The Tucker Carlson Show Season 2, Episode 69: Pavel Durov Speaks Out for the First Time Since His Politically-Motivated Arrest in France

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Bernard Hudson: New Orleans Attack, Cybertruck Explosion, CIA Corruption, & Tulsi Gabbard

Permanent Washington is trying to prevent Tulsi Gabbard from becoming Director of National Intelligence. Bernard Hudson ran counterterrorism at CIA, and says the country needs her.

123 min

2

Billy Bush: The Infamous Trump Tape, Secrets of Corporate Media, & Megyn Kelly v. Harvey Weinstein

Eight years ago NBC News secretly colluded with the Washington Post to derail Donald Trump’s candidacy. Billy Bush was there and tells the story for the first time.

99 min

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Ned Ryun on Who’s Planning to Sabotage Trump From Within, Is DOGE Too Ambitious, & the FBI’s Future

Ned Ryun on who’s planning to sabotage the Trump administration from within. Ned Ryun is founder and CEO of American Majority. He’s also the author of American Leviathan: The Birth of the Administrative State and Progressive Authoritarianism.

90 min

4

Oliver Stone & Peter Kuznick: War Profiteering, Nuclear Tech, NATO v. Russia, & War With Iran

America’s proxy war with Russia isn’t anything new. It’s been decades in the making. Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick explain what nuclear war would actually look like.

97 min

5

Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires

Michael Shellenberger may be the best reporter in America. Here’s what he’s learned about the fires in Los Angeles — and about UFOs.

130 min

6

Mother of Likely Murdered OpenAI Whistleblower Reveals All, Calls for Investigation of Sam Altman

Suchir Balaji worked as an engineer for Sam Altman building AI, until he decided that Altman was committing crimes. Balaji became a whistleblower, and soon after was found dead in his apartment. California authorities claim it was suicide. Crime scene photos clearly show a murder. Balaji’s mother, Poornima Ramarao, tells the most shocking story we’ve heard in a long time.

63 min

7

Sean Davis: Trump Shooting Update, & the Real Reason Congress Refuses to Investigate

It’s been six months since the Butler assassination attempt and we still know nothing about the man who shot Donald Trump, much less why he was allowed to do it. That should make you nervous. Sean Davis explains.

93 min

8

Eric Adams on His Attempt to Fix New York and How Democrats Weaponized the Law to Stop Him

Having been indicted by the Biden DOJ for political crimes, New York Mayor Eric Adams is sounding a lot like a Trump voter these days.

49 min

9

Chamath Palihapitiya: Zuckerberg, Rogan, Musk, and the Incoming “Golden Age” Under Trump

Chamath Palihapitiya on the emptiness of Silicon Valley, the future of technology and the promise of the new Trump Administration.

120 min

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Curt Mills: Trump Can Save America or Wage Another War, but He Can’t Do Both. Here’s Why.

We’ve got a choice between saving the United States or waging yet another pointless foreign war. We can’t do both. Curt Mills on neocon attempts to subvert the Trump agenda.

84 min

11

Matt Taibbi: All the Top Secret Information Trump Is Releasing & What He Should Declassify Next

Donald Trump is releasing more secrets than any president in history. Matt Taibbi on the top ten mysteries we’re likely to solve.

97 min

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JFK Assassination Expert Reacts to Trump’s Effort to Declassify Files, and What You Should Expect

Jefferson Morley on the real reason it’s taken 63 years to get the JFK documents — and how we’ll know when they’re all released.

29 min

13

Tucker & Piers Morgan Debate Foreign Aid, Hate Speech, NATO, Gun Control, & Is Zelensky a Dictator?

A dictator is someone who ignores elections and rules by violence. Zelensky meets that definition but Piers Morgan loves him anyway.

94 min

14

Dana White: Joining the Board at Meta, the Bryce Mitchell Controversy, and His Friendship With Trump

Dana White on Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump.

32 min

15

Saudi Arabia’s Richest Man Prince Al Waleed on Trump’s Tariffs, DeepSeek, Israel, and Iran

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is one of the biggest media investors in the world. Here’s why he thinks X now dominates everything.

56 min

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Mike Benz Takes Us Down the USAID Rabbit Hole (It’s Worse Than You Think)

Mike Benz: “USAID is effectively a rent-a-riot operation. That raises questions about the Black Lives Matter protests.”

128 min

17

Ukraine Is Selling American Weapons to Mexican Drug Cartels. Col. Daniel Davis on How to Stop It.

The Ukrainian military is selling American weapons systems on the black market, including to drug cartels. This war is killing the United States. Col. Daniel Davis on how Donald Trump can end it.

63 min

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Ken Paxton: How Soros Protects Drug Cartels, Being Blacklisted by Fox News, and the Laken Riley Act

When you care about Ukraine’s borders more than your own, things tend to fall apart. Texas AG Ken Paxton on how John Cornyn and other negligent buffoons allowed drug cartels to take over the state.

67 min

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Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban on USAID, Trump, Immigration, NATO, and the Russia/Ukraine War

Hungary’s Viktor Orban is by far the longest serving head of state in Europe, and by this point has been vindicated on pretty much everything. So when he says that going forward it’s Ukraine, not Russia, that may be the biggest threat to the west, it’s worth paying attention.

59 min

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Jeffrey Sachs: Tulsi Gabbard’s Confirmation, and the Dangerous Global Chess Game Trump Is Winning

Can Donald Trump actually end the Ukraine war? Jeffrey Sachs thinks he can.

48 min

21

Bob Amsterdam: How USAID Is Helping Zelensky Destroy Christianity With Fake Churches and Violence

Donald Trump just called Zelensky a dictator. Human rights lawyer Bob Amsterdam has worked in Ukraine for the past couple of years and confirms that if anything, that’s an understatement.

78 min

22

Ray Dalio: America’s Hidden Civil War, and the Race to Beat China in Tech, Economics, and Academia

Ray Dalio on AI, the debt crisis and what actually makes people happy.

42 min

23

Luke Gromen: Why the CIA Doesn’t Want You Owning Gold, & Is Fort Knox Lying About Our Gold Reserve?

More gold is being shipped quietly between countries right now than at any time in history. Why? Because we’re getting a new global financial system. Luke Gromen explains.

93 min

24

Chris Josephs: Nancy Pelosi, Dan Crenshaw, and How They Get Rich at Your Expense

Congress is even more corrupt than you may understand. Chris Josephs runs Nancy Pelosi Stock Tracker on X and has all the details.

82 min

25

Dr. Richard Bosshardt: Surgeons No Longer Need to Be Good, They Just Can’t Be White

Dr. Richard Bosshardt has been a board certified surgeon for nearly 40 years. He’s watched the DEI race crazies lower the standards to such a frightening degree that he no longer trusts doctors.

73 min

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Man Charged With Treason for Speaking to Tucker About the Killing of Whites in South Africa

South Africa is what happens when you take DEI seriously, which is why the western media pretend it’s not happening. Ernst Roets on what’s going on there right now.

105 min

27

The Chosen’s Jonathan Roumie: Answering God’s Call & Christian Resilience in the Face of Persecution

As Lent begins, Jonathan Roumie of The Chosen explains the power of prayer and fasting.

87 min

28

Sam Bankman-Fried on Life in Prison With Diddy, and How Democrats Stole His Money and Betrayed Him

Sam Bankman-Fried is doing 25 years behind bars, and is now sharing a cell block with Diddy. He joins us from prison for an update on his new life.

42 min

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War With Iran? The Prime Minister of Qatar Is Being Attacked in the Media for Wanting to Stop It

There’s enormous pressure on the United States to participate in a brand new war against Iran. The government of Qatar thinks that’s unwise, so of course they’re being slandered relentlessly in American media. Qatar’s prime minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, explains.

67 min

30

Tucker and Chris Cuomo Debate JFK/Epstein Files, DOGE, Joe Rogan, NATO, Transgenderism, and DEI

What does it mean to be an American? The Chris Cuomo debate.

157 min

31

Col. Doug Macgregor: Mexican Cartels’ Advanced Weaponry, and Why They’re a Bigger Threat Than Russia

The Mexican drug cartels are a far greater threat to the United States than China, Russia or Iran, says Doug Macgregor. They’ve got Javelin missile systems on our border, and American officials on their payroll.

71 min

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Clayton Morris: Truth About the USS Liberty, Europe’s Self-Destruction, & Is Brigitte Macron a Man?

Clayton Morris of Redacted on Brigitte Macron, false flags and how the world really works.

119 min

33

Rick Sanchez: Fired and Threatened With Jail for Refusing to Spout Zelensky’s Talking Points

Rick Sanchez spent a lifetime in television before becoming one of the highest rated anchors at RT. Last summer, the Biden administration forced him out of his job and threatened him with jail for refusing to repeat Zelensky’s talking points. A case study on the death of free speech.

65 min

34

Bob Lighthizer: Why Trump's Tariffs are the Only Way to Save the Middle Class

A country that doesn’t make anything quickly dies. Former US trade representative Robert Lighthizer explains how Trump’s tariff program can stop America’s slide.

93 min

35

Steve Witkoff’s Critical Role in Negotiating Global Peace, and the Warmongers Trying to Stop Him

Steve Witkoff has no background in diplomacy but has turned out to be the most effective American diplomat in a generation. Here’s how he’s trying to resolve the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine.

89 min

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The Real Reason for All These Plane Crashes and the Dangerous Ideology That’s Taken Over Airlines

Sherry Walker has been a commercial airline pilot for almost 35 years. She says DEI has so completely undermined safety standards that pilots are sometimes afraid to leave the cockpit for fear of what their co-pilots will do unattended.

80 min

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Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong: You’re Being Lied to About Cancer, How It’s Caused, and How to Stop It

Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong is a surgeon who made billions inventing cancer drugs. He says that Covid, and the vaccines that didn’t stop it, are likely causing a global epidemic of terrifyingly aggressive cancers.

105 min

38

How Casey Putsch Built the Most Efficient Car in the World, and Why the EPA Hates Him for It

Casey Putsch designed a diesel car that gets 104 miles per gallon – New York to LA on one tank – and goes zero to sixty in five seconds. But no car company wants to make it. Why is that?

71 min

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Andrew Isker: Building a Christian Refuge to Fight Wokeness, Transgenderism, and Paganism

Andrew Isker is the sixth generation in his family to live in the same Minnesota town. But when the state declared war on Christians, he fled to Tennessee, where he’s helping to build a new and real community based on faith and freedom.

91 min

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Dr. Mary Talley Bowden: How Vaccines Got Politicized and the Medical Industry Lost All Credibility

Five years after the greatest crime in American history, the only people who’ve been punished are the ones who told the truth about Covid. Dr. Mary Talley Bowden is one of them.

80 min

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Breaks Down Trump's Tariff Plan and Its Impact on the Middle Class

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent explains the administration’s new tariffs, and why we had to do something to stop the slide.

59 min

42

Anson Frericks: Bud Light’s Fall & Comeback Attempt, Zyn’s DEI Agenda, & Why Big Business Hates You

Former Anheuser-Busch executive Anson Frericks watched as Bud Light committed suicide by woke white lady. It’s a gruesome story.

81 min

43

Alex Jones: Trump, Israel, Secret WW3 Plans, Dire Wolf Resurrection, Infowars Reporter Assassination

The US government has spent the last 12 years trying to censor and destroy Alex Jones. They’re still trying, and it’s not because he’s crazy and dishonest. It’s because he’s telling the truth. Watch this.

122 min

44

Banned Opposition Leader Călin Georgescu: Antony Blinken & Emmanuel Macron Killed Romanian Democracy

Călin Georgescu is the most popular political figure in Romania and one of the bravest and wisest politicians in the world. This fall he ran for president on a platform against “war, technocracy and debt” and would have won, until the Biden administration pushed to cancel the election and have him arrested as a Russian agent.

38 min

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Rep. Curt Weldon: It’s Time to Finally Tell the Truth About 9-11

After twenty years in congress, Curt Weldon was about to become chairman of the House Armed Services Committee when he publicly questioned the accuracy of the 9-11 report. In retaliation, the Bush administration sent federal agents to his daughter’s house and ended his political career. At 77, Weldon has decided to tell the truth about what actually happened on September 11, 2001.

84 min

46

Maxime Bernier: Trump’s Tariffs, Mass Immigration, and the Oncoming Canadian Revolution

It’s hard to overstate how dystopian and threatening Canada has become. An update from longtime Canadian government official Maxime Bernier.

67 min

47

Conor McGregor’s Presidential Bid, Tariffs, Erasing Irish Culture, and Deporting Rosie O’Donnell

Conor McGregor says the Irish people are intentionally being erased by mass migration. He’s considering a run for president of Ireland to stop it.

50 min

48

The Pentagon Didn’t Fire Dan Caldwell Over Leaks. They Fired Him for Opposing War With Iran.

Dan Caldwell was one of the strongest voices at the Pentagon opposing war with Iran. Then he was falsely accused of leaking classified documents and fired.

90 min

49

George Friedman Predicts the Next 50 Years of Global Affairs and the Importance of Space Domination

Unstable as things may feel, America isn’t collapsing, says geopolitical forecaster George Friedman. It’s merely going through a predictable and necessary reset. In ten years, we’ll be fine.

80 min

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Patrick Lancaster From the Frontlines of Ukraine/Russia War: Kamikaze Drones & Attacks on Christians

Over the past years, countless American journalists have embedded with Zelensky’s military. On the Russian side, there’s only one: Patrick Lancaster.

59 min

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Catherine Fitts: Bankers vs. the West, Secret Underground Bases, and the Oncoming Extinction Event

Former Bush administration official Catherine Austin Fitts on how America’s leaders gave up on the country in the 1990s, began stealing trillions and built a digital prison to control the population.

103 min

52

Matt Walsh: Dave Smith/Douglas Murray Debate, Transgenderism, and What It Really Means to Be a Man

Matt Walsh: Any country that can’t function without American aid has no right to exist.

122 min

53

Chris Cella: Opioids, Robbing the Mafia, Burning Down the Entourage House, and How God Saved Him

Like so many other Americans, Chris Cella fell out of the middle class and became an opioid addict. Here’s how he came back.

98 min

54

Ben of Ben & Jerry’s Exposes the Motives Behind War With Russia & the Politicians That Sold Out

Ben Cohen moved to Vermont in 1977 and co-founded the world’s most liberal ice cream company. You may think you disagree with him on everything. But take a second and hear him out on the Ukraine war.

66 min

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Tucker and Bret Weinstein Debate Evolution, God’s Existence, Israel, and Will AI Gain Consciousness?

A thoroughly civil debate with Bret Weinstein over the existence of God. 1. Debating Evolution 2. Is Human Sacrifice Evidence of Something Supernatural? 3. Have We Actually Seen Humans Evolve? 4. Where Do We Derive Moral Judgement if There Is No God? 5. Sam Harris Is a Horrible Spokesperson for Atheism

140 min

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Glenn Loury: Ousted for Opposing Middle Eastern Wars, MLK Files, & the One Thing Malcolm X Got Right

For decades, conservative think tanks celebrated and supported black economist Glenn Loury. Then he expressed an unauthorized opinion on the Middle East and they dropped him in a second.

90 min

57

Dave Smith: Debating Douglas Murray, the “Woke Right” Narrative, and the Moment He Found God

Dave Smith on the Douglas Murray debate and how he came to find God.

136 min

58

Ed Martin on Dan Bongino vs. DOJ, and Republicans in Congress Secretly Plotting Against Trump

Ed Martin was on his way to cleaning up Washington as the new U.S. Attorney, until Senate Republicans decided he was too sincere and killed his nomination.

77 min

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Oren Cass: How Trump’s Tariffs Are Reversing the Foreign Policy That Doomed America’s Economy

The point of the postwar global economic order was never to help the United States, says economist Oren Cass, and in the end it didn’t. Thankfully Trump just blew it up.

88 min

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Shawn Ryan: Biden’s Cancer, Kash & Bongino on Epstein, & CIA Attempts to Infiltrate Podcasts

Shawn Ryan on the Biden cancer lie, his years working for the CIA, and why suddenly everything seems fake.

157 min

61

Harmeet Dhillon’s War on the Discrimination Against White Christians and DOJ Corruption

For decades, big city mayors have hired public employees based on race. That’s illegal but nobody’s stopped them. Then Harmeet Dhillon took over the civil rights division at DoJ.

63 min

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Vadym Novynskyi: Zelensky’s Mission to End Christianity in Ukraine & Why America Is Still Funding It

Do Americans have any idea that Zelensky has declared war on Christianity in Ukraine? Vadym Novynskyi knows. He spent three terms in the Ukrainian parliament but now risks prison for defending his church.

30 min

63

Mike Benz: The CIA’s Use of NGOs to Coup Foreign Governments, and How They’re Doing It to Trump

Mike Benz on how NGOs run the world on behalf of a small number of very dangerous people.

119 min

64

Sen. Ron Johnson: What’s Really in the “Big Beautiful Bill,” and Uncovering the Truth About 9-11

Here’s what happened when Sen. Ron Johnson started to ask forbidden questions about 9-11, the COVID vax and America’s looming bankruptcy.

115 min

65

Glenn Greenwald: The Truth About Epstein, Jake Tapper's Humiliation, & Insane New Push to Nuke Gaza

CNN spends five years lying about Joe Biden’s dementia, gets caught, and then instead of apologizing, pretends to break the story that Biden has brain damage. This, says Glenn Greenwald, is why every honest person on earth hates corporate media.

124 min

66

Bishop Barron on the New Pope, the Foolishness of Atheism, and Why Young Men Are Turning to Christ

There’s a revival going on, says Bishop Robert Barron. It’s unmistakable. You see it everywhere.

98 min

67

John Kiriakou: CIA’s Secret Torture Programs, MK-Ultra, 9-11, and Jailing Political Opponents

John Kiriakou committed Washington’s one unpardonable sin: he embarrassed the CIA. John Brennan tried to have him executed for it.

139 min

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Laura Delano: The Dark Truth About Antidepressants, SSRIs, and the Psychiatrists Lying for Profit

Doctors told a teenage Laura Delano she had something they called bipolar disorder, and then proceeded to make her legitimately crazy with psych drugs. She’s one of the few who recovered. Laura Delano is an author, speaker, and consultant, and the founder of Inner Compass Initiative, a nonprofit organization that helps people make more informed choices about taking and safely tapering off psychiatric drugs. She is a leading voice in the international movement of people who’ve left behind the medicalized, professionalized mental health industry to build something different. Laura has worked as an advocate within and beyond the mental health system, and has spent the past 13 years working with individuals and families around the world who are seeking guidance and support for psychiatric drug withdrawal. Her book, Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance, was published in March 2025.

136 min

69

Pavel Durov Speaks Out for the First Time Since His Politically-Motivated Arrest in France

Telegram founder Pavel Durov has effectively been under house arrest in France since he was arrested there ten months ago. For the first time, he explains why.

65 min

70

Jeffrey Sachs: Ukraine/Russia Dangerous New Escalation, & the Dark Forces Pushing for War With Iran

Jeffrey Sachs on how to save the United States from getting sucked into utterly catastrophic wars with Iran and Russia.

131 min

71

Tucker and Steve Bannon Respond to Israel’s War on Iran and How It Could Destroy MAGA Forever

Former Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon on how the president’s enemies are working to destroy MAGA with the war on Iran.

73 min

72

Tucker Confronts Ted Cruz on His Support for Regime Change in Iran

Senator Ted Cruz demands regime change in Iran. He’s not interested in the details.

114 min

73

Military Expert Dan Caldwell Breaks Down What Will Happen Next in Israel’s War With Iran

Former Pentagon official Dan Caldwell explains what would happen if Ted Cruz gets his way in Iran.

89 min

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Clayton Morris - Thank God Trump Brokered a Ceasefire. That’s the Last Thing Mark Levin Wanted.

Thank God Trump brokered a ceasefire. That’s the last thing Mark Levin wanted.

90 min

75

Everything You Need to Know About the Minnesota Assassinations and Tim Walz Destroying His State

Liz Collin is one of the last objective reporters in Minneapolis. She says the political assassinations you’ve read about there probably aren’t what they seem.

84 min

76

Marjorie Taylor Greene: AIPAC, NYC’s Future Mayor, and the Warmongers Trying to Undermine Trump

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on how many of her colleagues in Congress seem loyal to a foreign power, and why that’s disgusting and immoral.

94 min

77

RFK Jr. Provides an Update on His Mission to End Skyrocketing Autism and Declassifying Kennedy Files

Twenty years ago, Bobby Kennedy was exiled from polite society for suggesting a link between autism and vaccines. Now he’s a cabinet secretary, and still saying it.

86 min

78

Rob O’Neill: Near-Death Experiences, Top Secret Area 51 Helicopter, & the Disgusting Push for War

Fourteen years after he killed Osama bin Laden, former SEAL Rob O’Neill can say with authority that the warmongers pushing for regime change in Iran are disgusting.

135 min

79

Scott Horton: Coups, WMDs, & CIA – A Deep Dive Into What Led to the US/Israeli War With Iran

How did we wind up at war with Iran? Scott Horton explains.

172 min

80

The President Of Iran Interview

Masoud Pezeshkian, president of Iran.

29 min

81

Saagar Enjeti: Elon’s America Party, Iran, and Jeffrey Epstein Is Apparently Innocent Now

Why is Pam Bondi’s Justice Department covering up Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and murder? Saagar Enjeti has a theory.

134 min