The Re-Education with Eli Lake

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

As the Republican party sorts out whether they will be a party of election deniers or election acceptors, Democrats should take another look at how Hillary Clinton's campaign did not respect the peaceful transfer of power in 2016. Times:0:03 - Segment: Introduction0:20 - Segment: Monlogue15:23 - Segment: interview with Rich Lowery

Lawmakers, activists, and others called for action after this week's tragic elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. With an increase in mass shootings in recent years, many wonder what can be done to prevent such horrors from happening in the first place. What is the best way forward for gun laws and gun ownership?Today on The Re-Education with Eli Lake: Guns. Featuring an interview with gun policy reporter Stephen Gutowski. Times 00:02 - Segment: Introduction 00:17 - Segment: Monologue 11:34 - Segment: Interview with The Reload's Stephen Gutowski LinksThe Reload blogThe Reload Podcast

Tyrants can only retain power when the masses cooperate with tyranny. Successful nonviolent resistance movements—from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s civil rights demonstrates to modern protests in Iran—show that taking up arms is not always necessary for, and can be antithetical to, advancing freedom. Today on The Re-Education, Eli Lake discusses nonviolent resistance with Cameron Khansarinia, policy director of the National Union for a Democratic Iran. Times 00:03 - Segment: Introduction 00:23 - Segment: Monologue 12:57 - Segment: Interview with Cameron Khansarinia

The trial of former Washington lawyer Michael Sussman began this week—highlighting how the Hillary Clinton campaign tried to gin up FBI investigations into her opponent's ties to the Kremlin. That's right—we're talking Russiagate on this episode of The Re-Education with Eli Lake. Featuring Washington Free Beacon senior investigative reporter Chuck Ross.Times 00:02 - Segment: Introduction 00:19 - Segment: Monologue 19:33 - Segment: Interview with Chuck Ross LinkChuck's work for the Free Beacon