Welcome to the Eric Mattaxas show.

Have you ever gargled Peter Butter?

What's the capital of North Dakota?

Do I spit when I talk?

All this and more on the Eric Mataxis show.

Now your host, until further notice, Eric Mataxis.

Hey, folks, welcome to the Eric Mataxis show.

Very special guest right now, Victor Davis Hanson, talking us all the way from California,

A. Victor Davis Hansen, always a joy to get your thoughts on what's going on in the country

or on anything, if you don't mind my saying.

So let's talk about what you see happening right now.

In the terms of the election?

Yeah, well, in terms of the election and this ultra-bizarre run-up to the election, we obviously have this COVID and crisis, which has been tremendously politicized.

We have mobs roaming the streets of our cities.

It doesn't seem to be getting better.

It's a moment of, I think, unprecedented turmoil,

and I would have to include even 1968.

Yeah, I agree.

I think a lot of people, especially on the left, are ossified,

and they believe that the issues of April and May and maybe June are still valid.

They don't realize that in a campaign year,

especially, things happen very quickly. So the issues that they seem to be reacting to,

...