I never get one ounce of boredom listening to Victor Davis Hansen! He is such an intellectual and humble thought leader. These are the types of guides humans need in a successful society. He is fascinating in all his uncommon brilliance.

Wouldn't life be a breeze if more people were of the same caliber as VDH and Dr. Arnn? They represent the BEST of America....and to no small extent, mankind. God bless them.

My name is Jonathan Walter Arnn and I find it awesome that this man is my father's cousin and is the dean of this University. It brings Joy it makes me feel like there is true hope for my family in this world.

Thank God for Hillsdale College and men like VICTOR DAVIS HANSEN.

Victor Davis Hanson. You are a National Treasure Sir. When YOU speak, I listen.

My wife and I have a small farm and we sell locally, pecan orchard, raised garden beds, chickens for eggs and meat bird chickens, we also have cows, we only ave 40 acres but we enjoy providing for the community.

This is the gentleman that should be leading us instead of the brain less fools in D.C. The more I listen to this brilliant man the more you become enamored with his elegant way of dispensing all of that incredible knowledge. What an incredible man.

If ever, in these times, someone deserves the moniker 'a national treasure' , it is Victor Davis Hanson. In fact I would go as far to say, he is an international treasure in these mad times. Thank you sir.

Both VDH and Dr Arn are examples of the substance of Great Men! Thank you, gentlemen.

Thank you both for sharing your wisdom and perspective. I am a government and U.S. History teacher in a public highschool. Hillsdale and V.D.H. help me keep the faith.

So grateful for Dr. Arnn and his work to lead the resistance. Have just pre-ordered my copy of Prof Hansen's latest book. May God continue to bless these gentlemen and the family of Hillsdale College.

This is a conversation of intellectual juggernauts. What a wonderful pleasure to get to listen in on this discussion.

I didn't need anyone to tell me to distance myself from the insanity of our current society. It was a natural reaction. Now I can listen to VDH every day.😊

I am so grateful for having the opportunity to be able to listen to wisdom

This man is a national treasure.

I've probably watched more videos and listened to more podcasts of Victor Davis Hanson than of any other person on the internet. I truly admire and enjoy his teaching style and his vast knowledge of history and of current culture. I smiled when he mentioned repairing the outbuildings on his farm. Like Dr. Hanson, I grew up working on farms. My family was from Oklahoma and were part of the Okie diaspora that he has mentioned in some of his interviews. We worked mostly in Arizona vegetable and cotton fields and for about a year we worked in California near Bakersfield. My Dad was a great mechanic and worked on farm equipment in the off season to feed the family. I hope that Dr. Hanson continues to educate and inspire his viewers and listeners for many years to come. I've been truly blessed for having read his books, taken his classes on the Second World Wars and on The Dying Citizen from Hillsdale's online school. I highly recommend them all.

Victor is a great American 🇺🇸

A lovely conversation shared by Hillsdale. Thank you for making this available on UKposts.

I had never heard of Hillsdale College, but I will never forget the wisdom I gained in this one short video. Thank you, gentleman sharing your stories and providing guidance without spelling anything out.

Victor Davis Hanson you are a true Patriot!

Wonderful Talk. God Bless Victor & Hillsdale I'm an Adult Student loving All Online Classes

Thank you, Dr. Arnn. I enjoy every opportunity I can find to listen to VDH. Every time he speaks, I learn something new that makes me ponder the world in a slightly different perspective. (Much like every time I listen to Dr. Sowell.) Thank you for providing these opportunities for those of us who are not Hillsdale student but enjoy learning all the same.

Dr. Victor Davis Hanson is a national treasure. Never before has someone taken to the world stage at this rate and enlightenment from the past while examining the present. God bless you!

Praise the Lord for VDH and Hillsdale College! ❤✊

The farmer is the most underrated gambler of all time, because they live on gambling that their crop will get enough rain, enough sun, and enough good weather to pull in a considerable yield of the crops they harvest. Sounds simple, but the science behind it, coupled with all the unpredictable factors, is truly an amazing profession. Two of my friends are farmers, and just their calculations of the fertilizers the types and taking measurements of rhe health of the soil. It's crazy how in depth it is.

As a practitioner of the most ancient profession of shepherding, my wife and I fully understand and appreciate this conversation. Thank you for this

If there was ever a required learning/listening, it is a conservation between Dr. Hanson and Dr. Arnn. They are such treasures in our national discourse, especially, for these tumultuous times. Thank you, Dr. Hanson and Dr. Arnn!

VDH is the greatest spokesperson of our generation. We are BLESSED to have him. He's a realist balanced with his incredible knowledge of history. He's a wonderful man with a brilliant mind. He also has the courage of a lion; unafraid to speak truth.

Victor Davis Hanson, one of the greatest.

Two guys that would've made the finest Founder/Framers'. Thank you Hillsdale.

Wow, I had lunch once with the Australian historian, Geoffrey Blainey that Victor mentioned. Having worked in publishing for nearly 40 years, I've met many authors but Blainey was a stand-out. Instead of speaking a single word about himself, or his work, he spent the entire two hours enticing our family histories from our names and a few questions about where we were born. He is still living, (93) and I remember him from that one meeting as a prince of men.

I studied at U of C in the last century. Today I would want to attend Hillsdale.

godspeed VDH. gem of man

Awesome! Thank you all, those involved in giving this to us, for your efforts for ultimate good. Victor and Thomas Sowell are two of our most precious national treasures. I have been connected with Hillsdale for a long time and believe it is a great participant in the restortion of Good in the world. God is Good!

What a nice change-of-pace video to see VDH just talking about farming. He's such a soft-spoken and intelligent man. Still waters run deep.

I know nothing of farming but always appreciate the life lessons VDH teaches us about farming. When he talks about the unpredictability of farming and the things out of the farmer’s control that teaches a kind of humility, I thought of little house on the prairie. One scene in particular is of father Ingalls getting ready to harvest and sell his seasons work at the market, only to have his crops destroyed in a bad rain storm. He walks inside to tell his family. Michael Landon captures that humility perfectly on his face in that scene. Though devastated, he hugs his family and still thanks God for his blessings and gets back to work. He wasn’t looking for anyone to blame (and certainly not looking for a government handout). They were grounded in reality much more than we are today.

Follow the money is an important part of the message. Growing up a little before Victor allowed for all my Scout leaders to be WWII veterans. We are both so, so lucky to have these men and women as mentors. Will we ever remove war from our sickie?

Victor David Hansen is a legend across all nations. I could listen to his thoughts all day. 🙏

VDH is a NATIONAL TREASURE! He is the voice of reason. Thank you, VDH, for sharing your wisdom to the world.

If only these great talks could be translated and diffused in different languages and cultures. This is a gem! Thank you!

… and there is hope for the world because of people like those in your family, Jonathan. We have here within the same visible audible frame: one great man interviewing another. Interesting, inspiring, educational, entertaining--completely captures the attention. Thank you, Hillsdale!

Two incredible Americans and Human Beings!

Thank you VDH from a 74 yr man in Santa Cruz

VDH IS THE MAN

Those who ignore history are damned to repeat it. Like all the fallen Empires of the past. God bless VDH, Dr Arnn, and Hillsdale College.

David is a Renaissance man... keep up the good job!

Victor is simply a National Treasure.

I really enjoyed this conversation. Thank you Dr Arnn for having this on you tube also. What a fine gentle soul Victor Davis Hanson is, an intelligent and refine man he is. I’m enjoying Hillsdale college and what it stands for. Thank you for all you do Professor Arnn.

Victor is one of our Great Americans for speaking out with such resounding wisdom and foresight

Beautiful talk. Much appreciation to both of you gentlemen!

A great talk, and spent two years in Afghanistan and he is so right!

You are right about "shame." But people without an understanding of honor cannot experience shame.

Absolutely priceless. At the risk of sounding like a post-adolescent "fanboy" I must say that I never tire of hearing anything Mr. Hanson has to say! As @rodchung173 has noted, he is indeed a national treasure.

I have learned so much from Mr.Hansen, I truly admire his integrity. I wish more people would tune in to him.keep up the awesome job you have been doing over the years. God bless you, sir.

This is how I'm trying to live.

A belated happy birthday to you, sir VDH…an American Treasure living now

I live in a small town in rural Queensland (Australia) and I've heard of many cases of people losing wallets, purses and jewellery etc and having them returned. Keep believing that there are still good people in the world.

Thanks.

All my gratitude, VDH. There is nothing better than good soil under your fingernails.

This was a very informative and encouraging conversation. Thank you for taking the time and sharing this.

Great conversation. Thanks.

I look forward to the day that I can suggest Hillsdale College as an option to my daughter and hopefully, a son soon.

Thank you gentlemen from Canada 🇨🇦 always a pleasure to listen, learn and appreciate the encouragement to actively participate to change our trajectory - all our efforts are needed

Mr.Hanson has stepped up his game since joining the Hillsdale College ‘True’ Educators team. Cheers Larry and the Hillsdale College Team.

I so admire and respect Victor David Hanson. I remember him saying people are not responsible for the consequences of their ideology. So true.

Thank you, gentlemen! 👍👍

Inspiring and informative thanks so much

I would like to know how many of US come from farm families ? I came from farm families in North Western Colorado and I can relate to VDH .

Thank you to these great men. God bless you, always.

Thank you for sharing these videos. They are very enjoyable!

Great interview thanks. I couldn’t help think of the territorial imperative when VDH spoke of the importance of deterrents to avoid conflict. Think of two male bears facing off and posturing to settle matters without violence

Two of our best minds. Splendid.

Great common sense, a great intellect, a hard worker and a gift to the world.

🤔I listen to professor Victor Davies Hansons podcasts almost everyday , I am glad I came upon this video tonight , I’m not a student or a professor but a listener with a love for history and languages by listening to Dr Hanson I can say this, “ for a brilliant scholar he is so humble with such a great sense of humor. He has a gift of keeping listeners captivated with his immense knowledge , take you to Ancient Greece and Roman Empire and next he can talk about everyday events and complete the podcast sometimes with a treat of taking about his child hood in the farm and his amazing mother who was a judge ,which I have a lots of respect for , and talk about living and farming in his historical family farm in California. Listening to Dr Hanson makes one’s mind and soul journey to the next level armed with knowledge.🦋 Thank you for offering on line classes at Hillsdale college I’m going to take a course in dying citizen. I do have my first certificate in Genesis.🤓

Excellant! I will need to watch this at least five times to absorb all the wisdom!

Thankyou for your wisdom❤️

Revival is what we need!

Here are two of my favorite people in the whole wide world.

I don't often find such insight and emotional honesty on the internet. Thank you.

Good talk.

Making my way every day through the stinking hot miasma of our Progressive-spawned national culture I find myself barely able to hold on to hope of finding a way back. Guys like you renew my hope. Thank you.

I want to learn after listening to these men. I’m nearly 50, but it’s good to be inspired to curiosity by listening to people with knowledge that I don’t possess.

Jeeze, i wish we had more men like this man! The world would be in a much better place.

Life lessons from a great thinker.

Always a pleasure to listen to Dr. Hanson.

Thank you Gentlemen. Great interview! 🇺🇸🍀🇺🇸

I Have Great Respect for Both of You Gentlemen!!! 👍👍🙏✨✨✨🙌🔥❤️

Once again you are so filled with knowledge, Mr. Hanson. Thank you for Sharing.

With God's Grace we can create new abilities through applying ourselves to new learnings, new areas previously untamed in your life. Glory to God

You both are empathical persons. You are honest and authentic. This talk made my day. This truth would have banned You from the public conversation in Germany and many other european ciuntries, for life. The government would press publishers not to publicize Your books. Look at the former head of the german "Verfassungsschutz" Dr. H. G. Maaßen, a formerly well recognized author on german law and constitution. He wrote the current immigration laws and criticized the breach of the rule of law. Or Thilo Sarrazin, the "father" of the new german Mark, after reunification. Publishers say the pressure is too big to publish their books anymore.

Im 60. Moved from oregon coast to a farm in west Virginia. This year my joy is looking forward to growing a variety of lettuce. Am i leading a classical life? (I should mention my joy last year was getting Starlink) lol

Bub, here is the deal. Farming is hard work. Most people can't do it. Even so, if a person has some land, almost anyone can raise fruit and nut trees. If you missed your chance last season, we are almost there for the 2024 tree planting season. I help someone manage a fruit tree orchard and have some fruit tree experience over the last 17 years. I'm no expert by any means, but I have experience with nearly 50 varieties of fruit trees. You know, even if you got fruit trees...they are not permanent. An orchard is continually losing trees. If you wait to find this out, you will be many years behind from where you could be. If disease or animals don't get your fruit trees, a windstorm may uproot, or lightning may split the tree in two. You have to be proactive and not reactive. In other words, you are never finished with your orchard...you keep planting fruit and nut trees forever and ever...even after you plant the bulk of your orchard and think you are done. There is no time to lose with any of this. Some trees may take a decade to produce meaningfully...and then they die. Some of you may not have the right disposition to grow gardens. But most anyone can grow fruit trees. Once trees are established, they generally don't need watering unless there is a massive drought. The trees find their own water. But we are talking temperate climates, not the Mojave desert. I gave up my garden after 12 years. To do gardens right you need to be a slave to them. I don't like being a slave to them. But I am successful with fruit trees...as long as you do not require perfect fruit that needs spraying and chemicals. That is where I draw the line. If a fruit tree can't produce as-is, with only water, and some fertilizer to start out...then it gets cut down and another tree takes its place. If your fruit trees won't do well unless you have tons of sprays, what will you do in SHTFF when you can't get the sprays? And really, I like organic produce and not eating food loaded with poisons. Try to buy older trees that are more developed. Smallish, bare root trees are the worst to buy if you are in a hurry. You have rust, black knot, borers, rabbits can girdle the trees and deer can get a hard-on for your tree and rub it to death. Squirrels are a massive problem unless you have a large orchard of the same trees that produce at the same time and can feed the squirrels and you. Squirrels can strip your fruit tree of all the fruit before it even ripens! And besides squirrels, their little relative, the chipmunk is a big problem with fruit trees. They live in long burrows and have big families. They can start stripping a peach tree before the peaches are as big as a grape. And they also love the fully ripened fruits...it just does not matter to them. You can trap them & poison them. Whatever you do...get rid of them! To kill squirrels / chipmunks, forget BB guns...get the green rat poison blocks and zip tie a few of them to the trees. They will decimate the squirrel population for that season and scale it back some for the next as well. You can buy small traps that kill chipmunks. You can also put a small chunk of the rat poison near their burrow opening. If you get lucky they will bring the block into their burrow for the family to feast on. Just don't use full blocks, cut it into thirds so the little chipmunk can handle it. If you have animals that may eat the poison, put the poison in the burrow or use a bait station. I like the poison near the opening because I can easily see the eating action. Once the blocks stop being brought into the burrow, you fill the burrow up. If the burrow is dug out again, you repeat the process until it is not dug open again. No pets around here, so this baiting technique is not an issue with me. Anyway, back to the trees... One European Green Gage plum took a decade to produce a meaningful crop...then it got black knot and was done for. After that, the rest of the 7 varieties of plums ALL got black knot and had to be cut down within 2 years. Santa Rosa and Japanese Shiroplum are 2 nice plums to grow. But wet and humid Z6 can cause lots of disease problems with fruit trees and plums are one of them. But, it takes time to find out what works best in your zone. Time you don't have. Same thing with an Empire Apple tree. It took over a decade to produce a decent crop. Wonderful apples, then it got a borer and died. A big, beautiful apple tree suddenly loses all its leaves as well as the crop that was set to grow that season. It is heartbreaking. Some trees are labelled wrong and not the right cultivar. Some fruit trees produce low quality fruit...even though the label shows the most delicious looking fruit. A trend lately with our changing climate is some trees are blooming early, then a frost hits and boom...the entire fruit crop is ruined for that season. If you don't grow enough cherries, the birds will strip one or two cherry trees clean before the cherries can ripen. In other words, you have to plant lots of cherry trees that produce at the same time to feed the birds and yourself. One of the best, reliable and heavy producers with fruit trees are the Asian pear trees. Not all varieties are winners, but Olympic aka Korean Giant is good along with Raja Asian pear - they are 2 of the best. I can say that after 17 years of working with 5 varieties of Asian pears. When planting pears, try to get varieties resistant to fire blight. Depends on the local, but fire blight can be a big problem with pears. Belle of Georgia is a nice white peach. Red Haven is a great yellow peach. But check the chill hours needed for the peach tree. Some trees only produce crops biennial aka every other year. The way you find that out, many times, is only after a few years of growing. When setting up an orchard you need to plan if you want the crops to come in all at once for making preserves / canning or do you want the fruit crops staggered with early, medium and late harvest varieties. You may need a pollinator tree to produce a crop for certain trees...study it up. Some are self-pollinating, others are not. And you need to see which trees are appropriate pollinators. One tree won't always pollinate another tree if they bloom too far apart. Lots to think about and no time to waste. If you want to produce a crop into early winter / late fall...get a persimmon tree or 3. Jiro, Nakita's Gift, Hachiya and lots of other varieties. But check your zones, some are not very cold hardy. Not much time left...we all have eyes to see what is coming. Plant your fruit and nut trees while you can.

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Growing up in the central valley I admire this man. He's an asset to 13:38 not only the valley but all over our country.

Great listen!!

Listening to an intelectual like him self brings many great benefits to my thoughts and mind. It helps shape and mold my mind in a way I can only appreciate in longevity

~Enjoyed you both...plz continue this way of reaching us.😊

Farmers are so rad 🥰

Brillant. Love listening to him a,

Great interview. Thank you for sharing !