The Seth Leibsohn Show

Luigi Mangione, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last year in New York City, was back in court today. Listener call-in’s on the Feeding our Future federal nutrition program fraud scandal in Minnesota and Mangione’s court appearance. Using the term “alleged.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Remembering Pearl Harbor Day. Producer David Doll updates the audience on his weekend antics. What does a Make America Great Again (MAGA) foreign policy look like? The Trump Administration’s newly-released National Security Strategy. Charles Fain Lehman’s piece at City Journal, “Thinking About Crime at 50.” Charlie Kirk's last book will be posthumously released tomorrow.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

George Khalaf, Republican candidate for the Arizona House of Representatives from Legislative District 3, on the status of his campaign, the correlations between one’s church attendance and adherence to conservative ideology, the problems with young men today, and his favorite Christmas music... mug to Seth's distress.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rabbi Pinchas Allouche, head Rabbi at Congregation Beth Tefillah in Scottsdale, and the host of the Rabbi Allouche podcast, joins Seth for the full hour to talk about this week's Torah portion, Vayishlach, thinking of making Heaven ‘full,’ where merit comes from, and who Jacob wrestled with at Peniel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Seth on the more durable things in life, reading from “Nellie Bowles Gets Tough Love from Abigail Shrier” at The Free Press. Producer David Doll reports on a newly-circulating video of the late Hamza bin Laden which suggested the Taliban emir was alive, but was revealed to have been produced by Artificial Intelligence (AI) by a Dutch anti-Taliban activist. Listener call-in commentary on the football versus soccer debate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Tevi Troy, former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Senior Fellow and at the Ronald Reagan Institute, and best-selling presidential historian, on his recent piece in The Washington Examiner, “William F. Buckley Jr. at 100: The irreplaceable policeman of the Right,” the new feud between former Vice President Kamala Harris and Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro (D) over comments made in her post-presidential campaign memoir; “107 Days,” and the conservative leaders we lost in 2025.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

More on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrest of a suspect who was believed to have planted pipe bombs near Democrat and Republican national party headquarters ahead of the January 6, 2021 Capitol riots. Listener call-in commentary on Anarcho-Capitalism and Venezuelan fishing trawlers. Dane from Production joins the show to introduce himself to the listening audience. Peggy Noonan’s column piece at The Wall Street Journal, “We’re in an Era of Political Violence.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new Manhattan Institute survey examines the makeup of today’s Republican Party. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested a suspect who investigators believe planted pipe bombs near Democrat and GOP headquarters ahead of the January 6, 2021 Capitol riots. We're joined by Johnny Estes, Vice President of Operations, of CMI Gold & Silver. More media controversy over Secretary of Defense Pete Hegeseth’s role in the military strikes on Venezuelan drug boats in September.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kurt Schlichter, retired Army Colonel, trial attorney, senior columnist at Townhall.com, joins the show by phone to talk about his upcoming book Panama Red, which releases on December 9th and is available for pre-order now, and discussion on the media controversy surrounding Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s decision to strike a drug-smuggling boat new Venezuela in September, the attitudes of Somalian immigrants in Minnesota, and his recent piece at Townhall, “Mating in 2025 Is Totally Incomprehensible.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With recent news, December is bringing a great time for discussion on the general issues of immigration, visas, naturalization, and Americanism. Kiss’s Gene Simmons’ testimony at the Pentagon in 2019 on his emigration to the United States. The ‘tale’ of two Somali-Americans; Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is launching the Fentanyl Free America Initiative.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.