Podcast appearances and mentions of Eli Lake

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Best podcasts about Eli Lake

Latest podcast episodes about Eli Lake

Hugh Hewitt podcast
The Big Weekend Pod

Hugh Hewitt podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 73:35


Hugh discusses leftist political violence, SCOTUS executive power case, and the One Big Beautiful Bill with John Ellis, Jim Geraghty, Charles C. W. Cooke, and Eli Lake.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Gist
Not Even Mad: Eli Lake, Michael Cohen on Biden's Health, and the New Human-Rights-Free Foreign Policy

The Gist

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 71:17


Eli Lake and Michael A. Cohen take stock of the Biden health debate—diagnosis, exaggeration, and whether it's actually affected his presidency. Michael pushes back on what he calls the “decline industrial complex,” while Eli says its denial to think Biden was up to the job. Then they turn to Donald Trump's proudly post-moral foreign policy, where human rights don't even make the brochure and alliances are strictly optional. Realpolitik or just real reckless? Either way, they're not even mad. Produced by Corey WaraEmail us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠thegist@mikepesca.com⁠⁠⁠⁠To advertise on the show, contact ⁠⁠⁠⁠sales@advertisecast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://advertising.libsyn.com/TheGist⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to The Gist: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to The Gist Youtube Page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_bh0wHgk2YfpKf4rg40_g⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to The Gist Instagram Page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠GIST INSTAGRAM⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow The Gist List at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Pesca⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Brian Kilmeade Show Free Podcast
Biden's legacy in tatters as scope of cover-up grows

The Brian Kilmeade Show Free Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 122:43


The audio has been released of President Biden's interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur and it's somehow worse than we all imagined.  [00:18:25] Tim Kennedy [00:36:50] Michael Goodwin [00:55:11] Eli Lake [01:13:35] Trey Gowdy [01:32:00] Sean Davis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hugh Hewitt podcast
The Big Weekend Pod

Hugh Hewitt podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2025 60:51


John Ellis, Matt Continetti, Ben Domenench, Eli Lake and Jim Geraghty join Hugh to provide a dozen hot takes on a week jammed with news.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I AM RAPAPORT: STEREO PODCAST
EP 1,217 - Eli Lake (Columnist at The Free Press/Official Unofficial I AM RAPAPORT World News Correspondent) on How Qatar Has So Much Power & Money

I AM RAPAPORT: STEREO PODCAST

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 42:08 Transcription Available


This is The Zone of Disruption! This is the I AM RAPAPORT: STEREO PODCAST! His name is Michael Rapaport aka The Gringo Mandingo aka aka The People's Pickle aka The Jewish Brad Pitt aka Captain Colitis aka The Disruptive Warrior and he is here to discuss: The process of making a podcast, his episode with Colin Quinn about Lenny Bruce, how Qatar has so much power & money, The Tucker Carlson side of the Republican Party, Kanye West's antics & a whole lotta mo'. This episode is not to be missed! CaptainPicks To Win In Sports Betting: https://www.winible.com/checkout/1357777109057032537?store_url=/captainpicks&c=kickoff Rate & Review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Send questions & concerns to: iamrapaportpodcast@gmail.com Subscribe to Rapaport's Reality Feeds: iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/867-rapaports-reality-with-keb-171162927/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rapaports-reality-with-kebe-michael-rapaport/id1744160673 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3a9ArixCtWRhfpfo1Tz7MR Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/rapaports-reality-with-kebe-michael-rapaport/PC:1001087456 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a776919e-ad8c-4b4b-90c6-f28e41fe1d40/rapaports-reality-with-kebe-michael-rapaport Stand Up Comedy Tickets on sale at: MichaelRapaportComedy.com If you are interested in NCAA, MLB, NBA, NFL & UFC Picks/Parlays Follow @CaptainPicksWins on Instagram & subscribe to packages at www.CaptainPicks.com www.dbpodcasts.com Produced by DBPodcasts.comFollow @dbpodcasts, @iamrapaport, @michaelrapaport on TikTok, Twitter & InstagramMusic by Jansport J (Follow @JansportJ) www.JansportJMusic.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh Hewitt podcast
Pope Leo XIV

Hugh Hewitt podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 80:40


Hugh discusses Pope Leo XIV, the tax bill, and tarrifs, with Senator Mike Crapo, Comfortably Smug, Frank Gardner, Mary Katharine Ham, Suzy Welch, Eli Lake, Josh Kraushaar, Larry Elder, Sarah Bedford, and Jim Talent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How Do We Fix It?
Compromisers and Contrarians. Our 10th Anniversary Podcast: Richard and Jim

How Do We Fix It?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 43:27


Ten years ago this month we launched our first show at a time of new beginnings for podcasts. We were early to this game, and well before podcasting became part of mainstream media. In contrast to other shows about politics and current affairs we ran against the grain, avoiding snarky slogans and angry attacks. How Do We Fix It? focused instead on solutions journalism and what might be improved if we listen carefully to others who we don't agree with. We urge listeners to get out of their comfort zone.Right from the start, co-hosts Jim Meigs (leans red) and Richard Davies (leans blue) embraced nuance and celebrated the ideas of contrarians and compromisers alike. Their weekly podcast partnership lasted nine years. Together in this episode Richard and Jim consider a range of ideas that we have discussed.Our podcast was well ahead of many others in its stout defense of free speech for all sides and firm support of enlightenment ideals. We also share examples here of how we broke ground with episodes on the impact of smartphones on children and college students, the spread of COVID, and the need for carbon-free nuclear power to be part of the response to climate change.In this episode we include extracts from our rich catalog of episodes that date back to 2015. All of our shows can be found at howdowefixit.me.Recommendations: Jim and Richard are both avid podcast listeners. Two of their favorites are "Breaking History" and "Strangers on a Bench". Eli Lake interviews historians, academics and reporters for Breaking History, "mining the past of human experience to figure out the present. " British singer-songwriter Tom Rosenthal hosts Strangers on a Bench. He meets people for the first time while sitting on a park bench, usually somewhere in London.. How Do We Fix It? is a proud member of the Democracy Group podcast network. We recorded this episode at The Manhattan Institute in New York. Thanks for their help and support. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luke Ford
Decoding Trump's First 100 Days (4-24-25)

Luke Ford

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 104:57


01:00 Trump's first 100 days, https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trumps-100-day-opportunity-policy-economy-narrative-658b8a43?mod=hp_opin_pos_2#cxrecs_s 16:20 The Self-Inflicted White House Wounds, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6gOQrvi17Y https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/11/democrats-tricked-strong-economy-00203464 20:00 NYT: They Caught the Flu, and Never Came Home: The virus leads to an estimated 36,000 deaths in the United States each season, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/well/flu-deaths-hospitalizations.html 38:00 The Case For Economic Nationalism, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=160817 47:30 Mark Halperin on Trump's tariffs, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0qvWNisF4k 50:00 Mark Halperin on Trump (E1336), https://www.smerconish.com/podcasts/the-smerconish-podcast/ 1:04:00 Eugenics and the Manosphere Anti-Semites, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrIVfAQA7EU 1:05:00 Eli Lake says he only reads the best historians like Will Durant 1:09:20 ANN COULTER: "The most wonderful 100 days in U.S. history. I can't believe how great Trump is.", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXA9iIYlegM 1:14:20 What's Wrong with The NY Times Article on ADHD - #2 (of 4), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PAV8TrclWY 1:34:00 Trump vs Harvard, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUHVwtGZdVY 1:38:20 Harvard's Strangely Worded Warning to Trump, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn1LphHmGU8

Guy Benson Show
BENSON BYTE: Eli Lake - Signal Leak Was "An Embarrassment," But Some "Political Football" is Also Involved

Guy Benson Show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 19:31


Eli Lake, columnist at The Free Press, host of the Breaking History podcast, and contributing editor at Commentary, joined The Guy Benson Show to discuss the growing protests in Gaza against Hamas, which he described as a potential inflection point in the ongoing war in Israel. Lake explained why this rising sentiment could finally lead to the long-sought two-state solution. He also weighed in on the continued U.S. and allied strikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen and the potential consequences of the recent Signal group chat leak for National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Listen to the full interview below! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Honestly with Bari Weiss
The Dissidents Who Defeated Russia

Honestly with Bari Weiss

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 46:06


Earlier this week on Honestly, Batya Ungar-Sargon, Brianna Wu, and Christopher Caldwell shared their views on President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance's showdown with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, and on the Russia-Ukraine war more generally. Simply put, Batya and Chris made the case that Russia is not an American adversary in the way China is and that Trump's seeming sympathy toward Russian president Vladimir Putin is actually a strategic play to pull Russia away from China and into our orbit. The conversation is provocative. It provoked many of us here at The Free Press. Not all of our listeners agreed with what they heard either. For some, it was frustrating or even angering to hear this perspective. Yes, contrary to popular belief, we do read the comments. And there's been a tremendous amount of debate inside our newsroom about America's new posture regarding Russia and Ukraine, just as there is on all of the most important topics of the day. We think that's our strength. We believe in listening to arguments, in good faith, from people we respect. And if our panel show earlier in the week was dominated by a perspective sympathetic to Trump, today we want to offer a very different perspective from Eli Lake, Free Press reporter and the host of our new podcast, Breaking History. In this episode, Eli explores how a different Republican president—Ronald Reagan—spoke out against Russian aggression. And how his words inspired dissidents from across the Soviet bloc, like the Czech playwright Václav Havel, to lead their own countries to freedom. This is a show that looks to the past to illuminate the present, and we think this episode is especially important right now. So today, Eli Lake on Breaking History. If you liked what you heard from Honestly, the best way to support us is to go to TheFP.com and become a Free Press subscriber today. Go to groundnews.com/Honestly to get 40% off the unlimited access Vantage plan and unlock world-wide perspectives on today's biggest news stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unorthodox
What to Do in Ukraine, and in Gaza? With Eli Lake

Unorthodox

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 53:37


It's been a week of fast-paced breaking news, from a bit of Hamas propaganda winning the Academy Award for best documentary to President Trump and Vice President Vance presiding over a heated meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky in the White House. Journalist and podcaster Eli Lake joins Liel to discuss what Trump gets wrong about Ukraine, what he gets right about Israel, and what Israel's options may be as its ceasefire with Hamas draws to an end. 

Ask a Jew
The Zionist Case for Ukraine

Ask a Jew

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 73:20


Who's this, disprespecting us on our podcast?? It's our very own rare earth mineral, The Free Press columnist and host of the wonderful Breaking History podcast, Eli Lake! Did he even say thank you once? I don't know. Probably at the end. Does it even matter? We hope you enjoy the episode. If you didn't, it's because Chaya Leah didn't bring her translator.Want more AAJ fun? Join the conversation on Substack! askajew.substack.comHere's what we cover:· Yael learns something astonishing about how Chaya Leah views Volodymyr Zelenskyy and J.D Vance· You're not a Russian agent, you're just stupid.· Trump is playing 4D Uno· This wouldn't have happened under King David· Eating s**t is the bed rock of diplomacy· The axis of idiocy - people who love Gaza and Putin· A digression into terrorist rectums· Go prove you don't have a sister· Ugh, have you even heard of traveling medicine shows?· Truth is for losers· Plato Vs. the Torah· What to tell an ugly bride?· A great story whose details Yael can't remember· How antisemitic does someone have to be for you to cut them off?· The Oscars pissed us off, even though they haven't started yet· A ray of stupid sunshine· Let's dig into Meir Kahane because none of this has upset people enoughWant to help us grow? Share this episode and give us a 5 star rating or comment wherever you get your podcasts! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askajew.substack.com/subscribe

Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast
187. Eli Lake Goes Through the Looking Glass on Israel, Trump, JFK

Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 20:16


This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comEli Lake is not a historian but a “journalist who loves history.” The former “Re-Education of Eli Lake” host and current Free Press contributor comes on Smoke for the second time to discuss his latest pop-history podcast, “Why We're Obsessed with JFK Conspiracies.” As usual, Lake puts his own distinctive spin on a story that may have been told before, yes, but not this way.First, though, Nancy and Sarah have to talk to Eli about Israel. Eli explains that what happened to the Bibas family has hardened his heart, but he's trying not to let it radicalize him. We talk morals and ideologies, the horrors of war, and the necessities for civil society.Also discussed:* “A rabbit hole the country has never been able to climb out of”* Eli teaches Sarah some Yiddish* “If Baruch Goldstein had been Palestinian, they'd be naming schools after him.”* Gaza-lago?* On conspiracy susceptibility: “It's either, ‘You're a moron' or, ‘How can you be so naive, kid?” And yet we want to believe …* Eli coins new and helpful word: Mono-cause* JFK is the “octopus conspiracy”* Even LBJ thought something weird was going on …* The unspeakable abuses exposed by the Church Committee* We are a pro-Norman Mailer podcast!* Nancy says something profound?* Sarah quotes Timothee Chalamet award speech, nobody cares* Editor's note: Hal Ashby directed Harold and Maude* Second editor's note: Waylon Jennings sand Dukes of Hazzard theme song* “What happened to normal movies?”* The Emilia Perez kerfuffle is so 2020Plus, Eli is such a good guest he brought his own outro (AND wrote Nancy a Sleater-Kinneyesque theme for her new interview series CHEFS TALK), Nancy and Sarah wrassle over what movie wins Best Picture, we imagine a woke Dukes of Hazzard, and much more!

The Fifth Column - Analysis, Commentary, Sedition
Members Only #249 - Killing Us Softly

The Fifth Column - Analysis, Commentary, Sedition

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 20:31


This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* RIP Roberta* What's the “woke right?” No idea.* MAGA Brooklyn* Reform Party 2000!* Nadia didn't pay, so…* But does it vindicate the collusion narrative?* Eli Lake's “Framed and Guilty”* The Great Negotiator* The rise of AfD…and the end of Europe?* Kmele and Kanye (“He's a NAZI, Kmele, a NAZI…”) * Moynihan's memory* Drinking with Team Uterus

Musically Speaking with Chuong Nguyen
Episode 488 - Breaking History with Eli Lake (Journalist, Contributor - The Free Press)

Musically Speaking with Chuong Nguyen

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 50:00


Originally Recorded February 7th, 2025Check out Eli's page in The Free Press: https://www.thefp.com/w/eli-lakeCheck out the Breaking History podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4GGl8rnfldvqTeA0vAFK9G?si=9475b70c9f5a4c28 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit musicallyspeaking.substack.com

The Gist
Eli Lake has Broken History

The Gist

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 47:15


Journalist Eli Lake joins for a deep dive into his Breaking History podcast, exploring the stories and narratives that shape our understanding of the past. Plus, a look at the latest Minneapolis crime stats—while national trends show a decline, the city's murder rate tells the story of a police force hollowed out by officer departures. Produced by Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/TheGist Subscribe to The Gist: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ Subscribe to The Gist Youtube Page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_bh0wHgk2YfpKf4rg40_g Subscribe to The Gist Instagram Page: GIST INSTAGRAM Follow Mikes Substack at: Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ricochet Podcast
Avengers Abroad

Ricochet Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 59:01


In ways both subtle and decidedly not, American foreign policy is a-changin'. Eli Lake joins James and Steve to caution against cuts to the National Endowment for Democracy and to nod approvingly of the Trump administration's boldness in the Middle East. We also get into "Breaking History," Eli's new podcast that pushes back against disheartening presentism by coloring today's headlines with historical antecedents. Plus, Lileks and Hayward applaud J.D. Vance's New Sheriff tour in Europe, and say their goodbye to copper change. - Sound from this week's open: Vice President Vance addresses the Munich Security Conference.

The Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed
The Ricochet Podcast: Avengers Abroad (#728)

The Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025


In ways both subtle and decidedly not, American foreign policy is a-changin’. Eli Lake joins James and Steve to caution against cuts to the National Endowment for Democracy and to nod approvingly of the Trump administration’s boldness in the Middle East. We also get into “Breaking History,” Eli’s new podcast that pushes back against disheartening […]

The Soho Forum Debates
Did the U.S. Provoke Russia's Invasion of Ukraine?

The Soho Forum Debates

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2025 110:48


Antiwar.com's Scott Horton and The Free Press's Eli Lake debate U.S. foreign policy and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Political Beats
Episode: 143: Eli Lake / Stevie Wonder [Part 2]

Political Beats

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 166:38


Introducing the Band:Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) are joined by guest Eli Lake. Lake is a columnist with the Free Press and also a contributing editor at Commentary. Find him online at the Free Press or @EliLake on Twitter/X.Eli's Music Pick: Stevie WonderIt's time to sing some songs in the key of life as we tackle the amazing and iconic second half of Stevie Wonder's career. From his emergence as Motown's first truly singular independent artist in in 1972, with Music of My Mind, Wonder blazed a path through the musical Seventies crossing over successfully into ever musical genre, to the point where Paul Simon infamously thanked him -- when accepting a “Best Album” Grammy in 1976 -- for not putting out an album in 1975. Stevie owned the American 1970s commercially and artistically in a way that few other of his era did -- David Bowie is a strange but apposite analogue for his effect on British culture of that era -- and even if he tailed off into pleasant innocuousness from the Eighties onward, his musical legacy is deathless. So once again, there's no need for a lengthy introduction to this (refreshingly brisk!) episode: Everybody knows who Stevie Wonder is, and unless you were born or moved here only five years ago, you will spend nearly half of this episode dancing out of your shoes. Isn't it lovely?

O'Connor & Company
Eli Lake, Trump's Confirmations Update, Nick Minock, Trump and the Florida Panthers

O'Connor & Company

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 28:32


In the 7 AM Hour: Larry O’Connor and Julie Gunlock discussed: WMAL GUEST: 7:05 AM - INTERVIEW - ELI LAKE - Columnist for The Free Press, Contributing editor of Commentary and host of “Breaking History” podcast SOCIAL MEDIA: https://x.com/EliLakeTrump and Netanyahu set for pivotal talks on Middle East agenda Tulsi Gabbard scores support of key GOP senator ahead of intel committee vote RFK Jr. to face key committee vote that could determine confirmation fate Senate confirms Chris Wright as Trump’s energy secretary Senate clears way for final vote on Pam Bondi as attorney general WMAL GUEST: 7:35 AM - INTERVIEW - NICK MINOCK - reporter for WJLA-TV ABC in Washington, D.C. SOCIAL MEDIA: https://x.com/NickMinock Arlington residents say APS failed to protect children after sex offender exposed himself Trump hosts Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers at White House Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile, and @heatherhunterdc. Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Tuesday, February 4, 2025 / 7 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

O'Connor & Company
Eli Lake on USAID and Trump Meeting with Netanyahu

O'Connor & Company

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 11:31


WMAL GUEST: 7:05 AM - INTERVIEW - ELI LAKE - Columnist for The Free Press, Contributing editor of Commentary and host of “Breaking History” podcast SOCIAL MEDIA: https://x.com/EliLake Trump and Netanyahu set for pivotal talks on Middle East agenda Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile, and @heatherhunterdc. Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Tuesday, February 4, 2025 / 7 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh Hewitt podcast
Updates on the DC air collision and Israel's hostages

Hugh Hewitt podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 50:19


Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Josh Kraushaar, Eli Lake, and Seth Mandel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Comedy Cellar: Live from the Table
AI Music and American Populism with Eli Lake

The Comedy Cellar: Live from the Table

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 80:28


Eli Lake is the host of Breaking History, a new history podcast from The Free Press. A veteran journalist with expertise in foreign affairs and national security, Eli has reported for Bloomberg, The Daily Beast, and Newsweek. With Breaking History, he brings his sharp analysis and storytelling skills to uncover the connections between today's events and pivotal moments in the past. You can listen to his podcast here:  https://open.spotify.com/show/4GGl8rnfldvqTeA0vAFK9G https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/breaking-history/id1790502779

The Comedy Cellar: Live from the Table
AI Music and American Populism with Eli Lake

The Comedy Cellar: Live from the Table

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 80:28


Eli Lake is the host of Breaking History, a new history podcast from The Free Press. A veteran journalist with expertise in foreign affairs and national security, Eli has reported for Bloomberg, The Daily Beast, and Newsweek. With Breaking History, he brings his sharp analysis and storytelling skills to uncover the connections between today's events and pivotal moments in the past. You can listen to his podcast here:  https://open.spotify.com/show/4GGl8rnfldvqTeA0vAFK9G https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/breaking-history/id1790502779

The Comedy Cellar: Live from the Table
AI Music and American Populism with Eli Lake

The Comedy Cellar: Live from the Table

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2025 79:28


Eli Lake is the host of Breaking History, a new history podcast from The Free Press. A veteran journalist with expertise in foreign affairs and national security, Eli has reported for Bloomberg, The Daily Beast, and Newsweek. With Breaking History, he brings his sharp analysis and storytelling skills to uncover the connections between today's events and pivotal moments in the past. You can listen to his podcast here:  https://open.spotify.com/show/4GGl8rnfldvqTeA0vAFK9G https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/breaking-history/id1790502779

Luke Ford
Has Donald Trump Ended The Era Of Hyperpolitics? (1-25-25)

Luke Ford

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2025 123:56


01:00 Jews in the American Academy, 1900-1940: The Dynamics of Intellectual Assimilation, https://www.amazon.com/Jews-American-Academy-1900-1940-Intellectual/dp/0300049412/ 10:50 Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America's Progressive Elite by Peter Schweizer, https://www.amazon.com/Profiles-Corruption-Abuse-Americas-Progressive/dp/B07X5M8RCZ/ 16:45 The Era Of Hyperpolitics Is Over, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/magazine/trump-hyperpolitics-resistance.html 19:10 Tim Dillon on Elon's Salute, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa27hSBlK38 27:10 Mayor Karen Bass and Donald Trump clash over returning to burned out homes in LA 33:00 Joe Biden was a failure on the economy, the border and foreign policy, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IXM3p7jeoU 39:30 Why There Won't Be a Deportation Apocalypse: History shows labor markets adapt to strong immigration restrictions by Michael Lind, https://commonplace.org/2025/01/21/why-there-wont-be-a-deportation-apocalypse/ 42:00 Drew Holden: You Can't Overstate The Covid 'Lab Leak' Media Coverage Failure: And you can't overstate its impact, either. https://drewholden.substack.com/p/you-cant-overstate-the-covid-lab 50:00 Summarizing Trump's first week in office 1:02:00 Donald Trump doesn't care about short-term pain 1:03:00 Democrats over-stated the awfulness of January 6 1:15:00 Why there's no Joe Rogan of the left, https://mattruby.substack.com/p/why-theres-no-joe-rogan-of-the-left 1:17:50 Julie Hartman's last show as she takes a job with Trump's education department: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh1S5e71ilY 1:23:25 American Populism with Eli Lake, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHTWErMWeao 1:30:30 Did Israel Target Civilians in Gaza? | Glenn Loury, John McWhorter, Eli Lake & Matthew Cockerill, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aY780mL80E 1:40:00 Leaving Race Realism with Ian Jobling, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FNb7y9zUzk 1:59:00 Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34269065/ https://odysee.com/@LukeFordLive, https://rumble.com/lukeford, https://dlive.tv/lukefordlivestreams Superchat: https://entropystream.live/app/lukefordlive Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/lukeford/ Soundcloud MP3s: https://soundcloud.com/luke-ford-666431593 Code of Conduct: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=125692 http://lukeford.net Email me: lukeisback@gmail.com or DM me on Twitter.com/lukeford, Best videos: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=143746 Support the show | https://www.streamlabs.com/lukeford, https://patreon.com/lukeford, https://PayPal.Me/lukeisback Facebook: http://facebook.com/lukecford Book an online Alexander Technique lesson with Luke: https://alexander90210.com Feel free to clip my videos. It's nice when you link back to the original.

I AM RAPAPORT: STEREO PODCAST
10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EP 1,192 - ELI LAKE CALLS IN ON: HIS NEW PODCAST "BREAKING HISTORY"/AN IDEAL OUTCOME WITH IRAN/THE PENDING HOSTAGE DEAL IN GAZA

I AM RAPAPORT: STEREO PODCAST

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 41:15 Transcription Available


This is The Zone of Disruption! This is the I AM RAPAPORT: STEREO PODCAST! His name is Michael Rapaport aka The Natural Born Disruptor, The Gringo Mandingo aka The Charles Oakley of The Jews, The Monster of Mucous aka Captain Colitis aka The Disruptive Warrior aka Mr. NY aka The Inflamed Ashkenazi aka The Smiling Sultan of Sniff aka The Flat Footed Phenom aka Milk aka Mitzvah Mike is here with Eli Lake (Official/Unoffical Decade Long World News Correspondent to discuss: Eli's new podcast "Breaking History", influences, Iran being vulnerable & the ideal outcome for that country, Junkyard Jared Kushner, the potential hostage deal, "As A Jew, Jews", college campus protestors & a whole lotta mo'. This episode is not to be missed! CaptainPicks To Win In Sports Betting: https://www.winible.com/checkout/1357777109057032537?store_url=/captainpicks&c=kickoff Rate & Review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Send questions & concerns to: iamrapaportpodcast@gmail.com Subscribe to Rapaport's Reality Feeds: iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/867-rapaports-reality-with-keb-171162927/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rapaports-reality-with-kebe-michael-rapaport/id1744160673 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3a9ArixCtWRhfpfo1Tz7MR Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/rapaports-reality-with-kebe-michael-rapaport/PC:1001087456 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a776919e-ad8c-4b4b-90c6-f28e41fe1d40/rapaports-reality-with-kebe-michael-rapaport Stand Up Comedy Tickets on sale at: MichaelRapaportComedy.com If you are interested in NCAA, MLB, NBA, NFL & UFC Picks/Parlays Follow @CaptainPicksWins on Instagram & subscribe to packages at www.CaptainPicks.com www.dbpodcasts.com Produced by DBPodcasts.com Follow @dbpodcasts, @iamrapaport, @michaelrapaport on TikTok, Twitter & Instagram Music by Jansport J (Follow @JansportJ) www.JansportJMusic.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
Trump's Populism Isn't a Sideshow. It's as American as Apple Pie.

Honestly with Bari Weiss

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 38:45


Donald Trump, just sworn in as the 47th president, was reelected to be a wrecking ball, a middle finger, the people's punch to the Beltway's mouth. And while this populist moment feels “unprecedented,” it's not. The rebuke of the ruling class is encoded in our nation's DNA.  We have seen populist leaders like Donald Trump before. He stands on the shoulders of Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot, Alabama governor George Wallace, and Louisiana legend Huey Long. There have been populist senators, governors, newspaper editors, and radio broadcasters. But only rarely has a populist climbed as high as President Trump. In fact, it has happened only once before.  The last populist to win the presidency was born before the American Revolution. He rose from nothing to become a great general. His adoring troops called him Old Hickory, and his enemies derided him as a bigamist and a tyrant in waiting. His name was Andrew Jackson, and he's the guy who's still on the 20 dollar bill.  On today's debut episode of Breaking History, Eli Lake explains how Andrew Jackson's presidency is the best guide to what Trump's second term could look like.  Go to groundnews.com/Honestly to get 40% off the unlimited access Vantage plan and unlock world-wide perspectives on today's biggest news stories. Credits: Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil and the Presidency; PBS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Re-Education with Eli Lake
Trump's Populism Isn't a Sideshow. It's as American as Apple Pie.

The Re-Education with Eli Lake

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 34:18


Donald Trump, just sworn in as the 47th president, was reelected to be a wrecking ball, a middle finger, the people's punch to the Beltway's mouth. And while this populist moment feels “unprecedented,” it's not. The rebuke of the ruling class is encoded in our nation's DNA.  We have seen populist leaders like Donald Trump before. He stands on the shoulders of Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot, Alabama governor George Wallace, and Louisiana legend Huey Long. There have been populist senators, governors, newspaper editors, and radio broadcasters. But only rarely has a populist climbed as high as President Trump. In fact, it has happened only once before.  The last populist to win the presidency was born before the American Revolution. He rose from nothing to become a great general. His adoring troops called him Old Hickory, and his enemies derided him as a bigamist and a tyrant in waiting. His name was Andrew Jackson, and he's the guy who's still on the 20 dollar bill.  On today's debut episode of Breaking History, Eli Lake explains how Andrew Jackson's presidency is the best guide to what Trump's second term could look like.  Credits: Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil and the Presidency; PBS

The Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed
The Glenn Show: Bonus Episode: Lucky Number 47

The Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025


This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com In this post-show bonus episode, I talk with Mark, Nikita, and LaJuan about Trump’s inauguration, this week’s debate between Eli Lake and Matthew Cockerill, and whether we need Medicare for All.

The Re-Education with Eli Lake
Introducing: Breaking History

The Re-Education with Eli Lake

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 2:40


The Re-Education host Eli Lake has a new show called Breaking History, brought to you by The Free Press. Breaking History breaks down the news, by breaking down history. Host Eli Lake covers everything from LBJ and the Roman Republic to Donald Trump and the chaos at Columbia. This twice a month show from The Free Press delivers the best historians, authors, and reporters by mining the archives of human experience to figure out the present. George Santayana wrote, “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Follow the new show Breaking History to resist the repetition. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-history/id1790502779 

Paleo Protestant Pudcast
Teach Us To Number Our Holidays (so they don't turn into seasons)

Paleo Protestant Pudcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 57:50


The Pudcast returns with co-hosts  Korey Maas (Lutheran), Miles Smith (Anglican), and D. G. Hart (Presbyterian) in the after glow of a very long holiday season -- that seems to get longer the older the observer becomes.  The recording starts with question of whether the five to six weeks between Thanksgiving and New Years -- when everyone seems to return to pandemic levels of output in the workplace -- is too long.  Included is attention to the particular aspects of holiday observance among Lutherans and Anglicans (with Lutherans getting lots of credit for using the phrase, "The Divine Service" most often).  Material that stimulated the discussion was Ross Douthat's speculation that secular liberalism has run out of steam and Eli Lake's report on the Jewish-Americans who wrote so many of the secular Christmas songs.  Listeners who have not seen Whit Stillman's movie, "Metropolitan" should do so asap even if it is no longer Christmas or Advent or Debutante Ball season.    Owing to the recent death of former POTUS, Jimmy Carter and Donald Trump's election victory, the co-hosts also speculated about the effects of past and future presidents on the religious vibe in the United States and elsewhere.  Bonus content: here is an introduction to Washington Irving's Old Christmas, a story that shaped American customs surrounding the holiday.  

Political Beats
Episode 142: Eli Lake / Stevie Wonder [Part 1]

Political Beats

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 137:04


Introducing the Band:Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) are joined by guest Eli Lake. Lake is a columnist with the Free Press and also a contributing editor at Commentary. Find him online at the Free Press or @EliLake on Twitter/X.Eli's Music Pick: Stevie WonderHappy New Year, everyone. 2024 was a mess, 2025 looks to be every bit as much of a mess, and gloom pervades the national mood. Therefore, it is high time for Political Beats to turn to Stevie Wonder and remind ourselves of what real joy sounds like. There's no need for a lengthy introduction to this (refreshingly brisk!) episode: Everybody knows who Stevie Wonder is, and unless you were born or moved here only five years ago, you can name at least six or seven classic hits of his off the top of your head. But Stevie Wonder's career arc is less appreciated, and in this first episode we are joined by Eli Lake to recount the first half of that career, informally subtitled "The Education of Little Stevie." Joining Motown as a preternaturally multitalented (and charming) eleven-year-old blind boy, the next decade found him learning to first survive, then thrive, then drive the Motown hit machine as he learned the ropes. From a happy harmonica-wielding child stealing stage-time from his labelmates on "Fingertips, Pt. 2" to the teenaged hitmaker of "I Was Made To Love Her" to the self-confident young man cranking out one endlessly listenable hit after another, this episode sees Wonder first get lost in the Motown "machine," figure out its inner workings, and then conquer it. On our next episode, he will leave it behind entirely. But for now, enjoy some of the snappiest hits R&B ever recorded, and the beginnings of the greatest musical career to ever emerge from Motown.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
Why Jews Wrote Your Favorite Christmas Songs

Honestly with Bari Weiss

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 40:47


Merry Christmas, Honestly listeners! We hope you've been enjoying the parties, the spirit of charity, the lights, the tree at Rockefeller Center, the schmaltzy movies, and of course, the infectious Christmas music everywhere you turn. But did you know that the Americans who wrote nearly all of the Christmas classics were . . . Jewish? Indeed, many of the writers of your favorite Christmas jingles were the children of parents who had fled Russia and other parts of Eastern Europe during the great wave of immigration between 1880 and 1920. Sammy Cahn, the son of Galician Jewish immigrants, wrote the words to “Let it Snow!” and was known as Frank Sinatra's personal lyricist. There is also Mel Torme, the singer-songwriter responsible for composing the timeless “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire.” His father fled Belarus for America in the early 20th century. Frank Loesser, a titan of Broadway and Hollywood musicals, wrote the slightly naughty “Baby, It's Cold Outside.” He was born into a middle-class Jewish family, his father having left Germany in the 1890s to avoid serving in the Kaiser's military. Johnny Marks, the man who gave us “Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer,” “A Holly Jolly Christmas,” and “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree”—yes, he was also one of the chosens. Then there's the greatest American composer of them all, Irving Berlin. His “White Christmas” is one of the biggest-selling singles in the history of American music. Berlin's earliest memory was of watching his family's home burn to the ground in a pogrom as his family fled Siberia for Belarus before emigrating to NYC in 1893. Today, Free Press columnist Eli Lake explores why and how it was that American Jews helped create the sound of American Christmas. We hope you enjoy this delightful and surprising jaunt through musical history. Happy holidays! *** This show is proudly sponsored by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). FIRE believes free speech makes free people. Make your tax-deductible donation today at www.thefire.org/honestly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg
The Bullshit Artists Coming for the Deep State

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024 89:54


The days are getting shorter, the weather is growing colder, and the Trump cabinet nominees keep getting stranger. Jonah is joined by Free Press columnist Eli Lake to discuss effective intelligence agency reform, what the term “deep state” actually means, and Jonah's plan to abolish the FBI and negotiate the ransom price for Sarah Isgur with Kash Patel. Plus: ruminations on the Warren Commission, the debunking of the Eyes Wide Shut analogy, and a masterclass in making s—t up. Take out your bingo cards for this one, folks. Show Notes: —Eli's piece on Kash Patel —Eli's B.S. in BS —The hit list The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch's offerings—including Jonah's G-File newsletter, weekly livestreams, and other members-only content—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Brian Kilmeade Show Free Podcast
Biden family legacy is tarnished, defenders humiliated

The Brian Kilmeade Show Free Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024 133:45


[00:18:26] Bret Baier [00:55:12] Eli Lake [01:13:36] Rich Lowry [01:32:00] Kennedy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guy Benson Show
BENSON BYTE: Eli Lake on the ICC Arrest Warrants for Israel Government Officials - "This Is Absurd and a Travesty"

Guy Benson Show

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 19:51


Eli Lake, reporter at The Free Press, host of the Re-Education with Eli Lake podcast, and contributing editor at Commentary, joined The Guy Benson Show today to address critical issues surrounding Israel and ongoing antisemitism. Lake and Benson discussed the ICC's "absurd" arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Benson and Lake discussed the U.S. response with potential sanctions headed towards the ICC, and the resounding failure of Bernie Sanders' Senate proposal to cut aid to Israel. Lake also touched on the disturbing antisemitic mob in residential Brooklyn, and you can listen to the full interview below! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Brian Kilmeade Show Free Podcast
Blame game begins: Democrats point fingers at Biden for Harris' loss

The Brian Kilmeade Show Free Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 133:42


[00:00:00] Eli Lake [00:12:12] Michael Whatley [00:18:26] Allen West [00:36:49] Elina Valtonen [00:55:10] Douglas Murray [01:13:34] Howie Kurtz [01:32:00] Zarna Garg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unorthodox
What Just Happened at the Ballot? With Eli Lake and Alana Newhouse

Unorthodox

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 39:30


With Donald Trump slated to return to the White House after a truly historic upset, many Americans are feeling joyful and many others bereft. Both may be missing the point, which is that change, in America, often comes by precisely in a string of revolutions, tearing down old and crumbling institutions and replacing them with ones better geared to serve the needs of their constituents. Free Press columnist Eli Lake joins Liel to deliver a quick and insightful recap of what happened on Tuesday and what it means for Democrats, Republicans, Israel, the media, and everybody else. And Tablet's Editor in Chief Alana Newhouse delivers a master class on why everyone, regardless of party affiliation, should feel tremendously hopeful about America's future. 

Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast
167. Trumped! November surprise comes after all

Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 13:10


This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comTrump won, Kamala lost. People have feelings about this (including us). But it's not going to get easier imagining that 50% of Americans are racists, misogynists, or whatever other -ist can be deployed to explain how Republicans pulled off a stunning victory on Tuesday, which some worry is ushering in an unprecedented period of darkness…As it turns out, the sun rose! And Nancy and Sarah talk about What Happened: Are people uncomfortable with a woman leading? How big a factor was abortion? Do people just want change?Also discussed:* “Hollywood lost its grip on the popular imagination.”* Polling: What is it good for?* I mean we like Queen Latifah too, but …* Sarah once wrote a column called “Crying in Restaurants”* Trump announced during his acceptance speech that Melania's book was #1. Does it shock anyone that this is not exactly the case?* What's up with all the crying videos?* “Shut up, Mom!”* Some love for Brianna Wu* Is kissing cheating?* Wishing our pal Steve Kornacki a napPlus, some day-after podcasts that made sense of the election, an eye-popping new Netflix bio on Martha Stewart, and a bonus video of … Eli Lake dancing?

Honestly with Bari Weiss
Trump and the Art of the Bullshitter

Honestly with Bari Weiss

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2024 41:30


Bullshit is an American tradition. Think the theatrics of P.T. Barnum, miracle products sold ad nauseam on television in the 1980s and, of course, politicians. Who can forget President Bill Clinton saying “It depends upon what the meaning of the word is is” during his grand jury testimony in the Monica Lewinsky scandal? And then there's Donald Trump. He presents as a man with no fact-checking filter, someone happily buying his own convenient bullshit. That's not quite the same thing as lying.  That isn't to say Trump doesn't lie. He's a politician, after all. But he exists outside the binary of truth and lies. It's the netherworld of flimflam, hyperbole, sales pitches, and ad copy delivered with all the quiet dignity of a wet T-shirt contest. Donald Trump is a very modern artist, weaving a barrage of anecdotes, fake and real statistics, gossip, and memes into a nebulous and suggestive species of patter.  Democrats have tried to paint Trump as an American Hitler, a Russian agent, a man consumed with evil and hatred. But what they fail to understand is that Trump's casual relationship to the truth is an echo of past politicians. He is hardly the first bullshitter to ascend to the White House; he's just the best ever to do it. He paints a picture of a reality he would like us to see, not as it really is.  In this respect, Trump is the crack cocaine variant of many of his predecessors. Ronald Reagan was a folksy, sentimental bullshitter, a president as a Hallmark greeting card. Bill Clinton was a slick bullshitter, perfect for spinning stories at the dawn of the cable news era. Today, Eli Lake explores the soft spot that Americans have for bullshitters like Trump, and their disdain for liars like Richard Nixon. He argues that if you want to understand why Trump may be on the verge of winning the White House again, you have to reckon with our country's relationship to the pungent brown stuff. It pervades everything from our economy to our culture. Bullshit is dangerous when it comes to science. But in politics, bullshit is sadly essential.  If you liked what you heard from Honestly, the best way to support us is to go to TheFP.com and become a Free Press subscriber today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Brian Kilmeade Show Free Podcast
Trump barnstorms Manhattan; Harris closes with message of fear

The Brian Kilmeade Show Free Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 133:35


[00:18:25] Rep. Jim Banks [00:36:46] Michael Goodwin [00:55:07] Gen. Jack Keane [01:13:30] Eli Lake [01:31:52] Jack Curry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Honestly with Bari Weiss
The Hundred Year Holy War

Honestly with Bari Weiss

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2024 45:32


We all know the horrid tale of what happened in Israel on October 7, 2023. Waves of gunmen attacked families in their homes and young people attending a music festival. The marauders filmed their murders on GoPro cameras. They burned families alive in their safe rooms; raped, and mutilated their victims; and took hostages back to Gaza on golf carts. Why did they do it? For many critics of Israel, the horrific violence of October 7 was the predictable response to the “occupation”—never mind that Israel pulled out of Gaza in 2005. To them, October 7 was a jailbreak from what progressives often call “an open-air prison.”  But for the belligerents, in their own words, this war is for the defense of a mosque on top of a mountain. They called their massacre “Al-Aqsa Flood,” named for one of the two mosques that sit atop what is known to the Jews as the Temple Mount. This is where King Solomon's temple once stood, and at its base is the Western Wall, where Jews have prayed since its construction in the second century BCE. It's also known to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif, a noble sanctuary. It's where Muslims believe the prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven in a dream. An October 10 Hamas communiqué justified their attack as resistance to thwart “schemes and dreams of Judaizing Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa.” This reveals something very important about the Israel-Palestine conflict: That it is not a territorial dispute. It's a holy war, with roots in an ancient city with significance far beyond its 2.5 miles of limestone walls. The world knows it as Jerusalem. The Palestinians call it Al-Quds. Hamas claims there is a plot by Israel to destroy Al-Aqsa—the mosque atop the Temple Mount that sits in the center of Jerusalem—and build a third Jewish temple where it now stands. It's a lie. A lie that goes back a century. The man who first began to spread the libel was from one of Jerusalem's great families that traced its lineage back to the prophet Muhammad himself. He was a seminary-school dropout, a fanatic antisemite, and a Nazi collaborator. His name was Hajj Amin al-Husseini. Today, Eli Lake tells the story of al-Husseini, the origins of the 100-year holy war, and why it persists to this day.  If you liked what you heard from Honestly, the best way to support us is to go to TheFP.com and become a Free Press subscriber today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum
Eli Lake & How "Safety-ism" Is Threatening Journalism 

The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 22:25


CBS News has made headlines this week, from reports of CBS leadership reprimanding 'CBS Mornings' anchor Tony Dokoupil for challenging author Ta-Nehisi Coates' views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, to the questionable editing of Vice President Kamala Harris' interview on '60 Minutes.' Columnist for The Free Press Eli Lake weighs in on why these instances have become so prevalent in the news cycle, and how they reflect a much deeper problem growing in journalism: the move away from objectivity. Follow Martha on X: @MarthaMacCallum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ricochet Podcast
Screed Adjacent

Ricochet Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 60:51


With Israel's stunning string of victories over its enemies and the approaching anniversary of October 7th, Eli Lake returns to the Ricochet Podcast. He gives his take on the reasons for the administration's dithering support and rallies for the West to give its ally a greenlight!Plus, Charlie, Peter and James discuss the Veep debate, the averted longshoremen's strike and an ineffective Federal Emergency Management Agency... We count three rants out of Charlie Cooke. - Sound clips from this week's podcast: Churchill's "We shall fight on the beaches" speech and Tim Walz's "Knucklehead" remark 

The Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed
The Ricochet Podcast: Screed Adjacent (#711)

The Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024


With Israel’s stunning string of victories over its enemies and the approaching anniversary of October 7th, Eli Lake returns to the Ricochet Podcast. He gives his take on the reasons for the administration’s dithering support and rallies for the West to give its ally the greenlight! Plus, Charlie, Peter and James discuss the Veep debate, […]

Honestly with Bari Weiss
How Republics Unravel: From Rome to . . . America?

Honestly with Bari Weiss

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 42:00


Last week, a man armed with an assault rifle was apprehended on a southern Florida golf course. He was planning to murder Donald Trump on the links. It was the second near miss in two months. It seems likely that the shooter, Ryan Routh, was acting alone. But he is not alone in the hatred he has for Trump. He shares that with millions of Americans. In many people's eyes, the 45th president of the United States is an existential threat to our republic. And ever since Trump won the Republican nomination for president in 2016, his opponents have treated him as such.  They were shocked because Trump broke many of the rules of modern politics. From the minor to the unprecedentedly major. This dynamic between Trump and his haters has changed the chemistry of American politics. In 2016, Trump shocked the country when he led rallies where his adoring fans chanted, “Lock her up.” Eight years later, crowds chant “Lock him up” at Kamala Harris's rallies. In this respect, Routh is part of a larger problem that is tearing our country apart. When the other side vying for power is considered so beyond the pale, the norms of political decorum and fairness are worth breaking to stop an opponent that threatens our very system. You hear it from both parties. Trump is an “extinction-level event.” If Kamala wins, our country will become “Venezuela on steroids.”  One escalation begets the next, until the old customs and rules of our politics have changed forever. We take it for granted today that we settle our elections with voting and not shooting. But republics don't last forever. And when they fall, violence almost always follows.  What leads a republic to choose the gun over the ballot? Because it doesn't happen all at once, at least if history is any guide. In ancient Rome, the rule-breaking of one man—and the response of his enemies—created a crisis from which the Roman republic never really recovered. His name was Tiberius Gracchus. And while they were different in many ways, he was the Donald Trump of his day.  Tiberius, like Trump, was an elite who turned on the elites, a class traitor who channeled the resentments and anger of the common man against a system rigged against him. Both men disregarded the unwritten political rules of their era. And, in turn, those norm violations prompted their enemies to disregard the rules themselves. In Rome, this cycle led to bloodshed and eventually the death of the republic itself.  In America, we remain a republic, for now, but the cycle of escalations between Trump and his opponents strains our foundations like no political crisis since the civil war. Today, Eli Lake explains what the beginning of the end of the Roman republic tells us about the fate of our own republic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Honestly with Bari Weiss
When Students Become Terrorists

Honestly with Bari Weiss

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2024 44:14


Last year, at colleges across America, students etched themselves into history, or infamy, with the most dramatic campus protests in a generation. In preparation for the fall semester, some major universities—from NYU to UCLA—have implemented new rules and decided to enforce old ones to protect Jewish students from activists who had declared sections of campus no-go zones for Zionists. Universities that turn a blind eye to the Tentifada phenomenon now risk violating federal statute.  Nonetheless, the chaos appears to be returning. At Temple University, protesters marched in solidarity with Palestinian “resistance against their colonizers.” Last week, a man attacked a group of Jewish students with a glass bottle on the University of Pittsburgh campus outside the school's “Cathedral of Learning.” Meanwhile at the University of Michigan, four agitators were arrested during a “die-in.” So clearly the danger is not yet over entirely for campuses, even though some of the steam may be leaving the movement. The Democratic National Convention, for example, was supposed to be the exclamation mark of rage, but the protests barely registered as a tussle.  But history teaches us that it takes only a few student true believers to make quite a mess once they decide that boycotts and sit-ins aren't making a difference.  To understand this moment and the risk these student protesters pose, Free Press columnist Eli Lake looks at America's history with Ivy League domestic terrorists. More than 50 years ago, campus unrest also spilled into the streets and moved off the grid as a small and lethal group of radicals called the Weather Underground took the plunge from protest to resistance. But the Weather Underground railed against the establishment. Today's campus protesters are supported by it. Call them. . . the Weather Overground. If you liked what you heard from Honestly, the best way to support us is to go to thefp.com and become a Free Press subscriber today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Honestly with Bari Weiss
Kamala Harris and the Election of Laughter and Forgetting

Honestly with Bari Weiss

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 43:36


Last month, we ran an episode here by one of our amazing reporters, Eli Lake, that took us back to the tumultuous year of 1968 when President Lyndon Johnson dropped out of his own reelection race, and the resulting turmoil at the Democratic convention that followed that summer in Chicago. At the time of that episode, of course, Biden was still in the race, and Eli was guiding us through that history lesson in order to help us make sense of the present moment, and to indicate what might happen next.  Today, Eli is back on Honestly to do what he does best: look back in time and help us make sense of our baffling present. VP Kamala Harris is now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. She has the wind at her back, though she hasn't given a single interview, and every day someone else announces they've been coconut-pilled. But in her anointment to the top of the ticket, there's been a strange and silent rewriting of history by the press and party loyalists with the support of a lot of tech companies, who together are changing our collective understanding of the present and of the very recent past. Eli argues this has happened before. And not in America. . . but in the Soviet Union, and also in the works of brilliant writers like Milan Kundera and George Orwell, who imagined something, he argues, like what we're seeing right now. While that might sound like hyperbole, listen and decide for yourself. Because whether you agree or disagree with Eli's conclusions, I'm confident you will learn so much from listening to this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices