The Canceled Broadway Actor Bringing Thomas Sowell To The Stage w/Clifton Duncan

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🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Actor and writer Clifton Duncan joins me for a candid and impactful conversation about the personal cost he paid on Broadway for speaking out against the dominant left-wing narratives that he believes have come to shape the culture of the American theater industry. However, he also talks about his new one-man show about Thomas Sowell. "The State of the Arts" can be found at: https://cliftonduncan.substack.com - Writing that lives at the nexus of art, entertainment, culture, and society. Follow Clifton on X @cliftonaduncan Follow Clifton on Youtube here: https://youtube.com/@cliftonaduncan?si=dr-FjGAiruh8DlKE Here is Andrew and Clifton's first interview from 2022: https://youtu.be/uNwyaE6b2IA - - - Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://get.dailywire.com - - - Today's Sponsor: Policygenius - Head to https://policygenius.com/KLAVAN to compare life insurance quotes from top companies and see how much you could save. - - - DailyWire+: Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: https://dailywire.com/subscribe 📲 Download the free Daily Wire app today on iPhone, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, and more. 🔥 Friendly Fire is here! No moderator, no safe words. Now available: https://dailywire.com/show/friendly-fire 📗 Read my short story, "Jesus, the Movie" at the New English Review: https://www.newenglishreview.org/articles/jesus-the-movie 📙 My NY Times best-selling non-fiction book, "The Kingdom of Cain: Finding God in the Literature of Darkness" has been nominated for an Edgar Award! Available for purchase here: https://dwplus.shop/KingdomofCain 📘 My latest novel, "After That, The Dark" is available here: https://dwplus.shop/AfterThatTheDark 📚 Save the Klavan by shopping my merch here: https://dwplus.shop/AndrewKlavanMerch - - - Socials: Follow on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3B5RI1j Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3D7AzXp Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TXNt08 Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Rtfifp - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Part of your job as an actor is trying to find work.
0:02.5	And when you get to a good point in your career, you literally have casting people trying to get you into shows because they believe in you. And, you know, I had one of these people sit me down and say, why aren't you a star yet? How can we change that and make that happen? But now I'm told that if I'm in a room, it would quote unquote cause tension. That's the word they use now because they can't quite say directly that I've been blacklisted.
0:44.1	Hey, everybody, it's Andrew Claverin with this week's interview with Clifton Duncan.
0:50.1	We had Clifton Duncan on a while back. It seems like a long time now. He is a tremendously talented, classically trained actor and singer. He was on his way to a real Broadway career,
0:57.9	and I wish I had clips that I can play, but you can see some of them online. The guy has a
1:02.2	genuine talent. When he was hit by the cancel train, it was about his not wanting to
1:08.7	put something into his body that he didn't want, namely the vaccine,
1:13.6	the COVID vaccine, which we now know was not very good for young men.
1:17.2	He bravely stood up for it, but, you know, something that is very hard to get, which is a showbiz
1:22.7	career, especially a stage career, was stolen from him.
1:25.6	And he is now doing things that you have to do,
1:28.8	which is to build your own career, to break the stranglehold that we have. He's a really brave guy.
1:34.1	He is now building a following outside the system, his newest project, which I think is a great
1:39.5	idea, is a crowdfunded one-man show inspired by the life and work of Dr. Thomas Soll.
1:45.1	I can't think of anything better. Clifton has been a long time since I've seen you. How you doing? Mr. Claven, wonderful to see you again. I didn't quite catch that compound you mentioned in your ad read. Do you mind wanting that by me? No, I can't pronounce it anymore. If it's not, If the words aren't actually in front of me, that's how I can read it.
1:59.9	What is it, glutathione?
2:01.3	I don't know.
2:02.0	But it's great.
2:02.6	It's great.
2:04.0	Lipothion. if the words aren't actually in front of me. That's why I can read it. What is it, glutathione?
2:01.3	I don't know.
2:01.9	But it's great.
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