The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated

Hugh’s new Fox News column reviews former President Trump’s need for a national security team. He discusses the wisdom of doing this with former Senator Jim Talent and Josh Kraushaar, before talking with Commentary’s Abe Greenwald about his essay “The Woke Jihad” which went viral these past few days, plus Senator Rick Scott who declared his candidacy to replace Mitch McConnell at year’s end. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh covers the news of the morning and talks with Rep. Michael Waltz from Florida, Olivia Beavers of Politico, and Mary Katharine Ham, co-host of Getting Hammered. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Biden Administration is doing its best to stop Israel from winning in Gaza and specifically in Rafah. Hugh talks about the war with Haviv Rettig Gur of the Times of Israel, with Senators Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz about the Manhattan show trial of Donald Trump, and with David Drucker and Byron York about Trump Veep candidates and his trial. Pennsylvania’s next senator Dave McCormick joins Hugh as well. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

O’Brien joined Hugh from Tel Aviv this AM to explain the U.S.-Israeli relationship, Jim Geraghty and John Campbell run down the Veepstakes, plus U.S. Senate candidates Bernie Moreno who is running in Ohio, and Tim Sheehy who is running in MT. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh plays the Harrison Butker commencement speech and lets you hear what he actually said. Plus Ben Domenech and Terry Pluto. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former President Donald Trump joined Hugh this AM to talk all things 2024, plus Congressman Michael Waltz, Congressman Ken Calvert, Olivia Beavers, Mary Katharine Ham, and Daniel Polisar, the father of 3 IDF soldiers presently deployed in Gaza. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wow, those polls. Is the bottom falling out on Joe Biden? Hugh discusses with Senator Tom Cotton, Bret Baier, Byron York, and David Drucker. Plus: Trump’s Veepstakes down to the wire. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duke University professor and New York Times columnist Frank Bruni joined Hugh for an hour-plus conversation about Frank’s new and thought-provoking book “The Age of Grievance.” Much agreement between them and much disagreement but all done in a civil and sustained fashion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Wednesday of last week, President Biden imposed an arms embargo on Israel and has been buried by an avalanche of criticisms in the wake of his CNN announcement. Hugh reviews the key developments of the weekend and talks with Dan Senor of the “Call Me Back” podcast who hosted PM Netanyahu yesterday, plus Bethany Mandel, Jim Geraghty, Salena Zito, and former Congressman John Campbell. And a bonus discussion of umpires, good and bad. (The latter includes Hugh’s producer and co-host of the podcast “Look Through The Chaos” w/ Campbell) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh covers the news of the morning and talks with Ben Domenech, Sarah Bedford, and Sonny Bunch. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh explains the president’s astonishing turn against Israel and discusses with former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Dr. Michael Oren, Senator John Cornyn, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies’ Cliff May and Jonathan Schanzer, former Senator Jim Talent, and Josh Kraushaar, editor-in-chief of Jewish Insider. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh, very reluctantly, discusses the NYC trial of former President Trump with Andrew C. McCarthy, former AUSA in the SDNY and the very best analyst of these proceedings anywhere. Hugh also talks with Mary Katharine Ham about how the trial is “playing” with suburban moms. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Israel begins its Rafah operation, the United States cuts off the shipment of precision munitions (inexplicable if Israel is to continue to keep civilian casualties to a historical low for warfare.) Hugh reviews these developments and discussed them with Senator Tom Cotton, Bret Baier, Admiral James Stavridis (USN, Ret.) Byron York and David Drucker. Hugh also comments on his new Fox News column. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh reviews the weekend news including Israel’s opening of its offensive into Rafah, and the Sunday show’s glimpse of the VeepStakes underway, plus Ben Domenech, Jim Geraghty, Bethany Mandel, and Phil Balboni. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The president spent less than 5 minutes on his statement on campus violence and very little of that 5 minutes on the wave of anti-Semitic speech on campuses and in the streets. Hugh reviews the remarks, discusses them with Ben Domenech, and updates how Donald Trump is surging and Biden diving in the race for the White House. Plus: Friday at the movies with Sonny Bunch. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ambassador Michael Oren, the Times of Israel's Haviv Rettig Gur, former Senator Jim Talent, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale and Josh Kraushaar all join Hugh to discuss at length the turning point approaching Israel's government: Forward into Rafah or retreat and, in essence, defeat. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yossi Klein Halevi is one of Israel’s leading public intellectuals. He joined me for a long conversation on the situation in Israel today after almost seven months of war. After that long interview, Congressman Michael Waltz joined Hugh to review yesterday’s testimony on the Hill of SecDef Austin and his visit to Columbia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh talks with Senator Tom Cotton about upheavals on America’s campuses and with the Washington Post’s Dan Balz about the imminent collapse of the U.K.’s Tories who, we both agree, are going to suffer an election defeat every bit as stunning as the GOP’s in 1964 and Canada’s Progressive Conservatives in 1993. Plus, David Drucker and Byron York on the campus unrest. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Story after story about the hostage negotiations between Israel and the terrorists in Hamas, but Ambassador Michael Oren cleared it up for us this morning. Plus, Trey Gowdy quizzing me on the buzz around the former (and future) President Trump’s new national security team, Admiral Stavridis, Jim Geragty, Salena Zito, and former Congressman John Campbell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Supreme Court held a 2 hour and 40 minute argument Thursday in the case of Trump v. U.S. and the questions from the bench made clear this will be a very complicated decision in a very important case of first impression. Hugh reviews the arguments and reactions. Plus, Ben Domenech and Sarah Bedford on the ongoing war in Gaza and the ongoing circus in the Manhattan courtroom and on campuses across the country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.