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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 PodcastThe Challenge of Portraying Sex Work PositivelyThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comAnora (2024) was hailed by critics as a movie about the empowering nature of sex work (spoilers below and in the episode). Rob Henderson and Tyler Tone join me to discuss. We just don’t see it. This seems to be one of those films where there’s a politically correct interpretation that is divorced from the actual content of the movie. That conclusion seems inevitable from the last scene, in which Ani has sex with Igor and then breaks down. I was...
2025-08-1920 min
The Hanania ShowThe Facedoxx: Radfem Hitler Is Prettier Than YouThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comJust did a fun livestream with friend of the show Radical Feminist Hitler (X, Substack). I looked back at our last podcast and realized that it was all the way back in 2023. I’m glad that so much of my life is documented online because I have no sense of time at all. Sorry about the video quality on my end. I don’t know what it is, but the last two livestreams have been really bad, even though I’m...
2025-05-2822 min
The H&H PodcastAutogynephilia with Buddhist CharacteristicsThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comRob Henderson joins me to discuss The White Lotus, Season 3, up to episode six. There are spoilers in this conversation, as well as the rest of these show notes.We start out by discussing the latest in the Ratliff family incest dynamics. Sophie called it last month. She was right and I was wrong. We spend quite a lot of time on the extent to which Lochy manipulated his brother into what happened, and how intentional he has been...
2025-03-2425 min
The H&H PodcastThe Two Faces of 리사This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comRob joins me this week to talk about the first four episodes of Season 3 of The White Lotus. We start off by discussing the Ratliff family and whether the incest dynamics are actually there or that was kind of a head fake at the beginning of the season. Other topics addressed are whether Mook is too perfect, the relatively positive portrayal of age gap relationships, toxic female relationships, the horrors of aging, and much more. The conversation goes down a dark...
2025-03-1027 min
The H&H Podcast"Chadcels" and Incest Dynamics | The White Lotus, S3: E1-E2I’m joined by my new friend “PhiloSophie” (Substack, X) to discuss the first two episodes of Season 3 of The White Lotus.In previous seasons, I’ve been discussing the show with Rob Henderson. He is traveling this week, but we plan to talk about future episodes together going forward. For now, let me know what you think of Sophie.We debate incest dynamics within the Ratliff family, the concept of the “Chadcel,” how the show handles the topic of phone addiction, the need for men to be at least somewhat dangerous, what exactly is going on wit...
2025-02-241h 04
The H&H PodcastShould American Men Work at Panda Express?This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comRob Henderson joined me last night on a live stream to discuss the question that has roiled right-wing twitter: should American men work at Panda Express? For background, see Rob’s coverage here. See also friend of the Substack Scott Greer, whose article we reference. Rob is amused by the Greerhead Pledge, which you can learn about from my conversation with Scott. We go into the status-money tradeoff in jobs, the reasonableness of people’s expectations, how much these anon...
2025-01-1607 min
The H&H PodcastHillary Versus Bernie in GothamThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comRob Henderson joined me on a livestream today to talk about The Penguin, the miniseries that ended last night. See here for our discussion of episodes 1-4, and point eight here on the racial demographics of crime in Gotham. I talk about my theory of the general message of the miniseries, which is that leftist revolutionaries are truly evil people who manipulate resentments for their own gain. I also argue that the rivalry between Oz and Sofia is the 2016...
2024-11-1108 min
From the New WorldBenjamin Teitelbaum: The Civil War For Trump's LegacyFind Ben:https://x.com/benteitel War for Eternity: The Return of Traditionalism and the Rise of the Populist Right https://www.amazon.com/War-Eternity-Return-Traditionalism-Populist/dp/0141992034 Mentioned in the episode:Ben’s article about Bannon:https://www.compactmag.com/article/steve-bannons-spiritual-exile/Peter Thiel Oxford Union Speech: Marc Andreessen Interview about Deadwood (with Richard Hanania and Rob Henderson):The Individualists:https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/matt-zwolinski-and-john-tomasi-on-the-individualists This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subsc...
2024-11-112h 14
The Hanania ShowElection Day Lives StreamThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comJust finished a three-hour election day live stream, which started at 1PM ET.Hour 1: Maxim Lott discusses betting markets and where we’re putting our money.Hour 2: Alex Nowrasteh on immigration, and what the vibe is like in DCHour 3: Rob Henderson, to discuss basic election stuff, the vibes, and we go on some tangents.This is probably going to be dated in a few hours, but I’m getting it to you all...
2024-11-0608 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 H&H PodcastTony Soprano Meets DC ComicsThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comRob Henderson joins me to talk about the first four episodes of The Penguin miniseries on HBO. We discuss how it reminds us of and pays homage to other shows. To me, it seemed like HBO was trying to recreate the magic of Tony Soprano and using the DC Comics universe as a hook. We go over the similarities and differences between the two characters, both manipulative fat guys who get offended when you question their sincerity.Rob and...
2024-10-1508 min
The Hanania ShowAMA with Rob Henderson, 9/24/24This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comSubstack now allows collaborative livestreaming. Rob Henderson and I gave it a try last night. Still got some kinks to work out, but it went well. Give me any feedback you have.Unfortunately it doesn’t look like you can see what people were typing in the chat. Perhaps that option will be added in later. One thing I like about Substack is you see a constant improvement in the product.
2024-09-2505 min
Luke FordDecoding Mike Benz (8-18-24)01:00 NYT: How Trump’s Allies Are Winning the War Over Disinformation, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/17/us/politics/trump-disinformation-2024-social-media.html
06:00 Mike Benz on Tucker Carlson, https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1758529993280205039
10:00 Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=156636
15:00 Everything and Less: The Novel in the Age of Amazon, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=156970
1:10:00 David French Is Wrong (Or Is He?) | Dispatch Podcast w/ Sarah Isgur, Jonah Goldberg, Megan McArdle, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-ygadKXYFw
1:12:00 Kip joins
1:12:20 WP: Viral Olympic B-girl Raygun says the ‘hate’ has been ‘devastating’, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/16/raygun-bre...
2024-08-183h 38
CSPI PodcastNature, Nurture, and Overcoming Hardship | Rob Henderson and Richard Hanania on "Troubled"Rob Henderson joins the podcast to talk about his book Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class. The conversation starts with a discussion about the recent controversy in which Rob was unable to find a book store that would host his launch. Rob also shares insights into his writing style, which focuses on conveying his experiences in a matter-of-fact way rather than dwelling on his internal emotional state. Richard then questions him about the story of his biological parents, and whether he would ever want to reconnect with them, particularly the Korean grandfather who started out a...
2024-05-061h 02
The Hanania ShowBullying Grandma SyndromeThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comThis week I’m doing something new. Rather than having a guest every time, I’m going to begin sometimes doing an audio monologue about issues of the day. You can give me feedback on whether you like the new format.Last night saw Trump’s expected blowout victory in the Iowa caucuses. Since the polls were almost exactly on point, we don’t have to really update anything in our model of the world. Rather, I’m going to take th...
2024-01-1612 min
The H&H PodcastReacting to Societal ShocksRob Henderson joins me to discuss Season 1 of The Leftovers, an HBO series that ran for three seasons between 2014-2017. Our conversation revolves around two main themes. First, whether this is a Christian show, or maybe as Christian a show as you can expect from HBO. We discuss subtle pro-life propaganda, and how it portrays family life. Second, we connect the plot of The Leftovers to what happened in the aftermath of covid-19. Like in the pandemic, in this show a substantial part of the population is no longer with us, and we talk about the similarities...
2023-11-211h 11
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 PodcastBarbenheimer with Rob HendersonI’ve posted a two part review of Barbie on Twitter, and a review of Oppenheimer. As I explain in the Oppenheimer review, it feels wrong to pair them, given the transcendent importance of that film and the silliness of its “rival.”That being said, Rob and I have been thinking about both, and we’re here to entertain you, so we’re discussing them together. My Oppenheimer review nonetheless makes it clear that if you’re going to see one film, it should be that one. Here’s an excerpt.I was not excited learning that...
2023-07-281h 26
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
The H&H PodcastThe Talking Head to Fascism Pipeline?****NOTE: SPOILERS BELOW****Rob Henderson joins me once again to talk about Succession, S4: Ep 2-4.Of course, our conversation revolves around the shocking death of Logan. I really appreciated how the episode gave us a realistic perspective on what happens when someone dies. It’s not always dramatic, or foreshadowed all that much. We usually don’t get to see the moment they grab their chest and keel over or hear their final words. Rather, we learn about the event from people who happened to be around the individual the moment they passed away. Othe...
2023-04-191h 04
The H&H PodcastThe March of CivilizationRob Henderson and Marc Andreessen join me to discuss the Deadwood: The Movie (2019), along with our thoughts about the series more generally. We converge on the idea that the main protagonists of the show, that is, Swearengen, Bullock, and Hearst, represent three eras of civilization, with each of the first two leading to the next one. Marc sees the Hearst character, who apparently has little in common with his real-life namesake, as the hero of this universe. My view leans more towards the idea that he should be the hero, but the show and the movie reflect the liberalism...
2023-03-231h 21
The H&H PodcastSo Long to DeadwoodRob Henderson joins me to talk about Season 3 of Deadwood. Rob and I decided to not do any research on the real life story of Deadwood or the making of the series until we finished all three seasons and the movie. So here we debate whether the Season 3 finale was meant to be the end, or there were loose threads that were meant to be picked up in Season 4. I bring up the question of whether we should care about the survival of the town of Deadwood from the outside looking in. Objectively speaking, it’s...
2023-03-191h 13
The H&H PodcastMonogamous Pimps?Rob Henderson joins me to talk about Deadwood. Our conversation covers all of Season 1, and Season 2, Episodes 1 and 2.I enjoyed discussing what makes Al Swearengen an anti-hero and whether he or Bullock is the main character of the show. The golden age of TV was really the golden age of anti-heroes, each show centering around a charismatic figure, and both Rob and I agree that Deadwood is among the best from the era that we’ve seen. Having recently read Henrich and interviewed him on the CSPI podcast, I’ve been conceiving of the Old West...
2023-02-281h 26
The H&H PodcastSam Bankman-Fried, Racial Politics, and Dirty CopsThis Christmas Eve, I’m giving my readers the gift of a very special podcast. Marc Andreessen and Rob Henderson join me to talk about The Shield, which ran on FX from 2002 to 2008. We debate whether we are supposed to root for the Strike Team or not, with Rob saying no, and Marc and me strongly disagreeing. Building on our discussions on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, Marc gives his Nietzschean interpretation of the show. To me, this was the most right-wing show I’ve ever seen. The lesson is basically that white cops who...
2022-12-241h 35
The H&H PodcastMonogamy as DysfunctionRob is back to talk about the last episode of Season 2 of The White Lotus. We agree that one of the main lessons of the series has been a general pessimism towards monogamy. The question of whether healthy and fulfilling marriages are even possible is still an open question, perhaps to be taken up in Season 3. Near the end, we agree that Cameron and Daphne are the most complex and interesting characters of this season. I analogize their personalities to that of Trump, in how they often combine extreme honesty and dishonesty in the same statement.
2022-12-131h 16
The H&H PodcastBisexual Classical LiberalismRob Henderson joins the podcast to talk about Season 2 of The White Lotus, Episodes 5 and 6. We originally said we would do Episodes 5-7 all together to close out the season, but decided there was enough here to have an additional conversation, and I’m glad we did. In the course of the discussion, I identify the ideology of the show as “Bisexual Classical Liberalism.” I got this from remembering having previously read that Mike White, the show’s creator, had described himself as a classical liberal. I can’t find this through googling, and maybe it’s an attributi...
2022-12-061h 19
The H&H PodcastWoke as Politics and as a Personality TypeRob Henderson joins me on the podcast to discuss The White Lotus, Season 2: episodes 1-4.I explain why I think the show is too similar to the first season. Rob goes into its portrayal of the neurotic liberal white lady, and whether she is vindicated or not regarding her suspicion that seemingly happy people are actually miserable. I make the case for a kind of right-wing maximalist interpretation of the show this season with regards to its view on relations between the sexes. We end by speculating on where the show goes from here, and...
2022-11-231h 11
CSPI PodcastBlame Elites...or the Masses? | Rob Henderson, Zach Goldberg, & Richard HananiaRob Henderson recently received his PhD in psychology at St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge. Zach Goldberg is a former research fellow at CSPI and currently affiliated with the Manhattan Institute. They both join the podcast to talk about Rob’s idea of “luxury beliefs” and Zach’s new paper testing the theory in the context of attitudes towards criminal justice policy. Richard wonders about the extent to which one can say any individual actually suffers the consequences of their political beliefs, since the views of one person rarely change a policy outcome.Later on in the conversation, Richard as...
2022-11-071h 32
The H&H PodcastOccam's Razor and Serial KillersThis is part two of my conversation with Rob Henderson on the miniseries Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, covering episodes 4-7. For the video, click here. Episode 6, as critics have noted, is the most emotionally charged of the show. I argue that the ending revealed a lack of courage on the part of the producers. Episode 7 is when the series goes full woke, bringing in Jesse Jackson to heroically hold the white power structure in Milwaukee to account. Rob doubts that Jackson would’ve been woke on LGBT in 1991, and I do a bit of googling and show that he...
2022-10-311h 24
The H&H PodcastShould We Talk about Serial Killers?I talk to Rob Henderson about Episodes 1-3 of the new Netflix miniseries Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (video here). I begin and end the conversation by talking about why watching the series and bringing attention to it makes me uncomfortable. What does it do to the families of the victims to make an artistic depiction of Dahmer’s life? Why should more attention be given to the story of a murderer than not only those of his his victims, but those of the vast majority of human beings who have ever lived? Don’t we end up retraumatizing inno...
2022-10-261h 08
The H&H PodcastPrison Politics and Casting Real People as TV CharactersRob Henderson joins me to discuss the Apple TV+ miniseries Black Bird, which is based on the true story of a convicted drug dealer named Jimmy Keene and how he was enlisted by the FBI to befriend and elicit a confession from alleged serial killer Larry Hall. We talk about its portrayal of prison politics, or lack thereof, and how believable we find the characters and how they interact with one another. We discuss PC and aesthetic casting changes, in which they made one real life white prosecutor black, invented an attractive female FBI agent, and took...
2022-08-121h 26
The H&H PodcastMale and Female CompetitionI talked to Rob Henderson about Season 1 of Yellowjackets, episodes 7-10. See our discussion about previous episodes here. We begin by talking about Rob catching covid, the brain fog he is experiencing, and how our Twitter followers feel about our vaccination status.We then move on to the show itself, and our conversation touches on how it navigates the line between natural and supernatural, character development, the time the girls spend in the woods as an anthropological study, representations of male and female nature, and where we think the show goes from here. Rob and...
2022-07-141h 18
The H&H PodcastPassing the Bechdel TestI spoke to Rob Henderson about Yellowjackets, Season 1, Episodes 1-6. We’ll release a discussion of Episodes 7-10 in the coming weeks (UPDATE: see here). Usually we do an entire season of a show at once, but this time we thought it would be better to split things up. Those of you who haven’t watched the show but want to follow along can therefore go back, watch the first 6 episodes, listen to this conversation, and then come back and be caught up to the end of Season 1 when we release our next discussion.As it turns out...
2022-06-291h 14
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
HananiaMad Men with Rob HendersonI talk about Mad Men with Rob Henderson
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2022-05-121h 21
The H&H PodcastWhy Conservative Elites Make for Better TV: A Discussion of SuccessionI recently spoke with Rob Henderson about the HBO show Succession. We both have found the series a smart and compelling take on our contemporary politics. Some themes we touch on: differences between conservative and liberal elites; the unusual lack of diversity for a series in our “Current Year” atmosphere; how we define “pervert” and whether one of the Roy children qualifies; the portrayal of both the conservative and liberal perspectives on political divides; why even those on the left are probably more likely to find a portrayal of a conservative family more interesting than one of a libera...
2022-02-091h 42
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
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
The H&H PodcastThe Sopranos Goes WokeI discuss The Many Saints of Newark (2021) with Rob Henderson. For reference, see our earlier discussion on The Sopranos, in podcast and video form. Listen here, or watch the video below. This movie was a major disappointment, and made me wonder the extent to which great art can be made anymore.We talk about woke themes, how race and gender relations are portrayed in the movie, whether the supernatural exists in the Sopranos universe, the role of psychiatry in modern liberal thought, how establishment liberalism has become feminized over the years and inconsistencies between the...
2021-10-071h 35
The H&H PodcastReview of White Lotus (2021)I am joined by Rob Henderson to talk about the HBO show "White Lotus" (2021). We discuss the show's treatment of race, sex, class, generational differences, wokeness, and much more.Up until this point I have paywalled these discussions while putting them on YouTube for free, but I doubt anyone is actually subscribing to the Substack just for our TV and movies stuff, so I’m thinking I’m just going to make them all free from now on. The subscription thing will now be completely voluntary, though I would like to provide something for subscribers. I’m t...
2021-09-281h 26