The Derek Hunter Podcast

Now the fun begins.

Iran and principles...

In this high-energy, provocative episode, the guest host (filling in for Derek Hunter) delivers a raw, uncompromising breakdown of the reported deaths of the Iranian Ayatollah, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and dozens of high-ranking regime leaders. Drawing on his years working for Rush Limbaugh, the host argues that the "mystery" of how to handle tyrants has finally been solved through a return to the "Sunday Punch" philosophy of Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan. The episode dismantles common foreign policy "myths," specifically the idea that "you can’t kill an idea." With a blend of dark humor and historical grit, the host posits that ideas live in heads—and when those heads are removed, the idea dies with them. He contrasts the current administration’s forceful military action against decades of "mealy-mouthed" diplomacy, specifically calling out the failures of the Carter and Biden eras. Infused with pop-culture references—from Animal House and Pulp Fiction to Shaka Zulu—this episode is a victory lap for American strength, arguing that the only way to ensure peace is to make the price of "Death to America" slogans too high to pay.

Birds of a feather.

They aren't capable of functioning like normal human beings.

What a show!

Just stay out of the locker room, unless you're on the team

Dean Karayanis remembers his long-time boss, Rush Limbaugh, just a bit on the fifth anniversary of the GOAT returning his talent on loan from God. Team USA wins the gold, and some leftists decide they only love the country when they win. Team Canada and the country’s PM are sore losers. Trump sends USS Mercy to Greenland and papers create a scandal by saying nobody knows why, when they don’t bother to do the research. Russia sends an oil tanker steaming to Cuba — and Trump’s blockade. Stephen A. Smith rips Democrats who are boycotting President Trump’s State of the Union. Mexico’s most-wanted drug dealer gets splattered as America expands its military footprint in the country. Chris Christie blames Trump for AOC thinking she can be president, joining the bipartisan condescension of mocking her as “just a bartender,” as if people don’t love bartenders. Syria asks Germany not to return their refugees, calling them a security risk.

Leftists are the enemy

If this is the best of the best, we're screwed.

It's now or never for Trump, the next 2 years will suck.

Making an ass out of themselves on the world stage.

Dean Karayanis, New York Sun columnist, host of the History Author Show, and former member of Rush Limbaugh’s highly overrated staff, sits in for Derek. Mondays are becoming a regular thing! Topics include highlighting the success of Angel Studios, which is out with the enjoyable “Solo Mio” starring Kevin James and will have “Young Washington” this summer. Plus, a discussion of how to look and presidents, some anecdotes, and warnings about “celebrity historians” who shade the facts. Marco Rubio tells NATO allies what they fear to hear. “Irish Twitter” gets angry at Dean for pointing out the aid and comfort so many in their country gave Nazi Germany and Hamas as they rushed to tout Seamus Culleton as an innocent Irish victim of “fascist” America, only to learn he fled his country on drug charges and abandoned his two beautiful little girls before marrying a U.S. citizen last year in hopes of avoiding deportation for overstaying his visa by 16 years. “In the future, everybody will be Hitler for 15 minutes,” with apologies to Andy Warhol, as the Democrats slowly move on from Trump being Hitler to the next Republican, as they have done since FDR likened his GOP opponent to the Fuhrer while World War II was still raging. The show closes with a word from the first president ever captured in audio, Benjamín Harrison, and another clip from the archives: President William McKinley.

They hide it right in plain sight.

We are ready to believe you...if you'd just speak already.

These people got problems.

It's not what you think.

Dean Karayanis, New York Sun columnist and former member of Rush Limbaugh's highly overrated staff, sits in for Derek on Monday. Topics include the Super Bowl's cultural impact, the Bad Bunny halftime show watched on mute, DOW 50,000, TrumpRX, justice for Benghazi, the HBO documentary that tries to make Mel Brooks a victim, and how Democrats are seizing on President Trump blundering by sharing a video he didn't watch all the way through, resulting in a second or two of an October "Lion King" parody of the Obamas slipping through. Republicans are running for the tall grass in the vain hope that it'll save them.

The idiot machine is running full steam.

They are too important to have to face economic realities.

When they aren't screwing them, they're screwing them over.

Bad people with a lot of money and no sense.

It's impossible to care what karma brings them.

Right and left work off different dictionaries.

Nurse gets fired for death theats.

It's a game you don't want to play

Dean Karayanis, columnist for the New York Sun and former Rush Limbaugh staffer, sits in for Derek the day after another shooting that could have been avoided in Minnesota: Alex Pretti. Plus, why the aspirational vision of the future in Star Trek matters to the culture, the hypocrisy of Bill Clinton and Barack Obama on deaths at the hands of law enforcement, Shakespeare claimed to be a black woman by a UK feminist, and more.

They have no sane people left

Vile, vile cretures.

Both are important.

It's tough to be that stupid.

Relax, all the old crap will be there waiting when we all get back

These people are lying or stupid.

Tim Walz needs the cover.

The cost is high

The deepest wounds are self-inflicted.

The worst injuries are self-inflicted.

There's a very big and important difference between the two.

Democrats have lost control of their Brownshirts

Anyone telling you otherwise is selling something.

Because of course they are.

He didn't break them, they were always defective.

And naturally, Democrats side with the oppressors.

Dean Karayanis, New York Sun columnist and former member of Rush Limbaugh's "highly overrated staff," sits in for his final show before Derek returns on Monday, January 5th. Topics include Mayor Mamdani choosing a subway station in New York City that was built by private enterprise to kick of his government-first agenda, the people of Iran striking and protesting against the dictatorship, how the America250 "United States Semisesquicentennial" may evolve into a catcher term, and Judd Apatow reflecting how Hollywood refuses to accept it's failures; it's easier to blame their usual right-wing bogeymen instead. A clip from Bill Murray's critically panned "The Razor's Edge" shows that artists ought to have the freedom to try new things, but respect the audience's verdict. Plus, words from Baroness Margaret Thatcher encouraging us all to reach for our destiny in 2026.

Dean Karayanis sits down with George “Koko” Prayias—both alumni of the Rush Limbaugh Show—for a fast‑paced conversation on the current state of American politics and what the road to the 2026 midterm elections may look like. They explore how Republicans might shape and communicate a pro‑prosperity, pro‑America agenda, touching on strategy, messaging, and the broader political climate. The episode also features the signature deep‑cut cultural and historical references fans expect, adding context and personality to their analysis and offering perspectives listeners won’t find anywhere else.

Dean Karayanis, columnist for the New York Sun and former member of Rush Limbaugh's "highly overrated staff," sits in for Derek to close out 2025. Topics include how to move the political needle on the Tim Walz daycare scandal, Democrats in the House minority playing House with a new fake January 6 committee, 70% of people ICE arrests have criminal records, and spending New Year's Eve like the forever young MTV veejay Martha Quinn. Plus, the Pimp of the Year from 1988's "I'm Gonna Git You, Sucka," captures the way the world views America as a hooker that better have all his money.

(Apologies for the poor audio quality.) Dean Karayanis, New York Sun columnist and former Rush Limbaugh staffer, sits in for Derek. Topics include Canada realizing it needs America more than America needs it, Obama doing nothing to save Kenya from Starvation, the drunk who robbed (and returned) two mandolins from a New Jersey music store, Paul Feig still refusing to take the L on Ghostbusters 2016, and why the world isn't the America's pimp.

Dean Karayanis, columnist for the New York Sun and former member of Rush Limbaugh's "highly overrated staff," sits in for Derek as the ghost week of 2025 draws to a close. Topics include how the Karl Marx's childish notion about "from each according to his abilities to each according to his needs" may work in science fiction like Star Trek, but it fails in the real world as soon as you need somebody to work in the sewer like Ed Norton. Also, Tom Homan keeps the focus on the illegal aliens who are harmed by failures to enforce our borders, even as leftists pretend that turning a blind-eye to lawbreaking is compassionate.

Dean Karayanis — New York Sun columnist, host of the History Author Show, and former Rush Limbaugh staffer — brings the Yuletide cheer for Derek. A story in Politico alleging that the "How the far right stole Christmas" prompts a discussion of the birth of Jesus Christ being turned into a generic, secular holiday. Plus, what happened to the little girl who wrote letter that led to the most reprinted editorial in the English language, 1897's "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus," in the New York Sun. The stories of "It's a Wonderful Life," "A Charlie Brown Christmas," and of Luxembourg's "American St. Nick" from a tradition begun by GI's in the middle of World War 2. Dean also notes that Christmas marked the 101st birthday of Rod Serling, who's enduring gift is The Twilight Zone's "Night of the Meek," starring Art Carney as a Skid Row Santa Claus.

So much stupid to end the year.