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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. Guests have included a host of famous figures, including Paul Ryan, Henry Kissinger, Antonin Scalia, Rupert Murdoch, Newt Gingrich, and Christo
The Lapsed Atheist: Charles Murray Makes the Case for God
Aug 2026
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Make IPOs Great Again: SEC Chairman Paul Atkins on Ending Regulation by Enforcement
Jul 2026
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The Declaration of Independence and the Fight For America’s Future with Victor Davis Hanson
Jun 2026
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Frank Dikötter and the True History of Communist China
Jun 2026
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Five More Questions With Stephen Kotkin: Can America Still Lead The World?
May 2026
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Palmer Luckey Wants America to Win | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
May 2026
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Governor Ron DeSantis and The Free State of Florida | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
May 2026
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Stephen Meyer, John Lennox, and James Tour: Three Scientists on the Origins of Everything | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
Apr 2026
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Ben Shapiro and The Battle For The Soul of Conservatism | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
Apr 2026
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How Israel Fights: Inside the Mossad with Zohar Palti | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
Mar 2026
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“They’re Not Like Us”: Michael McFaul on Autocrats vs. Democrats and the Fight for the Twenty-First Century | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
Mar 2026
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Basketball in the Last 60 Seconds: Ben Sasse on Mortality, Meaning, and the Future of America | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
Feb 2026
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Thomas Sowell on School Choice and the Price Our Children Pay for Bad Ideas | Peter Robinson | Thomas Sowell | Hoover Institution
Jan 2026
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Why Does 2 + 2 = 4? What Math Teaches Us About Deep Reality | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
Jan 2026
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Russian Soul, American Life: A Conversation with Ignat Solzhenitsyn | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
Dec 2025
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Teaching Gorbachev Capitalism: Jerome Powell, Condoleezza Rice, and Michael Boskin Discuss George Shultz, the Economist | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
Dec 2025
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Why the Cold War Still Matters with John Lewis Gaddis | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
Nov 2025
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Listening to the Law: How Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett Does Her Job | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
Nov 2025
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Thomas Sowell: A Free Man | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
Oct 2025
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Niall Ferguson, Victor Davis Hanson, and Stephen Kotkin: Three Historians Debate the Era of Trump
Oct 2025
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