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H2: 02/24/26: Col. Kurt Schlichter: Jim Hanson, Michael Walsh, Byron York

Feb 24, 2026

Col. Kurt Schlichter, senior columnist for Townhall.com, author of “Panama Red,” fills in for Hugh, this hour, discussing President Trump’s upcoming State of the Union address with Sgt. Jim Hanson (U.S. Army, ret.), former Green Beret, president, WorldStrat, Michael Walsh, author, “A Rage to Conquer: Twelve Battles That Changed the Course of Western History,” and Byron York, chief political correspondent, Washington Examiner, FOX News Contributor.

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H1: 02/24/26: Col. Kurt Schlichter: Michael Duncan, David Drucker

Feb 24, 2026

Col. Kurt Schlichter, senior columnist for Townhall.com, author of “Panama Red,” fills in for Hugh, this hour, discussing President Trump’s upcoming State of the Union address with Michael Duncan, co-host Ruthless podcast, and David Drucker, Senior Writer, “The Dispatch,” contributing columnist, Bloomberg Opinion.

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H3: 02/23/26: Col. Kurt Schlichter: Adm. Mark Montgomery, Bethany Mandel, Hugh with Dennis Prager (pt. 3)

Feb 23, 2026

Col. Kurt Schlichter, senior columnist for Townhall.com, author of “Panama Red,” fills in for Hugh, this hour, talking with Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery (USN, ret.), Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Bethany Mandel, TheMomWars.Substack.com, co-author of “Stolen Youth.”

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H2: 02/23/26: Col. Kurt Schlichter: Ronald Coleman, Hugh w/Dennis Prager (pt. 2)

Feb 23, 2026

Col. Kurt Schlichter, senior columnist for Townhall.com, author of “Panama Red,” fills in for Hugh, this hour, talking with Ronald D. Coleman, preeminent intellectual property and appellate lawyer.

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H1: 02/23/26: Col. Kurt Schlichter: Sen. Susan Collins, Hugh with Dennis Prager (pt. 1)

Feb 23, 2026

Col. Kurt Schlichter, senior columnist for Townhall.com, author of “Panama Red,” fills in for Hugh, this hour, talking with Maine Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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H3: 02/20/26: Dr. Khalil Habib

Feb 20, 2026

Hugh continues with the Hillsdale Dialogues, joined by Dr. Khalil Habib, Associate Professor of Politics, Allison and Dorothy Rouse Professor in Politics at Hillsdale College’s Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship, as they discuss Straussianism and Shakespeare’s “Henry VI.”

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H2: 02/20/26: Ben Domenech, President Trump Clips, Tarzana Joe

Feb 20, 2026

Hugh discusses the news of the week with Ben Domenech, Fox News Contributor, host, “The Big Ben Show” podcast, and Tarzana Joe, HHS poet laureate and author of “The 2nd Best of Tarzana Joe.”

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H4: 02/20/26: Duane and Ed’s Week In Review

Feb 20, 2026

A fairly-heated discussion of the Supreme Court’s decision on the presidential tariffs case, plus economic GDP news, and what’s coming to Iran very, very soon.

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H1: 02/20/26: John Ellis, Eli Lake, Matthew Continetti

Feb 20, 2026

Hugh discusses the news of the week with John Ellis, founder, Substack.News-Items.com, Eli Lake, columnist, “The Free Press,” contributing editor, “Commentary,” host, “Breaking History” podcast, and Matthew Continetti, columnist, “The Wall Street Journal,” Director of Domestic Policy Studies, Neal Chair, American Enterprise Institute.

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H3: 02/19/26: Fmr. Sen. Jim Talent, Seth Mandel, Daniel Runde

Feb 19, 2026

Hugh discusses Iran and talks with former Missouri Senator Jim Talent, senior fellow, Reagan Institute Center for Peace Through Strength, Seth Mandel, Senior Editor, Commentary Magazine, and Daniel F. Runde, Senior Vice President of The Center for Strategic and International Studies, author of “The American Imperative.”

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H2: 02/19/26: Sen. Tom Cotton, President Trump Clips, Vic Matus, Josh Kraushaar

Feb 19, 2026

Hugh discusses Iran and talks with Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton, Intelligence Committee Chair, and Vic Matus, Arts & Culture Editor, The Free Beacon, co-host, Getting Hammered podcast, and Josh Kraushaar, Editor in chief, “Jewish Insider,” political analyst, FOX News Radio.

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H1: 02/19/26: President Trump Clips, Rep. Chip Roy, Salena Zito, Eliana Johnson

Feb 19, 2026

Hugh discusses Iran and talks with Texas Congressman Chip Roy, Texas Attorney General candidate, Salena Zito, nationally syndicated columnist, author, “Butler,” and Eliana Johnson, Editor-in-chief at Washington Free Beacon.

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H2: 02/24/26: Col. Kurt Schlichter: Jim Hanson, Michael Walsh, Byron York

H1: 02/24/26: Col. Kurt Schlichter: Michael Duncan, David Drucker

H3: 02/23/26: Col. Kurt Schlichter: Adm. Mark Montgomery, Bethany Mandel, Hugh with Dennis Prager (pt. 3)

H2: 02/23/26: Col. Kurt Schlichter: Ronald Coleman, Hugh w/Dennis Prager (pt. 2)

H1: 02/23/26: Col. Kurt Schlichter: Sen. Susan Collins, Hugh with Dennis Prager (pt. 1)

H3: 02/20/26: Dr. Khalil Habib

H2: 02/20/26: Ben Domenech, President Trump Clips, Tarzana Joe

H4: 02/20/26: Duane and Ed’s Week In Review

H1: 02/20/26: John Ellis, Eli Lake, Matthew Continetti

H3: 02/19/26: Fmr. Sen. Jim Talent, Seth Mandel, Daniel Runde

H2: 02/19/26: Sen. Tom Cotton, President Trump Clips, Vic Matus, Josh Kraushaar

H1: 02/19/26: President Trump Clips, Rep. Chip Roy, Salena Zito, Eliana Johnson

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