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, Alaba...

The Re-Education host Eli Lake has a new show called Breaking History, brought to you by The Free Press. Breaking History breaks down the news, by breaking down history. Host Eli Lake covers everything from LBJ and the Roman Republic to Donald Trump and the chaos at Columbia. This twice a month show from The Free Press delivers the best historians, authors, and reporters by mining the archives of...

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 Twitter Questions? Comments? Email us at  Eli@Nebulouspodcasts.com

In this episode, Eli traces the history of Jews who use their words to side with the enemies of the Jewish people. His guest is the chief Rabbi of the Re-Education and the host of the Good Faith Effort podcast, Ari Lamm. Time Stamps: 00:20 Monologue 29:29 Interview with Ari Lamm Follow Eli on Twitter Questions? 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 interview only episode, Eli talks to Jonah Goldberg, host of the Remnant Podcast and a founding editor of the Dispatch. They discuss the inevitability of a GOP Trump nomination and the recent warnings that a second Trump term will bring the end of democracy.  Follow Eli on Twitter Questions? Comments? Email us at Eli@Nebulouspodcasts.com

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 monologue only episode, Eli looks at why TikTok influencers are suddenly rediscovering Osama Bin Laden and what an earlier generation of terrorism apologists were saying in the months and years after 9-11. 

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 Monologue 16:56 Interview with Sol Stern  Follow Eli on T...

On Today's show, Eli talks with Nissan Dekalo, the deputy head of security for Kibbutz Nahal Oz. Nissan fought for more than eight hours on October 7 as he defended his Kibbutz from a wave of Hamas terrorists.

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 episode, Eli interviews ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt about the rise in anti-Semitism after the October 7 pogrom. In his monologue, Eli offers advice for how decent people can fight the campus cretins who display solidarity with mutilators and rapists. Time Stamps: 00:09 Monologue 8:22 Interview with Jonathan Greenblatt

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 Wieseltier Questions? Comments? Email us at eli@nebulouspodcasts.com

In this monologue only episode Eli shares his thoughts on the savage pogrom in Israel and how the barbarism of Hamas has made it clear that those who claim to be in solidarity with Palestine are traitors to this cause and why the mindset of the 1990s peace process is a spent force. 

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 long awaited episode, Eli dives back into the moment when America learned what its deep state did in the shadows.

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

On this special episode, Eli joins Ink Stained Wretches podcast this week to discuss his favorite books and films in the genre of journalism. You can listen to more episodes of Ink Stained wretches here.

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...

In this interview only episode Eli talks with Jonathan Rosen, the author of a stunning memoir about his friendship with a brilliant young man who loses his mind and commits a monstrous act of murder. The book, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness and the Tragedy of Good Intentions is out now  https://www.amazon.com/Best-Minds-Friendship-Madness-Intentions/dp/1594206570  

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 Stamp...

In this episode, Eli examines the end of the new media boom of the 2010s. His guest is Ben Smith, co-founder of Semafor and the author of  Traffic . Time Stamps: 00:15 Monologue 18:57 Interview with Ben Smith

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 Monologue 1:10:22 Interview with Jack Goldsmith Questions? Comments? Email us at Eli@nebulouspodcasts.com

"When Bobby hates you, you stayed hated." That's what the man's own father said about the most ruthless Kennedy. In this very special episode, Eli unpacks the legacy of RFK through the lens of his feuds, crusades and grudges. His guest is Tevi Troy, the Re-Education's presidential historian and the creator of  1600 Lessons. Time Stamps: 00:36 Monologue 56:00 Interview with Tevi Troy

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 Monologue 13:36 Interview with Amber Athey Questions? Comments? Email us at Eli@Nebulouspodcasts.com