FRDH Podcast with Michael Goldfarb
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Robin Lustig’s Story: Fate, Family, and Survival
Jun 15, 2026
Unknown duration
A Morbid Symptom of Our Time: Anti-Vax
May 31, 2026
53m 40s
Howard Jacobson: Shattered Illusions and Anti-Semitism post-October 7th
May 15, 2026
58m 18s
How America Looks From the Other Side of the World: with Nick Bryant
May 4, 2026
46m 14s
Jan Morris, Traveler, Author, Enigma: A Conversation With Biographer Sara Wheeler
Apr 5, 2026
54m 07s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/15/26 | ![]() Robin Lustig’s Story: Fate, Family, and Survival | In "And the Cello Came Too" former BBC news presenter Robin Lustig tells the story of his family and how fate determined who survived and who didn't the worst event of the twentieth century. But this conversation goes deeper, than just a family story of survival, we talk about how journalism inoculates those who practice it against the emotions we feel when observing and thinking about what history -- or fate -- can throw at us | — | ||||||
| 5/31/26 | ![]() A Morbid Symptom of Our Time: Anti-Vax✨ | Anti-Vax movementhistory+4 | Kira Kieffer | Unvaccinated Under God | — | Anti-VaxKira Kieffer+5 | — | 53m 40s | |
| 5/15/26 | ![]() Howard Jacobson: Shattered Illusions and Anti-Semitism post-October 7th✨ | anti-SemitismHamas massacre+4 | Howard Jacobson | new novel | IsraelPalestine | Howard Jacobsonanti-Semitism+6 | — | 58m 18s | |
| 5/4/26 | ![]() How America Looks From the Other Side of the World: with Nick Bryant✨ | America's global perceptionTrump's presidency+3 | Nick Bryant | BBC | Australia | AmericaNick Bryant+6 | — | 46m 14s | |
| 4/5/26 | ![]() Jan Morris, Traveler, Author, Enigma: A Conversation With Biographer Sara Wheeler✨ | travel writingbiography+2 | Sara Wheeler | FRDHEnigma: A Conversation With Biographer Sara Wheeler | — | Jan Morristravel+2 | — | 54m 07s | |
| 3/17/26 | ![]() Iran: Why now? What Next? A Diplomat's Long View✨ | Irandiplomacy+2 | Rob Macaire | FRDH | Iranthe Strait of Hormuz+1 | Strait of Hormuzwar aims+2 | — | 46m 23s | |
| 3/4/26 | ![]() Iran, US, Israel & Lebanon: a Conversation with Kim Ghattas✨ | IranUS+4 | Kim Ghattas | FRDH | IranUS+3 | journalismBeirut+2 | — | 28m 55s | |
| 2/1/26 | ![]() FRDH on the BBC: Taxi Driver at 50, New York Then and Now✨ | Taxi DriverNew York+2 | — | FRDHBBC+2 | New York | documentarycinema+1 | — | 57m 35s | |
| 1/30/26 | ![]() Syria Today, Unreported Crisis Brewing✨ | SyriaISIS+3 | Carne Ross | FRDHISIS+1 | Syria | crisisdiplomacy+2 | — | 48m 42s | |
| 1/4/26 | ![]() RISK ANALYSIS 2026: VENEZUELA IS JUST THE BEGINNING✨ | VenezuelaUS foreign policy+5 | Michael Moran | FRDH | VENEZUELAUS+2 | risk analysis2026+3 | — | 55m 56s | |
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| 12/21/25 | ![]() DAYTON AGREEMENT @30: LESSONS FROM BOSNIA FOR UKRAINE✨ | Dayton AgreementBosnia+3 | Fiona Lloyd-Davies | FRDH | BOSNIAUKRAINE | conflict resolutionnegotiation+2 | — | 59m 18s | |
| 11/30/25 | ![]() Britain 2025: Malaise and Unfocused Discontent✨ | Britain 2025malaise+3 | Robin Lustig | FRDHBBC | Britain | BBCMAGA movement+1 | — | 50m 05s | |
| 11/9/25 | ![]() Northern Ireland Post-Conflict Briefing with Blue Lights' Creator Declan Lawn✨ | Northern IrelandGood Friday Agreement+3 | Declan Lawn | Blue LightsBBC+1 | Northern IrelandBelfast | conflictBBC news+1 | — | 47m 13s | |
| 10/16/25 | ![]() Shock Troops of Fascism: Lost Boys of the Manosphere✨ | manospherefascism+3 | James Bloodworth | Lost Boys: a Personal Journey Through the ManosphereFRDH+2 | — | Lost Boysneo-fascism+1 | — | 45m 58s | |
| 10/12/25 | ![]() BRIAN KLAAS ON HOW AMERICA WILL MAKE IT TO THE MIDTERMS | Professor Brian Klaas , who has already written three books on the Trump epoch, wonders how America will make it to the midterms a year from now and what condition it will be in. Klaas, Professor of Global Politics at University College London and columnist for the Atlantic Magazine, and FRDH podcast host Michael Goldfarb discuss the current situation in America. Will the midterms be free and fair? Will the results be accepted by the MAGA Republican party? Will the midterms even be held? Give us 56:41 to talk it out. | — | ||||||
| 9/22/25 | ![]() Lessons from Ancient Greece for the new Sparta: Israel | After nearly two years of Israel's war of revenge in Gaza are there any lessons to be learned that might end the bloodshed? Professor Yehuda Halper thinks there are and in this FRDH podcast he shares them. The key is for Israeli Prime Minister to stop speaking about Israel as the new Sparta. After all, Sparta lost the battle of Thermopylae and left virtually no trace of its civilization. Plus other lessons from ancient Greece and Biblical history that modern Israelis and the global jewish diaspora would do well to remember. Give us 41:17 to explain. | — | ||||||
| 9/18/25 | ![]() Charlie Kirk's Murder: A Frontline Report From Utah | Charlie Kirk was murdered in Utah and the best way to find out more about it is to talk to a journalist from Utah who has been on the frontline reporting on the event. In this FRDH podcast, Schott discusses the arraignment of Tyler Robinson, who has confessed to killing Kirk as well as the impact of the shooting in Utah and its Church of Latter Day Saints community. Give us 33:04 to explain it to you. | — | ||||||
| 8/25/25 | ![]() Washington DC, August 2025, Fear and Loathing and Worse | A summary of the mood of fear in Washington DC as August 2025 comes to an end. It is even worse than it was more than a decade ago when political scientist Norman Ornstein published (with co-author Thomas Mann) It’s Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism. In this wide ranging conversation Ornstein and FRDH host Michael Goldfarb analyze the current situation, discuss whether the 2026 Midterm elections will be free and fair and what can be done right now to push back on the radical path Trump and the MAGA Republicans are trying to force America down. Give us 58:39 to explain. | — | ||||||
| 7/26/25 | ![]() Ray Suarez on Snatch Squads, Men In Masks & Trump's War on America's Latinos | Veteran journalist and author Ray Suarez has some thoughts on the intense campaign being waged by Donald Trump and his officials on America's Latino population. Nearly 60,000 allegedly illegal "criminal" immigrants were detained in less than five months since Trump took office, the overwhelming majority have no criminal record. Suarez explains to FRDH podcast host Michael Goldfarb how this has overwhelmed America's large and complex Latino community -- 65 million + strong -- and analyzes what the political fallout will be for Trump and his MAGA Republican Party in the future. Give us 43:41 to explain | — | ||||||
| 6/29/25 | ![]() SCOTUS & Snatch-Squads: Is This the End of the 14th Amendment? | The 14th Amendment of the US Constitution enshrines citizenship by birthright, but a combination of a SCOTUS decision endorsing Trump's executive order that has led to snatch-squads dragging mostly Hispanic immigrants to prison without due process calls the Amendment's survival into question. This conversation with Damon Silvers, law professor and veteran of many Capitol Hill crises, looks at all the ramifications of SCOTUS' 6-3 decision in Trump v CASA and casts a cool eye over the prospects for snatch-squad fascism becoming a way of life in the US. Like having a private tutorial for 34:38. | — | ||||||
| 6/23/25 | ![]() US/Israel vs Iran: Unknown Unknowns and Blowback | The US attack on Iran's nuclear sites June 21st brings to mind the last of Donald Rumsfeld’s infamous unknowns at the start of the Iraq War the "unknown unknowns" aka blowback. What is it possible to know about what will happen next, or is everything an unknown? In this hour-long FRDH podcast special, recorded the day after the US joined Israel in a war on Iran, Professor Roxane Farmanfarmaian of the University of Cambridge, and Ned Temko, a columnist for the Christian Science Monitor. who have been writing about Iran since the Iranian revolution in 1979 parse through what might happen next and what the blowback will be. | — | ||||||
| 6/5/25 | ![]() Authoritarian Democracy: Erdogan and the Turkish Paradigm | We are in an age of authoritarian democracy, and Turkey and its leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan is its paradigm. Erdogan has been in power more than 2 decades and created the template men like Victor Orban and Bibi Netanyahu have been followingin using democracy's tools to become authoritarian leaders. And now there's Donald Trump. Veteran journalist Andrew Finkel who has been reporting from the country for decades explains the process. You can hear parallels to what is unfolding in the US. Give us 39:30 to explain. | — | ||||||
| 5/17/25 | ![]() 21st Century Trade Wars: Is There a Rhyme or a Reason? | Does Donald Trump have a rhyme or reason for starting the 21st century's first major trade war? The Financial Times' Martin Sandbu isn't sure but he has some ideas and also helpful hints about how to interpret Trump's "deals" that aren't anything of the sort. He gives FRDH podcast host a 44 minute long tutorial in the rhyme and reason behind Trump's actions and how the rest of the world is likely to react. | — | ||||||
| 4/27/25 | ![]() The World Is On The Move: Migration By Land and Sea | All over the world people are on the move, fleeing from war and environmental catastrophe caused by climate change. Many take insane risks to reach Britain in hope of safety and a chance at a better life. Author Horatio Clare has written about this migration in We Came By Sea: Stories of a Greater Britain. In the book, Clare goes to the human stories beyond the headlines on the migration "crisis" to write about the human beings trying to get in and the surprisingly large number of Britons who do their best for them when they finally struggle ashore. In this FRDH podcast he talks about why the world is on the move and how the press and government are failing to explain to people what is really happening. Give us 46:49 to explain. | — | ||||||
| 4/8/25 | ![]() America's Constitutional Crisis: A Lesson From Medieval English History | America is in the midst of a constitutional crisis with a President who clearly wants to be king no matter what the Constitution says and ironically the constitution says nothing about what to do in this kind of crisis. Dr. Helen Castor, medieval historian, sees in America's current situation echoes of a constitutional crisis six hundred years ago in England when King Richard the Second put himself above the law and defied anyone to do anything about it. Give us 44:43 to explain it to you. | — | ||||||
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