The Re-Education with Eli Lake

In this episode, the Re-education examines the similarities between the woke scolds of today and the puritans of earlier moral panics in America. Our guest is Noah Rothman, the author of the new book, "The Rise of the New Puritans."Time Stamps:0:06 - Introduction0:24 - Monologue7:03 - Interview with Noah Rothman

In this bonus episode, Eli argues America deserves a better national anthem than the Star-Spangled Banner and suggests four alternatives. 

Happy Birthday, America. On this episode, Eli and author Tevi Troy explore the cultural legacy of our national charter and the tension between order and liberty, safety and freedom. Time Stamps:0:08 - Introduction0:31 - Monologue7:09 - Interview with Tevi Troy

On Today's Re-Education, Eli examines the phenomenon of the red pill in our politics today, people who have chosen to pursue an uncomfortable truth despite enormous pressure to go on believing a lie. His guest is Maud Maron, a New York City public defender who is now running for Congress in a crowded primary. Time Stamps:0:03 - Introduction0:51 - Monologue9:44 - Interview with Maud Maron

In this episode, Eli explores why it’s hard to shun an ally like Saudi Arabia, even when the new Saudi crown prince acts like a tyrant. If there were easy answers in foreign policy, every pundit would be a statesman. Time Stamps:0:03 - Introduction0:24 - Monologue9:03 - Interview with Brian Katulis

In this episode, we examine what life was like for gays and lesbians when they were second-class citizens and forced to live in the closet and how and why this unjust regime changed. The guest is the author of a new history of gay Washington, Jamie Kirchick. 0:03 - Introduction0:52 - Monologue7:09 - Interview with Jamie Kirchick

When you can't support a demagogue who won’t accept the results of elections he loses, but you also can’t support a resistance that claims to be restoring our political norms by violating them, you have few places to turn. This week on The Re-Education, Eli is joined by Mary Katharine Ham to discuss where Americans should turn when they feel stuck in the middle.Time Stamps0:04 - Intro0:23 - Monologue16:49 - Interview with Mary Katharine Ham

There was a time in America when the bullies plagued our schools and workplaces. This week we look at the "cry bully", a new type of bully that can be described as a "hideous hybrid of victim and victor, weeper and walloper" and how they have infiltrated our newsrooms, colleges, and public offices.Time Stamps:0:03 - Intro0:21 - Monologue9:53 - Interview with Abe Greenwald

The citizens of San Francisco vote this week on whether to recall their district attorney, Chesa Boudin. This episode looks at a progressive prosecutor who doesn't want to prosecute a lot of crime.  Time Stamps:0:03 - Intro0:17 - Monologue15:29 - Interview with Richie Greenberg

When a Washington DC jury acquitted a former lawyer for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign this week, many Democrats rejoiced. But the real story from his trial is how much it exposed the FBI and its willingness to take any innuendo and smear from the Clinton campaign as grist to investigate Donald Trump. On this episode of the Reeducation, Eli looks at why the FBI is in desperate need of reform. Time Stamps:0:03 - Segment: Intro0:21 - Segment: Monologue10:22 - Segment: Interview with Mollie Hemingway