Uncommon Knowledge

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For more than two decades the Hoover Institution has been producing Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson, a series hosted by Hoover fellow Peter Robinson as an outlet for political leaders, scholars, journalists, and today’s big thinkers to share their views with the world.

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  • Thomas Sowell: Facts Against Rhetoric, Capitalism, Culture—and, Yes, the Tariffs
    Apr 15, 2025 – 01:01:17
  • Empire of Illusion: Frank Dikötter on Why China Isn’t a Superpower
    Apr 1, 2025 – 01:03:44
  • Conflict: Niall Ferguson on Ukraine, Taiwan, and His War of Words with V. P. Vance
    Mar 18, 2025 – 01:04:33
  • The Great Partnership: How George Shultz Helped Ronald Reagan Win The Cold War
    Feb 21, 2025 – 59:35
  • Five Questions for Stephen Kotkin: Advice for the New Administration (and the Rest of Us)
    Jan 28, 2025 – 01:23:15
  • Marc Andreessen: It’s Morning Again In America
    Jan 14, 2025 – 01:14:11
  • The Extinction of Experience: Christine Rosen on the Impact of Technology on Society
    Jan 7, 2025 – 49:47
  • Part II: Apocalypse Now? Peter Thiel on Ancient Prophecies and Modern Tech
    Dec 6, 2024 – 40:38
  • This Is BIG: Podhoretz, Ferguson, and Olsen Discuss the Meaning of the Election and What’s Next
    Nov 26, 2024 – 01:17:43
  • A Hero Speaks: Natan Sharansky on the US and Israel At This Hour
    Nov 21, 2024 – 32:04
  • Apocalypse Now? Peter Thiel on Ancient Prophecies and Modern Tech | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Nov 18, 2024 – 47:03
  • The Three Historians: Niall Ferguson, Victor Davis Hanson, and Andrew Roberts | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Nov 6, 2024 – 59:24
  • Which Way, America? Condoleezza Rice on America’s Foreign Policy Challenges | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Oct 18, 2024 – 51:10
  • H.R. McMaster on Why the Trump Administration Was “At War with Ourselves” | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Sep 3, 2024 – 57:16
  • Are We Alone? Fine-Tuning the Universe, with Barnes, Keating, and Richards | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Aug 20, 2024 – 01:12:43
  • Beyond Evolution: Unraveling the Origins of Life with Stephen Meyer and James Tour | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Aug 5, 2024 – 01:04:15
  • The Magician’s Twin, with David Berlinski, Stephen Meyer, and James Orr | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Jul 16, 2024 – 01:11:59
  • Doing “The Best Things First,” with Bjorn Lomborg | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Jun 25, 2024 – 43:46
  • A Dangerous Moment, with Douglas Murray | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Jun 4, 2024 – 58:33
  • “The End of Everything,” with Victor Davis Hanson | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    May 15, 2024 – 01:05:46
  • Paul Wolfowitz on the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars and a Life in Foreign Policy | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    May 1, 2024 – 01:01:52
  • The Rise of the Machines: John Etchemendy and Fei-Fei Li on Our AI Future | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Apr 16, 2024 – 01:00:29
  • Andrew Roberts on “Conflict: The Evolution of War from 1945 to Ukraine” | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Apr 2, 2024 – 01:03:42
  • Why Bitcoin Will Take Over The World: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Mar 19, 2024 – 01:05:12
  • Growing Up Segregated: Three Witnesses To The Struggle For Civil Rights, Part 2 | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson, Condoleezza Rice, Mary Bush, and Freeman Hrabowski| Hoover Institution
    Feb 23, 2024 – 56:55
  • Birmingham, 1963: Three Witnesses to the Struggle for Civil Rights | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson, Condoleezza Rice, Mary Bush, and Freeman Hrabowski| Hoover Institution
    Feb 7, 2024 – 01:02:19
  • Uncommon Knowledge Archive: Oppenheimer’s Edward Teller and Sid Drell on ICBM Defense Systems | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Jan 30, 2024 – 28:08
  • “The Treason Of The Intellectuals,” With Niall Ferguson | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Jan 23, 2024 – 48:19
  • Donald Trump and The Supreme Court | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson, Richard Epstein, and John Yoo | Hoover Institution
    Jan 16, 2024 – 54:28
  • 100% Cotton: The Senator from Arkansas On Issues Domestic And Foreign | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Dec 19, 2023 – 57:44
  • The Most Dangerous Moment: A Debate on America’s Role in the Pacific | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Dec 5, 2023 – 01:09:57
  • Breaking China: Congressman Mike Gallagher on Asian Geopolitics and Beyond | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Nov 17, 2023 – 01:00:21
  • Pay and Play: Andrew Luck & Condoleezza Rice on the Changing Landscape of College Sports | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Nov 7, 2023 – 01:00:17
  • The World According to China with Elizabeth Economy | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Oct 23, 2023 – 49:07
  • More “Social Justice Fallacies,” With Thomas Sowell | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Sep 29, 2023 – 37:30
  • Consequences Matter: Thomas Sowell on “Social Justice Fallacies” | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Sep 15, 2023 – 42:30
  • Hot Or Not: Steven Koonin Questions Conventional Climate Science And Methodology | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Aug 22, 2023 – 54:43
  • Hadley and Rice on “Hand-Off”: Foreign Policy Decisions in the 9/11 Era | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Jul 31, 2023 – 01:04:44
  • Five More Questions for Stephen Kotkin: Prigozhin Mutiny Edition | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Jul 13, 2023 – 51:15
  • Victor Davis Hanson, Part II: The Contrarian Agrarian | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Jun 26, 2023 – 01:10:08
  • A Classicist Farmer: The Life and Times of Victor Davis Hanson | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Jun 12, 2023 – 01:06:56
  • The Man Who Talked Back: Jay Bhattacharya On the Fight against COVID Lockdowns | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson and Jay Bhattacharya | Hoover Institution
    May 18, 2023 – 50:22
  • Cold War II: Niall Ferguson on The Emerging Conflict With China | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson and Niall Ferguson | Hoover Institution
    May 1, 2023 – 01:01:48
  • Lone Gunman: The Man Who Knew Lee Harvey Oswald| Peter Robinson and Paul Gregory | Hoover Institution
    Apr 13, 2023 – 52:04
  • Courage and Conviction: Will Inboden on “the Peacemaker,” Part II | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Mar 30, 2023 – 01:02:04
  • The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, The Cold War, And The World On The Brink | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Mar 16, 2023 – 57:48
  • Dropping Money From Helicopters: Economist John Cochrane On Inflation | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Feb 28, 2023 – 01:16:58
  • A Historian Of The Future: Five More Questions For Stephen Kotkin | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Feb 14, 2023 – 01:29:41
  • By Design: Behe, Lennox, and Meyer on the Evidence for a Creator | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Feb 1, 2023 – 01:24:21
  • Does God Exist? A Conversation with Tom Holland, Stephen Meyer, and Douglas Murray | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
    Jan 10, 2023 – 01:07:23
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