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The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated

Salem Podcast Network

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.4 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Hugh discusses Iran, today's Virginia redistricting vote, and talks with Matt Continetti, Josh Holmes, David Drucker, Byron York, James Lileks, and Rachel Goldberg-Polin.

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0:00.0	Welcome to today's podcast, sponsored by Hillsdale College.
0:03.4	All things Hillsdale at Hillsdale.edu.
0:05.6	I encourage you to take advantage of the many free online courses there.
0:08.8	And, of course, I'll listen to the Hillsdale Dialogues, all of them at Hugh for Hillsdale.com or just Google Apple, iTunes, and Hillsdale.
0:17.2	I'm joined now by Matt Contennetti.
0:19.0	Matt, of course, the columnist for the Wall Street Journal.
0:21.7	He's also the head of domestic studies over at AEI.
0:25.2	I always like to get a little behind the scenes with Matt over at AEI,
0:30.0	and I'm just double-checking.
0:31.5	I listen to Fred on the commentary podcast this week.
0:36.7	Does he ever smile? He does. He does you. Fred Kagan. podcast this week. Does he ever smile?
0:39.3	He does.
0:40.0	He does, he does.
0:40.8	Fred Kagan smiles.
0:42.7	He can chuckle.
0:44.3	He's very, you know, he, but when he's locked in on target and analyzing the wars in Ukraine and Iran and in Israel and in Africa, he is a very serious man.
0:57.9	Well, I want people to go to Understandingwar.com because he explained why we have to watch
1:03.1	Bahidi.
1:04.2	Bahidi is the man.
1:05.4	Bahidi is the new tyrant.
1:07.3	And is that the conclusion you come to after listening to Fred Kagan?
1:10.4	Whenever you see him in the hallway, is he muttering Vahidi?
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