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Acton Line podcast: Andrew Klavan tackles AOC propaganda film; Rev. Robert Sirico on religious left
Acton Line podcast: Andrew Klavan tackles AOC propaganda film; Rev. Robert Sirico on religious left
Jan 27, 2026 11:22 PM

On the episode of Acton Line, Andrew Klavan, award winning novelist, screenwriter, and regular host at the Daily Wire, joins the show to talk about the new Netflix documentary, “Knock Down the House.” The new political documentary follows four far left-leaning women during their run for congress in 2018, eventually leading up to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s congressional win. Klavan explains the ideas under girding the movie and why he defines it as propaganda. After that, Acton’s co-founder and president, Rev. Robert Sirico, addresses religion on the left and lays out the connections between religion and liberty.

Check out additional resources for this podcast:

Read more from Andrew Klavan at the Daily Wire

“How to Talk to Millennials About Capitalism”

Watch: Andrew Klavan: “Ocasio Is A Dangerous Ignoramus”

Netflix’s ‘Knock Down The House’ Is A Campaign Contribution To Ocasio-Cortez

Leszek Kolakowski & the anatomy of totalitarianism

How to break the Republican lock on God

Christians, Capitalism, and Culture: A Response to David Bentley Hart

David Bentley Hart’s sophomoric defense of socialism

The Socialist Bizarro World of David Bentley Hart

Times Apologizes for Publishing Anti-Semitic Cartoon

New to the Acton Line podcast? Subscribe here! We also mend starting with these episodes:

Mourning the Notre-Dame cathedral inferno; Rev. Robert Sirico on education

F.A. Hayek’s Road to Serfdom; The media vs. ‘Unplanned’

Rev. Robert A. Sirico on the reality of socialism; Interview with a Venezuelan dissident

Do you have feedback for the Acton Line podcast team? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]. Lastly, if you like what you heard on today’s episode, please leave a review and rating on iTunes.

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