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The Ben Shapiro Show

Friendly Fire: Iran War Debate, 2028 Presidential Buzz & Oscars Preview

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

News Commentary, News

4.4152.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Ben Shapiro, Michael Knowles, and Andrew Klavan are LIVE for a Friday afternoon edition of Friendly Fire, debating the Iran war and what everyone else seems to be missing. Then the conversation turns to 2028 speculation, as the guys discuss the early buzz around a potential Vance vs Rubio showdown. The show wraps with Hollywood’s biggest ego parade for an Oscars preview. - - - Today's Sponsor: Helix Sleep - Visit https://helixsleep.com/FriendlyFire for 27% off sitewide. DailyWire+ Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: https://www.dailywire.com/subscribe 📲 Download the free Daily Wire app today on iPhone, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, and more. Go to https://DailyWire.com/Shop 📗 Michael Knowles’ book "Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds" is available here: https://dwplus.shop/Speechless 📘 Ben Shapiro’s book "Lions and Scavengers: The True Story of America (and Her Critics)" is available here: https://dwplus.shop/LionsandScavengers 📕 Andrew Klavan’s novel, "After That, The Dark" is available here: https://dwplus.shop/AfterThatTheDark 🍿 The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin is now streaming exclusively on DailyWire+ https://dwplus.watch/ThePendragon 👕 This new Ben Shapiro t-shirt is sure to raise eyebrows: https://dwplus.shop/BenShapiroBrowsTShirt 🎁  You’ve seen it played on The Michael Knowles Show. Now play the YES-or-NO game at home! https://dwplus.shop/YesorNoGame 🕯️ Get your Michael Knowles candles: https://thecandleclub.com/collections/michael-knowles - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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cooey enemies of friends are these coo need enemies now knolls why are you that's got a hot wifing i've been

2:11.4

hot wifing for 50 years man no i don't i don't think you want to i don't know if you want that clip

2:16.1

it means something else.

2:17.7

So I found out it was in the New York Post, and there was a survey that 71% of kinky couples,

2:25.2

so that's a subset of couples, 71% say that it helped their marriage to pimp out their wife to other guys.

2:33.2

Okay, that's something different than I've been doing.

2:34.9

Yeah, that's it.

2:35.8

What are the other 30% of kinky couples doing? You know, the other 30% are very wholesome, actually. I'd actually be a little kinky if I could. And Knowles, I'm just wondering, like, why are we doing the Pears Morgan show here? Like, why is that a thing that we're doing now? Hold on that. I want to know what's the new feud going to be this week.

2:51.1

Are there any? Who else are we going to hit? I want to start what, what's the new feud going to be this week?

3:08.4

Are there any? Who else are we going to hit? I want to start a feud with Rachel Maddow, because it would be kind of like right in the mirror, you know? Yeah, I mean, I feel like the feud with peers is actually the stupidest one. That's the dumbest one. I mean, the peers one, I don't even understand why he's mad. I said that his show is the Jerry Springer apologetic. Click whore, did I miss that? Yeah, you called him a click whore.

3:09.7

Well, that was, no, that was after.

3:11.2

So I started. Pierce one, I don't even understand why he's mad. I said that his show was the Jerry Springer of politics. Did I miss that?

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