Diversity, equity, and inclusion

Subject in Politics

Diversity, equity, and inclusion has come up in 4 episodes across 3 podcasts in TMT, including The Megyn Kelly Show, Digital Social Hour, REAL AF with Andy Frisella. 3 people have made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Victor Davis HansonClassicist, military historian, and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution; author of The Counterrevolution

Hanson argues that racial grievance ideology is imposed from the top down by media and educators rather than arising from the grassroots.
“This is a top-down media, academics, professors, K-12, who create these ideologies”
The Megyn Kelly Show: All the LIES in Karmelo Anthony Case From “The View,” with VDH, and Former FBI Special Agent Says She's 75% Confident There Will Be Arrest in Guthrie Case | Ep. 1345 (Jun 23, 2026) · Listen from 32:50
Hanson says professors privately admit to inflating grades out of fear of being statistically accused of racism.
“I don't want to be statistically accused of being a racist when particular people don't get the grade that they like”
The Megyn Kelly Show: All the LIES in Karmelo Anthony Case From “The View,” with VDH, and Former FBI Special Agent Says She's 75% Confident There Will Be Arrest in Guthrie Case | Ep. 1345 (Jun 23, 2026) · Listen from 27:33
Hanson says he does not expect the country to return to the racial politics of the years after George Floyd's death.
“I don't think we're going to go back to that aberration after George Floyd for four or five years. I just don't think it's going to happen”
The Megyn Kelly Show: All the LIES in Karmelo Anthony Case From “The View,” with VDH, and Former FBI Special Agent Says She's 75% Confident There Will Be Arrest in Guthrie Case | Ep. 1345 (Jun 23, 2026) · Listen from 20:48

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MasonLeft-leaning political commentator and debater behind OneHand Politics

Mason argues DEI does not mean choosing unqualified candidates over qualified ones, using Black pilots as an example.
“But it's not choosing like an unqualified black person over a qualified white person”
Digital Social Hour: Trump's Second Term is the Worst in U.S. History? | DSH #2031 (Jun 24, 2026) · Listen from 23:49

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Andy FrisellaShow intro voiceover by host Andy Frisella

Frisella argues that abandoning meritocracy through DEI has caused widespread societal harm.
“It has to be meritocracy, and the destruction of meritocracy is what's created this fucking shit show that we all live in”
REAL AF with Andy Frisella: 1023. Andy & DJ CTI: Spirit Airlines shutdown, Hantavirus Infections on Cruise Ship & High school student exposes classmates' (May 5, 2026) · Listen from 1:14:45

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Coverage over time

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Episodes discussing it, by month of release.

Podcasts

Episodes

How the Media Shapes the Cornell Lie, with Matt Taibbi, and the Harms of "White Guilt," with Eli and Shelby Steele | Ep. 1414
The Megyn Kelly Show · Oct 8, 2026 · 1 h 43 min
Megyn Kelly discusses media coverage of the Cornell fraternity sexual assault case with Matt Taibbi, then talks with Shelby and Eli Steele about their documentary White Guilt.
Trump's Second Term is the Worst in U.S. History? | DSH #2031
Digital Social Hour · Jun 24, 2026 · 47 min
Sean Kelly talks with Mason of OneHand Politics about Trump's second term, the Iran war, Democrats, immigration, DEI, capitalism, housing, AI and billionaires.
All the LIES in Karmelo Anthony Case From “The View,” with VDH, and Former FBI Special Agent Says She's 75% Confident There Will Be Arrest in Guthrie Case | Ep. 1345
The Megyn Kelly Show · Jun 23, 2026 · 2 h 31 min
Megyn Kelly, Victor Davis Hanson, and ex-FBI agents Maureen O'Connell and James Hamilton discuss the Karmelo Anthony appeal, Bill Ayers, Bryon Noem, and the Nancy Guthrie ransom notes.
1023. Andy & DJ CTI: Spirit Airlines shutdown, Hantavirus Infections on Cruise Ship & High school student exposes classmates'
REAL AF with Andy Frisella · May 5, 2026 · 1 h 43 min
Andy Frisella and DJ discuss Spirit Airlines' shutdown, a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship and COVID accountability, Philadelphia students' poor reading skills, and a flashy prom arrival.