Uncommon Knowledge

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.

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Every guest on Uncommon Knowledge

74 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell on School Choice and the Price Our Children Pay for Bad Ideas | Peter Robinson | Thomas Sowell | Hoover Institution · 5 episodes

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Amy Zegart
Are We Dumb about Intelligence? Amy Zegart on the Capabilities of American Intel Gathering · Mar 2022

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Bill Barr
More Than “One Damn Thing,” with Bill Barr · Jun 2022

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Carlos Eire
From Havana to Yale: Carlos Eire on Cuba, Becoming an American—and Miracles | Peter Robinson | Uncommon Knowledge · Oct 2025

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Chris DeMuth

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Christopher Buckley
Christopher Buckley: “Steaming to Bamboola” and Other Journeys · Apr 2025

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Christopher Cox
The Light Withdrawn: Christopher Cox On How Woodrow Wilson Shaped—And Undermined—American Democracy | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution · Aug 2025

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David Berlinski
The Magician’s Twin, with David Berlinski, Stephen Meyer, and James Orr | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution · Jul 2024

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Edward Teller
Uncommon Knowledge Archive: Oppenheimer’s Edward Teller and Sid Drell on ICBM Defense Systems | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution · Jan 2024

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Elizabeth Economy
The World According to China with Elizabeth Economy | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution · Oct 2023

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Freeman Hrabowski

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Ignat Solzhenitsyn
Russian Soul, American Life: A Conversation with Ignat Solzhenitsyn | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution · Dec 2025

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Jerome Powell
Teaching Gorbachev Capitalism: Jerome Powell, Condoleezza Rice, and Michael Boskin Discuss George Shultz, the Economist | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution · Dec 2025

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John Etchemendy
The Rise of the Machines: John Etchemendy and Fei-Fei Li on Our AI Future | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution · Apr 2024

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John Lewis Gaddis
Why the Cold War Still Matters with John Lewis Gaddis | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution · Nov 2025

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John Yoo

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Kevin Warsh
Inflation Is A Choice: Kevin Warsh on Fixing the Federal Reserve | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution · Jul 2025

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Mary Bush

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Michael Boskin

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Michael McFaul
“They’re Not Like Us”: Michael McFaul on Autocrats vs. Democrats and the Fight for the Twenty-First Century | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution · Mar 2026

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Mike Gallagher
Breaking China: Congressman Mike Gallagher on Asian Geopolitics and Beyond | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution · Nov 2023

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Natan Sharansky
A Hero Speaks: Natan Sharansky on the US and Israel At This Hour · Nov 2024

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Paul Atkins
Make IPOs Great Again: SEC Chairman Paul Atkins on Ending Regulation by Enforcement · Jul 2026

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Paul Wolfowitz
Paul Wolfowitz on the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars and a Life in Foreign Policy | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution · May 2024

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Rob Portman
Senator Rob Portman: The Exit Interview | Hoover Institution · Nov 2022

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Robert Woodson

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Sid Drell

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Stephen Meyer
Stephen Meyer, John Lennox, and James Tour: Three Scientists on the Origins of Everything | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution · 2 episodes

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Steven Koonin
Hot Or Not: Steven Koonin Questions Conventional Climate Science And Methodology | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution · Aug 2023

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Troy Senik
Hello, Cleveland: Troy Senik on Man of Iron | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution · Dec 2022

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Walter Stahr
The Antislavery Activist That Time Forgot: Historian Walter Stahr On Salmon P. Chase · Sep 2022

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Will Inboden
Courage and Conviction: Will Inboden on “the Peacemaker,” Part II | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution · Mar 2023

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Zohar Palti
How Israel Fights: Inside the Mossad with Zohar Palti | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution · Mar 2026

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Mike Johnson
The Signal in the Noise: Speaker Mike Johnson on Elon, the Big Beautiful Bill, and “Our Chance to Save Our Country” | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution · Jun 2025

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