The Re-Education with Eli Lake

Exploring the legacy of Sister Souljah and her impact on political leaders, including Bill Clinton and Joe Biden. Discussing the spread of misinformation surrounding Israel, the LA riots of 1992, and Sister Souljah's perspective on racism and power imbalances.

Eli interviews ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt about the rise in anti-Semitism. Topics discussed include the lack of action by university leaders, hypocrisy in free speech at Harvard, moral corrosion within universities, criticism of anti-Israel Democrats, cancel culture and the Kyrie Irving incident, Israel-Hamas conflict, and navigating anti-Israel sentiments on campus.

Leon Wieseltier, founder of Liberties, joins Eli to examine the alignment of intellectuals with violent movements and the influence of Frantz Fanon. They discuss perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, justifications for violence throughout history, the paradox of God's actions, the origins of politics and dehumanization, language critique of Zionism, the danger of new ideas, rational and irrational grievances, and the decline of moral authority in university presidents.

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. 

Explore the revelations from historical events like the CIA mafia plot, Watergate scandal, and Me-Lai massacre. Uncover the CIA's chaos program, domestic espionage, and deep state involvement. Delve into government secrets, ethical dilemmas, and the JFK assassination conspiracy. Unravel the hidden truths of Angleton, CIA deception, and the deep state. Witness Senator Church's bold stance against secret government abuse of power in 1975.

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 Church: The Last Honest Man.Time Stamps:00:31 Monologue48:55 Interview with James and Thomas Risen

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