Rabbi Daniel Lapin's podcast

Billions of Bibles. Who cares? Why reading parts of the Bible can really help you, even if you don't believe in God.  How does knowing why Moses and Joshua took off their shoes help your career?  How many actions did you take today that were motivated one hundred percent by spiritual rather than physical causes? (Clue: Clothing.) In 1993 all the smart elites knew that the entire world, every count...

How do people make choices and decisions? Are we always rational? The value of all the 5 Fs and how one of them in particular helps us understand others (and ourselves). The Father Brown detective mysteries. Other mysteries like why the same people who oppose executing murderers also want more freedom to execute the unborn. They claim to want women to be able to choose but only if they choose care...

The 3 ways of responding to the biological imperative of reproduction; Abdication, Animalism, Civilizational.  What the creator of the twenty year-old, influential HBO television show S*x and the City said about having children. Is the Hebrew Bible a practical political and sociological man ual or a theological text? Your son might be your most valuable investment. (What about your daughter? Cover...

The big new thing in American business is the meteoric increase in the number of employees taking off days for mental health. Sounds like a good thing, right? Seems to afflict mostly the under 35 crowd. There is also a monumental increase in conversation about mental illness. A frightening large proportion of people are taking psychiatric medication in numbers never before seen. So, is mental dise...

Being self-disciplined and courageous are not just right things for men to do they also make men stronger. How some men on dating apps employ similar strategies of deception to spiders. Why Stockholm Syndrome happens and why women are slightly more impacted than men. In spite of what they may tell you, women are really really not attracted to men who sob in self-pity. They may say they admire it,...

Four questions asked by young women and the terrible answers they got. My parents resent the guy I have been dating for 4 years. My boyfriend is 5 years older than I and I am now 21. My parents are judging him because his parents divorced. That is not his fault. The old fashioned way I was raised makes me feel guilt whenever I have a bit of fun. I am not a slut; how do I stop feeling like one? I l...

What woman is attracted to a man less powerful than she is? What country obeys another country less powerful than it is? Power = Prosperity + Prestige. Why America has not won a war since World War 2. What the Biden administration wants as the end play in the Israel-Hamas war. Olympic male boxers defeating females and why woke people almost inevitably reject Judeo-Christian Bible-based values. Whe...

Do you know how to define love? Well, we take a crack at it in this show and learn valuable lessons on how to love. Love is not a feeling--it is an action. Learn how to do it and you can surround your life with the joy of love. We examine war. Why is it that America places few restrictions upon Ukraine which stands no chance of defeating Russia while placing severe restrictions upon Israel that de...

Why do far more men go bald than women? Why do far more men go bungee jumping than women? Why do extreme sports attract far more men than women? Why are death-defying (and sometimes, death-imposing) heroics more the province of men than women? All this and more is explained by your rabbi in today's show. Working out, weightlifting, and running, demanding more and more from our bodies, is thrilling...

I have the pleasure of interviewing a young man on his journey from ages 13 to 23. I asked him when and how he broke away from the destructive demons that threatened his entire future. He asked me how my marriage guidance has changed over the past 40 years. Enjoy the benefits of special access to a vast library of resources as well as a monthly live chat with Mrs. Lapin and me by joining our Happy...

The only really reliable polling on the 2024 election.  This candidate has odds of winning of 60%. What people do with their money is more reliable indicator than what they tell pollsters and pundits..  The family triangle of strength Husband  Wife  Baby. But which way do the arrows go?  Best way to see what women really want is to study Harlequin heroes.  Harlequin sells about 150 million romance...

This is the 500th episode of the Rabbi Daniel Lapin Show. I hope you find it worthy of the milestone. Juneteenth--celebrating the execution of traitors Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, June 19, 1953. Here's an interesting exercise: How would you do as Robinson Crusoe, stranded on a remote and deserted island? Is it easier or harder if your spouse were there with you? How can the answer help you make mo...

Everyone thinks Africa is far smaller than it really is—-Is this racism? How many Greenlands could fit into Africa—1 or 15? Look at a map. Now look at a globe. How the Methodist Church of the Ivory Coast in Africa horrified white-skinned Methodists. Why the Danube and the Rhine rivers in Europe are navigable but the Zambezi and Congo in Africa are not. European colonials were banished from Africa...

We are nearing the 500th podcast episode from Rabbi Daniel Lapin. To celebrate this milestone, over the next couple of weeks we will replay some long-forgotten episodes from the very beginning - and you will see these permanent principles are just as relevant today as when Rabbi Lapin started the podcast in 2015. Ep. 1 | Microbes and Martians: How Socialism Spreads Its Sordid Stain Originally aire...

Have you ever heard how Jewish people tend to do business with one another? Well, as I explain in this show, it is absolutely true! And many members of churches like to do business with one another. Alumni of some universities choose to do business with other graduates of the same school. A community of expat Nigerians in Maryland tend to do business with one another. If you are not part of a like...

The great anthropological hoax that launched feminism. How Margaret Meade and her gang of ideological thugs ruined the lives of countless young women. You can change how you feel--about anything but use this powerful tool with great care. Why so many more women are now perpetrating acts of criminal violence. Being a giver not just a taker. Join the Happy Warrior community. Read more here  https://...

Unless you're the Post Office or a University, you do not offer lifetime employment to new hires. It is a bad business practice. So why do we marry and say to each other, "this is forever" or "till death us do part"? Tenure is not good at the post office and not good at universities, so why does it work for marriage? Most successful partnerships are built on a carefully drafted partnership agreeme...

Because of all the controversy about Unidentified Flying Objects being spotted and the debates about whether aliens from another planet walk on Earth, your rabbi had decided that, as a public service, the whole truth about aliens will today be shared. In today's show, you will find out the entire truth about aliens.  Who they are; how to identify them; how to protect yourself against them, we will...

The writing on the wall: Playboy Magazine in 1966. "Friends" sitcom in 1996. "Two and a Half Men" sitcom in 2006. What really happened during those 40 years. "Find a husband on campus before you graduate" wrote Princeton alumna Susan Patton in 2014 to her daughter, a Princeton coed. She generated fanatical fury. Ten years later, In 2024,  Grazie Sophia Christie writes "The Case for Marrying an Old...

Though far smaller than the failed economies of Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Somalia, or Haiti, success stories like Singapore, Dubai, and Malta stand out as bright beacons of peace and prosperity. Why, since 2005, has Gaza resembled the former? We learn the main reasons why some countries thrive financially while others fail miserably? We explore whether these explanations can also apply to you and me in...

Unlike alpacas, antelopes, & alligators, we humans are capable of dramatically changing the landscape of our lives. Unlike beavers, buffaloes, and bears, we don't need many generations to adapt to changing environments. No, we humans can recognize the devastation that inflation is wreaking on our lives -- and adapt! First, recognize the true extent of inflation. At least 20% since April 2020. That...

The single most important thing that couples contemplating divorce need to know. The ten reasons for divorce given most often by couples who are ending their marriage. Hear about how couples stay married while living off the grid on small boats. Discover blue roles and pink roles. Does your marriage have a mission? More on abuse.  When Susan Lapin drives the Lapin boat and why. Bet you don't know...

Men used to tend toward jobs in which they work with things (farming, construction, factories, etc.), while women tended towards home and family or jobs in which they work with people (teaching, nursing, stewardess, etc.). A few people worked with ideas (lawyers, philosophy professors, clergy). Today it's less evident than it used to be. But maybe men still yearn to make, manipulate, or fix things...

Lighting oneself on fire to make a political point; heroism or immorality? How we decide will impact the streets of your city.  As for your rabbi, not so interested in talking to someone who brings a can of gasoline and a lighter to the discussion. Suicide = Murder; true or false? Single people can be happy. Anyone can be happy--it's a decision. Women generally want to be married. Men learn, often...

Back in 1950 Yemenite Jews arriving in Israel saw water faucets and thought they created water. They knew nothing of the invisible infrastructure of pipes and pumps that made water gush out of the faucet. Similarly, there is an invisible spiritual infrastructure that makes modern commerce possible. Finding food in the supermarket reliably every day; assuming the light will come on when you flick t...