Victor Davis Hanson Tries to Save America
The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour
Hillsdale College
4.8 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Guests: Victor Davis Hanson, Thomas Spoehr, & Dwight Lindley
Host Scot Bertram talks with Victor Davis Hanson, the Wayne and Marcia Buske Distinguished Fellow in History at Hillsdale College and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, and discusses his recent essay, "10 Steps to Save America." Thomas Spoehr, Director of the Center for National Defense at the Heritage Foundation, tells us why American fitness has national security implications. And Dwight Lindley, Associate Professor of English at Hillsdale, begins a series on the writings and life of Charles Dickens.
Victor Davis Hanson at 00:41
Thomas Spoehr at 22:05
Dwight Lindley at 34:35
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| 0:00.0 | From the historic campus of Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan, |
| 0:11.4 | where the good, the true, and the beautiful are taught, nurtured, and honored, |
| 0:16.5 | this is the Radio Free Hillsdale Hour, bringing the activity and education of the college to listeners across the country. |
| 0:25.1 | We're inculcating a new generation in the idea that you're a sucker just to go out and get a regular job and pay regular table. |
| 0:31.8 | This is your host Scott Bertram, and welcome to the Radio Free Hillsdale Hour, part of the Hillsdale College Podcast Network. |
| 0:40.7 | That was Dr. Victor Davis Hansen, the Wayne and Marsha Busk Distinguished Fellow in History at Hillsdale College, |
| 0:47.5 | and also senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. We talk in depth today about a piece he wrote, |
| 0:52.8 | 10 Steps to Save America. Dr. Hansen, |
| 0:56.2 | thanks so much for joining us. Thank you for having me. The bulk of our conversation today will |
| 1:01.4 | revolve around a piece you wrote over at American greatness, AM greatness.com a little while to go, |
| 1:07.7 | 10 steps to save America. I want to start here, though. Republicans and |
| 1:13.5 | conservatives have not been shut out of power in recent years, whether it be in the White House |
| 1:19.3 | itself, in governors, mansions across the country. Why is there a need to write a piece like this |
| 1:25.8 | 10 steps to save America? What hasn't been done when Republicans and conservatives have had that power? |
| 1:33.0 | Well, in their defense, I don't think we've ever seen such a rapid decline in American influence in power as we have the last two and a half years. |
| 1:44.1 | And by that, I mean, as they outline, it's just sort of a perfect storm where our so-called allies like France |
| 1:52.0 | are openly siding with our adversaries like China. |
| 1:57.0 | And in a less severe way, people like India, people in India and Japan have decided they might |
| 2:03.8 | go by election or not. |
| 2:05.1 | I'm not adjudicating whether that's wise or not. |
| 2:07.6 | I'm just saying that that was against the directive of the United States. |
| 2:10.7 | It's famous to Egypt. |
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