Ben Shapiro is a political pundit, author, and podcaster. He began as a teenage political commentator – he got his start in this business 15 years ago – and has written many books on many different political topics, some of which he wrote even before he attended Harvard Law. Ben is involved in politics in almost every way you can imagine without being a politician himself, and is an ardent Never Trump-er, but also an ardent Never Hillary-er. Today we discuss how Donald Trump won the Republican Primary, where the Republican Party will go if Donald Trump loses, and what will happen to Breitbart after the election.

Show Notes

• What Donald Trump’s nomination tells us about the Republican Party
• The mistakes made by the establishment
• How the media has discredited itself
• What contributed to Trump’s rise
• What it’s like getting antisemitic tweets
• How Ben’s decision to be anti-Trump has affected his brand
• What will happen to the Republican Party post-Trump
• Why Ben doesn’t buy the binary logic
• The rise of the celebrity politician
• The silver lining about Hillary as president
• Why there will never be a utopia in Israel
• How Ben see’s America’s role to be in the Syrian civil war
• The challenges of writing fiction

Links

• Ben’s podcast: The Ben Shapiro Show
• YouTube channel: Ben Shapiro Thug Life
• The Daily Wire
• Connect with Ben Shapiro: Twitter

Tomi Lahren is a political commentator and host of her own show for TheBlaze. She’s received millions of views for her Final Thoughts segment on social media, and also waded into controversy for her opinions on topics from race to immigration. Today we discuss Trump’s campaign, why she believes in American Exceptionalism, how she responds to her critics, and her career so far.

Bill Kristol is the editor of the Weekly Standard, and I sat down with him in his D.C. office to chat about why he isn’t supporting Trump, what will happen to the GOP after the election, and how the media has covered this race. We talk about the alt-right, the true definition of neoconservatism, and lessons from his career in Washington.

Rick Wilson is a Never-Trumper, and now the Campaign Strategist for Evan McMullin’s Presidential bid. I talk with Rick about the opposition research that has come out on Trump and why it didn’t come out during the primaries, what the media has done to the election, and why he believes Evan McMullin has a shot. We also discuss the possibility of a new conversation party that splits with the GOP.

In this episode, I talk with Jack Abramoff about the presidential campaign, what he thinks about the Clinton Foundation, and how to change the power-grabbing culture of Washington. Jack also shares some insights from the lobbying scandal that ended up with him in prison, and how he’s learned and grown from that time in his life.

Grover Norquist thinks it was the IRS that leaked Donald Trump’s 1995 tax return to The New York Times. The influential head of Americans for Tax Reform sat down with me to discuss his view of Donald Trump, what he thinks of the #NeverTrump movement, the time he met George Soros and how he would advise an aspiring master of the conservative political universe.

Matt Lewis is a college graduate with a political science degree, author, CNN contributor and my colleague at The Daily Caller. In this episode I talk with Matt about career trajectory, his success story, this election cycle, becoming a pundit in political journalism, his struggles to get where he is today, choosing the right career path and of course, politics.

Roger Stone is a long time advisor of Donald Trump – he is a defender of Trump even though he has no official connection to the campaign any longer. In this interview, we talk about the Trump campaign from beginning to present; how Roy Cohn mentored a young Trump, how Roger advised him early on, and his current campaign operations.

In this episode, I sit down with the former Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren. We discuss the current U.S. Presidential campaign, how Israelis are viewing the election, and America’s changing relationship with Israel. Ambassador Oren also talks about his late-blooming career, the opportunities he sees for Israel in the future, and what Netanyahu’s legacy will be.

In this episode, I speak with Karl Rove about the 2016 race, what he thinks about Trump’s campaign, and how the media landscape is changing. Mr. Rove gives his thoughts on Trump’s rise, how the GOP will heal should Trump lose, and his career highlights. He also gives suggestions for food in Austin, TX and opinions on Hamilton: An American Musical.