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The Hanania ShowScott Wiener on the YIMBY Victory in CaliforniaThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comToday, I’m excited to welcome on the podcast State Senator Scott Wiener. He serves as Assistant Majority Whip and chairs the Senate Budget Committee and the Senate Housing Committee.Senator Wiener joins me to discuss AB 130 and SB 131, the newly passed reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).We explore what these laws do, including how they affect single-family and multifamily housing, what density and affordability standards apply, and what else remains to be done. Th...2025-07-1021 min
The Hanania ShowA Unified Theory of the Far RightThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comInspired by Scott Alexander’s piece today on how Moldbug sold out, I discuss my Unified Theory of the Far Right. It explains the transition from Moldbug the Monarchist to Yarvin the Right-Wing Populist, and also why Bronze Age Pervert under all his eccentricities always ends up supporting immigration restrictionist politicians and parties. JD Vance can be seen as someone steeped in this world, who fused white identitarianism with electoral politics by taking the white victimization narrative, dropping the human biodiversity co...2025-05-0713 min
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
Highly Respected's IQ SupplementsIs Kamala A Communist?Scott Greer discusses Kamala's proposed price controls, the Republican line that she's a communist, why Richard Hanania called me the Jordan Peterson of the far right, why America is pro-abortion, and whether American politics are further to the right of Europe. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.highly-respected.com/subscribe2024-08-201h 03
Highly RespectedEp. 236: Is Kamala A Communist? (8/19/24)Scott Greer discusses Kamala's proposed price controls, the Republican line that she's a communist, why Richard Hanania called me the Jordan Peterson of the far right, why America is pro-abortion, and whether American politics are further to the right of Europe.2024-08-201h 03
"WhatifAlthist" | World History, Philosophy, CultureStop Coping. Your Life SucksOur era judges itself against utopian fantasies rather than real historical comparison—the ultimate intellectual sleight-of-hand. This episode exposes the shocking truth: your life is VASTLY harder than you realize. Examining economic, social, spiritual, and physical aspects reveals how normal young people today live objectively terrible lives despite our denial. When ancient wisdom across civilizations aligns with cutting-edge science against modern assumptions, the horror of what we've done to ourselves becomes breathtaking.--SPONSORS:NetSuite: More than 41,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, the...2024-08-1650 min
The Hanania ShowTaking the Greerhead PledgeThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comToday on the podcast, I am joined by Scott Greer. You can find him on X, Substack, and YouTube. Scott and I have a bit of shared history. We both wrote for very politically incorrect websites around the same time. He was outed back in 2018, which led to him losing his job at the Daily Caller. As Scott points out, few of the things he said under a pseudonym would be out of place in mainstream conservatism today. Still...2024-08-1507 min
The H&H PodcastTalent, Motivation, and Serendipity: How to Make It as a WriterThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comRob joins me on the podcast to talk about what it takes to become a writer, “public intellectual,” or however one wants to describe what we do. This conversation can serve as a guide for those who might try to follow a similar path. But even if you’re not going to be writing for a living, I think there’s still a lot you can get out of our talk, as it served as an opportunity for us to take a step b...2024-01-3116 min
CSPI PodcastIdeology, Trade, and War | Andrew Roberts & Richard Hanania on NapoleonAndrew Roberts (website, follow on X) is a historian, Visiting Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and a member of the House of Lords. He joins the podcast to talk about his Napoleon: A Life. The conversation begins with a discussion of different counterfactuals regarding ways in which Napoleon might have been able to stay in power, which leads to Roberts explaining his view that the wars of the era could be understood at least in part as resulting from a rejection of free trade. Other topics include:* Meritocracy as a guiding...2024-01-2247 min
The Hanania ShowReview of Napoleon (2023)This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comIn this podcast, I review Ridley Scott’s Napoleon (2023). The producer made the movie center around the relationship with Josephine. I thought that there was a missed opportunity to show her time in prison, which would have added depth to the character. This is from Andrew Roberts’ biography. From April 22, 1794 until shortly after her husband’s execution on July 22 that year, Josephine was herself imprisoned as a suspected royalist in the crypt underneath the church of Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes in the...2024-01-1811 min
CSPI PodcastNo Need to Argue. Just Build | Niklas Anzinger & Richard HananiaNiklas Anzinger is the founder and General Partner of Infinita, the first Próspera-based VC fund, which invests in founders overcoming regulatory capture in crypto, biotech and hardware through network states and startup cities. He’s also one of the 100 or so residents of Próspera.This was quite an optimistic conversation. The title of the podcast comes from the last thing Niklas said, which was that you don’t actually need attention or to talk about grand projects, but just to show the world what you can do. Niklas is part of the charter city mov...2023-10-3057 min
The Lawfare PodcastRational Security: The “Sara-FIN” EditionThis week on Rational Security, Quinta and Scott were joined by Lawfare colleagues Eric Ciaramella and Saraphin Dhanani, the latter for her last episode of RatSec before departing Lawfare, to break down the week’s big national security news stories, including:“UNGA UNGA Party.” President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy made back-to-back addresses to the U.N. General Assembly, which is gathered in New York for its annual summit this week. What should we make of their statements? Might this be a turning point for the conflict—and, if so, in which direction?“Et Tu, Modi?” Canada has leveled...2023-09-241h 05
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionRational Security: The “Sara-FIN” EditionThis week on Rational Security, Quinta and Scott were joined by Lawfare colleagues Eric Ciaramella and Saraphin Dhanani, the latter for her last episode of RatSec before departing Lawfare, to break down the week’s big national security news stories, including:“UNGA UNGA Party.” President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy made back-to-back addresses to the U.N. General Assembly, which is gathered in New York for its annual summit this week. What should we make of their statements? Might this be a turning point for the conflict—and, if so, in which direction?“Et Tu, Modi?” Canada has leveled...2023-09-241h 05
The Hanania ShowThe Fall of Kendi and the Return of #MeTooThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comI begin this week by bellyaching to Inez about all the other shows I’ve been doing. It’s a good problem to have, as it means there’s interest in my book. That being said, I’ve done 8 in the last 5 days on the same topic, in addition to others last week, and more to come next week. I hope to do many more! But for now I’m glad to be able to talk about something else, and therefore was really...2023-09-2212 min
Rational SecurityThe “Sara-FIN” EditionThis week, Quinta and Scott were joined by Lawfare colleagues Eric Ciaramella and Saraphin Dhanani, the latter for her last episode of RatSec before departing Lawfare, to break down the week’s big national security news stories, including:“UNGA UNGA Party.” President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy made back-to-back addresses to the U.N. General Assembly, which is gathered in New York for its annual summit this week. What should we make of their statements? Might this be a turning point for the conflict—and, if so, in which direction?“Et Tu, Modi?” Canada has leveled a serious alle...2023-09-211h 04
City Cast HoustonJudge Hidalgo, Travis Scott Concert Drama & Childcare ShortageThings get emotional as host Raheel Ramzanali, media personality Antre’chelle Nova, and Pulitzer Prize finalist Evan Mintz breakdown Judge Lina Hidalgo mental health leave, Travis Scott coming back to the city to perform, the looming childcare shortage, and more. It’s time to recap all the biggest stories from the week!Stay in touch with Evan Mintz and Antre’chelle Nova by following them on Twitter (A.K.A. "X")Featured stories:
40% of childcare facilities could close in Texas
More on childcare budget
Travis Scott concert drama
Winter Storm Uri Reportin...2023-08-1134 min
Luke FordDecoding The Republican Brain (8-8-23)01:00 The Republican Brain, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=149724
04:00 People Often Base Their Worldview On Bogus Facts, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=149510
43:00 HP: Richard Hanania, Rising Right-Wing Star, Wrote For White Supremacist Sites Under Pseudonym, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=149672
44:00 Steve Sailer: Richard Hanania's "The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics", https://www.unz.com/isteve/richard-hananias-the-origins-of-woke-civil-rights-law-corporate-america-and-the-triumph-of-identity-politics/
47:00 Where the left is anti-science
49:00 Fear drives people to the right
51:00 Mickey Kaus on Ron DeSantis's failing campaign, https://anncoulter.substack.com/
52:00 Black conservatives like Tim Scott are quick to play the race card
55:00 Ann Coulter...2023-08-091h 08
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
CSPI PodcastUnderstanding Right and Left | Bryan Caplan & Richard HananiaBryan Caplan joins the podcast to talk about his new book, Voters as Mad Scientists: Essays on Political Irrationality.Bryan begins by explaining why he hates politics. Much of the conversation then centers around Caplan’s simplistic theory of the right and left. This is compared and contrasted with Scott Alexander’s thrive/survive theory of the political spectrum, Robin Hanson’s theory of farmers and foragers, and Hanania’s “Liberals Read, Conservatives Watch TV.”Near the end, the discussion turns to the political climate at GMU, and whether the intellectual community that has been built can su...2023-05-011h 32
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
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.
D...2022-01-241h 03