The RDL Podcast with Rabbi Daniel Lapin

This is the 500th episode of the Rabbi Daniel Lapin Show. I hope you find it worthy. 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? Easier or harder if your spouse were there with you? How can the answer help you make more money? How come no A...

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 Daniel Lapin started the podcast in 2015. See how politics is nothing more than the practical application of people’s de...

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://w...

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 c...

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 most often given 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 s...

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 create water. They knew nothing of the invisible infrastructure of pipes and pumps that made water gush out of the faucet. Similarly there is 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 the wa...

The definition of a happy warrior and how to join our international community of Happy Warriors. Oscar Wilde and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Do you know the cost of everything but the value of nothing? Avoid the one activity that makes your face age. The three ways in which your children can help you make more money. No, it's nothing to do with renting them out. Know the 5 things that are vital fo...

Not sure whether Equality or Freedom is the better value? Simple; use the Reality Test. Not sure whether women should take responsibility for their own safety? Use the Reality Test. Not sure whether every man needs a woman and every woman needs a man? Use the Reality Test. Is feminism a helpful and desirable doctrine or a destructive pathology? Simple; use the Reality Test. Read the details in thi...

Co-hosted with Susan Lapin. If you cannot play tennis, your life can still be good. If you can't sing, play a musical instrument, or tell jokes, your life can still be wonderful. But there are five distinct things that are vital for every successful and happy life. What is more, you cannot have 3 out of the 5. It's all five or nothing. In a way, these five things make up an indivisible totality of...

Why hate the Jews? The honest, true, and deeply uncomfortable explanation for anti-Semitism. Two nations on one island: Haiti is desperate and hopeless. The Dominican Republic is vibrant and successful. What is the difference? Whenever you hear concern about "The Children" know that you are being powerfully and emotionally manipulated for political purposes. More Jews had to leave Arab lands than...

Hey, women, stay away from universities! How to ruin your life in 3 easy steps. The most ignored problem in all of scientific research and nobody knows the answer. Where are you on the Flamboyant Life Force--Darkest Death spectrum line? How to improve every important aspect of your life by deploying the fact that we are all attracted to vibrant life and a little repelled by death. Get the hang of...

Here is today's life-changing principle: How you view tomorrow impacts your life today. The difference between selling coffins and selling cradles. Let the destructive patterns of your background end with you. Deploying the positive feedback loop of Optimism, Money, and Marriage. Tell me what you wish you knew when you were twenty years old. The book that makes it all happen  https://a.co/d/izqtfx...

One bad idea can sabotage all the solid achievements for which you've worked so hard. A solid resolution for 2024 is to identify and eliminate the bad ideas that are threatening your success in all your 5Fs. Read about this useful tool for making the new year a better year than last year. It's called Chart Your Course  https://rabbidaniellapin.com/product/chart-your-course-book-video-bundle/   Lea...

I prefer a sacred Christmas to a secular Christmas. Secularism is not just a fair way to organize a pluralistic society. It exerts a malign influence on civilization. In ways you can't imagine.  A guy is really unhappy because his wife lunches with a male colleague a couple of times a week. Is his bank account relevant to this story?  Why platonic friendships between men and women between the ages...

Do you know the really unpopular message of Chanuka? That's right, it has something to do with burning oil. Why the Fossil Fuel vision seems to drag along a vision of shortage, limits, and ultimately poverty. Predictions of running out of coal and oil go back to the 19th century and they've all been wrong. Why do they keep making them? It's almost as if they WANT to run out of energy. What's going...

Many mistakenly believe that the proliferation of regulations and laws are evidence of a society's sophistication and advance. In reality, that is like saying that all the medications in an old man's medicine chest are evidence of his good health. Preserving a functioning family or a successful society is hard and mostly depends on a rare array of tools. In this show, your rabbi provides a guide t...

Do you want a good life? Do you know what a good life means? What do you have to do in order to achieve a good life? How Germany defeated France in only six weeks in early 1940. Why Mercedes and BMW are more reliable cars than Peugot and Citroën. What this teaches us about making our lives good. Especially connection between money and marriage. What is purpose of physical intimacy: pleasure or pro...