The Hugh Hewitt Show

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.

Hugh discusses The Vanity Fair "profile" by journalist Chris Whipple of White House Chief Susie Wiles, New York Congressman Mike Lawler signing a discharge petition to force a vote on the ACA subsidies, and talks with Sen. Tom Cotton, Ambassador Mike Waltz, Bethany Mandel, Vic Matus, and Doug Lesmerises.

Hugh discusses the news of the week with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Rep. Mike Lawler, Charles C. W. Cooke, Ben Domenech, and Eli Lake.

Hugh discusses the surge in violence against Jews, and talks with Noah Rothman, Josh Kraushaar, Eliana Johnson, Brinker Harding, Seth Mandel, and Jim Talent.

Hugh discusses the passing of Norman Podhoretz, and talks with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, Ohio AG Dave Yost, Andrew C. McCarthy, and Sarah Bedford.

Hugh discusses the rise of antisemitism and talks with Josh Holmes, David Drucker, Bret Baier, Byron York, Rep. Riley Moore, and White House A.I. & Crypto Czar David Sacks.

Hugh covers the Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre, the shooting at Brown University, the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife, and talks with Reihan Salam, Sen. Tom Cotton, Former Rep. Mike Gallagher, Bethany Mandel, Aaron Baer, and Vic Matus.

Hugh recaps the week and talks with Matt Continetti, Ben Domenech, Eli Lake, John Ellis, and Doug Lesmerises.

Adm. William McRaven (USN, Ret.) on his latest book "Conquering Crisis: Ten Lessons to Learn Before You Need Them." Also on today's program: Noah Rothman, Chai Ling, Eliana Johnson, Josh Kraushaar, Energy Sec. Chris Wright, Jim Geraghty, and Jim Talent.

Hugh discusses Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s Senate run in Texas, National Defense Authorization Act, and Erika Kirk being slandered by hateful people, and talks with Comfortably Smug, Sarah Bedford, Lauren Stewart, Mary Katharine Ham, Norton Rainey, Salena Zito, and a long interview with Hillsdale's Dr. Matt Spalding.

Hugh covers POLITICO’s interview with President Trump, his green light for Nvidia chip sales to China, Rep. Jasmine Crockett's Senate run in Texas, and talks with David Drucker, Bret Baier, Alex Gray, Byron York, Rich Lowry, and James Lileks.

Hugh discusses Minnesota’s Somali community ‘Feeding Our Future’ fraud scandal, the SCOTUS arguments regarding Trump on president’s power to fire FTC commissioner, and talks with Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn, Bethany Mandel of The Mom Wars, Scott Johnson of Power Line Blog, Vic Matus of the Free Beacon, Adm. Mark Montgomery (USN, Ret.), and Doug Lesmerises of The Bill & Doug Show.

Should President Trump offer Ukraine territorial status? Are the strikes on the drug boats constitutional? Has the left lost its collective mind? John Ellis, Eli Lake, Charles C. W. Cooke, and Ben Domenech join Hugh for the week in review.

Hugh discusses President Trump's authority to order the targeting of foreign narco boats, and talks with Sebastien Lai, Sen. John Cornyn, Bret Baier, Byron York, Noah Rothman, Jim Talent, Josh Kraushaar, Salena Zito, and Phil Balboni.

Hugh broadcasts from the American Legislative Exchange Council's 2025 States & Nation Policy Summit in Fort Worth, Texas. Hugh talks with:

• Texas Senator Phil King, ALEC Board Member
• North Carolina Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger
• Iowa Speaker Pro Tem John Wills, ALEC Board Member
• Texas Tech University Chancellor Brandon Creighton
• Kansas Speaker Dan Hawkins, ALEC State Chair for Kansas
• Jonathan Williams, ALEC President & Chief Economist
• Michigan Speaker Matt Hall, ALEC Board Member
• Florida State Rep. Berny Jacques
• Chaplain Rich Stoglin, President, the Tarrant County Texas Fredrick Douglass Republicans.
• Ohio Senator Jerry Cirino, Finance Chair
• Missouri Senator Nick Schroer
• Florida State Rep. Demi Busatta
• ALEC Incoming National Chair for 2026
• Texas Senator Paul Bettencourt, ALEC State Chair for Texas