The Re-Education with Eli Lake

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

In this episode Eli examines the life of Menachem Begin when he was a wanted man in the years before the state of Israel was created. His guest is Daniel Gordis, author of Menachem Begin: The Battle for Israel's Soul. Time Stamps: 00:20 Monologue 1:08:00 Interview with Daniel Gordis Follow Eli on TwitterQuestions? Comments? Email us at Eli@Nebulouspodcasts.com

In this episode, Eli looks at why so many elite institutions are afraid of firing those that engage in insubordination or are incompetent. His guest is Michael Moynihan, co-host of the Fifth Column and America's premier plagiarism cop.

In this episode, Eli examines Kissinger's cunning when it came to working the refs of Washington, the press corps. Then he interviews the Re-Education's presidential historian, Tevi Troy about Kissinger and his recent trip to Israel.

In this episode, Eli interviews Sol Stern about his recent essay in Commentary on the history of Palestinian pogroms against Jews. https://www.commentary.org/articles/sol-stern/century-of-palestinian-jew-hatred/ His monologue examines why Israel's response to a genocidal act of terror is being slandered as a genocide. Time Stamps: 00:22 Monologue16:56 Interview with Sol Stern Follow Eli on TwitterQuestions? Comments? Email us at Eli@Nebulouspodcasts.com

31 years ago, Bill Clinton called out the vile rhetoric of a rapper-activist named Sister Souljah. Since then, her name has become a term for when a political leader practices gatekeeping for his party against radical foil. In this episode, Eli looks at her legacy and asks why Joe Biden has not turned the Israel haters in his own party into modern Sister Souljahs.

In this show Eli examines why so many professors and intellectuals have expressed solidarity with the fanatic butchers of Hamas and the thinker who made radical violence cool, Frantz Fanon. His guest is Leon Wieseltier, the founder and editor of Liberties.Time Stamps: 00:27 Monologue 23:13 Interview with Leon WieseltierQuestions? Comments? Email us at eli@nebulouspodcasts.com

This is both monologues stitched together from Eli's two part series on the Church Committee hearings from 1975. More original content is coming.

In this interview only episode, Eli talks with Semafor's global security editor, Jay Solomon about his recent essay in Tablet on Confederate spymaster Judah Benjamin. You can read this piece here. https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/history/articles/hunt-for-judah-p-benjamin-jewish-confederate-spy

In this very special episode, Eli explores the moment when Americans finally learned what their deep state did in the shadows. This monologue covers the period between Daniel Ellsberg's leak of the Pentagon Papers and the creation of the Rockefeller Commission to study the intelligence community's past abuses. His guests are James and Thomas Risen, the authors of a new biography of Senator Frank Church: The Last Honest Man.Time Stamps:00:31 Monologue48:55 Interview with James and Thomas Risen

In this monologue only episode, Eli asks why CNN, allegedly the most trusted name in news, would employ the disgraced former deputy director of the FBI, Andrew McCabe? After the release of US Special Counsel John Durham's final report on Russiagate, McCabe's deceptions have been laid bare. And yet there he is on CNN helping to explain the news to people waiting for flights at airports. Time Stamps:00:15 Monologue

In this episode we meet some new RFK rivals like Frank Sinatra and J Edgar Hoover, and catch up with some old ones, like Lyndon Johnson and Jimmy Hoffa. Eli's guest is Harvard Law School professor, Jack Goldsmith.Time Stamps:0:25 Monologue1:10:22 Interview with Jack GoldsmithQuestions? Comments? Email us at Eli@nebulouspodcasts.com

In this episode, Eli's monologue looks at the prosecution of Donald Trump in Manhattan for a legally dubious interpretation of campaign finance law. Then he interviews Amber Athey, the Washington Editor of the Spectator Magazine about her new book, Snowflake Revolt.Time Stamps:00:36 Monologue13:36 Interview with Amber AtheyQuestions? Comments? Email us at Eli@Nebulouspodcasts.com