Newsletters
Sign In
Subscribe
Breaking History
How Clinton, Trump, and Epstein Rewired America’s Moral Compass
In the White House, there’s a history of justifying the unjustifiable, from the naughty ’90s to today.
November 26, 2025
Eli Lake
47M
BONUS: Why the Ramones, Tom Paine, and Steve Jobs Are All Punk
The editor at large at ‘Reason’ takes listeners through the cultural and political moments that birthed the punk aesthetic.
November 19, 2025
Eli Lake
21M
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s Socrates
The roots of punk go back much further than you think. Like 2,400 years back…
November 12, 2025
Eli Lake
39M
The DSA Is More Radical Than Ever—and Winning
A Mamdani victory would be the biggest win in the history of American socialism. Will it temper their radicalism—or encourage their worst instincts?
October 29, 2025
Eli Lake
Beautiful Losers: Mamdani and the End of Socialism’s Losing Streak
How a movement once exiled to the margins found its way back into power, and what Mamdani’s likely victory means for the American left.
October 29, 2025
Eli Lake
57M
London Falling: How the Birthplace of Free Speech Became a Censor’s Paradise
This week's Breaking History podcast traces the life of John Stuart Mill to understand why free expression is under threat across the pond.
October 15, 2025
Eli Lake
50M
Defying the Assassin’s Veto: Grace in a Time of Violence
How the first black woman elected to Congress chose courage over cynicism when facing segregationist George Wallace.
September 17, 2025
Eli Lake
40M
How a Russian Spy Destroyed a Beautiful Mind
Eli Lake tells the story of James Jesus Angleton, a founding father of the CIA who lost himself in the face of Soviet interference.
September 3, 2025
Eli Lake
1HR 8M
Breaking History: The Invention That Changed Everything
How air-conditioning became one of the most powerful invisible forces shaping modern life.
August 26, 2025
Bari Weiss
30M
The Invention That Changed Everything
How did air-conditioning become one of the most powerful invisible forces shaping modern life?
August 20, 2025
Eli Lake
27M
The Ties That Bind Islamists and Progressives
The Gaza war has reignited the strange alliance between the Western left and fanatical Islamists.
August 6, 2025
Eli Lake
The Making of Modern Iran
Eli Lake dives into the paradox at the heart of Iranian history: how a country that has revolted time and again always ends up governed by kings.
July 18, 2025
Eli Lake
1HR 8M
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts
