The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated

Hugh has the experts. He's joined by Senate Intel Chairman Tom Cotton, Rear Adm. Mark C. Montgomery (USN, Ret.), N12 News' Amit Segal, Eli Lake of The Free Press, AEI senior fellow Danielle Pletka, FDD's Richard Goldberg, Bethany Mandel, and Salena Zito.

Col. Kurt Schlichter fills in for Hugh and previews what's coming to the Ayatollah Khameni and his regime with Eli Lake, Matt Continetti, and Robert C. O'Brien.

On today’s show, Josh opens by discussing the House Oversight Committee’s deposition of Hillary Clinton related to Jeffrey Epstein. He revisits the history surrounding Epstein, comparing Bill Clinton’s documented interactions with Epstein to those of Donald Trump and examining why the issue continues to raise major questions. Josh is then joined by Buck Sexton, author of the new book "Manufacturing Delusion", to discuss his argument that the political left is increasingly using cultural and media institutions to shape public perception and influence the way Americans think. Later, Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch, joins the program to talk about concerns surrounding religious freedom, the targeting of people of faith, and how debates over sharia law are factoring into the broader cultural and political conversation.

Col. Kurt Schlichter fills in for Hugh and talks with Senator Jim Banks, Andrew Kolvet, Salena Zito, and Jim Talent.

Col. Kurt Schlichter fills in for Hugh and reviews the State of the Union address with Noah Rothman, Kerry Picket, Will Chamberlain, Sen. Dave McCormick, Sarah Bedford, and Mary Katharine Ham.

Col. Kurt Schlichter fills in for Hugh and talks with Michael Duncan, David Drucker, Jim Hanson, Michael Walsh, Byron York, Michael Whatley, and James Lileks.

Col. Kurt Schlichter fills in for Hugh and talks with Sen. Susan Collins, Ron Coleman, Adm. Mark Montgomery (USN, Ret.), and Bethany Mandel.

Hugh discusses the news of the week with John Ellis, Eli Lake, Matt Continetti, and Ben Domenech.

Hugh discusses Iran and talks with Texas Congressman Chip Roy, Salena Zito, Eliana Johnson, Sen. Tom Cotton, Vic Matus, Josh Kraushaar, Jim Talent, Seth Mandel, and Daniel Runde.

Hugh discusses Iran options and talks with Noah Rothman, Mary Katharine Ham, Robert Greenway, and Sarah Bedford.

Hugh discusses the passing of Jesse Jackson and Robert Duvall, AOC's weak foreign policy knowledge in Munich, and talks with Josh Holmes, David Drucker, Bret Baier, Byron York, James Lileks, and C.J. Box about his new book "The Crossroads."

Hugh discusses Gaza, the Board of Peace, Iran options, and talks with Haviv Rettig Gur, Ambassador Mike Waltz, Dr. Michael Oren, and Bethany Mandel.

Hugh discusses the news of the week with John Ellis, Eli Lake, Matt Continetti, and Ben Domenech.

Hugh discusses Iran, the SAVE Act, and talks with Noah Rothman, Sarah Bedford, Emily Seidel, Comfortably Smug, Mary Katharine Ham, and Jim Geraghty.

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Hugh discusses Iran, the upcoming midterm elections, the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, and talks with Claire Lai, David Drucker, Bret Baier, Alex Gray, Rich Lowry, and James Lileks.

Hugh speaks with exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, Dr. Dan Schueftan, and Adm. Mark C. Montgomery (USN, Ret.)

Hugh discusses the news of the week with John Ellis, Eli Lake, Matt Continetti, and Ben Domenech.

Hugh discusses Iran and more with Dr. Michael Oren, Jim Talent, Noah Rothman, Eliana Johnson, Josh Kraushaar, Sarah Bedford, Philip Balboni, and Jonathan Williams.

Hugh discusses Iran and talks with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Mary Katharine Ham, John Podhoretz, Gov. Greg Gianforte, Salena Zito, Robert C. O'Brien, and Brit Hume.

Hugh discusses the bill passed by the House to end the partial government shutdown and Iran, and talks with Texas Senator John Cornyn, John Ashbrook, David Drucker, and James Lileks.

Hugh discusses Iran and the partial government shutdown, and talks with Dr. Michael Oren, Bethany Mandel, Sen. Tom Cotton, Vic Matus, and Haviv Rettig Gur.

Since his interview with President Trump on January 8, Hugh has conducted a series of longer interview with American and Israeli experts not currently in intelligence jobs, on the likely war with Iran. They are collected in this podcast. The guests are President Trump, Haviv Rettig Gur, Mark Dubowitz, Behnam Ben Taleblu, Rear Admiral Mark C Montgomery (USN, Ret), Danielle Pletka, Dr. Michael Oren, former Senator Jim Talent, Richard Goldberg, Eli Lake, Abe Greenwald, and Karim Sadjadpour.

War with Iran? Hugh talks with Matt Continetti, Ben Domenech, Eli Lake, and John Ellis.

Hugh discusses skyrocketing tensions in and around Iran and more with Karim Sadjadpour, Lucas Tomlinson, Jim Talent, Jim Geraghty, Noah Rothman, Eliana Johnson, and Vic Matus.

Hugh discusses Iran, Greenland, and Minneapolis, and talks with Danielle Pletka, Tom Weiler, Matt Sharpsteen, Josh Kraushaar, Salena Zito, Adm. Mark Montgomery (USN, Ret.), Sarah Bedford, and Mary Katharine Ham.

Hugh discusses Iran and talks with Rich Goldberg, Bret Baier, James Lileks, Michael Duncan, and David Drucker.

Hugh discusses Minneapolis, Canada, and Iran, and talks with Dr. Michael Oren, Dan Wall, Sen. Tom Cotton, Bethany Mandel, and Benham Ben Taleblu.

Hugh discusses the news of the week with Matt Continetti, Ben Domenech, Eli Lake, John Ellis, Jonathan Williams, and replay's Mark Carney's speech from Davos.

Hugh discusses former Special Council Jack Smith at the House Judiciary Committee hearing, this year's Oscar nominated movies, Greenland, Iran, and talks with Noah Rothman, Eliana Johnson, Jim Talent, Josh Kraushaar, and Jim Geraghty.

Hugh discusses President Trump's trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos and talks with Rep. Jason Smith, Rep. Lisa McClain, Mary Katharine Ham, Charles C. W. Cooke, and Sarah Bedford.

Hugh discusses President Trump's first year in office this second term and talks with Bret Baier, Josh Holmes, Byron York, David Drucker and James Lileks.

Hugh discusses Iran, Don Lemon's Minnesota church protest that violated the FACE Act, PA Governor Josh Shapiro being asked if he was an Israeli agent by Harris' team, and talks with Michael Doran, Bethany Mandel, and Vic Matus.

Iran, Iran, Iran…and more with Matt Continetti, Ben Domenech, John Ellis, Eli Lake, Doug Lesmerises, and Tarzan Joe.

Hugh discusses President Trumps foreign policy strategy and talks with Noah Rothman, Eliana Johnson, Michael Knowles, Alex Gray, Salena Zito, Josh Kraushaar, Seth Mandel, Jim Geraghty, and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito.

Hugh discusses Iran and talks with Tim Shaw, Mike Rogers, Daniel Darling, Comfortably Smug, Rich Lowry, David Zavagno, Sarah Bedford and Amb. Olga Stefanishyna.

Hugh discusses Iran with Haviv Rettig Gur, Sen. Joni Ernst, David Drucker, Bret Baier, and Byron York.

Hugh discusses the Iran protests and possible actions by President Donald Trump, and talks with Dr. Michael Oren, Steve Hilton & Gloria Romero, Sen. Tom Cotton, Mark Dubowitz, Adm. Mark Montgomery (USN, Ret.), David Bahnsen, and Sebastien Lai.

All Eyes On Iran: Hugh talks with Matt Continetti, Ben Domenech, John Ellis, and Eli Lake about the protests in Iran which may turn into a revolution, the second order consequences in Cuba of Operation Absolute Resolve and more. Plus, a replay of my interview with President Trump in case you missed it.

Hugh interviews President Trump about Iran, Cuba, the SCOTUS, much more, and talks with callers.

Hugh discusses the ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis, the oil tankers seized from Venezuela, and talks with Ohio Senator Jon Husted, Mary Katharine Ham, Noah Rothman, Phil Balboni, Sarah Bedford, and Jim Talent.

Hugh discusses Operation Absolute Resolve and the latest news for Venezuela with Jim Geraghty, John Ashbrook, David Drucker, Bret Baier, Michael Whatley, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Byron York, and James Lileks.

Hugh discusses Operation Absolute Resolve, the latest news for Venezuela, and talks with Senator Tom Cotton, former Ambassador and NSA Robert C. O'Brien, Dr. Michael Oren, Daniel Runde, and Vic Matus.

Hugh kicks off 2026 discussing the news of the week with Matt Continetti, Eli Lake, and Doug Lesmerises.

Col. Kurt Schlichter fills in for Hugh and talks with Dr. Sebastian Gorka, John Ashbrook, Ted Frank, Tony Daniel, Salena Zito, Matthew Betley, and Sarah Bedford

Col. Kurt Schlichter fills in for Hugh and talks with Jim Geraghty, David Drucker, AAG Harmeet Dhillon, Dr. Michael Oren, Ric Grenell, Andrew Kolvet, and James Lileks.

Col. Kurt Schlichter fills in for Hugh and talks with Jim Hanson, Michael Malice, Batya Ungar-Sargon, Ned Ryun, Kerry Picket, and Josh Hammer.

Col. Kurt Schlichter fills in for Hugh and talks with Eli Lake, John Konrad, Sal Litvak, Michael Walsh, and Marc Caputo.

Hugh discusses the current media landscape of the Conservative movement, and talks with Terry Pluto, sports columnist for Cleveland.com, author of “Why Can’t This Team Just Find a Quarterback?: And Other Thoughts on Life in Browns Town. And for Christmas Eve, Hugh talks with Dr. Mark D. Roberts, Senior Fellow at Fuller Theological Seminary’s Max De Pree Center for Leadership, about Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.”

Hugh discusses the GDP and inflation numbers that came out, the Tim Walz/Minnesota fraud scandal, talks with callers as well as David Drucker, David Bahnsen, Dr. Michael Oren, Noah Rothman, Adm. Mark Montgomery (USN, Ret.), and Eli Lake.