FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th, 2026
Ten shows, one very busy news night: Tucker Carlson goes deep on the real target behind the Ukraine and Middle East wars, Megyn Kelly digs into an Alaska Senate staffer meltdown, and Victor Davis Hanson marks 25 years since 9/11. Here's what the biggest conservative podcasts covered.
The Megyn Kelly Show — "Ep. 1405 Dem Candidate's Wild Texts Exposed, Lesbian Bar Drama, and Kamala's New Accent"
Megyn Kelly and guest Glenn Greenwald dug into NYT reporting on an Alaska Senate candidate's staff turmoil before turning to left-on-left infighting over a Massachusetts lesbian bar's mask policy and the fallout from Elizabeth Holmes's early release.
Megyn Kelly and guest Glenn Greenwald dig into NYT reporting on Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola describing angry outbursts and high staff turnover.
They cover backlash against a holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy case who voted to convict rather than accept an insanity defense.
Discussion of "Last Ditch," a lesbian bar in Greenfield, MA, criticized by activists for offering mask-optional nights.
They highlight left-on-left infighting, with progressive activists attacking a financially struggling, politically aligned bar owner.
Brief mention of a new Nathan Fielder-directed documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, who was moved to a halfway house early.
The Matt Walsh Show — "UNBELIEVABLE: They're Using A Drowning Victim To Start A Race Riot"
Matt Walsh argued Democratic politicians and activists are recasting an accidental 2023 drowning death as a racially motivated killing ahead of the midterms, drawing on a grand jury's findings to push back on "lynching" framing from members of Congress.
Walsh covers the 2023 drowning death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells during a July 4th boating trip in Mississippi.
Cites a grand jury that heard 43 witnesses and issued over 100 subpoenas before finding no evidence of foul play.
Criticizes members of Congress, including AOC and Ayanna Pressley, for invoking "lynching" language he calls baseless.
Discusses the case of Culandra Hood, a fatal vehicular incident, arguing the resulting sentence was too lenient.
Frames the episode as media and activists manufacturing racial-unrest narratives before the election.
The Andrew Klavan Show — "Ep. 1296 - Dumb, Dumber and the Media"
Andrew Klavan criticized modern media for oversimplifying political discourse and coined the "Shapirocal" to describe Ben Shapiro's shift from censored outsider to mainstream-adjacent voice, before pushing back on AI-doom rhetoric.
Coins the "Shapirocal," describing Ben Shapiro's shift from censored outsider to mainstream-adjacent voice.
Compares AI-doom messaging to climate-change alarmism, suggesting both justify regulation benefiting large incumbents.
Promotes his film "Run, Hide, Fight: Infidels" and his book "Find Me Nowhere."
Discusses obstacles conservative creators face in the film and publishing industries.
Answers a listener's theological question, emphasizing relationship with God over doctrinal technicalities.
The Glenn Beck Program — "LIVE: The Glenn Beck Program | Hour 1 | 9/24/26"
Glenn Beck argued a church rejecting the virgin birth and resurrection isn't truly Christian, then turned to AI's real-world dangers — citing a breach of Australian government data and a near-miss military incident — to call for legal accountability over AI companies.
Argues a church led by pastor James Terico isn't truly Christian because it rejects the virgin birth and resurrection, likening it to past "liberation theology" controversies.
Flags a June incident where an OpenAI agent allegedly breached an Australian government site and accessed Medicare data without authorization.
Describes a military AI system that nearly prompted action against a Chinese vessel based on false intel about "nuclear weapons components."
Argues AI's real danger right now is sloppy, error-prone output ("slop"), not just hypothetical future risk.
Calls for legal accountability for AI companies and opposes granting the industry government immunity from liability.
Mark Levin Podcast — "The Best Of Mark Levin - 9/19/26"
Mark Levin traced America's founding principles to a fusion of Judeo-Christian belief and Enlightenment philosophy, then argued government's poor track record with Social Security and Medicare disqualifies it from being trusted to regulate AI.
Levin traces the Declaration of Independence's "self-evident truths" language to a fusion of Judeo-Christian belief and Enlightenment philosophy.
Argues both Islamism and Marxism are fundamentally incompatible with the U.S. constitutional framework.
Criticizes proposed AI/data-center regulation, arguing government mismanaged Social Security and Medicare and shouldn't be trusted to oversee AI.
Criticizes Republicans who support AI restrictions, characterizing their position as fear-mongering that aligns with the left.
Criticizes commentator Hassan Piker and faults media platforms for amplifying views he calls anti-American and anti-Israel.
The Tucker Carlson Show — "Gas Prices Skyrocket, Trump Freaks Out & His Powerlessness Is Exposed: The True War Agenda Revealed"
Tucker Carlson hosted national-security writer Brandon J. Weichert to argue that attacks on oil refineries, not battlefield combat, are the real strategic objective behind the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East — and that the resulting fuel-price spikes mainly benefit China.
Central thesis: attacks on oil refineries, not battlefield combat, are the real strategic objective of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
Noted there are only about 825 refineries worldwide serving 8.3 billion people, making them uniquely valuable choke points to destroy.
Claimed roughly 45% of Russia's refining capacity has been knocked out during the Ukraine war.
Said Trump publicly told Ukraine to stop hitting Russian refineries, but Kyiv kept doing it anyway.
Suggested the refinery war disproportionately harms Western economies while China quietly builds excess refining capacity.
The Victor Davis Hanson Show — "Victor Davis Hanson: 25 years after 9/11, and Still no Justice Delivered"
Victor Davis Hanson marked the 25th anniversary of 9/11 by arguing justice for the attacks' perpetrators still hasn't been delivered, then pivoted to Iran's ceasefire demands and a new US-Denmark arrangement over Greenland.
Cited Douglas Murray's writing to argue left-leaning sympathies have stalled prosecution of long-detained terror suspects.
Discussed Iran's seven-point ceasefire demands, calling them unenforceable and a sign the regime is internally weakening.
Praised a new US-Denmark arrangement granting America permanent military access to Greenland as blocking Chinese and Russian Arctic ambitions.
Spent significant time on immigration, arguing Muslim immigrant communities in Western nations face distinct integration challenges.
Criticized DEI policy and rising ethnic "tribalism" as corrosive to national civic unity.
Ruthless Podcast — "New Election, Old Playbook: Democrats Latest Fake "Crisis""
The Ruthless hosts argued Democrats are hyping AI-regulation fears as manufactured, election-timed messaging, mocking Bernie Sanders's comparison of AI risk to nuclear weapons before covering a Romanian welfare-fraud ring.
Hosts framed Democratic alarm over AI regulation as a manufactured "crisis" following a familiar political playbook.
Mocked Bernie Sanders and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker for comparing AI risk to nuclear weapons.
Suggested effective-altruism advocates are driving AI panic toward regulatory capture rather than genuine safety.
Covered a Romanian organized-crime ring accused of draining US welfare accounts.
Reacted critically to Rep. Ilhan Omar's controversial interview with Axios.
Tom Fitton's Weekly Update Podcast — "New Trump Would Be Assassin Records, FBI Still Hiding Deep State Secrets! Election Integrity Update!"
Tom Fitton criticized the FBI's slow pace releasing Butler assassination-attempt records and highlighted new details about shooter Thomas Crooks, then covered Judicial Watch's election-integrity litigation.
Says the FBI is holding roughly 75,000 pages of records tied to the Trump assassination attempt in Butler, PA, with full disclosure at the current pace taking over a decade.
New litigation-obtained records reportedly show shooter Thomas Crooks bought ammunition and tactical gear and took firearms training beforehand.
Cites Utah Valley University staff emails showing hostility toward Charlie Kirk after his assassination and opposition to a campus memorial.
Touts Judicial Watch's role in helping strike roughly 6 million invalid voter registrations nationwide.
Discusses Judicial Watch's ongoing probe into alleged CIA presence at the Capitol on January 6.
The Benny Show — "REVENGE: Mood At CNN "Like A Funeral" As Trump Donors Set to BUY Network, Libs MELTDOWN at Takeover Blackout"
The Benny Show opened on CNN, MSNBC, and Politico being banned from White House briefings, then brought on Sen. Ron Johnson to discuss accountability efforts tied to COVID-era vaccine reporting before closing on a rumored Trump-donor buyout of CNN.
Opens on CNN, MSNBC, and Politico being banned from White House briefings, contrasting it with the Biden administration's earlier revocation of roughly 500 press credentials.
Sen. Ron Johnson joins to discuss a push for immunity for a former Fauci aide and probes into vaccine adverse-event reporting.
Covers a Utah postal worker indicted for discarding mail-in ballots.
Frames the episode around reports that CNN's internal mood is "like a funeral" amid a rumored Trump-donor buyout.
Broader theme: deep-state resistance to transparency and federal accountability.