The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated

Hugh discusses Pope Leo XIV, the tax bill, and tarrifs, with Senator Mike Crapo, Comfortably Smug, Frank Gardner, Mary Katharine Ham, Suzy Welch, Eli Lake, Josh Kraushaar, Larry Elder, Sarah Bedford, and Jim Talent.

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Hugh interviews President Donald Trump and talks with John Podhoretz, John Campbell, and Salena Zito.

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Hugh discusses the U.S.-Iran nuclear deal, the markets, the Congressional softball field shooting report, with Haviv Rettig Gur, 

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Hugh covers the news and talks with Dr. Michael Oren, Sen. Tom Cotton, Vic Matus, and Joe Concha.

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Duane Patterson fills in for Hugh and talks with Matt Continetti, Ben Domenech, and Jim Geraghty.

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Hugh discusses President Trump's White House Cabinet meeting and the Oklahoma charter school case before SCOTUS with Mary Katharine Ham, Salena Zito, and Sarah Bedford. 

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Hugh discusses President Trump's first 100 days in office with Noah Rothman, David Drucker, Bret Baier, Byron York, Robert Bluey, and James Lileks.

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Hugh discusses Iran, the border, the budget bill, and Ukraine-Russia, and talks with Olivia Beavers, Adm. Mark Montgomery (USN, Ret.), Sen. Tom Cotton, Vic Matus, Bethany Mandel, and Terry Pluto.

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Hugh discusses Ukraine-Russia war, federal judges arrested, the passing of Pope Francis, and U.S.-Iran nuclear talks and more with John Ellis, Matt Continetti, and Ben Domenech.

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Hugh discusses the Ukraine-Russia war, Dark Woke dems, and U.S.-Iran nuclear talks, with Michael Duncan, Robert C. O'Brien, Salena Zito, Josh Kraushaar, Sen. James Lankford, Bethany Mandel, and Jim Talent.

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Hugh discusses the financial markets, Harvard's federal funding, and U.S.-Iran nuclear talks, with Danielle Pletka, Mary Katharine Ham, Dr. Michael Oren, John Campbell, Seth Mandel, Rep. Jason Smith, Abe Greenwald, and Sarah Bedford.

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Hugh discusses Harvard's federal funding and the parents' rights SCOTUS case with Noah Rothman,

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Hugh discusses U.S.-Iran nuclear talks and the passing of Pope Francis, and talks with Senator Tom Cotton, Jonathan Schanzer, and Arthur Brooks.

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Hugh talks with Victor Davis Hanson, Ben Domenech, and Christopher Rufo about President Trump’s second “100 Days,” the looming showdown with Iran, and Harvard’s rejection of the Trump Administration's demand that it reform its practices across the university.

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Hugh discusses Harvard's tax-exempt status and California considering letting community college students be allowed to sleep in their cars, with Noah Rothman, Jonathan Williams, David Drucker, Adm. Mark Montgomery (USN, Ret.), Andrew C. McCarthy, John Ondrasik, and Bethany Mandel.

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Hugh discusses the El Salvadorian terrorist deportation case, the GOP budget bill, U.S.-Iran nuclear talks, and Harvard's federal grant funding, with Olivia Beavers, Sen. Tom Cotton, and Adm. Mark Montgomery (USN, Ret.).

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Hugh discusses tariffs, SCOTUS immigration case, Russia, and China, with John Ellis, Matt Continetti, and Ben Domenech.

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Hugh discusses court cases against President Trump's policies, the GOP budget bill, and tariffs with Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt, Rep. Derrick Van Orden, Josh Hammer, David Vardanyan, and Jared Gesner.

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Hugh discusses the stock market gains, China, tariffs, and the GOP budget bill with Comfortably Smug, Mary Katharine Ham, John Campbell, Charles C. W. Cooke, Phil Balboni, Sarah Bedford, and Gadi Taub.

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Hugh covers the news of the day with news clips and talks with Sen. Jon Husted, Sen. Susan Collins, Gov. Greg Gianforte, Byron York, Alex Gray, and David Bahnsen.

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Hugh talks with Senator Tom Cotton, Ambassador Michael Oren and Douglas Murray plus Vic Matus of “Getting Hammered” on the late Val Kilmer.

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Hugh covers the news of the week and talks with John Ellis, Matt Continetti, and Ben Domenech.

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Hugh opens the show by setting the baseline for assessment of the big break with the appearance of free trade and talks with John Ashbrook, Dan Schlessinger, Sen. Tom Cotton, Jonathan Williams, Andrew C. McCarthy, and Jim Talent.

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Hugh talks about all this and more with Senate Leader Thune, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington, plus former Congressman John Campbell, Mary Katharine Ham, Salena Zito, and Sarah Bedford.

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Hugh talks with the authors of “Fight: Inside The Wildest Battle for the White House” Jon Allen and Amie Parnes, plus Byron York and James Lileks about the book’s big reveal, and a long conversation with Haviv Rettig Gur about Israel’s Supreme Court and the new law that will impact it…if that Supreme Court does not strike it down.

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Matt Continetti, Ben Domenech and Jim Geraghty join Hugh for the weekly look back plus Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on “woke seeds” (really) and an encore of Hugh’s long chat with the late Vin Scully as baseball returns

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Hugh reviews Katherine Maher’s testimony, discusses with Ruthless’s Michael Duncan and Salena Zito, covers the Israeli law reforming its Supreme Court and covers the outrageous First Circuit decision in Foote v Ludlow School District with Kristen Waggoner, president and CEO of the Alliance Defending Freedom.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Jim Talent, Sarah Bedford, Abe Greenwald, Jimmy Patronis, Sen. Jon Husted, John Campbell, Sen. Steve Daines, Danielle Pletka, and Mary Katharine Ham.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, Rep. Steve Scalise, Sen. John Cornyn, David Drucker, and Byron York.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Sen. Tom Cotton, Major General Melvin G. Spiese (USMC, ret.), Haviv Rettig Gur, Bethany Mandel, and Adm. Mark Montgomery (USN, Ret.).

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John Ellis, Matt Continetti, Ben Domenech, and Lanhee Chen review the week’s news with Hugh for your weekend listening!

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As Democrats melt down the GOP celebrates too much and takes its eye off the growing menace from China. Guests include Josh Holmes from Ruthless Podcast and the equal of any of the world’s working historians, Lord Andrew Roberts.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio joins Hugh to discuss China, Xi, Jimmy Lai and Taiwan, and DOJ’s Division of Civil Rights Special Counsel Leo Terrell joins to discuss the ongoing hammering of universities that have tolerated anti-Semitism on their campuses and Mary Katharine Ham on the latest chapter in the gender wars.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Byron York, Noah Rothman, Bret Baier, and James Lileks.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Senator Tom Cotton, Dr. Michael Oren, Doug Burgum, Bethany Mandel, Vic Matus, and Andrew C. McCarthy.

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Hugh covers the news of the week and talks with Ben Domenech, Robert Bluey, and Brendan Carr.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Tom Homan, Haviv Rettig Gur, Mary Katharine Ham, Comfortably Smug, and Sebastian Lai.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Ari Parker, Rep. Ken Calvert, David Drucker, Bret Baier, John Podhoretz, James Lileks, Rich Lowry, and Alex Gray.

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Hugh returns from vacation and talks with Olivia Beavers, Dr. Michael Oren, Sen. Tom Cotton, Bethany Mandel, and Adm. Mark Montgomery (USN, Ret.).

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Duane Patterson guest hosts and talks with Matt Continetti, Ben Domenech, and Jim Geraghty.

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Ed Morrissey fills in for Hugh and talks with John Ashbrook, Tara Palmeri, Josh Kraushaar, Salena Zito, Bethany Mandel, and Jim Talent.

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Mark Davis guest hosts and talks with Mary Katharine Ham, John Campbell, and Sarah Bedford.

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Col. Kurt Schlichter fills in for Hugh and talks with David Drucker, Margot Cleveland, Byron York, Sen. Jim Banks, Michael Walsh, and James Lileks.

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Duane Patterson guest hosts and talks with Olivia Beavers, Dr. Michael Oren, Sen. Tom Cotton, and Vic Matus.

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Hugh talks with Charles C. W. Cooke and Ben Domenech about the meltdown in the Oval before replaying Vice President Vance's speech earlier the same morning.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Michael Duncan, Senator Ted Cruz, and Jim Talent.

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Hugh covers the news of the day with audio clips and talks with Danielle Pletka, Sen. Tim Scott, Sen. Chris Murphy, Rep. Juan Ciscomani, Victor Davis Hanson, Sarah Bedford, and Sen. Dave McCormick.

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Former California Congressman John Campbell of LookThroughTheChaos.com fills in for Hugh and talks with Noah Rothman, David Drucker, Christine Rosen, Byron York, and Steve Hilton.

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Hugh covers the news of the day with audio clips and talks with Olivia Beavers, Tevi Troy, Philip Balboni, Vic Matus, Adm. Mark Montgomery (USN, Ret.), and Bethany Mandel.

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Hugh recaps a very busy Thursday-Friday and then reviews the week with Matt Continetti and Ben Domenech.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Seth Mandel, Josh Kraushaar, Jim Talent, and Josh Holmes.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Senator Tom Cotton, Mary Katharine Ham, CJ Box, John Campbell, Charles C. W. Cooke, Senator James Lankford, and Sarah Bedford.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Noah Rothman, David Drucker, Bret Baier, Sen. Tom Cotton, Andrew C. McCarthy, Byron York, and James Lileks.

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Two of the ‘Seven Things You Can’t Say About China’ by Senator Tom Cotton. The Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee joins Hugh to discuss the U.S.’s greatest enemy.

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Can the federal government actually shrink? Plus, Matt Continetti and Ben Domenech join Hugh for the week in review.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery (USN, ret.), Director of the U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Former Missouri Senator Jim Talent, chairman of Reagan Institute's National Leadership Council, and Dan Senor, host of the Call Me Back podcast.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Comfortably Smug of Ruthless Podcast, Mary Katharine Ham of Getting Hammered podcast, John Campbell of Look Through The Chaos, Salena Zito, Marc Thiessen and Sarah Bedford.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin, parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Noah Rothman of National Review, David Drucker from The Dispatch, Bret Baier of Fox News, former Secretary of Education Dr. William Bennett, Byron York of the Washington Examiner, National Review's editor Rich Lowry, Alex Gray, former NSC chief of staff, and writer James Lileks.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with WSJ's Olivia Beavers, Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Dr. Michael Oren, Ohio AG Dave Yost, Senate Intel Chairman Tom Cotton, Vic Matus of Free Beacon, Adm. Mark Montgomery (USN, Ret.), and Bethany Mandel of The Mom Wars on Substack.

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Hugh covers the news of the week and talks with Charles C. W. Cooke, Ben Domenech, and Jim Geraghty.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Dr. Larry Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, John Ashbrook, newly-minted White House Correspondent for New Media at Ruthless Podcast, Congressman Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin's 3rd District, Dr. Michael Oren, former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Akash Chougule of Americans for Prosperity, Josh Kraushaar, editor-in-chief of Jewish Insider, Philip Balboni, editor of GlobalPost, and former Missouri Senator Jim Talent.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Mary Katharine Ham, John Podhoretz, John Campbell, Salena Zito, Bret Baier, and Sarah Bedford.

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Hugh focuses much of the program on Israel as Prime Minister Netanyahu sits down with President Trump, with guests Haviv Rettig Gur, Noah Rothman, and Byron York, and also explores President Trump’s authority over the FBI with Andrew C. Mccarthy.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with audio clips and talks with Olivia Beavers, Senator Tom Cotton, Vic Matus, and Bethany Mandel.

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Hugh talks about the “Hierarchy of Troubles” and the hierarchy of threats to the United States with Congressman Dan Crenshaw, Matt Continetti, Ben Domenech, Jim Talent and Jim Geraghty.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Josh Kraushaar, Eli Lake, and Seth Mandel.

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Can he order every federal worker back to the office? Hugh explains the OPM, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 and the reason the “experts” aren’t. Again. Joining Hugh on the program today: Abe Greenwald, Mary Katharine Ham, Victor Davis Hanson, Salena Zito, and Daniel Perez.

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Hugh’s crash course on the history of the GOP and its evolution to the GOP of Trump (and Nixon): A big tent GOP organized around center-right common sense.

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Hugh tallies President Trump's wins from the first week of America’s “Golden Age” and speaks with Senator Cotton, Admiral Mark Montgomery, Getting Hammered’s Vic Matus, and Juan Williams.

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Is President Trump seeing what everyone needs to see? Hugh discusses with Matt Continetti, Ben Domenech and more. Plus: Jim Geraghty on the new president’s best moment in a week of high drama.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Josh Holmes, Lanhee Chen, Josh Kraushaar, Rep. Ken Calvert, and Ruthie Blum.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Sen. Susan Collins, Danielle Pletka, Rep. Ro Khanna, Mary Katharine Ham, Katherine Boyle, John Campbell, Salena Zito, Charles C.W. Cooke, and Christine Rosen.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Noah Rothman, David Drucker, Bret Baier, Andrew C. McCarthy, Dr. Michael Oren, Lahav Harkov, and James Lileks.

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For Inauguration Day, Hugh covers the news and talks with Senator Tom Cotton, Vic Matus, and Bethany Mandel.

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Hugh covers the news of the week and talks with Haviv Rettig Gur and Matt Continetti.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with John Podhoretz, Josh Kraushaar, Rep. Jason Smith, Rep. Zach Nunn, Robert C. O'Brien, Rep. Jim Jordan, and Jim Talent.

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Texas Senator John Cornyn, Montana Senator Steve Daines, Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin, Mary Katharine Ham, John Campbell, Salena Zito, Comfortably Smug, and Ilya Shapiro, author of the new book "Lawless".

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Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Noah Rothman, David Drucker, Bret Baier, Byron York, Rich Lowry, and Alex Gray.

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Kicking off the new afternoon/evening timeslot, Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota, Congressman August Pfluger of Texas' 11th district, followed by Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova, Senator Tom Cotton, Adm. Mark Montgomery (USN, Ret.), and Bethany Mandel.

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Hugh recaps the week with Ben Domenech.

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Hugh covers the wildfires and talks with Vic Matus, Noah Rothman, and Jim Talent.

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Hugh covers the news of the morning and talks with Sen. Tom Cotton, Bret Baier, and Byron York.

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President-elect Trump joins Hugh to talk “one, big beautiful bill,” Israel, ship-building, and the reversal of the new Biden ban on offshore drilling.

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Hugh covers Allstate's PR loss at the game yesterday and does the Week in Review with Ben Domenech.

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The New Year opens with a terror attack in New Orleans and perhaps a second in Las Vegas. Hugh discusses with Ambassador Michael Oren, Noah Rothman, former Senator Jim Talent, and Rep. Derrick Van Orden.

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Hugh talks about the new Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unkown” as well as all three presidents’ legacies with Sen. Tom Cotton, Mary Katharine Ham, and David Drucker.

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Hugh provides an update on Dennis after a recent visit, and the legacy media begins the cover-up of its cover-up of President Biden’s infirmity.

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Legacy media’s cover-up of the condition of the president.

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Hugh talks with Ben Domenech and Congressman Van Orden about the looming shutdown of the Feds and with Ben about the alarming rise in anti-Semitism in the U.S.

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Hugh covers the news of the morning and talks with Matt Continetti, Sen. Chris Coons, Olivia Beavers, Rep. Zach Nunn, and Rep. Jason Smith.

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Eight years ago during his first transition, President-elect Trump had an approval rating of 40%. Today it’s 55%. What’s different?

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Hugh covers the news of the morning and talks with Vic Matus, Salena Zito, Jim Geraghty, and Elliot Gaiser.

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Hugh covers the news of the morning and talks with Shyam Sankar and Ben Domenech.

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Hugh is joined by incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune as Senator Steve Daines to talk about the budget and reconciliation process plus Matt Continetti, Mary Katharine Ham, Bari Weiss, Akash Chougule, and Hugh’s favorite lefty Congressman Ro Khanna.

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The Hugh Hewitt Show is on the move…to afternoons on the east coast, noon to 3 on the West. Today I talked with David Drucker, Byron York, Morgan Ortagus, Bret Baier, and Senator Tom Cotton about Trump's impending return to the White House and the status of his cabinet nominees.

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Hugh covers the rapid fall of the Assad regime over the weekend and talks with Charles C.W. Cooke and Andrew C. McCarthy, Jim Geraghty, and Heath Hardage Lee on her new book "The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon: The Life and Times of Washington's Most Private First Lady." 

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Ben Domenech and Hugh discuss David Sacks and AI, Pete Hegseth and DOD, and all the news of the week.

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Hugh covers the news of the morning and talks with Rod Dreher, Noah Rothman, and Senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn.

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Mark Davis fills in for Hugh and talks with Matt Continetti, Mary Katharine Ham, Olivia Beavers, and Scott Jennings.

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