The Re-Education with Eli Lake
On the Re-Education, Eli Lake challenges common narratives the mainstream media and others push. From comedy to collusion, and disinformation to disarray, Eli unpacks what you know—or think you know—about the world around you. Join him weekly on the Re-Education.
On the Re-Education, Eli Lake challenges common narratives the mainstream media and others push. From comedy to collusion, and disinformation to disarray, Eli unpacks what you know—or think you know—about the world around you. Join him weekly on the Re-Education.
Ep. 67: Saddam Hussein's Demise
Mar 17, 2023
In this episode Eli examines the sheer evil of the man who ruled Iraq before the 2003 war. His guest is David Wurmser, a former George W. Bush administration analyst who knows the story of the lead up to the Iraq war from the inside.
Listen to episode →Ep. 66: The Geopolitics of Purim
Mar 7, 2023
In this episode, it's just a conversation between Eli and Ari Lamm, the chief Rabbi of the Re-Education Podcast. They discuss the Book of Esther and the holiday of Purim. It's a rich discussion, enjoy. Eli will be back next week with a monologue and interview.
Listen to episode →Ep. 65: John Lenin
Mar 3, 2023
In this very special episode, Eli looks at the moment when John Lennon stopped giving peace a chance and started hanging out with the black panthers. The guest is the editor at large for Reason Magazine, Nick Gillespie. To learn more about the Beatles in 1967, this is Andrew Hickey's podcast episode mentioned in the show.
Listen to episode →Ep. 64: Gerthquake
Feb 21, 2023
In this episode, the Re-education talks to Jeff Gerth, a pulitzer prize winning investigative reporter about his recent series for Columbia Journalism Review on the media's coverage of Donald Trump and Russia. Read his series here.
Listen to episode →This monologue only episode offers a brief history of content moderation on the internet. From the Communications Decency Act to the Twitter Files. It is based in part on Eli's recent essay in Commentary, American Nomenklatura. https://www.commentary.org/articles/eli-lake/twitter-files-reveal-american-nomenklatura/
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