Kudlow

Kudlow 10-16-2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The reason the Bruce Blakeman-Kathy Hochul race for governor is so important, is because a Blakeman victory will not only knock out a far-left blue state governor, it will also knock down New York’s socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani. In other words, if you take out Hochul, you basically call a halt to all of the damage, be it antisemitism, woke culture, insane tax increases, of course the pied-a-terre tax, and all of the other crazy stuff Mamdani and his merry band of Democratic socialists of America are trying to inflict on what should be the greatest city in America and the world. With Liz Peek, John Carney, Mark Simone, Victor Davis Hanson, General Jack Keane and Marc Thiessen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump is once again caught between a foreign policy rock and a hard place. He announced an “energy ceasefire” between Russia and Ukraine, but Zelenskyy posted Sunday that Russian drones have been pounding Ukraine “all day,” adding, “A power plant in Kharkiv was attacked this evening.” Trump is simultaneously locked in a war of words with Zelenskyy, suggesting he should be replaced after demanding Ukraine stop hitting Russian refineries — and blaming him for high diesel prices. Now, to bring those prices down, Trump is cutting a deal for Russia to supply hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel fuel, drawing opposition from several GOP lawmakers. And another front is flaring. Trump says the U.S. “may” join the fight against the Iran-backed Houthis after a new Riyadh airport attack and more hits Sunday. Guest host Edward Lawrence with Rebecca Heinrichs, Richard Goldberg, Phil Flynne, Michael Faulkender, Christina Skinner, Byron York, Hogan Gidley and Sen. Marsha Blackburn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kudlow 10-09-2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You just have to love it, while these Democratic candidates are out there tweeting and chirping and criticizing Mr. Trump and the GOP on the issue of affordability. Hahaha. In the first place, Trump way back in 2016 invented the term affordability, amidst much derision as he successfully ran in his first term. Now with a temporary gasoline spike from the Iran war, Democrats have latched on to the term affordability as some kind of midterm election life raft. With Conrad DeQuadros, Christina Skinner, Jason Katz, Daniel McCarthy, Miranda Devine and Caroline Downey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Of course, you wouldn’t know it from the media, but today’s job report for September was actually quite strong; it continues the economic boom that I’m now calling the greatest story that should be told. Here’s some factoids you’re not gonna read about in the legacy media: the household employment survey from which the unemployment rate is derived, that survey shows a whopping gain of 406,000 jobs. There’s a 1.1 million increase in new entrants and a 975,000 increase in jobs. With Hogan Gidley, John Carney, Jim Thorne, Charlie Hurt, David Zervos, Wilbur Ross and Rebeccah Heinrichs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Things happen when you least expect it. How about the dissolution of Iran? We know their currency is worthless. It’s now 2.5 million per dollar. And Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent basically is saying that Iran’s gonna run out of cash in two weeks. With General Jack Keane, Mohamed El-Erian, Joe Lavorgna, Marc Thiessen, Mary Katharine Ham, Ashley Hayek and Anthony Pompliano Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

British police said on Monday they were investigating whether individuals acting for a foreign state were involved in an apparent plot to attack an airbase used by ​the United States but said five suspects they had arrested would be released on bail.Gingrich Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood at the podium of the United Nations General Assembly hall and absolutely tore into all of the multiplying progenitors of antisemitism around the world. It was a remarkable speech. He regards himself as the leader of world Jewry, and no one can deny him that platform. He has basically governed Israel for nearly 30 years through thick and thin, through the wars and the massacres.  With Michael Faulkender, Robert Greenway, Sen Mike Lee, Steve Forbes, Liz Peek, Ben Domenech, Ben Ferguson, and Brent Sadler.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

All the headlines from Mr. Trump’s UN speech are focused on his prior statements warning Iran that they either make a deal or face annihilation. I believe annihilation refers to the regime. And he warned them not to focus on the midterm elections because he’s gonna be President for another two and a half years. So, in effect, Mr. Trump discounted the midterm elections, and took them off the table. A bad day for Iran. With Marc Thiessen, Rebecah Heinrichs, Robert O'Brien, Miranda Devine, John Carney, Nancy Tengler, Jason Trennert and James Carafano Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The NY Times is at it again with a long hit piece on the American economy and the dollar. Virtually every claim they make is factually wrong. I've got a couple numbers for you. Maybe the most important error in the NY Times piece was their failure to cite that 89% of foreign exchange trades are dollar based. Now if that isn't King Dollar, I don't know what it. And the principal stable coins are dollar denominated. And foreign investors have bought around $263 billion of treasuries over the past year, and these yields have gone up mostly because a strong economy is raising real interest rates. With Kellyanne Conway, John Carney, Chrisina Skinner, Marc Thiessen, Byron York, and Brent Sadler.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Let’s begin at the beginning. Low taxes, light regulation, abundant energy, and a strong dollar, are the keys to economic prosperity. And prosperity is as American as apple pie. And though nothing is ever perfect, at the moment I would argue, the American economy is in a very prosperous position, roughly a year after Mr. Trump and the Republicans passed their one, big, beautiful bill.   With David Malpass, Liz Peek, John Carney, Dan Brouillette, Ben Ferguson, Ben Domenech, and Sen. Ron Johnson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I’m surely not your run-of-the-mill expert on the frontiers of artificial intelligence. I have some sense of models, agents, and bots. And I think I understand concerns that rogue AI agents can break free of their human instructions, or what the industry sometimes calls quote “misalignment.” Yes, humans need to be able to keep control of the machines. But I also know something about election year ruses, including political hoaxes, such as we’ve seen in the past. With Taylor Budowich, Newt Gingrich, Art Laffer, Steve Moore, Ben Shapiro and Aaron Cohen.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices