Victor Davis Hanson on Corona, California, and the Classical World
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- Recorded on April 23, 2020
Victor Davis Hanson is both a classical scholar at the Hoover Institution and a farmer in the San Joaquin Valley of California. He’s also a defender of the President, (his book The Case For Trump spent weeks on the best seller lists in 2019), and a close observer of the scientific and medical communities. These disparate interests and fields of study give him very unique perspectives and insights on the current COVID-19 crisis. We discuss the current situation with him in great detail, including the difficulties encountered by farmers, by research scientists and doctors, why some areas of the country are affected more than others, his theories about when the virus actually appeared in the U.S. and finally, what plagues of the ancient world can teach us about how to best manage and get past the situation the entire world finds itself in.
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When ever I need to feel hope, I listen to a Victor Davis Hanson interview, who can provide a historical perspective to what is happening now. I am a retired Chem. Eng. and history buff and he gives me hope that we will awaken before we walk off the cliff. I am in Ecuador most of the time which is very locked down, but the poor uneducated people know how to survive and I had my hair cut sitting on a garbage can behind the bamboo home of my barber and were joyful that they would have money for rice and beans for merienda last night. They know that along with their neighbors, are the only ones who will save them from starvation which is worse than the corona virus. I gave them N95 masks and latex gloves for their back yard business. They brought me fruit today from their garden. Life is good, People are good and it reminds me of our humanity.
My hat's off to this wonderful show, Uncommon Knowledge from the Hoover Institution. Thank you for introducing Victor Davis Hanson and Thomas Sowell to me. Intellectuals capable of communicating with clarity, no smoke and mirrors with these gentleman. People of this caliber restore my faith in Human endeavor.
Very grateful for VDH. I was fortunate at my state university to have well balanced history professors, even some conservatives. History viewed and taught as Prof. Hanson needs to be taught to our young people
I've still been out here every day delivering loads between Sacramento and Portland. It's the first time there's been banners on overpasses thanking me. My granddaughter's assignment for homework was Supply chains and Logistics. This is waking people up. Great interview thanks
VDH is by far the greatest living historian. We are so lucky to have him.
peter falc double that❤️
Ditto
I'm from New Zealand , I love this guy VDH, he needs to be on every media channel in america especially at this time.
Vanessa Robinson 🇳🇿🇺🇸🇳🇿🇺🇸🇳🇿
I'm from Canada, and I agree; however, it's not going to happen. Do you really expect the media to go against the going narrative? -- forget it! Their not going to talk about suicides increasing and people dying from other conditions because they can't go out to seek medical attention, etc. They're not going to talk about *the fact* that more people are going to die from from the lock-down and scaremongering then the virus itself. Heaven forbid that we upset the public or make the politicians and medical community look bad.
Great to see your appreciation from NZ. People that are common sense transcend the miles.
he lives 10 miles from me
Will Ardern watch this? I hope so. 🙂
Absolutely fantastic VDH!!! Thank you! It is always a pleasure to hear you think out loud and have a clear understanding of what is taking place... Again thank you!!! God bless America! God bless President Trump! God bless you! Peace and love! ##WWG1WGA #QArmy #Trump2020 #Qsentme
I wish there were 100,000 Victor Davis Hansons. What a brilliant human being.
SECONDED!!!
I kinda look like VDH... except for when I speak. Then I just look like an idiot. Erm. Yes! We need more VDHs!!!
I could not agree more 👍
And that's still probably a million short of what we need.
We could use one in Canada!
As usual, Victor Davis Hanson is spot on! He should be on Trump's staff as an adviser.
I think we can all agree, an hour of Victor Davis Hanson is far too short. Top notch as always.
I wish I could even get my family to watch ten minutes of someone like VDH. I am so tired of being thought of as crazy.... I'm done!
I saw Victor's name & clicked immediately! thank God for a voice of reason like he shares.
Thank you for being a bastion of sanity in these very challenging times!
VDH is most definitely a bastion of sanity in the academic field.
👍
I literally clapped at the end!! Love you VDH and God bless you!
Hearing VDH speak is like a breath of fresh air.
I have so much respect for Victor David Hanson. I cannot get enough of his wisdom and insight.
Stay strong America. You’re my beacon of light, city on a hill.
Fernando Vianna - Thank you! ❤️
Renaissance man. Rancher, classics scholar, author, commentator. Mr Hanson is an old school Californian and Westerner. Me too. I live part-time where Mr Hanson spends half his time in Palo Alto, CA. The town and region was never conservative, like the central valley, but it's now infested with leftists. I happily spend more time outside the bay area, with the ranchers and farmers.
Thank you Peter Robinson, as a world class intellect him self and brilliant host who always brings out the best in these interviews.
You know, with so many at-home interviews lately, I have never seen an intellectual with his own library ladder.
A Great American, Mr. Victor David Hanson, I salute you sir!! From down the road, Bakersfield, California.
Wonderful ! FINALLY someone who speaks to me without the presumption that I dropped out of school in the 2rd Grade!! Insightful, thought provoking material! Thank you so much!
'Peter Robinson' is the smartest and BEST interviewer i've ever seen! (and no, i am not related to him LOL)
I have often thought that Peter Robinson is the one with Uncommon Knowledge. These broadcasts are treasures.
And the legend VDH continues!
Thank you American intellects 🙏🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
I love Dr. Hanson's cool, calm demeanor. He is a wonderful voice of wisdom and critical thinking in a world of willful ignorance and censorship.
Thank the lord God for people like VDH and PR.
Too bad VDH is not a Christian. Not a fervent atheist, but definitely an agnostic.
i've been learning a lot from this program since i discovered it a few weeks ago when a friend shared a VDH interview.
IF THEY READ HIS WORD
Victor David Hanson is the wisest man I have ever heard speak his faith in the American people & his belief that we will make America the best is very encouraging
Hanson is a national treasure!!!!!!
Peter Robinson and Victor Davis Hanson, positives in a difficult time. Grateful here. Thank you.
Another brilliant session with VDH, whose mind seems to work on another plane....a lateral one!! Bravo!!
One of the most spirited interviews I've ever seen Mr. Hanson give; and dead on in so many ways.
Thank God For Victor David Hansen. Amen.
Why did I almost cry when these 2 intellectual juggernauts made comparisons to Ancient Rome. The depth of their knowledge just blows my mind
Mr. / Professor / Doctor Hanson, many thanks for being a public figure of common sense. When young I never imagined common sense could become so rare.
Thank you so much for this interview. Love both of these bright men. The U.S. must find a way to turn this into an opportunity to improve and not a time of despair and resignation. Canadian here rooting for you, we need you.
Dr.Victor Davis Hanson Delivered an UPBEAT, ERUDITE AND POSITIVE MESSAGE ---THANK YOU!!!!
VDH is a national treasure. I have several of his books. His scholarship comes through in very understandable language and with humor too.
Who isn’t sick of China? W.H.O. isn’t sick of China.
Good one!
Absolutely loved your comment!
Victoria H. Nice one? Is that you in the picture?
Victoria H. China didn’t flatten our economy, fat cat career DC swamp doctors shut us down.
Get it gurl!!
I could listen to Mr. Hanson all day. Id sit at his feet and absorb the wisdom.
During the COVID-19 crisis, *"My neighbor is cutting hair all day long. And if I had hair, I'd be his customer!"* ~ VDH
Peter, you produce clearly the very best examinations of folks who have accomplished much, and continue to size up America quite accurately. Dave in Phoenix Arizona USA
VDH is one of our greatest living American thinkers and political philosophers.
Not really. He's eloquent but his technical knowledge is always lacking. He knows what is going on culturally. Oblivious to technological and scientific forces of change.
I was so impressed that he came up with a date for Justinian immediately...
Thank you Professor Hanson for 'The Corona Project', it sounds like the next great national objective, I'm in! Who else?
I always look forward to more insights from Victor Davis Hanson. If only world leaders shared his wisdom.
I just love Victor Hanson!
His wisdom is unparalleled!
Excellent Interview of Dr.Victor Davis Hanson by Uncommon Knowlwdge at The Hoover Institution!!!
I ❤️❤️❤️ VDH!!! And look at all the old school (literally) books that he has in the background. Reading something online just doesn’t give you the same retention rate.
Why did I not watch this 2 or 3 months ago, when it first came out? This was great. Thanks VDH and Peter.
Victor David Hanson... been hoping I would hear from you during this confusing time. If we only had more of you! Thanks for making my day.... listening to your logic has once again cleared the cobwebs! Thanks!!
Mr Hanson
Please be a guest speaker at the White House press briefing. The American people need their eyes opened and you are the perfect guy to do it.
Thank you for another great interview. It was like going through a roller-coaster, with worrisome perspectives, encouraging one, scary ones, and, finally, a great uplifting, hopeful finale. Victor David Hansen is one of the sharpest minds around.
I just love these interviews with such smart and intelligent people who are very easy to follow. Thanks for all you do.
Thanks, please keep having him back
Great conversation
VDH has the sharpest mind on the planet!!!! I’m always reassured that we’re all going to survive when I hear him or read his books.♥️
Last words give me comfort. Thanks, God Bless The U.S.A.
America will do great when we make all of our medicines and all other products..
Spot on! VDH is a freaking genius and the man of our time. His ideas and observations are crystal clear.
Yes, thank you both. VDH at his best - God Bless!
This presentation should be a must viewing for all those who want to be a leader in the United States, no matter at what level , be it teacher, small business owner, corporate officer, politician, or just the supervisor for any occupation.
Two precious souls. Thankyou both!
Thank you, Peter!
Thank you, Victor!
Thank you, Hoover Institute!
Please do a show with Dr Hanson on the history and problems in Mexico. Ask him why Mexico is a failed state (which in turn drives and forces its people to enter the US illegally).
VDH is simply an outstanding thinker - and a fine speaker. His oratorical style is really good - not too fast, not too slow, not broken up by ums or hesitation … fine stuff. Thanks for this podcast.
hey i never heard this statement before "97 percent of the virus transmissions is indoors". that means there should be no punishment for staying outdoors.
Save a life. Vote a Democrat out of office. The life you save could be yours.
Thank you Peter and Victor from the UK. Great to hear people making so much sense.
Peter, as Nick Gillespie at Reason describes you, "the gold standard of interviewers". Combine that with the most brilliant VDH and you have a wonderful way to learn, think, and importantly focus on what we can do to improve the world.
Thanks,
Mark Wills
Ah yes! Couldn't imagine better entertainment for the evening. Sadly just one hour.
ed: it was great, but that ending 15 minutes were just amazing.
Thank You. You're One of the most brilliant insightful spokesmen on the Internet now. You're relevant commentary on history to our current lives is impressive and encourages all to read more about these historical figures you use in your analogies.
Wow, that is one of the best interviews of Dr Hanson I’ve seen. And I have seen many.
Two Fine Gentleman
Thanks Guys
I encourage my adult children and grandchildren to listen to and read VDH. The historian of our time and certainly one of most clear thinkers of our times. Have his books and have learned a lot from him.
Thank you! It is so nice to hear conversations, that are intelligent and have common sense.
These two make me proud to be a Real Californian.
Nobody else in my lifetime has exhibited VDH's mix of intellect, wisdom, and common sense. Peter has a great thing going at Uncommon Knowledge, too; it really takes both, to make this excellent series. Hoover Institution is indeed blessed.
Just a great interview. The Founders were a group of impossibly brilliant men & Victor Davis Hanson, if he had lived back then, would be in the midst of that group. Thank God, he is with us today & for that, we are truly blessed.
I always feel at peace when I listen to VDH.
One of America's smartest men meets one of America's smartest interviewers.
james mcintosh ya, very articulate story-teller and a shame he’s such a biased trump syncophant.
.... I guess if I had hair I would be his customer..... LOVE this one. Besides Victor is not only capable of deep analysis he is also integer for stepping out and beeing one of the first “intellectual“ TRUMP supporters.
That is something YOU cannot see.
I heard this guy for the first time ever about 2 weeks ago on Fox News and his brilliance just shined through my TV. Very smart individual.
Thank God for Victor Davis Hanson !!
he's always my favorite. Vdh the Almond farmer. Jeffersonian
I just had my cataract surgery postponed again. Thank you Navin Gruesome for extending our shutdown to May 31st .
Stan Watkins - So sorry for you and many others that need essential surgery. This needs to end. 😥🦠🔫
Thank you Victor Davis Hansen. You have given me hope.
Love him...! Smart Man....! Intelligent....!
Thank God Peter, Victor, and the rural workers are not listening to the politicians!
More than ever, demographics determine voting behavior; the only honest answer is change the demographics of the state
Like VDH,Douglas Murray and Roger Scuton, both English, are very good
VDH was my first ever red pill.
And regardless to what Trump has said and done in this time.. I will still vote for him. He will be able to get more economical height and possibly a boom again. Plus he is better for this country in every aspect at this point in time.
Dr. Hanson is the man.
Love Dr. Hanson! Great thinker, historian and writer
Mr Victor Hanson always has excellent analysis and great insight. He put them together so well again. Thanks for posting.
Obviously someone on Trump's team needs to be notified about this video and get the Commander in Chief to listen to it.
Let's just shelter in place forever because once everybody gets back on the freeway there will be more car accident death. Also, we should shelter in place every flu season at the end of the year. Crime is down here in Los Angeles, so let's shelter in place forever so there won't be a spike in crime. The point is the longer social distancing is in place, the longer herd immunity is postponed. What's going to happen after everybody goes back to work, Coronavirus all over again? This makes no sense at all. Enough is enough.
This is the first realistically optimistic thing I've heard. Three cheers for VDH!
First time i heard VDH i always look forward to listening to him. Very intelligent man.
So thankful for Victor Davis Hanson! 🙌🙌Best practical knowledge! 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Great interview Peter and VDH, thank you sir for your service to American intellect and orthodox teaching!!!
Wonderful interview. A respectful and knowledgable interviewer and the great Victor Davis Hanson - a wonderful combination. Looking forward to more of these interviews!
I'm in the UK and totally agree with Prof Hanson. It's time to open up the economy again, this complete lockdown is total insanity now.
Victor, thank you for your comments on U.S. College edu. I taught for 30 yrs in sciences. I constantly spoke to struggling students who told me"...its too hard, there's too much work. Eng, Art, Sociology is easy. I just have to do a few papers or projects and they give extra credit!" In addition, the Colleges tell everyone that a college degree, OF ANY KID, will give you a good career/job. There should be a law in college counseling info just like in the bank's "truth and lending rules".What would students do about spending 100K$ on a degree if they knew it was basically worthless(as compared to Medical(RN,RT,RAD,MedT etc), Engineering, and STEM degrees)!
Thank you, Victor Davis Hanson. Totally awesome! Someone needs to bring you to meet the President!! You need to connect......