# Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

A podcast by Firing Line With Margaret Hoover. Author, feminist, gay rights activist and political commentator Margaret Hoover leads a rigorous exchange of ideas with America’s political and cultural newsmakers. In the spirit of William F. Buckley Jr.’s iconic “Firing Line,” Hoover engages with thought leaders on the pivotal issues moving the nation forward. New podcast episodes drop weekly, and sometimes more, featuring bonus content you won’t hear on TV.

Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/rss

## Latest episodes

- [Will a blue wave sweep the South? Jennifer Palmieri explains why it might](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/2c39bd657069) (2026-10-31, 47 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/128454543/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-30%2F2be0bc3e-26f8-e9a1-567a-79e800653aed.mp3
- [Ambassador Mike Huckabee says Israeli & U.S. interests are 'identical'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/28c4bc4e2f31) (2026-10-24, 43 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/127979207/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-23%2Fd18df283-dfbd-3a13-592e-b54a64b4167b.mp3
- [Vibing with Adam Grant: How can we forge strong connections in a lonely world?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/59284ec02285) (2026-10-17, 51 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/127593314/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-16%2F17d5b565-2d22-10a3-44bb-f499cea8349e.mp3
- [Sen. Thom Tillis on Trump's sycophants—and his biggest regret](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/d0c5adc56c45) (2026-10-10, 59 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/127216746/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-9%2Ffbbfb480-3cdf-1506-60da-d07c852f34c4.mp3
- [Danny Meyer on the secret sauce of hospitality](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/b93de65154be) (2026-10-03, 48 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/126717026/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-2%2F242c5b10-b223-5c76-4c6d-4f7156f65237.mp3
- [Is American foreign policy for sale? Anne Applebaum on Trump’s ‘empire of grift’](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/7d8e96a85432) (2026-09-26, 53 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/126309856/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-25%2F6ad7977d-563b-3160-9b5a-509a5726f0f8.mp3
- [‘You don't want to bet against the United States’: Dambisa Moyo on the economy in the age of AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/d5b4452a0b83) (2026-09-19, 38 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/125965327/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-18%2Fe2606c53-06b2-1397-dab2-10148f3e6d01.mp3
- [Where is the off-ramp? Spencer Cox on defusing America’s crisis of polarization](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/26d2e1b484c4) (2026-09-12, 45 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/125607757/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-11%2F96a00a88-b8fe-5c8d-0f2d-d7f7855fd9b8.mp3
- [Salman Rushdie’s second act: 'My interest now is to lead the life that is mine to lead'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/581639cae9c6) (2026-09-05, 43 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/125213514/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-4%2F5e5d8135-5d71-a61f-4b33-61a6a7568edd.mp3
- [Why should anyone trust Marjorie Taylor Greene now?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/d2175d8ba0e5) (2026-08-28, 56 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/124880620/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-28%2Fe462009c-c71f-2eba-8659-1bcc3d69610e.mp3
- [What does one of America’s most powerful CEOs think business owes the country?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/5bd78da3502a) (2026-08-08, 36 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/123927568/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-7%2F12a7f8db-5b33-cbac-5482-33493468f9e6.mp3
- [A defense of democratic socialism from House candidate Melat Kiros](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/a9f879b73a5e) (2026-08-01, 53 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/123603481/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-1%2Fd63a3f1b-bd26-b9d7-a7c1-16a7f2814844.mp3
- [Justice Neil Gorsuch on the heroes of 1776 and the future of American democracy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/757d095c8071) (2026-07-25, 23 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/123290120/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-24%2F84339f8d-c970-a32e-08ff-6e3daccf705d.mp3
- [Ret. Gen. Stan McChrystal on the role of the military and the responsibilities of citizens](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/201c94c035c2) (2026-07-18, 28 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/122971031/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-17%2Fcb2d2651-0120-5e75-c4cf-bee2c36d6e2e.mp3
- [Can public education be fixed? Success Academy's Eva Moskowitz thinks yes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/5f0951f8f246) (2026-07-11, 42 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/122676791/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-11%2F8baa8caa-247a-8969-25d1-de0efb8d38c7.mp3
- [America at 250 with Justice Neil Gorsuch, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and Gen. Stan McChrystal (Ret.)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/287308f55399) (2026-06-27, 58 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/121989411/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-25%2F052406ae-6f65-343d-4e19-824ad80c9bff.mp3
- [Melissa Murray’s strict scrutiny of the Constitution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/6264fa1f1aa8) (2026-06-12, 44 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/121402605/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-12%2F56aab96e-48b3-cbf1-75be-48d775924e1e.mp3
- [‘Arrogance’ in Iran? Former IDF intelligence chief Tamir Hayman assesses the war plan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/f79af52746e5) (2026-05-30, 42 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/120734760/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-29%2F081f4fba-bf6f-0b94-b5ca-c7592933af5d.mp3
- [Ryan Holiday and Jim Mattis on Stoicism and leadership in America](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/9aa542c689b2) (2026-05-16, 37 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/120052707/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-15%2F75e9f0f6-c323-e49a-4fc0-f24cad312777.mp3
- [Living with loss: Danielle Crittenden shares ‘Dispatches from Grief’](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/b960508c4182) (2026-05-09, 60 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/119715133/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-8%2F4b99ce54-b632-6a7f-9c3e-985d66a40af6.mp3
- [Built to last? America at 250 with Yuval Levin and Jeffrey Rosen](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/d7df2e26bc78) (2026-05-02, 53 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/119361078/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-2%2F1585d53d-44cf-303c-e55c-44c5a592cd4b.mp3
- [Ben McKenzie’s warning about crypto: ‘All hell will eventually break loose’](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/ee8cafe9bb2b) (2026-04-25, 51 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/119006774/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-24%2F2ffe5209-92df-c84e-8f57-6e10f8c49342.mp3
- [Lanhee Chen on fixing America’s broken health care system](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/20f89bb4cf0d) (2026-04-18, 46 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/118622171/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-17%2F6e986dbd-a819-dafe-d7b1-492799d9c3d4.mp3
- [Can Congress be fixed? A Firing Line forum with Philip Wallach and Oona Hathaway](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/54d741291347) (2026-04-11, 40 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/118266102/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-10%2F3cf0947b-8b2f-3531-fbc8-d2129eba294e.mp3
- [General Jim Mattis and Ryan Holiday on the war in Iran and Stoicism in the military](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/7d78fbd8dbe8) (2026-03-21, 37 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/117243403/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-20%2Fc8661197-67a5-020a-bc6e-9f7d8809c633.mp3
- [Iran: The road to war](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/3ac6ae885654) (2026-03-14, 28 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/116883391/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-13%2F5ad8b9f9-234a-d211-6902-6a5d1c0cb3bf.mp3
- [Mark Cuban wants to ‘f- up the entire healthcare industry’](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/989baaa09f9d) (2026-02-28, 42 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/116157740/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-27%2F86c1c99b-2afc-6858-2c04-0e814e3b920c.mp3
- [Jon Meacham on ‘American Struggle’ and the pursuit of a more perfect union](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/3048b8559c13) (2026-02-21, 37 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/115812109/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-20%2Fdeb32150-a736-3e0c-e2c3-65e163b727da.mp3
- [A brave new world of media and politics: Natalie Winters and Adam Mockler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/92f3ac5f6e93) (2026-02-14, 68 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/115482002/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-13%2F7b902250-6bd3-d4e9-f1df-f50282c9fd80.mp3
- [Policing a city on ICE: Minneapolis PD Chief Brian O’Hara](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/26b174796a8d) (2026-02-07, 40 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/115138597/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-6%2F667615be-bfb3-7525-2a82-598c32893c14.mp3
- [Is anti-Zionism the new antisemitism? Activist and author Noa Tishby says yes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/7188e90cce33) (2026-01-31, 49 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/114806221/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-30%2F58d5e94a-361d-db25-d93e-29caad995546.mp3
- [Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on ICE raids and brutal budget battles](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/d828dcc872ed) (2026-01-24, 44 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/114459510/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-23%2F4d12d36c-9af1-da23-91fd-374be5b82ed7.mp3
- [Rep. Jim Clyburn tells the cautionary tale of ‘The First Eight’](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/5e89f543e308) (2026-01-17, 39 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/114106205/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-16%2F9de59fcc-46b2-fb7f-ac65-7395f089a750.mp3
- [Elliott Abrams makes the case for a democratic Venezuela](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/ad4a860fd99a) (2026-01-10, 40 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/113754858/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-9%2F3369d6dc-d4b1-33c7-11de-931d6ee9f3e7.mp3
- [Bari Weiss on the ‘perfect storm’ fueling antisemitism in America](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/8ea317689abb) (2026-01-03, 27 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/113414149/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-2%2Fe1ba4ced-3cd3-8aa6-c0e8-0f71c18cae5b.mp3
- [Rob Reiner’s 2019 warning about the fate of American democracy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/627b9fa9add4) (2025-12-20, 26 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/112890890/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-11-19%2F6fd2051e-3ca2-d1d3-657b-c18e87cee8ec.mp3
- [Ret. Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling on Trump’s second-term National Security Strategy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/a29cd6bd649e) (2025-12-13, 39 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/112560052/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-11-12%2F48def285-d0a3-b790-570c-b1afaa59c3e3.mp3
- [Assessing William F. Buckley Jr.’s legacy with biographer Sam Tanenhaus](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/c2d82da42824) (2025-12-06, 27 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/112202323/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-11-5%2F579bc834-f03a-230e-af0b-a422e7219884.mp3
- [Robert George and Cornel West: Revisiting a conversation with an ideological odd couple](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/0770213b8584) (2025-11-29, 27 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/111691025/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-25%2Fd4f7e56f-c112-b2d8-0508-cb396d9adea0.mp3
- [Nebula CEO Dave Wiskus on the rise of the creator economy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/8ea6f84db207) (2025-11-22, 57 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/111515781/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-21%2F1e8ad7f1-356e-176c-4020-82bf9bc9c386.mp3
- [Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein on ‘The American Revolution’](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/e5ac0f0b55f0) (2025-11-15, 56 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/111202152/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-15%2F33e41255-6089-1b58-8811-a77c3ab344ff.mp3
- [Andrew Ross Sorkin on the 1929 crash, the Depression, and Herbert Hoover’s legacy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/c194f1703dcb) (2025-11-08, 40 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/110848333/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-7%2F97c77a33-42f8-6231-06c1-68132292b25f.mp3
- [Autocracy and democracy in the age of Trump with former Amb. Michael McFaul](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/19d1ebd6a8a3) (2025-11-01, 50 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/110518665/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-1%2F686c93c9-ff9f-fadf-03d0-8ef8b3b60d00.mp3
- [Andrew Cuomo on his mayoral run, Mamdani’s ideas, and taking on Trump](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/cb9cd1a07f86) (2025-10-25, 46 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/110172857/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-24%2Ffee44f21-ded4-ba04-73a5-300eea57643b.mp3
- [Anthony Kennedy: Democracy would be in danger if a president defies the Supreme Court](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/2d047446697d) (2025-10-18, 49 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/109822862/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-17%2F235a2048-a30b-ac28-2dac-e526c2fc7365.mp3
- [Can technology save democracy? Taiwan’s cyber ambassador Audrey Tang thinks so](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/a0bc59a7ab6e) (2025-10-11, 42 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/109500148/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-10%2F94c41ab7-2d99-8657-d3a7-53f741721484.mp3
- [Former AG Alberto Gonzales: 'Without the rule of law, we have no democracy'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/09371d298569) (2025-10-04, 58 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/109191009/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-4%2Fcef5e00c-8f32-62bd-8e91-36618cef2765.mp3
- [‘Food security is national security,’ says the World Food Programme’s Cindy McCain](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/911bcfd39001) (2025-09-27, 30 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/108863073/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-8-26%2Fd931a62a-23ed-0d0c-4c78-4b11d67e77d1.mp3
- [Extremism expert Cynthia Miller-Idriss on Charlie Kirk and America’s political violence problem](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/dfb44529b95c) (2025-09-20, 43 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/108555193/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-8-19%2F74cc58ef-d17e-305f-b5ff-8b152c1caabe.mp3
- [John Malone says the current state of media ‘is not good for democracy’](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570432345/6fa1ec9db2d3) (2025-09-13, 54 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/108231621/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-8-12%2F2fffbcc6-c722-490a-09e2-13858cf6c377.mp3

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