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The Big Ben Show

Trump Allies Apologize, The Iran Conflict, & Hollywood’s Moral Rot with Andrew Klavan

The Big Ben Show

Fox News Radio

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.5576 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Will the Iran negotiations succeed, or is America heading toward a deeper conflict? Ben Domenech breaks down the JD Vance mission to Islamabad and why Hollywood has lost its soul with guest Andrew Klavan. In this episode, Ben dives into the shifting political allegiances surrounding the President's second term before welcoming Fox News Correspondent Lucas Tomlinson. Together, they provide an inside look at the high-stakes negotiations in Pakistan involving Vice President JD Vance and the looming threat of the Strait of Hormuz blockade. Next, Andrew Klavan joins the show to discuss his Edgar Award nomination, the anti-hero era of television, and why modern cinema struggles to depict true masculinity. Finally, Ben previews the NFL Draft in Pittsburgh and explains why he’s keeping a close eye on "journeyman" quarterbacks like Diego Pavia. 🎙️ Listen and SUBSCRIBE for more candid conversations on speech,culture, media power and politics. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3fRPRZRNC9O7S8u40CSk2D Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-big-ben-show/id1556479134 Follow The Big Ben Show on all social platforms: X: https://x.com/BigBenShowFox Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigbenshowfox/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigBenShowFox Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

All right, boys and girls, we are back with another edition of The Big Ben Show.

0:11.0

I'm your host, Ben Dominic.

0:12.3

You can follow me on X at B. Dominech.

0:14.7

Follow the show at Big Ben Show Fox on X and on Instagram to check out our clips and to share

0:20.5

them with your friends, I hope.

0:22.9

I want to talk to you today about the different people who are expressing regret over supporting

0:28.4

the president of the United States for his second term. There's a number of people who fall into

0:34.6

this category, people like Megan Kelly, people like Candace Owens, people like Alex Jones, etc., people who fall into this category. People like Megan Kelly, people like

0:38.2

Candace Owens, people like Alex Jones, et cetera, people who the president has gone after in his

0:43.7

various truth social posts and the like. But I think that this is a pretty good summary of the

0:50.4

opinion that they have from one former colleague of mine, Tucker Carlson.

0:56.1

You and I, he said, and everyone else who supported him, you wrote speeches for him, I campaigned

1:01.6

for him. I mean, we're implicated in this for sure. It's not enough to say, well, I changed

1:06.6

my mind or like, oh, this is bad. I'm out. It's like in very small ways but in real ways you

1:13.3

and me and millions of people like us are the reason this is happening right now

1:17.5

so I do think it's like a moment to wrestle with our own consciences you know

1:22.9

we'll be tormented by it for a long time I will be and I want to say I'm sorry for misleading people.

1:29.4

It was not intentional. That's all I'll say. But anyway, but the question does present itself

1:34.7

immediately like what is this? Was this always the plan? You don't want to be a conspiracy nut, but like

1:40.6

clearly there were signs of low character. We knew that.

1:46.0

But it didn't. There are tons of people of low character who, like, outperform their character.

1:52.0

I want to read that to you because I don't like to hear him laugh.

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