Uncommon Knowledge

by Hoover Institution

For more than two decades the Hoover Institution has been producing Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson, a series hosted by Hoover fellow Peter Robinson as an outlet for political leaders, scholars, journalists, and today’s big thinkers to share their views with the world. Guests have included a ...

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Audience Interest

Estimated Reach: 250,001+

Listeners across platforms

Podcast Focus

Categories: news · politics

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Frequency: Irregular

100+ episodes since 2021

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Most discussed topics

materialismpoliticsdemocracycold warorigins of the universescience and philosophyintelligent designhuman existencedna complexityconservatismmediatrust in institutions

Brands & references

Hoover Institution10

The Gulag Archipelago1

Bach’s Cantata No. 208, Sheep May Safely Graze1

MIT1

University of Chicago1

Yale University1

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Est. Listeners

250,001+

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Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
10,001 - 25,000
Monthly Reach
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25,001 - 75,000
Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
15,001 - 40,000

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On the show

From 10 eps

Host

Peter Robinson

10 eps

Recent guests

15 across last 10 eps

Stephen Meyer

2 eps

John Lennox

1 ep

James Tour

1 ep

Ben Shapiro

1 ep

Zohar Palti

1 ep

Michael McFaul

1 ep

Ben Sasse

1 ep

Thomas Sowell

1 ep

David Berlinski

1 ep

Sergiu Klainerman

1 ep

Ignat Solzhenitsyn

1 ep

Jerome Powell

1 ep

Condoleezza Rice

1 ep

Michael Boskin

1 ep

John Lewis Gaddis

1 ep

Recent episodes

Stephen Meyer, John Lennox, and James Tour: Three Scientists on the Origins of Everything | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

Apr 20, 2026

1h 01m 29s

Ben Shapiro and The Battle For The Soul of Conservatism | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

Apr 8, 2026

58m 26s

How Israel Fights: Inside the Mossad with Zohar Palti | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

Mar 23, 2026

50m 55s

“They’re Not Like Us”: Michael McFaul on Autocrats vs. Democrats and the Fight for the Twenty-First Century | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

Mar 2, 2026

1h 12m 11s

Basketball in the Last 60 Seconds: Ben Sasse on Mortality, Meaning, and the Future of America | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

Feb 17, 2026

59m 56s

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Episodes

monthly

Avg length

1h 02m 39s

50m 55s – 1h 12m 11s

Range

Aug 2020 – Apr 2026

Topics

materialism, politics +57

Guests

Stephen Meyer +14 · last 10 eps

10 of 10

Date	Episode	Topics	Guests	Brands	Places	Keywords	Sponsor	Length
4/20/26	Stephen Meyer, John Lennox, and James Tour: Three Scientists on the Origins of Everything \| Peter Robinson \| Hoover Institution✨	origins of the universescience and philosophy+4	John LennoxStephen Meyer+1	Hoover Institution	—	Big Bangfine-tuning+4	—	1h 01m 29s
4/8/26	Ben Shapiro and The Battle For The Soul of Conservatism \| Peter Robinson \| Hoover Institution✨	conservatismpolitics+3	Ben Shapiro	Hoover Institution	—	conservatismBen Shapiro+5	—	58m 26s
3/23/26	How Israel Fights: Inside the Mossad with Zohar Palti \| Peter Robinson \| Hoover Institution✨	IsraelMossad+5	Zohar Palti	Hoover Institution	IsraelIran	Mossaddeterrence+8	—	50m 55s
3/2/26	“They’re Not Like Us”: Michael McFaul on Autocrats vs. Democrats and the Fight for the Twenty-First Century \| Peter Robinson \| Hoover Institution✨	autocracydemocracy+5	Michael McFaul	Hoover Institution	RussiaChina+5	autocratsdemocrats+8	—	1h 12m 11s
2/17/26	Basketball in the Last 60 Seconds: Ben Sasse on Mortality, Meaning, and the Future of America \| Peter Robinson \| Hoover Institution✨	mortalityfaith+4	Ben Sasse	Hoover Institution	—	Ben Sassepancreatic cancer+7	—	59m 56s
1/27/26	Thomas Sowell on School Choice and the Price Our Children Pay for Bad Ideas \| Peter Robinson \| Thomas Sowell \| Hoover Institution✨	American educationschool choice+5	Thomas Sowell	Hoover Institution	HarlemIvy League	educationschool choice+7	—	1h 11m 38s
1/15/26	Why Does 2 + 2 = 4? What Math Teaches Us About Deep Reality \| Peter Robinson \| Hoover Institution✨	mathematicsphilosophy+4	David BerlinskiSergiu Klainerman+1	Hoover Institution	—	mathematicsreality+7	—	57m 21s
12/16/25	Russian Soul, American Life: A Conversation with Ignat Solzhenitsyn \| Peter Robinson \| Hoover Institution✨	exilemusic+4	Ignat Solzhenitsyn	Hoover InstitutionThe Gulag Archipelago+1	—	Ignat SolzhenitsynAleksandr Solzhenitsyn+6	—	1h 04m 08s
12/5/25	Teaching Gorbachev Capitalism: Jerome Powell, Condoleezza Rice, and Michael Boskin Discuss George Shultz, the Economist \| Peter Robinson \| Hoover Institution✨	economicspolitical pragmatism+4	Jerome PowellCondoleezza Rice+1	Hoover InstitutionMIT+1	Kremlin	George P. ShultzJerome Powell+6	—	1h 02m 33s
11/19/25	Why the Cold War Still Matters with John Lewis Gaddis \| Peter Robinson \| Hoover Institution✨	Cold Wargrand strategy+5	John Lewis Gaddis	Yale UniversityHoover Institution	VietnamChina+1	Cold WarJohn Lewis Gaddis+8	—	1h 07m 49s