The Re-Education with Eli Lake

Great people can't always be great spouses or parents. In this episode, Eli looks at the bad marriage of one of Israel's great leaders, Golda Meir, and the sacrifice her only husband made so his wife could fulfill her destiny and rise to lead the Jewish state. This show is only a monologue.Questions? Comments? Ideas? Contact us at Eli@nebulouspodcasts.com

On this episode Eli looks at how the left on college campuses today are driving many Jewish students into a Zionist closet. They are forced to choose between their friends and their beliefs. Eli's guest is Blake Flayton, a columnist at the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles and a recent graduate of George Washington University. He talks about his decision to emigrate to Israel. Read his piece for Common Sense here.Time Stamps: 00:02 Monologue 11:33 Interview with Blake FlaytonQuestions? Comments? Ideas? Contact us at Eli@nebulouspodcasts.com

What should a Republic do about a populist demagogue? The fate of a Roman Tribune named Tiberius Gracchus provides a warning today about the perils of indicting Donald Trump. Eli's guest is Bulwark writer Tim Miller. The two do not agree on Trump and have a lively and spirited debate. It's Neither Trump versus Never Trump.Time Stamps:00:40 Monologue13:50 Interview with Tim MillerQuestions? Comments? Ideas? Contact us at Eli@nebulouspodcasts.com

Is a college education worth the exorbitant cost if so many of its scholars do not believe in objective truth? In this episode Eli talks with Gabriel Noah Brahm, the founding director of the center for academic and intellectual freedom about the influence of the post modernists of the 20th century on academic scholarship today.Time stamps:00:29 Monologue14:30 Interview with Gabriel Noah BrahmQuestions? Comments? Ideas? Contact us at Eli@nebulouspodcasts.com

From PT Barnum to Donald Trump, Americans have had a soft spot for bullshiters. We all know the type, the carnival barker, the fast talking pitchman, the colorful politician who insists "a lot of people are saying." On this episode Eli talks with actor, podcaster and comedian Michael Rapaport about how Donald Trump's super power is his ability to spew entertaining bullshit. Be warned, there is a lot of profanity in this episode.Time Stamps: 0:20 Monologue 12:07 Interview with Michael RapaportQuestions? Comments? Ideas? Contact us at Eli@nebulouspodcasts.com

Since the Mar-a-Lago raid, there has been a raging debate over whether Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were treated the same by the FBI. In this special episode, Eli dives deep into this question and compares the bureau's two investigations into presidential candidates in 2016.

In this episode Eli examines the history of Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa against the author Salman Rushdie in light of his near assassination last week in New York state. The Fatwa and Iran's role in a murderous campaign against the editors, translators and author of the Satanic Verses reveals the truth about a regime that has not reformed or moderated. His guest is Nazenin Ansari, the managing editor of the London based Kayhan newspaper.Time Stamps:0:18 Monologue11:44 Interview with Nazenin Ansariwww.Kayhan.Londonwww.KayhanLife.comQuestions? Comments? Ideas? Contact us at Eli@nebulouspodcasts.com

In this episode, Eli explores how the word punk can be both an insult and high praise and why after nearly 50 years, the degenerate rebels of the late 1970s who created punk rock are still so culturally relevant. His guest is the host of the Reason Magazine interview podcast, Nick Gillespie. This is a long one, but worth your time. Time Stamps:0:20 - Monologue13:20 - Interview with Nick Gillespie

On Monday the FBI made an in kind donation to Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign when they conducted a search warrant of his Mar-a-Lago compound. If this turns out to be part of an investigation into a Presidential Records Act violation or the mishandling of classified material, as has been reported in the press, then the Justice Department has just secured Trump's win in the GOP primaries. Eli's guest is Andy McCarthy, a former US attorney and one of the sharpest commenters today on federal law enforcement.Time Stamps: 00:02 Introduction00:23 Monologue07:58 Interview with Andy McCarthyFor questions and comments, please email eli@nebulouspodcasts.com

In this show, Eli examines the United Kingdom's decision last month to shut down the Tavistock clinic, the only facility in the country to specialize in transgender youth. The decision to shut it down exposes a false consensus imposed by activists on the safety of what are known as puberty blockers. His guest is the co-host of the Blocked and Reported podcast, Jesse Singal. Time Stamps:00:04 Introduction00:23 Monologue10:59 Interview