The Derek Hunter Podcast

Dean Karayanis, sitting in for Derek, digs into his archives at the History Author Show to bring you the voices of men who served in World War II on Veterans Day 2025. First up is Captain Roger Boas who rolled with General George S. Patton’s 4th Armored Division and, at age 94 he published his memoir, “Battle Rattle: A Last Memoir of World War II.” Next is Lt. Jim Downing, author of “The Other Side of Infamy: My Journey Through Pearl Harbor and the World of War,” written when he was 103. Finally, a clip of legendary character actor and D-Day veteran Charles Durning reading Lester Tenney’s story of the Bataan Death March and the atrocities he witnessed at the hands of Imperial Japan. Thank to all our veterans and to the families who support them.

Dean Karayanis, New York Sun columnist and former Rush Limbaugh staffer, sits in for Derek. Topics include Scott Bessant and George Stephanopoulos sparring over the filibuster, Senator Moreno calling out Senator Schumer on Obamacare subsidies for millionaires, and GOP messaging going forward. Plus, the take of the ghost toilet, and how Communist China uses counterfeit products to hurt productivity — illustrated by the 1991 film, “The Inner Circle,” on Joseph Stalin’s projectionist. The baseball great Darryl Strawberry’s pardon by President Trump rounds out the show.

These people always insist MAGA is a cult.

They just need to make Democrats actually do one.

Let the suffering begin.

If your state is voting, go vote!

Don't be stupid in the first place and you don't have to try to make up for it.

Don't do stupid things and don't defend them either

It does nothing but grow...

We won, they lost.

Get out of its way and let it go...

They're coming for their food stamps or your stuff.

But then, when is it?

Like acid reflux, the gas ball comes back.

Not good people.

There's a sucker born every minute, don't be a newborn.

And they eat their own.

Bigotry is at the heart of who they are.

They crave it

Democrats, it's who they are.

It's always fun to mess with morons...

Whether he wins it or not.

Peace or pause, and does it matter?

It would be nice if people focused more on their jobs than their image.

They are pretty sick.

Dean Karayanis, columnist at the New York Sun and former Rush Limbaugh staffer, sits in for Derek. Topics include the silence over President Trump forcing Hamas to agree to his cease-fire plan with Israel, John Bolton deciding the one way he doesn’t want to use military force is to stop drug cartels, pampered Hollywood celebrities raging against leaf blowers, Tim Russ’s leftist necromancy in favor of ANTIFA, who’s a real populist, John Kasich deciding that prosecuting people who broke the law isn’t allowed and forgetting that Democrats waged warfare against their opponents for years — and obscure, entertaining references aplenty!

They screwed themselves into a corner.

Just Ignore The Shutdown, Mr. President. by Derek Hunter

It's getting difficult to care.

They could only pretend to care for so long, their hate has boiled over again.

Only thing liberals hate more than Comey is Trump.

The gym is genocide!

It's the only thing they inspire these days.

They're not stupid, they're evil. There's a big, important difference.

Totalitarians aren't what they used to be.

They deserve it.

To hell with him.

Little Jimmy learns about the concept of consequences...

I fear for him.

DoJ, do not screw this up.

Leftists are shocked to be held accountable for the first time in their lives

A Party of Sociopaths 2 by Derek Hunter

Democrats have to deal with the evil they've created.

Dean Karayanis, sitting in for Derek Hunter, reflects on the murder of Charlie Kirk. The pundit class, despite this attack on one of our own, isn't seeing this as an attack on free speech or democracy. But it is. Regardless of the motivation, whenever someone who speaks out is slain, it's imperative that everyone condemn it. Instead, you have some Democrats and MSNBC commentators both-sidesing this, blaming the victim. The left ought to speak to its own base and the right to theirs. That, more than generalized statements of condemnation, will show that America is united in rejecting violence as a political tool. Also, a clip of the first time audiences heard Charlie Chaplin speak. His uplifting speech in "The Great Dictator" was a call to our common humanity and a call for us to fight for liberty, that is worth hearing at this moment.

Dean Karayanis of the New York Sun and the Rush Limbaugh Show sits in for Derek. Topics include Israel disproving the notion that killing terrorists "just creates more terrorists" by wiping out the Hamas leadership and the "lazy" Germans turning against Coca-Cola because they don't like the nation that protects them. The partisans who inject race into everything Charlotte murder is suddenly decide race shouldn't be talked about in the Charlotte murder. Plus, CNN reports gossip about a discussion between Secretary of the Treasury Bessent in a "MAGA nightclub" and tries to turn it into a scandal.

The Atlantic asks, “What’s the Point of a HS Reunion?” President Trump declares “the woke agenda is practically gone,” but the left is never going to be defeated. Senator Tammy Duckworth tries, yet again, to bait Trump – and he resists, showing growth. MSNBC’s Tim O’Brien and NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani suddenly pretend the left cares about democracy. Norway’s socialists promised their wealth tax would collect $54 billion from the ultra-rich. Instead, revenues plunged $594 million – a net decrease of $448 million.

After an update from Derek, Dean Karayanis of the New York Sun and Rush Limbaugh Show updates you on the weekend’s news. A case of mistaken identity for Phillies Karen reminds us of a lesson in “The Dead Poets Society.” The Democrats’ religions test as Senator Tim Kaine declares thinking inalienable rights come from God is an “extremely troubling” idea. The shadowy Professor Mifsud, a key player in the Russia probe who disappeared seven years ago. JB Pritzker says he has moles inside the White House and Chris Christie savages RFK Jr. Senator Rand Paul takes on J.D. Vance in defense of the Venezuelan drug runners blown up by the U.S. Navy. Finally, a word on “The Savant,” the hilarious “Karen power fantasy” from Apple TV that’s launched a thousand memes before it even airs.

Dean Karayanis of the New York Sun welcomes back Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, and Drudge Report veteran George Prayias back to the show. Together they discuss Senator Tim Kaine's ignorance of the Declaration of Independence and Senator Ted Cruz's defense. Plus, college students mocking left-wingers with "performative man" bits and why using the military against enemies from drug dealers to terrorists is worth a try.

Dean Karayanis, columnist at the New York Sun and Rush Limbaugh Show veteran sits in for Derek. Topics include the left wishing President Trump dead to solve their problems, Senator Dick Durbin imagining crazy motives behind the president cracking down on crime, Mamdani planning to trap more people in the government cage with an untenable rent freeze, and the legendary Ricardo Montalban talking about his confrontation with militant Chicanos who were threatening to kill him over advocating for Mexican actors even though the activism got him blacklisted by Hollywood.

Dean Karayanis of the New York Sun fills in for Derek. Topics include JB Pritzker and other Democrats on the losing side of denying crime rather than work with President Trump to solve it, Woody Allen on the joy of directing Trump, an illustrative story on the press lamenting that gravediggers were suffering as the Iraq War wound down, Trump Chicken, and more.