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Radio Talk Show Host, The Hugh Hewitt Show; Political Analyst; Lawyer; Professor; Author
A widely respected conservative and Emmy Award-winning radio talk show host, Hugh Hewitt provides his trademark analysis and commentary on society, politics, cultural trends, entertainment and mainstream media in the United States.
With over 2 million listeners weekly, Hugh Hewitt can be heard nationally every weekday morning as host of nationally syndicated The Hugh Hewitt Show on Salem Radio Network. A widely respected journalistic voice, Hewitt has conducted groundbreaking interviews with government officials from both parties and widely respected analysts, authors, and pundits. In addition to interviewing the Who’s Who of Washington, DC, Hewitt appears frequently on Meet the Press and Special Report and is a tenured Professor of Law at Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law in Orange County, California, and a contributing columnist for The Washington Post. In a profile of Hewitt for The New Yorker, the dean of the Columbia University School of Journalism told his readers that Hewitt was “the most influential conservative you have never heard of.”
Hewitt served six years in the Reagan Administration in posts including Assistant Counsel in the White House and Special Assistant to two Attorneys General. He has received three Emmys for his work as co-host of the trailblazing Life & Times program, a nightly news and public affairs program that aired on the Los Angeles PBS affiliate, KCET, from 1992 until 2007. He is the author of a dozen books, including two New York Times best-sellers. He is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Michigan Law School.
How is polarization making it harder to be an American President? What is the media’s role in electing a President? What is happening to the culture in Washington? Should people be afraid? What do you need to do to get things done? Why are what were once highly regarded institutions being swallowed up and collapsing right in front of us? Widely acclaimed talk radio host Hugh Hewitt brings an extensive background in government and politics to offer a thoughtful and stimulating analysis of these hard-hitting questions. As the landscape and environment of journalism and the media have undergone extraordinary change and transformation, Hewitt explores many of the modern paradigms of reportage and the impacts of perpetuated bias and lack of transparency in the media. He also takes an in-depth look at the longstanding social and political impacts of modern journalism on our society today.
No one’s address book reads like a who’s who of prominent figures from American history quite like Hugh Hewitt’s. Since 1974, Hewitt’s life and career have been full of interactions with people from chief justices to Presidents. President Obama’s senior strategist David Axelrod good-naturedly calls Hewitt a “Zelig in real life.”
Through the eyes of a broadcast journalist, lawyer and author, he draws on his extraordinary set of associations to share remarkable stories and candid anecdotes. In this highly entertaining and authentic presentation, Hewitt provides an off-the-record look at these prominent figures, revealing the most poignant moments that most people don’t get to see.
A professor of law for over 20 years, Hugh Hewitt has additionally clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, served as the assistant counsel in the White House and was general counsel of two federal agencies. Bringing a wealth of experience and expertise, Hewitt provides unique insight into the courts and where they are heading. He answers the questions that are most pertinent to your audience in this engaging and highly informative conversation.
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