The Chris Hedges Report
Hosted by Chris Hedges · Chris Hedges
4.8from 696 ratings
- 119
- Episodes
- 67
- Transcribed
- 696
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
- 18M
- YouTube views
About The Chris Hedges Report
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges interviews a wide array of authors, journalists, artists and cultural figures on complex topics of history, politics and war.
- Publisher
- Chris Hedges
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 31 Jul 2024
- Latest episode
- 10 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
67 of 119 episodes have a transcript.
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Dissidents (w/ Cartoonist Derf Backderf) | TCHR
3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Fighting Big Money in Politics (w/ Karishma Manzur) | TCHR
30 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Iran War Is the Biggest Strategic Blunder in US History (w/ John Mearsheimer) | TCHR
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The Dissidents (w/ Cartoonist Derf Backderf) | TCHR
Published 10 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Well, the first one that I immediately went to was by Robert Minor called The Perfect Soldier, which is a cartoon that keeps popping up to this day. I mean, every time we get involved in some misadventure, in another country, there's the perfect soldier again. And especially when the saber rattling begins and whatever autocrats in power talks about reviving the draft or, you know, beefing up the armed forces. It's, I think, one of a handful of political cartoons that stand as the all-time greats. It's right up there with, you know, Nixon campaigning out of the gutter by Herb Locke or Bill Malden's a statue of Abraham Lincoln with his face buried in his hands after JFK's assassination. […]
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- Derf Backderf
- Karishma Manzur
- John Mearsheimer
- Robin Andersen
- Dr Adam Hamawy
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 18,405,074
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 422 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 274 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 75 / 100
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- Quality
- 77
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 91
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Who hosts The Chris Hedges Report?
Chris Hedges host the show. Published by Chris Hedges.
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