Discussion of politics, philosophy, and current events <br/><br/><a href="https://www.richardhanania.com/s/hanpod?utm_medium=podcast">www.richardhanania.com</a>
Clown Car
Claim This Podcastby Richard Hanania
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Discussion of politics, philosophy, and current events <br/><br/><a href="https://www.richardhanania.com/s/hanpod?utm_medium=podcast">www.richardhanania.com</a>
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Recent Episodes
July 6, 2026
Hanania & Tracey Reading Communion, by JD Vance
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit <a href="https://www.richardhanania.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7">www.richardhanania.com</a><br/><br/><p>Michael Tracey told me that he was reading JD Vance’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Communion-Finding-Way-Back-Faith/dp/B0GTQMJ53N/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.5IL_jb9EQBYDNGigNPSRz0pdOqxLs-oPoA6DW80-jNl7BTRDMtuYdxxopRNIumfySjOg8PzvvVksjcNofrR0RyadbKp6-ftkCJvamKt4bAkmKwB0hmtb-DTNxmkrUhyqioa4Ll5F36qEj0DLXujUL6Yn6VoPNBdqtSP991HkVhJgJYQzkxm5oLjoR6rCu4171P_eLiGXyQt-R0m_2YVB6TsSCen28y75GDsX0FZ7c08.TvGt9OdTFA3kmV1vM7LH99GLIvH7eZ2PlFuRTQEsa44&qid=1783371343&sr=8-1">Communion</a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Communion-Finding-Way-Back-Faith/dp/B0GTQMJ53N/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.5IL_jb9EQBYDNGigNPSRz0pdOqxLs-oPoA6DW80-jNl7BTRDMtuYdxxopRNIumfySjOg8PzvvVksjcNofrR0RyadbKp6-ftkCJvamKt4bAkmKwB0hmtb-DTNxmkrUhyqioa4Ll5F36qEj0DLXujUL6Yn6VoPNBdqtSP991HkVhJgJYQzkxm5oLjoR6rCu4171P_eLiGXyQt-R0m_2YVB6TsSCen28y75GDsX0FZ7c08.TvGt9OdTFA3kmV1vM7LH99GLIvH7eZ2PlFuRTQEsa44&qid=1783371343&sr=8-1">,</a> so I thought I would also check it out and we’d do a podcast on the book. I was actually sick of thinking about JD Vance and wasn’t planning on reading it, but decided to give it a try. I was nudged by our mutual publisher sending me a copy, though I ended up listening to it on Audible. I’ve written a review that I will publish later this week, but for now enjoy this podcast, where I preview some of the arguments I will make. The more I think about Vance and learn about his thinking, the more disturbed I become. I sometimes say I don’t know how I will hold up if he ever becomes president. But who am I kidding? It would obviously be invigorating. </p><p>First twenty minutes here are free, the rest is for paid subscribers. Note that you can get a one-year paid subscription to the newsletter simply by preordering my book, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Kakistocracy-Why-Populism-Ends-Disaster/dp/0063479990/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.u1EDUo-USI2aqXdEE_7dVyykR6wslSmZVvODnaEIpe-mB7H2LwYwKJRKe-RLhuT_a6SGf04EBBe1PvInQ6b0PnpjAKe2h7_1wcxsiq1eBAQi-nvX6S1fzCZV6sl71M2bBMPyr7E0RJDYiez2ia4uHVOo20p-PaCxnNSiIbmpkyQCP2Dxr1z9Y5ekGAu5f6_wqkCTMSDgFNLEj6eUPo8ZHqAitzuOqm1yDzu6Sci1hdQ.GaTf6HN7QEU0zh4Zi77R5pmhOJ7ScgM9f11cZ4lv8r4&qid=1783355531&sr=8-2">Kakistocracy</a>, which is released tomorrow. Details on the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.richardhanania.com/p/preorder-kakistocracy-get-one-year">offer here</a>. The hardcover is under $30 and the newsletter subscription is $70 for the year, so it’s a pretty good deal. </p><p>While we were live, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/06/graham-platner-sexual-assault-allegation-00987737">news broke</a> of a sexual assault allegation against Graham Platner. We discuss the story a bit at the end. You will not be shocked to learn that Michael is not impressed with the quality of the evidence, and neither am I. </p><p>During the podcast, I read an ad for Mechanize, which Michael makes fun of me for. That’s right, I’ve sold out. But it’s for a good cause, as they are going full steam ahead toward complete automation, something I believe strongly in. Here is the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.mechanize.work/apply/?utm_source=hanania">link to apply.</a> Jobs available include software engineer ($300K base pay), research engineer ($500K base pay), recruiter ($200K), growth manager ($250K), intern ($150/hr), and legal counsel ($400K). </p><p>Note: If you would like to get this podcast through a regular podcast app, go to <a target="_blank" href="http://richardhanania.com/">richardhanania.com</a> on a browser on your device (it doesn’t work in the app), log in to Substack, and click on the tab for either the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.richardhanania.com/s/hanpod">Hanania Show</a> or the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.richardhanania.com/s/hhpod">H&H Podcast</a>. Select the episode you want, and then choose one of Apple, Spotify, etc. under “Listen on” to your right. You’ll be able to add the show through an RSS feed, after which you will get new episodes, either free or paid depending on what kind of subscriber you are, through whichever platform you use.</p>
April 13, 2026
US-Iran Peace Talks Break Down. What's Next?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit <a href="https://www.richardhanania.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7">www.richardhanania.com</a><br/><br/><p>Michael Tracey joins the livestream to talk about recent events. We start with the end of Orban’s reign in Hungary, discussing that nation’s role in American political discourse. This might be the last time in a while anyone in the US has any reason to care about this small central European country. </p><p>The bulk of the conversation focuses on the war with Iran and what comes next. Michael expects Trump to keep going all out for regime change, while my money would be on TACO. We read the tea leaves and debate Trump’s many muddled and contradictory statements. </p><p>I don’t have a high degree of confidence in my view; Trump is obviously an increasingly unstable lunatic who can go in any direction, and his babble on this topic is even more incoherent than normal. As I explained on X, I think that Hormuz and his lack of palatable options have <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/2043091515908722917">broken him</a>. But underneath it all, I believe that he’s first and foremost a political survivor, and that means trying to get the best possible outcome for Republicans in the midterms so nobody investigates his crimes and corruption. </p><p>We close with some discussion about the Eric Swalwell situation and questions from the audience. </p><p><strong>Links to articles mentioned in the discussion</strong></p><p>David Ignatius on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/04/12/us-iran-talks-islamabad-what-happened-what-happens-next/">what comes next</a></p><p>NYT on how Mojtaba Khamenei became his father’s successor, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/world/middleeast/iran-mojtaba-khamenei-election-supreme-leader.html">article</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/podcasts/the-daily/irans-new-supreme-leader-mojtaba-khamenei.html">podcast</a></p><p>Note: If you would like to get this podcast through a regular podcast app, go to <a target="_blank" href="http://richardhanania.com/">richardhanania.com</a> on a browser on your device (it doesn’t work in the app), log in to Substack, and click on the tab for either the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.richardhanania.com/s/hanpod">Hanania Show</a> or the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.richardhanania.com/s/hhpod">H&H Podcast</a>. Select the episode you want, and then choose one of Apple, Spotify, etc. under “Listen on” to your right. You’ll be able to add the show through an RSS feed, after which you will get new episodes, either free or paid depending on what kind of subscriber you are, through whichever platform you use.</p>
March 24, 2026
Impromptu Interview with James Fishback
<p>Something very strange just happened. I was doing a livestream on James Fishback, and the man himself joined us midway through. </p><p>This began as a stream with Nikos Mohammadi (<a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/NikosMohammadi">X</a>, Substack), a student at Columbia University whose work has appeared in UnHerd, The Spectator, and elsewhere.</p><p>As everyone knows, I’ve been <a target="_blank" href="https://www.richardhanania.com/p/is-james-fishback-the-future-of-the">fascinated</a> by the Fishback phenomenon. Nikos wrote one of the <a target="_blank" href="https://unherd.com/2026/02/the-groyper-who-would-be-governor/?edition=us">articles</a> I cited as a sign he was getting a respectful hearing in the right-wing press. My argument has been that those inclined toward populism on the right who are not Groypers have proved too eager to claim Fishback as their own, given his many scandals and shortcomings. </p><p>About forty minutes in, someone with the profile name James Fishback showed up in the chat. I was skeptical that this was the real thing, but then I saw one of his campaign staff vouch that it was actually him. Before long, Fishback, sitting in Starbucks, was taking questions on the stream!</p><p>I didn’t know exactly what to do with this, and it’s always awkward facing someone you’ve criticized harshly. There were a lot of angles that I could take, but I decided to focus on policy questions. I asked him about school choice, taxes, and crime. Fishback sounded more like a conventional Republican than I expected. On housing, I pushed back on his lack of enthusiasm for removing supply-side constraints, the one thing we really clashed over. I thought this would be more fruitful than fighting him on immigration, where he was less likely to budge. My view is that anti-immigration sentiment is too fundamental to populism to shift people on, but nearly everything else is more incidental, so I could maybe move him and his followers toward YIMBYism. I gathered that racism-related questions would be pointless, as I rarely find it informative when journalists focus on bigoted statements in interviews. </p><p>Still, I felt the need to ask about By’rone. I was surprised by the candidness of his response. </p><p>Having now personally experienced Fishback’s charm, I can confirm he’s very good at this. He said my name a lot, claimed to have read my book, and complimented me as a keen scholar of the conservative movement — particularly amusing since I have been arguing that his rise is a sign of its decline. After Fishback left, Nikos said he sounded more pro-market with me than he did during the discussions for UnHerd, which gets back to the idea that he is a talented politician. Fishback talked about learning economics from Mankiw’s textbook, which I have mentioned reading before. Maybe it was all coincidental, but the whole thing felt eerily micro-targeted. </p><p>Fishback ended up inviting me to come cover his campaign in Florida. I hope to take him up on the offer. Even in the likely case that he loses, I’m quite confident this guy is not going away, and we’re seeing the rise of someone who is going to be a major force in Republican politics for years to come. </p><p>Note: If you would like to get this podcast through a regular podcast app, go to <a target="_blank" href="http://richardhanania.com/">richardhanania.com</a> on a browser on your device (it doesn’t work in the app), log in to Substack, and click on the tab for either the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.richardhanania.com/s/hanpod">Hanania Show</a> or the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.richardhanania.com/s/hhpod">H&H Podcast</a>. Select the episode you want, and then choose one of Apple, Spotify, etc. under “Listen on” to your right. You’ll be able to add the show through an RSS feed, after which you will get new episodes, either free or paid depending on what kind of subscriber you are, through whichever platform you use.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.richardhanania.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.richardhanania.com/subscribe</a>
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