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Richard Hanania

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9:42

The Miraculous Findings of Paleogenetics

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2025/02/13

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comI just had a discussion with Razib Khan about some of the exciting recent developments in paleogenetics. In 2018, I read David Reich’s Who We Are and How We Got Here and was absolutely captivated by the idea that we could learn about cultures, population movements, and other aspects of our past through the analysis of prehistoric, ancient, and more recent DNA.The field of paleogenetics is a fast-moving one, so there

8:01

Race Posting Is Not a Personality

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2025/02/08

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comJust did a livestream on the importance of “race posting” in right-wing culture. Things have gone well beyond being anti-woke. Young right-wingers have created a horrifying inverse of woke culture where race and attitudes towards racial issues, along with attitudes towards those who dislike racism, become the center of one’s worldview. I argue that, setting aside the question of whether one should lose a job for

72:44

Trump, Elon, and Embracing the Future | Richard...

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2025/02/05

I did a livestream today with Noah Smith, someone whose writing I have admired for a long time and who I was happy to finally get to meet.We start out by talking about what’s going on with the Trump administration, and all the recent craziness, including the president’s supposed plan for the US to take over Gaza. This blends into discussions about China and Russia, and their memetic relationships with the American left and right respectively. Noah explains why he believes that Putin will not make a

65:21

DeepSeek: Hype and Reality

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2025/01/27

The stock market was sent reeling today as a result of the release by the Chinese company DeepSeek of an open source AI model that comes close to or matches the performance of American models, but was created for a fraction of the cost. While traditional models have cost in the range of $100 million to $1 billion to produce, the latest application from DeepSeek was reportedly created for under $6 million. Wanting to know more, I invited Brian Chau on for a livestream to discuss. Some of the

7:37

Winning the War on DEI

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2025/01/23

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comI just did a livestream with Bryan Caplan on Trump’s executive orders on DEI and my role in making them happen. For context, see my post from yesterday. We discuss the history of EO 11246 and Bryan talks about the pressure his dad got from the government to hire more minorities in the airline industry in the 1980s. One point to emphasize is that even people who think a lot about policy have been completely in the

7:11

Inauguration Day Stream

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2025/01/20

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comI just did a stream on the inauguration and Trump’s potential executive orders, some of which might be signed by the time you watch this. I did this stream with screensharing, so you can follow along as I scroll X, the New York Times and the Washington Post, and read about the Biden pardons, what Trump is expected to do on his first day, and more. In the midst of the Twitter scrolling, I also go on tangents about

105:16

At the 90th Percentile of Ayn Rand Appreciation

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2025/01/06

Alex Epstein (X, Substack) is a philosopher, energy expert, and the author of two New York Times bestselling books: Fossil Future and The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels.Alex and I met a few years ago through our mutual friend Bryan Caplan. A couple of months ago we were talking and he asked me how much Ayn Rand I had read. I mentioned that I’d gone through Atlas Shrugged when I was in my teens or early twenties, and by chance had picked up The Romantic Manifesto not that long before we spoke. One thing

9:31

Nietzschean Chuds and the Indian Christmas War

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2024/12/26

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comA war has broken out on X between Tech Right types and populists over the question of Indian immigration. For context, see this article, or basically scroll through my entire X feed. I spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day posting about this, as this topic is where many of my interests overlap. I’m particularly fascinated by the idea of right-wing nationalism as a radical egalitarian movement that masquerades as one

9:35

The Cowardly Lion, the Jacked Falconer, and the...

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2024/12/16

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comTom Khaled Würdemann (follow on X) is a PhD student at Heidelberg University. He also works as a lecturer at the Police College of the State of Hassia, Germany.He joins the podcast to talk mainly about the history of Syria and recent events in that country. I am particularly fascinated by the question of why a nation that had multiple coups in the decades before 1970 ended up being ruled by one family for over half a

8:01

Hanania, Tracey, Assad

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2024/12/09

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comMichael Tracey joined me tonight to discuss the fall of the Syrian regime. We speculate about the future of Syria, and express surprise regarding how little Assad did to rally his troops and try to inspire them to fight on. See here for the WSJ piece we refer to.

12:05

Economic Reasoning and Self-Help

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2024/12/04

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comBryan joined me on a livestream recently to talk about his new book Self-Help is Like a Vaccine. We discuss topics like parenting, how to live a stress free life, when to stick to one’s principles and when to compromise, and more. We end by taking a few questions from the audience. See Bryan on Milei and populism, which is another one of the issues we discussed. To get notifications for future livestreams, make sure

9:57

"Do Your Own Research" (from credible sources)

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2024/12/02

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comStephen Goldstein (follow on X) is a postdoc in Evolutionary Virology at the University of Utah Medical School, where he specializes in coronaviruses. He joins me to discuss vaccines and whether you should get them.Short answer: yes. I’ve been delving a bit into the claims of anti-vaxxers, and every time you look at one of their arguments it falls apart in the face of the most basic scrutiny. See tweets on RFK here,

8:08

Hunter Gets Away, Assad Falters, and the Trump...

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2024/12/02

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comTonight I had a livestream with Mike Tracey on the Hunter Biden pardon, Trump expressing an intent to name Kash Patel as FBI Director, the latest in Syria, and what Trump might do in Ukraine. I explain to Michael why Trump appointing both of his daughters’ fathers-in-law to positions might make sense, as in my view nepotism isn’t necessarily a bad thing in foreign policy. Near the end we do some fanfic on how Trump

8:22

A New Rising Center?

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2024/11/22

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comMy friend Tracing Woodgrains joined me on the live stream today. Earlier this month, he and I published articles in Quillette one day apart on a similar theme, which is the need for a sane centrism beyond woke leftism and the Trump cult. We try to distinguish between a kind of libertarian-statist axis and one that focuses on whether institutions are functioning well. I share some thoughts on whether it’s even

7:33

Hanania/Tracey: Gaetz Withdraws!!

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2024/11/21

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comMichael Tracey joins me on a livestream today to discuss Matt Gaetz withdrawing his nomination to be Attorney General. We also talk about where MAGA is going, the increasing meaninglessness of the term “neocon”, escalation in Ukraine, and more. Here’s the video Michael sent me showing the missile attack in Dnipro today. I’ve found that livestreams are a good way to build a following on Substack. So I’ve been doing

8:10

Talking Trump Appointments

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2024/11/17

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comI had an hour in my car today and decided to do a livestream where I talked about the Trump appointments so far. We had a few normal days and then it sort of went off the rails. The RFK and Gabbard appointments are particularly shocking, as is Gaetz in a different way. I thought that the Gribbles would be tossed aside after the election and now that they weren’t I need to rethink some things. I discuss Trump becoming

8:09

This is MAGA Country!!!!

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2024/11/06

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comPolymarket gives Trump a 97% chance of Trump winning as I write this. Republicans are taking the Senate, and by a relatively substantial margin. Michael Tracey and I talk about what happened. We get into the Hispanic vote, what a second Trump administration will look like, Trump’s unique magic, how Michael could tell voters’ preferences by their looks, and much more.See Michael’s three threads of Pennsylvania voters

8:32

Election Day Lives Stream

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2024/11/05

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comJust finished a three-hour election day live stream, which started at 1PM ET.Hour 1: Maxim Lott discusses betting markets and where we’re putting our money.Hour 2: Alex Nowrasteh on immigration, and what the vibe is like in DCHour 3: Rob Henderson, to discuss basic election stuff, the vibes, and we go on some tangents.This is probably going to be dated in a few hours, but I’m getting it to you all in time where you

8:24

Closing Arguments: Live Stream with Michael Tracey

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2024/11/01

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comI talked to Michael Tracey last night about the upcoming election, JD Vance on Rogan, Trump’s stolen election claims, Michael’s recent Liz Cheney piece, and other things. Join me for my next live video in the Substack app.Today I’ll be talking with Alex Nowrasteh on Election Day at 5ET/2PT. See you there.

29:20

Why Are Americans So Rich?

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2024/10/24

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comToday I talk with Callum Williams (follow on X), senior economics editor for The Economist. I was honored to have Callum on, as I consider The Economist perhaps the most indispensable news source we have. Their latest issue, on the US economy as the envy of the world, forms the basis of our discussion. After talking a bit about what it is like working for The Economist and its ideological orientation, we get into the

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