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Israel has decided to allow more citizens to carry guns for self-protection… FL Governor, Ron DeSantis, has been accused of refusing to teach students black history. This is just another Leftist falsehood. If blacks can't be racist (a standard leftist argument), how can the Memphis cops be racist (the new leftist argument)… Why are people still wearing masks — even outdoors? When did the medical profession become so irrational? Dennis talks to Richard Hurowitz, publisher of the Octavian Report, a new publication focused on geopolitics, culture, and economics. His new book is In the Garden of the Righteous: The Heroes Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews During the Holocaust. Thanks for listening to the Daily Dennis Prager Podcast. To hear the entire three hours of my radio show as a podcast, commercial-free every single day, become a member of Pragertopia. You'll also get access to 15 years' worth of archives, as well as daily show prep. Subscribe today at Pragertopia dot com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Technology and Trade Council, launched this week, may just show the way forward to a real industrial strategy in the face of China's rise. The post How the U.S. and E.U. Can Win Against China appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with Dr. Monica Gandhi to find out where all the confusion around boosters is coming from. The post What Is Going On With COVID Booster Shots? appeared first on Octavian Report.
Elliot Ackerman -- decorated solider, best-selling novelist and National Book Award Nominee -- talks about our exit from Afghanistan. The post Elliot Ackerman on Our Exit from Afghanistan appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with Johns Hopkins professor Tara Kirk Sell about how to combat vaccine hesitancy and why government vaccine mandates could be a mistake. The post What to Do About Vaccine Hesitancy appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke for this episode with Avi Loeb, the Harvard astronomer who wants to find out if we are alone in the universe -- and has launched an amazing new effort, the Galileo Project, to do just that. The post Are We Alone in the Universe? Avi Loeb Wants to Know appeared first on Octavian Report.
We talked through the kidnapping plot against Masih Alinejad, the Gulf's coming climate change paradigm shift, Yemen, and more with Norman Roule. The post Masih Alinejad, the Gulf's “Greenshift,” and More appeared first on Octavian Report.
Leading economist Matthew Kahn tells us why and how we can use incentives, tech, and revolutionary thinking to deal with the hotter future coming our way. The post Climate Change Is Coming. Here's How We Adapt. appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with April Doss of Georgetown Law about crypto, Colonial pipeline, and the looming digital risk faced by businesses and governments. The post Why Ransomware is the Wave of the Future appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with FDD's Emily de La Bruyère about the latest news around China, including the historic (or not-so-historic) shift to a three-child policy. The post The Lab Leak Hypothesis, the U.S. China Bill, and More appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with Elliott Abrams about how he sees events playing out post-ceasefire and the strange erasure of Palestinian politics. The post After the Ceasefire, What Next? appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with the CFR's Steven Cook about how he sees the conflict playing out. The post What’s Next for Israel and the Palestinians? appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with infectious disease expert Dr. Monica Gandhi of UCSF about her views on the eventual need to power-up previous vaccinations. The post Will We Need COVID Booster Shots? appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with the Wilson Institute's Michael Kugelman to find out how India got here and what it can do to beat back its tragic current wave. The post What’s Next in the India COVID Tragedy appeared first on Octavian Report.
We asked a leading scholar and co-author of a study of pandemic data how effective lockdowns actually are. The post Do COVID Lockdowns Work? appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with Norman Roule about Iran's strategy, ours, the nuclear deal, and the attack on Natanz. The post The Iran Deal in a Post-Pandemic World appeared first on Octavian Report.
As the government pauses Johnson and Johnson doses, we spoke with Johns Hopkins professor Tara Kirk Sell about why vaccines are safe and how to beat vaccine hesitancy. The post How to Fight Vaccine Hesitancy appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with the FDD's Emily de La Bruyère about data opacity from Sinovac and Sinopharm and why it's worrying news for the world. The post Why Is China Hiding Its Vaccine Trial Data? appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with Sumit Chanda about how a leprosy drug called clofazimine might be a secret weapon in our fight against the pandemic. The post Can a Cheap Drug Help Beat COVID? appeared first on Octavian Report.
Dr. David Nauen of Johns Hopkins may have found an answer that explains one of the lasting enigmas of the pandemic. The post What Causes COVID Brain Fog? appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with Frances Lund, a microbiologist leading the charge to develop a new vaccine with revolutionary implications for the fight against COVID. The post What Do Intranasal Vaccines Mean for COVID? appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with Dr. Joel Zinberg about how the governor's policies on COVID have been a disaster for New York's most vulnerable groups. The post How Andrew Cuomo Mishandled COVID appeared first on Octavian Report.
The Biden administration has "deep concerns" about the WHO report. We spoke with FDD's Emily de La Bruyère to find out if we should too. The post How to Read the WHO Report on China and COVID appeared first on Octavian Report.
UNC's Dr. Myron Cohen helped develop a revolutionary treatment regime for HIV. Now he's fighting COVID with monoclonals. The post How Monoclonals Can Help Beat COVID appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with a leading respiratory disease expert, Dr. Jeremy Brown of UCL, to get a better grasp of what the UK is doing right in this stage of the pandemic. The post Why the UK Vaccine Rollout Is Succeeding appeared first on Octavian Report.
One aspect of COVID that has frightening implications is its effect on mental health. From early on in the pandemic, doctors noticed that COVID patients seemed in some cases to be suffering from neuropsychiatric disorders, some of which persisted long after other symptoms had vanished. For this episode, we spoke with Dr. Jonathan Rogers, a practicing psychiatrist, a prize-winning researcher in the University College London Division of Psychiatry specializing in neuropsychiatric disorders, and first author of a study examining the... The post What Is COVID Doing to Our Brains? appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with public health expert Polly Price of Emory University School of Law about the strengths and weaknesses of the Biden COVID plan. The post Will the Biden COVID Plan Work? appeared first on Octavian Report.
The author of A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO AMERICA talks about history, identity, and place and what they mean to her and in our current cultural moment. The post Roya Hakakian on A Beginner’s Guide to America appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with Columbia University immunologist Donna Farber -- the author of a recent, major study examining this issue -- to answer that question. The post Why Don’t Kids Get COVID Like Adults? appeared first on Octavian Report.
Who's a good boy? Dogs and their incredible noses might hold the key to completely revolutionizing COVID testing, according to research from Project Nosias. The post Dogs: The Ultimate COVID Test? appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with Emily de La Bruyere about China's struggles with, and deceptions about, their efforts against the pandemic -- and why they matter. The post What China’s COVID Files Really Mean appeared first on Octavian Report.
A Stanford researcher on how mobility data can shed light on the best way to fight the pandemic. The post Predicting the Next COVID Surge appeared first on Octavian Report.
Worried about the new mink-borne strain of COVID? We spoke with microbiologist Joanne Santini about humans, animals, microbes, and mutations. The post Mink, Mutations, and Meat-Eaters appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke to Dr. Moshe Arditi at Cedars/Sinai about his clinical trial to determine whether the BCG vaccine for tuberculosis might help fight COVID. The post How BCG, A Century-Old Vaccine, Might Fight COVID appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with the principal investigator of the AstraZeneca vaccine about how the vaccine works and why U.S. trial procedures are the safest in the world. The post How COVID Vaccine Trials Work appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with Toby Peters, professor in the cold economy at the University of Birmingham, about the fearsome logistical issues in vaccine distribution. The post COVID Vaccines and the Cold Chain appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh on Armenia, Azerbaijan, and what local conflict means in the age of COVID-19. The post Armenia, Azerbaijan, and COVID-19 appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke Craig Wright, author of The Hidden Habits of Genius. We spoke with Craig about his views on talent, art, and isolation. The post Genius and Isolation (COVID-Related and Otherwise) appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with Richard Neher, co-founder of Nextstrain – a tool that tracks in real time genome changes in pathogens including COVID. The post Watching the COVID Genome in Real Time appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with Dr. Monica Gandhi about an intriguing new theory based on an old concept. The post Can Masks Help Us Build COVID Immunity? appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with Emily de La Bruyère of FDD on how China is looking for geopolitical advantage in the midst of the pandemic. The post Emily de La Bruyère on China’s COVID soft power plays appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with Eileen Hunt Botting about Mary Shelley and The Last Man, the first post-apocalyptic novel, set in a world devastated by plague. The post Mary Shelley and Her Plague Masterpiece appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with legendary political predictor Allan Lichtman about the President's chances and what COVID will mean for voting. The post Allan Lichtman on Why Trump Will Lose appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke to Jonathan Granoff, president of the Global Security Institute, on how we can step up the fight against the pandemic. The post Jonathan Granoff on COVID and Global Security appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke to Steven A. Cook about the historic Israel/UAE peace deal and the recent explosion in Beirut, and what these mean within the global COVID crisis. The post Steven A. Cook on the UAE, Israel, and Lebanon appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with a current candidate for Manhattan DA, on the justice system vs. the pandemic and her vision for the office. The post Tali Farhadian Weinstein on COVID vs. the Justice System appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke to Douglas Rediker on the economic and fiscal effects of COVID globally and the massive uncertainties there. The post COVID, Debt, and the Global Economy appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with eminent Germanist and intellectual historian David Wellbery on Nobel laureate Thomas Mann and the literature of disease. The post Thomas Mann and the Literature of Disease appeared first on Octavian Report.
We spoke with Michelle Gavin, former U.S. ambassador to Botswana, about Africa and COVID and how pandemics hit the developing world. The post Africa and the Developing World Vs. Covid appeared first on Octavian Report.
The new episode of our podcast features John Henderson on the history of quarantine and why Florence's response to plague in 1630 will seem eerily familiar. The post Where Does Quarantine Come From? appeared first on Octavian Report.