author of Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy and The Origins of Woke. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, The Economist, and other publications. His book, Kakistocracy: Why Populism Ends in Disaster, is forthcoming.
2025-12-011h 09
The H&H PodcastThe End of Nostalgia?This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comFresh off watching One Battle After Another, I did a livestream review of Boogie Nights with Tyler Tone as part of a series on Paul Thomas Anderson films. We begin with a discussion about the movie playing to nostalgia. This was a film made in 1997 set in the 1970s and 1980s. It is impossible to imagine us today having the same feelings looking back at the aughts. I wonder whether this is similar to economic growth in that the low hanging...
2025-11-0412 min
The H&H PodcastWoke, Pre-Woke, or Post-Woke?This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comLily Zuckerman joins me again to discuss the new Paul Thomas Anderson film One Battle After Another. The movie consciously goes out of its way to separate itself from circa-2020 era wokeness. Lily calls it representative of Chapo Trap House liberalism.I enjoyed Lockjaw as an amalgamation of rightoid characters. He’s in the military, and also a Nazi, and an incel. I point out that another way that this movie is not woke is that its bad guys ar...
2025-10-2113 min
The H&H PodcastLeo Strauss Watching Hitler in Modern GermanyThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comRob Henderson joins me to talk about Look Who’s Back (2015) (watch on YouTube), a German film with the premise that Hitler returns to life and becomes a successful entertainer. We talk about the over-the-top antifascist messaging of the movie, as on the surface we see Germans indulging their racism, and (spoiler) at the end a Hitler voiceover as we’re shown the activities of modern day rightists.Yet we can’t help but wonder… is there a Straussian understa...
2025-09-2325 min
The H&H PodcastDefault Scripts and Dating as a ChecklistThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comLily Zuckerman is a student at UATX. She suggested we watch Materialists (2025), in which a high-end matchmaker named Lucy Mason (Dakota Jackson) goes around setting people up while also being involved in a love triangle of her own. I think this film perfectly encapsulates the post-MeToo era. Sure, there’s still a sexual assault storyline, etc. But it seems that after the crazy 2010s and early 2020s, men and women are back to being honest about what they want. Wo...
2025-09-1221 min
The Hanania ShowThe Real Epstein Conspiracy?This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comGhislaine speaks! And as it turns out, there is still nothing to the Epstein conspiracies. Michael Tracey has a nice breakdown of how it went, pointing out that there is no indication she is lying, even when you might expect to see signs of her doing so. He joins me to discuss. I went into this conversation thinking I had learned almost everything important about the Epstein saga. I was wrong. There are so many threads to pull here...
2025-08-2522 min
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Richard Hanania Wants To De-Radicalize Internet RacistsThis week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie are once again joined by Richard Hanania to discuss his racist past and anti-racist present, his experience in a Mexican boot camp, Trump’s Epstein problem, how Democrats can win over young white men, posting while parenting, and more.Right-Wing Writer Richard Hanania's Racist Past Expos… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org
2025-07-3018 min
Doom DebatesRichard Hanania vs. Liron Shapira — AI Doom DebateRichard Hanania is the President of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology. His work has been praised by Vice President JD Vance, Tyler Cowen, and Bryan Caplan among others.In his influential newsletter, he’s written about why he finds AI doom arguments unconvincing. He was gracious enough to debate me on this topic. Let’s see if one of us can change the other’s P(Doom)!0:00 Intro1:53 Richard's politics2:24 The state of political discourse3:30 What's your P(Doom)?™6:38 How to stop the doom train
2025-06-281h 52
TanglePREVIEW - The Friday Edition: Isaac talks with Richard HananiaIn today's Friday edition, Executive Editor Isaac Saul talks with author and political commentator Richard Hanania. They discuss his evolution from being part of the alt-right to becoming a more moderate conservative voice. He reflects on his past writings, the impact of the Trump administration, and the complexities of navigating public perception amidst his changing views. Hanania also delves into the implications of Project 2025 and critiques the current administration's approach to DEI policies, particularly the need for a balanced perspective on identity politics. He also talks about the dangers posed to democracy by the current political climate and assesses...
2025-04-1129 min
The Hope Axis by Anna GátRichard Hanania: A Golden Age of Satire#satire #newsletters #DOGE #elonmusk #politics #liberalism #trolls #feminismThis was our 21st episode, and I celebrated its coming of drinking age by inviting my scandal hero mutual Richard Hanania. We talked about the art of satire (and a little trolling). Writing independently and without filter. Why Neoliberalism was, according to Richard, right. Why Liberals must make a comeback. Why women’s intuition should be taken seriously. Why romance is a pillar of social order. Why men and women - and generations, political sides - need to talk to each other. The social value of Classical Liberalism. Why Conservatism, according to Ri...
2025-03-221h 18
DestinyRichard Hanania - Trump vs Zelenskyy MeltdownDestiny debates Richard Hanania about Ukraine, Trump, and whether Richard regrets voting for Trump.
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2025-03-081h 11
"Econ 102" with Noah Smith and Erik TorenbergRichard Hanania & Noah Smith: Making Sense of Trump, Elon, and Global PoliticsThis week, we're sharing Richard Hanania and Noah Smith’s live conversation from Feb 6th, recorded for their Substack audiences. This is the first time the two writers have met, and in this conversation they covered fundamental differences between the American right and left movements. They also discuss Elon Musk's positioning as the future Republican kingmaker and Noah's theory that Musk envisions coordinating a global "anti-woke alliance" with Putin and Xi.
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2025-02-281h 15
The Hanania ShowTrump, Elon, and Embracing the Future | Richard Hanania & Noah SmithI 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 memetic relationships with the American left and right respectively. Noah explains why he believes that Putin will not make a deal in the current conflict, and why that...
2025-02-051h 12
Ask a JewThe Dumbening of Society - With Richard HananiaWe totally thought Richard Hanania was a Jew, and by the time we found out he’s Palestinian (gasp!) it was too late to cancel. Just kidding, we loved talking to Richard about everything from the online right-wing “trollosphere”, antisemitism (which he gets his fair share of), Twitter politics, elite human capital, disappearing pronoun bios, and in general why everything is just more stupid now.Follow Richard on X/Twitter , check out the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology, and subscrie to his Substack here. This is a public episode. If you'd like t...
2025-02-051h 16
From the New WorldRichard Hanania: Ending the War on WokeRichard Hanania is the author of the Richard Hanania Newsletter, the Origins of Woke, and Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy.Find Richard:https://x.com/RichardHananiahttps://www.amazon.com/Origins-Woke-Corporate-Identity-Politics/dp/0063237210Mentioned in the episode:https://www.amazon.com/Fossil-Future-Flourishing-Requires-Gas-Not/dp/0593420411 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fromthenew.world/subscribe
2025-02-031h 40
The Hanania ShowNietzschean Chuds and the Indian Christmas WarThis 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’m particularly fascinated by the idea of right-wing nationalism as a radical egalitarian movement that masquerades as one that is Nietzschean. As soon as these people wa...
2024-12-2609 min
The Hanania ShowHanania, Tracey, AssadThis 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.
2024-12-0908 min
Quillette CeteraTalking Far-Right Extremism and the Middle East with Richard HananiaRichard Hanania is an American political scientist and commentator, known for his right-wing perspectives and as president of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology. He faced controversy in 2023 when his past writings under a pseudonym advocating white nationalism resurfaced, which he has since disavowed. His book, The Origins of Woke, critiques identity politics and has sparked both praise and criticism.In this conversation, Richard shares his journey from academia to becoming a public commentator, discussing his views on nervousness, political identity, and the complexities of group differences. He reflects on his...
2024-11-2940 min
The Hanania ShowHanania/Tracey: Gaetz Withdraws!!This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comMichael Tracey joins me on a livestream today to discuss Matt Gaetz withdrawing his nomination to be Attorney General. We also talk about where MAGA is going, the increasing meaninglessness of the term “neocon”, escalation in Ukraine, and more. Here’s the video Michael sent me showing the missile attack in Dnipro today. I’ve found that livestreams are a good way to build a following on Substack. So I’ve been doing them almost daily. I’m not going...
2024-11-2107 min
The H&H PodcastHanania/Henderson, AMAThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comLast night I had an AMA with Rob Henderson. The way I’m going to do these from now on is that the livestream is open to everyone in the moment, but only paid subscribers can listen to the whole thing. To join us for future episodes, you need to have the Substack app downloaded on your phone or tablet. Announcements are on X and Notes, and you get a notification when it starts on the app. I don’t want to e...
2024-10-3008 min
The Jim Rutt ShowEP 267 Richard Hanania on the Presidential Election and MoreJim talks with Richard Hanania in the third of four interviews with heterodox political thinkers on the upcoming US presidential election. They discuss the danger of "heterodox orthodoxy," Trump's election denial, disagreeing with the Democrats on policy, Jim's critiques of both parties, religion's impact on policy, Republicans as the party of low human capital, the idea of Trump derangement syndrome, the number of people who served under Trump who are not supporting him, guardrails against overthrowing the election, the likelihood that Trump wins, the apparent swing toward Trump among young men, and much more.
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2024-10-2352 min
HeterodorxRichard Hanania Hates His AudiencePolitical commentator and contrarian (but don’t call him that) Richard Hanania talks about his transition from callow supporter of Barack Obama through the fringes of Internet reactionary libertarianism and back to good old fashioned American conservatism, only to find that such a thing hardly exists any more. He tells us that Trump is bad, the Covid vaccine is good, and either extreme is prone to be wrong. Maybe the middle isn't all that bad? Hanania steps on a copyright landmine, makes cartoon quips, and advocates for cultural changes that would be recognizable to grey-heads like Nina and Corinna wh...
2024-09-251h 09
The Hanania ShowStaring into the Abyss of MAGAThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comWhen Richard Spencer (follow on X, Substack) asked me to appear on his podcast, I was a bit hesitant. Ever since our past relationship became public, I’ve wanted to forget my earlier writing career ever happened. Talking to Spencer again would just remind me and everyone else of a time in my life I’d rather ignore.That said, I’ve been paying attention to his output, and I must say he’s become one of the sharpest critics...
2024-09-2412 min
Luke FordDecoding Richard Hanania (8-19-24)02:00 NYT: Hooray! WNBA and media bully Caitlin Clark into denouncing critics of the racist and heterophobic violence perpetrated against her, https://www.stevesailer.net/p/nyt-hooray-wnba-and-media-bully-caitlin
04:00 Steve Sailer: It's time for a national conversation about racist violence ... in the WNBA, https://www.stevesailer.net/p/its-time-for-a-national-conversation
06:00 DNC Begins: Can Harris Get Boost She Needs vs Trump? | Mark Halperin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBifdcaLH-w
18:00 Why Hanania is voting Republican, https://substack.com/@richardhanania/p-147665224
20:00 Richard Hanania's confident proclamations about covid show that he doesn't have a clue, https://www.richardhanania.com/p/are-covid-restrictions-the-new-tsa
29:30 Hanania claims he can write as...
2024-08-201h 28
The Hanania ShowHaters, Left and RightThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comNote: Reminder that I’ll be live streaming on X tonight, and every Thursday from now on starting at 9PM ET. I’ll go over some news of the day and also answer your questions. Submit anything you would like to ask here. I’ve previously had Walt Bismarck on the podcast, which served as a kind of announcement of his return to (anonymous) public life. This week he invited me on his own show, and I was happy to obl...
2024-05-1609 min
The Hanania ShowGod, Moral Realism, Utilitarianism, and Other Light TopicsThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comMatthew Adelstein is a sophomore studying philosophy at the University of Michigan. You might know him from the Bentham’s Bulldog Substack. I originally invited him on to talk about my recent article taking a maximalist pro-choice position, and his response, along with my responses to his response. We meant this to be a discussion mostly about abortion, but instead we went in all kinds of other directions.Matthew begins by pretty much convincing me to become a moral re...
2024-05-0812 min
Subversive w/Alex KaschutaRichard Hanania - Leaving wokeness behind without burning it all downThis is the first part of our conversation. The full episode and the complete archive of Subversive episodes, including exclusive episodes and my writing, are available on Substack.
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My conversation with Richard covers the origins and implications of civil rights law and its impact decades down the line. We also discuss the influence of wokeness, the role of...
2024-04-2450 min
House of StraussHoS: Richard HananiaThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comRichard Hanania is, I believe, the most controversial person to appear on this podcast (though I’m curious if the subscribers can offer up some competitors for that title). Based on his public profile one might think his book, The Origins of Woke, would be a searing polemic. But it’s not. It’s really more of a law history with a focus on how legal decisions determine institutional policy and cultural norms. I think most people assume law to be downst...
2024-02-2803 min
Stranded Technologies PodcastEp. 71: Richard Hanania on the Legal Origins of Woke, Nietzschean Liberalism and the Public Choice Approach to International RelationsRichard Hanania is the founder and president of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology, and author the books “The Origins of Woke” and “Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy”.This is a far-ranging conversation with an emerging star public intellectual.In this episode we discuss:* Political theory: Nietzschean Liberalism, the worldview that greatness is a higher value than equality coupled with the insight that the liberal institutions of markets & democracy are the best delivery mechanism for greatness* The influence of law on society: it's a recurring topic of this podcast...
2023-10-2558 min
Star Spangled GamblersRichard Hanania Takes on Cancel Culture in the Political Betting CommunityAfter listening to our recent episode about calls in the forecasting community to cancel him, Richard Hanania offered to appear on the show. Richard and Pratik Chougule discuss: — Cancel culture in the rationalist community — The conservative judiciary and how it could legalize prediction markets — The odds of Vivek Ramaswamy and Donald Trump to secure the GOP nomination — Balancing the incentives of being a forecaster and a pundit 3:25: Interview begins 4:14: Richard's new book The Origins of Woke and his association with Vivek Ramaswamy 7:00: Richard responds to those in the forecasting community who want...
2023-10-2242 min
Worker and ParasiteThe Origins of Woke by Richard HananiaIn this episode, Jerry and Stably discuss the book The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics by Richard Hanania. The conversation opens with some humor and banter about the book’s author, including playful speculation about his name and background. This sets the stage for a candid and occasionally irreverent examination of the book’s arguments and themes.The hosts focus on Hanania’s central thesis that the rise of identity politics in the United States has been driven significantly by legal changes, particularly in civil rights law. They explor...
2023-10-191h 00
Based Camp | Simone & Malcolm CollinsRichard Hanania on the Legal Origins of Woke CultureWe are joined by author Richard Hanania to discuss his controversial new book "The Origins of Woke." Richard argues that modern woke ideology stems directly from changes to civil rights law in the 60s and 70s, not broader cultural shifts. He traces how pursuing equality of outcomes rather than opportunity put quotas and disparate impact front and center, leading to impacts on testing, HR, and more. We debate whether wokeness may also have religious origins. Richard details the role of government in racial classification, Title IX, and mandating practices at universities. We discuss potential government action to combat wokeness...
2023-10-1130 min
Razib Khan's Unsupervised LearningRichard Hanania: The Origins of Woke - Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics In September 2023, Harper Collins published Richard Hanania's The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics, two months after Christopher Rufo's America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything. Both these books tackle the same issue: the US's Leftist cultural direction, especially since 2015, and what Matthew Yglesias termed the "Great Awokening" in 2019. Razib recently interviewed both authors, and today we release the first of two conversations over consecutive days so listeners can reflect on Hanania and Rufo's divergent perspectives on one of the major themes of American political culture in the 2020's. ...
2023-10-0847 min
Aporia PodcastHow To Win | Richard HananiaRichard Hanania is the founder and president of the Center for the Study of Partizan Ship and Ideology, and author of Origins of Woke. Richard shares enlightening perspectives on how pivotal moments in history, like the Civil Rights Act and the advent of technological developments, shaped the contours of the wokeness debate. We dissect the evolution of Civil Rights Law, exploring critical cases like Griggs v Duke Power Company and interpretations of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that redefined the concept of potential discrimination.
We explore strategies to combat wokeness, assess its impact on the political landscape...
2023-10-071h 15
THE SAVAGE NATIONTHE ORIGINS OF WOKE. With Richard Hanania- #635Author Richard Hanania joins Savage to discuss his new book, The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics. In a nation nearly evenly split between conservatives and liberals, the left dominates nearly all major institutions, including universities, the government, and corporate America. Hanania argues that this is as much a legal requirement as it is an issue of one side triumphing in the marketplace of ideas. Culture has its own independent force, but the state has, since the 1960s, been putting its thumb on the scale. In their conversation, Savage and Hanania d...
2023-10-0639 min
"Upstream" with Erik TorenbergE28: Richard Hanania Returns | Trump, the Sexual Revolution, and ImmigrationWriter and political scientist Richard Hanania is back on Upstream to discuss Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican establishment, the sexual revolution, immigration, and his ideological differences with Curtis Yarvin. We're proudly sponsored by Vanta. Get $1000 off Vanta with https://www.vanta.com/upstreamUpstream is a part of the Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: www.turpentine.co–SPONSORS: BEEHIIV | SHOPIFY | MERCURY | VANTAHead to Beehiiv, the newsletter platform built for growth, to power your own. Connect with premium brands, scale your audience, and deliver a beautiful UX that stands out in an...
2023-10-061h 25
Chatter#338 - Richard Hanania: The Origins of WokeIn this podcast with author Richard Hanania we talked about his brand new book, The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics. In a nation nearly evenly split between conservatives and liberals, the left dominates nearly all major institutions, including universities, the government, and corporate America. Hanania argues that this is as much a legal requirement as it is an issue of one side triumphing in the marketplace of ideas. Culture has its own independent force, but the state has, since the 1960s, been putting its thumb on the scale. In the conversation...
2023-10-0451 min
Adam Carolla ShowOrny Adams, Teresa Strasser & Author Richard Hanania | News on Danny Masterson & Luis RubialesAdam welcomes comedian Orny Adams and Teresa Strasser to the show. They talk about DMV photos, on-air meltdowns, and ex-Spanish soccer president Luis Rubiales. They also talk about Teresa’s new book, Making it Home, and have a chat with Teresa’s father. Next, Teresa reports news stories about Eric Clapton, Danny Masterson, and Howard Stern. Lasty, Adam welcomes author Richard Hanania to discuss his new book outlining the origins of the woke movement.
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2023-09-212h 10
Razib Khan's Unsupervised LearningRichard Hanania: The Origins of Woke - Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity PoliticsThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.comFor the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid. Check them out at orchidhealth.com.In September 2023, Harper Collins published Richard Hanania’s The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics, two months after Christopher Rufo’s America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything. Both thes...
2023-09-2010 min
Get Top Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsThe Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics by Richard HananiaPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/631148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics Author: Richard Hanania Narrator: Timothy Andrés Pabon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 19, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Richard Hanania has emerged as one of the most talked-about writers in the nation, and in this book, he puts forward a stunning new theory about the culture war that could turn our debates upside down. Richard Hanania has come out of nowhere to become one of the best-known w...
2023-09-1905 min
Star Spangled GamblersShould Richard Hanania Be Canceled from the Political Forecasting Community?Rule3O3 and Pratik Chougule discuss whether the political forecasting community should cancel Richard Hanania in light of his edgy writings on race, sex, and other hot-button issues. Timestamps: 0:53: Jonathan Zubkoff wins the CSPI/Salem Center forecasting tournament 2:58: Manifest conference 5:04: Crime markets on Manifold 6:58: Open invitation to Hanania to appear on SSG 10:23: Who is Hanania? 15:22: Why a cancel attempt on Hanania 19:09: Should Hanania be canceled from the forecasting community? 23:24: Peter Wildeford's criticism 29:03: Aaron Bergman's warning on ideological policing 32:22: Political betting as a solution to political...
2023-09-1550 min
The H&H PodcastDid One Film Change American Culture?I first heard of the movie Blackboard Jungle while reading Derek Thompson’s Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction. The film is most remembered today for opening with the song Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets, which set off the rock and roll revolution and everything that came after it. Blackboard Jungle is a story mostly told through the perspective of an inner-city teacher named Richard Dadier, and serves as a way to showcase what at the time was considered urban dysfunction among teenage boys. Here’s how...
2023-08-191h 01
CSPI PodcastPropaganda and Power | Chris Rufo & Richard HananiaChris Rufo joins the podcast to talk about his new book, America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything.Rufo begins by talking about his background and his theory of political change. The conversation then shifts to his new book, the strengths of Ron DeSantis as an administrator, and finally what he’s doing on the board of the New College of Florida. Topics include:* Where did all of the crazy ideas that seem to have taken over institutions in the last few years come from? * What took conservatives so long to wa...
2023-07-241h 20
ManifoldRichard Hanania & Rob Henderson: The Rise of Wokeness and the Influence of Civil Rights Law — #39Steve Hsu, Richard Hanania, and Rob Henderson were scheduled for a June 2023 panel as part of the University of Austin (UATX) Forbidden Courses series. Steve missed the panel due to travel issues, but the three have gathered on this podcast to recreate the fun!They discuss:0:00 Introduction1:20 The University of Austin and forbidden courses17:37 Will woke campus culture change anytime soon?29:57 Common people vs elites on affirmative action35:42 Why it’s uncomfortable to disagree about affirmative action41:22 Fraud and misrepresentation in higher ed44:20 The adversity carveout in the Supreme Co...
2023-07-131h 34
The H&H PodcastThe Ultimate Boomer BaitRob Henderson joins me to discuss Season 1 of Yellowstone. I had only heard about the show when I saw a controversy blow up on Twitter where Matt Walsh was attacking boomers for liking it while denouncing the series as woke propaganda.Rob uses a phrase that I love to describe the series: “profoundly unsophisticated.” Every character tells you exactly what they’re thinking or what they’re planning at each moment. You get wild coincidences and strange chance encounters that add shootouts, horse chases, and action scenes to the show without having much basis in the plot. The poli...
2023-07-081h 07
"Upstream" with Erik TorenbergE15: Richard Hanania on Vivek Ramaswamy, Affirmative Action, and the Winning Agenda for 2024Erik sits down with writer and political scientist Richard Hanania. This extended discussion encompasses Richard’s intellectual education and views on how the world works, including affirmative action, the dynamic divide between conservatives and liberals, government overreach, geopolitics, and intellectual contemporaries worth reading. If you’re looking for SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR or HIPAA compliance, head to Vanta: https://www.vanta.com/1000--We're hiring across the board at Turpentine and for Erik's personal team on other projects he's incubating. He's hiring a Chief of Staff, EA, Head of Special Projects, Investment Associate, and more. For a li...
2023-07-072h 16
The Active VoiceThe Active Voice: Richard Hanania is seeking ‘enlightened centrism’Even among politics and media junkies, few people had heard the name Richard Hanania before 2020. But then, as the pandemic intensified online tribalism, the political scientist emerged with a provocative analysis that carried the headline “Why Is Everything Liberal?” The piece, which explores why almost every major institution in the U.S. leans left, did the rounds on Twitter, announcing Richard’s arrival as a distinctive new voice in American politics discourse. Soon enough, he followed it up with a series of other pithily headlined posts that demonstrated a streak of contrarianism that variously managed to win fans and challe...
2023-06-2344 min
The Hanania ShowClown Car: 6/15/23This was a great conversation with Inez, as it got into some deep differences regarding how we see politics. We start by discussing the Trump indictment, and how bad the charges against him are. From Inez’s perspective, this is just the latest part of the story of a permanent bureaucracy going after its political opponents. My argument is that, while sometimes conservatives can make a reasonable case that they’re being treated unfairly, this is not the best way to understand the Trump indictment. She thinks that the DOJ has violated a norm of not indicting a former pres...
2023-06-1659 min
The Hanania ShowClown Car: 5/25/23Hi everyone, with Ron DeSantis’ announcement yesterday, it feels like the 2024 election is officially underway. A lot of smart people I talk to hate the superficial aspects of politics, as I learned when interviewing Bryan Caplan recently, but I can’t help myself. To me, it’s the best show on earth. I like to think my social and political views are sophisticated and nuanced, but I find the sillier aspects of our democracy as enjoyable as boomers who spend their evenings glued to cable news. Yes, I want reasonable legislative and regulatory changes that improve the world...
2023-05-2659 min
Truth with Vivek RamaswamyThe Hidden Truth Behind Affirmative Action: A Revealing Discussion with Richard HananiaIn this eye-opening episode of "The Vivek Show," host Vivek Ramaswamy is joined by political scientist and writer Richard Hanania. They delve deep into the origins, history, and consequences of affirmative action in America. By examining the political motivations behind these policies, Richard and Vivek discuss how affirmative action has shaped institutions, influenced the education system, and affected the current cultural climate. Through their thought-provoking conversation, they explore the challenges in addressing affirmative action and its impact on meritocracy, race, and society.Richard Hanania is a Research Fellow at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies...
2023-04-121h 03
The H&H PodcastThe Nietzschean Nostalgia of Logan RoyRob joins me to discuss Succession, Season 4: Episode 1.Click here for our previous conversation about the first three seasons of the show. One thing I like about the show is how it straddles differences in class, aesthetics, and politics. The producers are really walking a tightrope, and it’s very easy to make a show like this too preachy and on-the-nose, or what the kids call “cringe.” The series fails in a few places, but overall it does a good job of navigating what are clearly some very treacherous waters. Topics we discuss includ...
2023-03-291h 13
CSPI PodcastWhy is the West Special? | Joe Henrich & Richard HananiaJoe Henrich is the Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology and Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. He is the author of Why Humans Cooperate, The Secret of Our Success, and The WEIRDest People in the World. He joins the podcast to talk about his work. Topics include:* The implications of Henrich’s theories for the debate over AI alignment* The nature of intelligence* Whether genetic differences between populations explain societal outcomes* If the Ancient Greeks and Romans were already WEIRD* How to understand the group selection de...
2023-01-1654 min
CSPI PodcastThe Right-Wing Echo Chamber | Aaron Sibarium & Richard HananiaAaron Sibarium is a recent graduate of Yale University (2018) and journalist who writes for the Washington Free Beacon. He joins the podcast to discuss his work covering identity politics issues from a conservative perspective, along with his dream of eventually synthesizing his reporting with his own opinion writing. Aaron and Richard share many of the same frustrations with right-wing media and conservative journalism. They discuss the problems of the conservative movement, including it being prone to misinformation, a lack of interest in policy specifics, mindless tribalism, and the role of differences in intelligence between conservatives...
2022-12-051h 20
Nationalism and the Culture Wars podcastHow LGBT Are the Kids? | Eric Kaufmann & Richard HananiaEric Kaufmann is Professor of Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London, a CSPI research fellow, and the author of several books, including Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities. He returns to the podcast to discuss his new report for CPSI, Born This Way? The Rise of LGBT as a Social and Political Identity. He and Richard talk about the factors underlying recent increases in LGBT identification and same-sex sexual behavior, the connection between being very liberal, LGBT, and having mental health issues, and the influence of modernism on left-wing ideology and right-wing political movements. They conclude...
2022-12-041h 16
Summation (formerly World of DaaS)Richard Hanania: The Real Power Centers of US Foreign PolicyRichard Hanania is a foreign policy expert and author. He’s the president of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology and a visiting scholar at the University of Texas’s Salem Center. Richard and Auren discuss which players have the most sway over American foreign policy and how they’ve affected the US’s global strategic positioning. Richard breaks down the failure of expert opinion in the intelligence community to anticipate events like the fall of Afghanistan and the invasion of Ukraine. They also discuss sanctions, NATO expansion and partisanship in Washingto...
2022-11-1548 min
The H&H PodcastCould China Conquer Taiwan?Chris Nicholson joins me to discuss the military and political situation surrounding Taiwan. We talk about the two ways China can try to take control of the island: a direct invasion or blockade. Chris believes that a direct invasion would be too costly. However, China does seem to have the potential to cut Taiwan off from the rest of the world with its navy. Furthermore, its collection of intermediate-range ballistic missiles gives it the ability to inflict serious harm on the American navy, should the US choose to get involved. US submarines remain a large advantage, but everything else...
2022-10-191h 53
CSPI PodcastOperation Warp Speed and the Triumph of Governance | Alex Tabarrok & Richard HananiaAlex Tabarrok is a professor of economics at George Mason University. He joins the podcast to talk about his involvement in Operation Warp Speed, a uniquely successful federal government project. Richard asks how broadly applicable its lessons are, whether or not we could do something similar for cancer, and why economists and public health officials had such divergent opinions on the need to speed up the process of approving and distributing a vaccine. Alex also discusses the Baumol effect, which he argues can explain much about rising costs in healthcare and education. Richard pushes back on the...
2022-10-101h 34
Razib Khan's Unsupervised LearningRichard Hanania: markets in every predictionHow do we know when to trust the experts? On January 23rd, 2020, Vox published a piece titled The evidence on travel bans for diseases like coronavirus is clear: They don't work. Journalists are largely limited to reporting what experts tell them, and in this case, it seems Vox's experts misled them. By December 2020 The New York Times could reflect that "interviews with more than two dozen experts show the policy of unobstructed travel was never based on hard science. It was a political decision, recast as health advice, which emerged after a plague outbreak in India in the 1990s." The cor...
2022-09-291h 00
ericmckay4 's Listen LaterRichard Hanania: Wokeness, Public Choice Theory, & Geostrategy — #3 Podcast: Manifold (LS 48 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Richard Hanania: Wokeness, Public Choice Theory, & Geostrategy — #3Pub date: 2022-02-10Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationRichard Hanania is President of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology (CSPI). He is a former Research Fellow at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University. His interests include personality differences between conservatives and liberals, morality in international politics, machine learning algorithms for text analysis, and American foreign policy. In addition to his acade...
2022-09-141h 20
CSPI PodcastDiversity, Debate, Decline | Amy Wax & Richard HananiaAmy Wax is the Robert Mundheim Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She joins the podcast to talk about the ongoing attempt to cancel and possibly fire her for making politically incorrect remarks. Usually there is some pretext that a professor actually engaged in forbidden conduct in these kinds of investigations, but this is as clear an example as one can find of a university trying to punish speech. This leads to a conversation about whether higher education is worth saving, and if it is, the best way to go about doing so. ...
2022-08-291h 29
CSPI PodcastMana from Heaven | Stephen Grugett, James Grugett, & Richard HananiaStephen and James Grugett are programmers, entrepreneurs, and cofounders of the website Manifold Markets, which hosts user-created prediction markets. They join the podcast to discuss the CSPI/Salem Tournament on Manifold Markets, which launched last week. The Grugetts and Richard talk about the origins of Manifold, what differentiates it from other prediction markets, and how their version of creating a new Listen in podcast form or watch on YouTube.Links:* Manifold Markets* CSPI/Salem Tournament on Manifold Markets * Richard Hanania, “Introducing th...
2022-08-1533 min
David GornoskiTHINGS HIDDEN 75: Richard Hanania on the Exorcism of HRDavid Gornoski sits down with Richard Hanania, the President of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology (CSPI), for a conversation about the problems with academia, the conservative critique of institutions, the criticisms of the "New Right," whether Americans care about foreign policy, what would happen if we get rid of civil right laws, the school choice revolution, and more. Check out Richard Hanania's Substack here. Visit A Neighbor's Choice website at aneighborschoice.com
2022-08-0848 min
The H&H PodcastThe NorthmanRichard Hanania and Rob Henderson discuss The Northman (2022). They both greatly enjoyed the film and debate the correct interpretation of its main conflict. Richard talks about how the movie can be seen as a feminist allegory. Near the end of the conversation, Richard and Rob speculate on what the movie’s lack of box office success can tell us about why remakes of popular franchises have conquered Hollywood. Watch the video and leave comments here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ww...
2022-05-271h 34
The H&H PodcastBetter Call Saul: S6E7, Plan and ExecutionRichard Hanania and Chris Nicholson discuss Better Call Saul, Season 6: Episode 7. They talk about the underlying philosophy of the show, that of its main protagonists, and its outlook on human nature. Near the end, Richard and Chris speculate on how the show will end. For their previous discussion about the Breaking Bad universe, see here. For the video of this discussion, and where you can leave comments, click here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.richardhanania.com/subscribe
2022-05-251h 07
Narratives94: Political Polarization with Richard HananiaIn this episode, I talk with Richard Hanania about political polarization, what we could have done better in Afghanistan, how to manage great power conflict, and a whole lot more. You can find Richard's work at https://richardhanania.substack.com/ William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a podcast exploring the ways in which the world is better than in the past, the ways that is worse in the past, or it's a better, more definite vision of the future. I'm your host, William Jarvis. And I want to thank you for taking...
2022-05-1649 min
HananiaBrown Bodies, White SpacesRichard Hanania and Razib Khan on their struggles as people of color, or BIPOCs.
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2022-05-071h 03
The H&H PodcastThe Breaking Bad UniverseChris Nicholson joins Richard Hanania for a new weekly series discussing Better Call Saul. In their first episode, they talk about big ideas in the Breaking Bad universe. Richard argues that one of the main messages of the shows is that there is a weak correlation between likability and morality in individuals, something it is very easy to fool ourselves about. Can people’s personalities and moral outlook change? What is it that separates the characters who are completely irredeemable from those that are more nuanced? Are there different types of “good” characters, and what is the relationship between rule f...
2022-05-051h 34
From the New WorldRichard Hanania: Why Activists Control the World, Groomerism as Right-Wing Wokeness, and the Libertarian MachineRichard Hanania is the president of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology (CSPI), author of Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy, a visiting fellow at UT Austin, and the writer of richardhanania.substack.com. He is a brilliant analyst and policy thinker of social change, bureaucracy, civil rights law, and political institutions. We discuss those topics, five of his articles linked below, as well as how civil rights law made everything illegal, groomerism as right-wing wokeness, a foreign perspective on US foreign policy and propaganda, how activists disconnect policy from the...
2022-05-0200 min
CSPI PodcastTowards an Anti-Woke Political Program | Gail Heriot & Richard HananiaGail Heriot is a Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law and a member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. She joins the podcast to explain the connections between civil rights law and wokeness, how disparate impact criminalizes everything and leads to arbitrary government power, and the real-world consequences of these laws in corporate and university settings. She and Richard also discuss why Republicans are afraid to push back against civil rights law, the current Critical Race Theory controversy as a sign things are changing, and the importance of politicians being pressured by...
2022-04-111h 20
CSPI PodcastIs the West to Blame for Ukraine? | Noah Carl & Richard HananiaNoah Carl is an independent researcher, writer, and free speech advocate. He invited Richard on his new podcast (which you can find at Noah’s Substack) to discuss whether the West is to blame for the conflict in Ukraine. We’re re-releasing that episode, which originally came out on March 1st. Although much has happened since then, the topics discussed in the conversation remain relevant for understanding the current war and how we got here. Noah and Richard talk about moralism and paranoia in American foreign policy, the multicausal nature of war, and whether the US is a consistent defender of d...
2022-03-2857 min
CSPI Podcast"The Pressure to Conform is Enormous": Steve Hsu on Affirmative Action, Assimilation, and IQ Outliers | Steve Hsu & Richard HananiaSteve Hsu is a Professor of Theoretical Physics and Professor of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. He returns to the CSPI Podcast for a wide-ranging discussion of various personal, political, and technical topics, including his attempted cancelation from Michigan State, thoughts on Russia-Ukraine, affirmative action, macroeconomics, and why top physics talents prefer theoretical over practical pursuits (If you haven’t seen Steve’s first appearance on the podcast, click here to watch or listen). The conversation begins with Steve explaining what it was like growing up one of the few Asian kids in a...
2022-03-141h 54
Savage Minds PodcastRichard HananiaRichard Hanania, President of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology and a Research Fellow at Defense Priorities, discusses the current Russian war in Ukraine and the intertwined western cultural war deeply embedded within this conflict’s narrative. Noting how the “white conservative Christians bad” forms the ideological core of neoliberal views of this conflict, Hanania explains how wokery has crept into current media and political discourses which show support through emotional readings of the current war in Ukraine without any concern for the humanitarian impact of neoliberal calls to punish Russia. Hanania describes the generational differences of old...
2022-03-0754 minSavage MindsRichard HananiaRichard Hanania, President of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology and a Research Fellow at Defense Priorities, discusses the current Russian war in Ukraine and the intertwined western cultural war deeply embedded within this conflict’s narrative. Noting how the “white conservative Christians bad” forms the ideological core of neoliberal views of this conflict, Hanania explains how wokery has crept into current media and political discourses which show support through emotional readings of the current war in Ukraine without any concern for the humanitarian impact of neoliberal calls to punish Russia. Hanania describes the generational differences of old...
2022-03-0754 min
Dwarkesh PodcastRichard Hanania - Foreign Policy, Fertility, and WokenessRichard Hanania is the President of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology and the author of Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy: How Generals, Weapons Manufacturers, and Foreign Governments Shape American Foreign Policy.Watch on YouTube. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform.Episode website here. Follow Richard on Twitter. Follow me on Twitter for updates on future episodes.Read Richard's Substack: https://richardhanania.substack.com/Timestamps:(0:00:00) - Intro(0:04:35) - Did war prevent sclerosis?
2022-02-241h 02
CSPI PodcastThe Future of Humanity Is IVF Babies and Chinese Domination | Steve Hsu & Richard HananiaStephen Hsu is a Professor of Theoretical Physics and Professor of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. He is also a serial entrepreneur and has published on genomics, in addition to blogging on a wide range of topics from econometrics and geopolitics to mixed martial arts. Hsu joins the Podcast, where he and Richard begin by talking about the Russia-Ukraine crisis and American military power relative to that of China and Russia. What would a Chinese attempt to conquer Taiwan look like, and what would the US be able to do in response? This is followed by...
2022-02-141h 38
Palladium PodcastPalladium Podcast 72: Richard Hanania on the U.S.-Russia RivalryRichard Hanania joins Ash Milton to talk about the U.S. confrontation with Russia and why it keeps enduring. With the U.S. keeping the door open for future NATO expansion in eastern Europe, Russia is continuing its own military build-up in the region. Most recently, tensions rose again over Ukraine and its future. What drives the ideologies behind the foreign policy? And what does it really take to update entrenched political worldviews?
Richard Hanania is President of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology (CSPI) and a research fellow at Defense Priorities. He also...
2022-02-111h 29ManifoldRichard Hanania: Wokeness, Public Choice Theory, & Geostrategy — #3Richard Hanania is President of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology (CSPI). He is a former Research Fellow at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University. His interests include personality differences between conservatives and liberals, morality in international politics, machine learning algorithms for text analysis, and American foreign policy. In addition to his academic work, he has written in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. Hanania holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from UCLA and a JD from the University of Chicago.He...
2022-02-101h 20
Policy@McCombsRichard Hanania: The Politics of EverythingBryan Caplan interviews Richard Hanania, head of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology, on international relations, war, peace, sanctions, grand strategy (and the lack thereof), partisanship, ideology, wokeness, academia, discrimination, civil rights, legal reform, and Hanania’s unique career path
2022-01-2700 minPolicy@McCombsRichard Hanania: The Politics of EverythingBryan Caplan interviews Richard Hanania, head of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology, on international relations, war, peace, sanctions, grand strategy (and the lack thereof), partisanship, ideology, wokeness, academia, discrimination, civil rights, legal reform, and Hanania’s unique career path
2022-01-2700 minPolicy@McCombsRichard Hanania: The Politics of EverythingBryan Caplan interviews Richard Hanania, head of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology, on international relations, war, peace, sanctions, grand strategy (and the lack thereof), partisanship, ideology, wokeness, academia, discrimination, civil rights, legal reform, and Hanania’s unique career path
2022-01-2700 min
Scott Horton Show - Just the Interviews1/21/22 Richard Hanania on American Power, Public Choice Theory and the Rise of ChinaScott interviews Richard Hanania of Defense Priorities. They discuss the reality of how the American military’s presence impacts global events. Hanania argues that, if it were true that the U.S. was out there defending its allies, you’d expect those countries to want U.S. troops present more than the U.S. wants to have troops stationed there. But in reality, we often find the opposite. Hanania also gives the reasons he thinks China is all but certain to become the dominant power in East Asia but that right-wing fears over a global Chinese takeover are overblown.
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2022-01-241h 03
The H&H PodcastReview of Patton (1970)Rob Henderson and Richard Hanania discuss the film Patton (1970). They talk about what it's like in 2021 trying to understand a movie released in 1970 portraying the America of the Second World War. Rob and Richard analyze the military's role in society; what the movie tells us about American culture during WWII and in the generation after; and divisions between elites and the masses in the US across time. Watch on YouTube here.On Nixon’s obsession with the movie.Patton on Sicilians. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this wi...
2021-12-261h 11
CSPI PodcastWokeness and Civil Rights Law | Charles Fain Lehman, Gabriel Rossman & Richard HananiaCharles Fain Lehman is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor of City Journal. Gabriel Rossman is a sociologist at UCLA. They join Richard to debate the relationship between woke institutions, civil rights law, and corporate culture. Each has written a recent article on this topic: Richard’s “Woke Institutions is Just Civil Rights Law,” Charles’ “The Geneology of Woke Capital,” and Gabriel’s “Why Woke Organizations All Sound the Same.” They also discuss the history of affirmative action, successes and failures of the conservative legal movement, the connection between the civil rights policies of the Reagan administration and pop culture, s...
2021-12-201h 12
Subversive w/Alex KaschutaRichard Hanania - Civil Rights HegemonyYou can support this podcast and get early releases and bonus content at https://www.patreon.com/aksubversive
Or check out my writing and the early releases of Subversive on Substack at https://alexkaschuta.substack.com/
I chat with Richard about his hypotheses on the origin and permanence of "wokeness", how liberalism became the hegemony, about expertise, his theory of power, taking the vaccine (or not), eugenics, the feminization of politics and society, demographic collapse and more.
Richard Hanania is the President and Founder of The Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology (CSPI), which supports and funds research on...
2021-12-081h 18
The H&H PodcastReview of Parasite (2019)Richard Hanania and Rob Henderson review Parasite (2019). Discussion includes class differences between the US and South Korea, masculinity and class, and whether the movie had a right wing or left wing message. Watch the YouTube video here. Spoilers for the movie throughout, and spoilers for The Sopranos at about 22:30-23:30 (22:00-23:00 in the video). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.richardhanania.com/subscribe
2021-10-281h 13
Crashing the War PartyWho will be held accountable for the 20-year failed enterprise in Afghanistan? An interview w/ Richard HananiaKelley and Dan talk to Richard Hanania, president of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology and a Defense Priorities fellow, about the developing news in Afghanistan, the blame game in Washington, lying generals and government officials, and whether the Blob can succeed in making the defeat in Afghanistan an indictment against foreign policy restraint and the antiwar movement. We think not. More from Richard Hanania:Trump could gain from Biden's decision to delay withdrawing from Afghanistan -- NBCNews.com Richard's Substack newsletter This is a public episode. If y...
2021-08-2038 min
CSPI PodcastIsrael, COVID, China, Critical Race Theory, and More | Razib Khan & Richard HananiaRichard Hanania joins Razib Khan's podcast to talk about the recent Israeli/Palestinian conflict and its effects on American politics. Richard discusses his frustrations with the American conservative movement and the inadequacies of its approach to fighting wokeness, including Critical Race Theory bans. He also goes into the failures of the public health community throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, what the rise of China means for the American psyche, and what it's like to run a think tank.Sign up for CSPI’s Substack newsletter: https://cspi.substack.com.Follow CSPI on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CSPICenterOrg.Su...
2021-07-0555 min
Razib Khan's Unsupervised LearningRichard Hanania: Israel, "wokeness" is just civil rights, and the Chinese centuryRichard Hanania is the president of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology (CSPI). He also runs a Substack and a podcast that are “must-read/listen.” Richard is perceived as something of a contrarian, so I wanted to ask him about Israel and its role in American politics because he has opinions on that topic somewhat outside of the mainstream.But since I scheduled this podcast he’s “blown up” due to a piece he wrote, Woke Institutions is Just Civil Rights Law. Eliciting responses from the Right and Left, this is the sort of work that...
2021-06-2055 min
CSPI PodcastAcademic Freedom, Part II | Eric Kaufmann & Richard HananiaEric Kaufmann joins Richard Hanania to continue the discussion of his report on academic freedom. Eric discusses recent reforms in the UK, and they debate what the policy response to suppression should be in the US. Eric favors a wide scale effort to remake the universities and ultimately change the culture, while Richard calls for encouraging fewer people to go to college and reducing the influence of the academy.Sign up for CSPI’s Substack newsletter: https://cspi.substack.com.Follow CSPI on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CSPICenterOrg.Subscribe to our YouTube for video podcasts: https://ww...
2021-03-291h 44
CSPI PodcastUS Civil War? | Razib Khan & Richard HananiaRazib Khan is the host of the Unsupervised Learning podcast. In the days following the Capitol Hill riots, he invited Richard Hanania on to talk about the likelihood of future political violence in the United States, the strength of partisanship, and the future of Trump and his movement. That podcast is rereleased here on CSPI, with a new intro, in which Richard looks back on how well his predictions have help up over the past month.Sign up for CSPI’s Substack newsletter: https://cspi.substack.com.Follow CSPI on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CSPICenterOrg.Subscribe to...
2021-02-041h 29
ReConsiderReckoning: How Will America Change Post-Capitol Riots? with Richard HananiaRichard Hanania returns to speculate with Erik about how Congress, Silicon Valley, the Republican Party, and the nation as a whole will change after the Capitol Riots. Will our DNA change in the same way that it changed after 9/11?As usual, prepare for Erik and Richard to disagree fiercely :)Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/reconsiderpodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-01-291h 04
Razib Khan's Unsupervised LearningAmerican Civil War? Richard Hanania thinks it unlikelyFor this episode of Unsupervised Learning, I talked to Richard Hanania of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology. Normally my goal is to record podcasts that aren’t particularly time-sensitive (e.g., my conversation last weekend with Alina Chan about the possibility of “lab leak” of SARS-Cov-2 will be fresh for months, as will my chat with Armand Leroi about race, eugenics, and Aristotle). They only reach free listeners a couple of weeks after going live for paid subscribers and my hope is that the content will remain evergreen long after both. But this is not an ord...
2021-01-131h 25
Ray Hanania on Politics, Media & LifeRichard Silverstein on Israel, Palestine Omar, AIPAC & peace, March 25, 2019Richard Silverstein on Israel, Palestine Omar, AIPAC & peace, March 25, 2019
This is the Ray Hanania on Politics Podcast, we talk about everything from the Middle East to Mainstream issue, recorded on March 25, 2019.
Our guest online with us is Richard Silverstein, a longtime Jewish American progressive. Richard and I talk about the AIPAC Conference in Washington D.C. this week, the absurdity of calling Minnesota Congresswoman Ihlan Omar "anti-Semitic" for criticizing congressmen who put Israel's interests above American interests, and criticizing Israel PAC stranglehold on American politics. Richard's website is RichardSilverstein.com for more information and...
2019-03-2556 min