Ben Shapiro, Michael Knowles, and Andrew Klavan are LIVE for a Friday afternoon edition of Friendly Fire, debating the Iran war and what everyone else seems to be missing. Then the conversation turns to 2028 speculation, as the guys discuss the early buzz around a potential Vance vs Rubio showdown. The show wraps with Hollywood’s biggest ego parade for an Oscars preview.

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Whether the war is right or wrong, one thing is certain: we are now a nation of pansies.

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Back in January, I made a video ranking the Oscar Best Picture winners from 1940-1979 and it was a blast. When movies are that good, it's hard not to have fun. Today, I'm making the sequel to that video where I rank the winners from 1980-2010. The question is: will the quality of the movies hold up to those from the golden age of Hollywood? Let's find out.

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Actor and writer Clifton Duncan joins me for a candid and impactful conversation about the personal cost he paid on Broadway for speaking out against the dominant left-wing narratives that he believes have come to shape the culture of the American theater industry. However, he also talks about his new one-man show about Thomas Sowell.

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As missiles rain down on the Middle East, BS rains down on America.

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Today, I'll be ranking crime TV shows, which I'm excited to do because the crime genre is my personal favorite. However, I'm pretty confident that my favorite shows will not be on this list. But I could be wrong.

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After Saturday's U.S. strikes on Iran and the announcement that Iran’s Supreme Leader is dead, Cabot Phillips leads continued live coverage as new developments unfold. Former Ambassador to Israel David Friedman joins us live from Israel, Senator Bill Hagerty joins in studio, and more guests break down what happened, why it matters, and what comes next.

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Michael Doran, Director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at Hudson Institute, joins me for a timely discussion about the tension Israel & the US have with Iran and what it means for the future of the Middle East.

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No one will remember what Trump said in his SOTU, but they will remember what they saw.

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Today, I'll be reacting to manosphere influencers giving their so-called advice to young men. Thank god I'm here to set the record straight. Will anyone listen to me, though? That's the real question.

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Today, I'm speaking with Stephen C. Meyer, Director of The Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, and and George D. Montañez, Director of the AMISTAD Lab at Harvey Mudd College–both of whom are extremely knowledgable on the topic of artificial intelligence. During the course of our conversation, they discuss the asymmetry between human intelligence & AI, the inability of AI to ascribe meaning to raw data, and the limitations of large language models. The real question though is: are we screwed? Let's find out.

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