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Breaking History
The Slow Death of Journalism, with Matt Taibbi
Matt Taibbi and Eli Lake revisit the Twitter Files, the Hunter Biden laptop story, and the slow unraveling of trust in the American press.
Eli Lake
49M
How the Democratic Socialists Conquered New York City
Journalist Harry Siegel joins Eli Lake to trace how how the DSA’s far-left hard-liners and barista sociology majors took over the Democratic Party in…
Eli Lake
59M
Who Owns the Declaration of Independence?
Michael Anton sits down with Eli Lake to discuss the life of Harry Jaffa, the forgotten philosopher who spent 40 years proving the Declaration of…
Eli Lake
1HR 17M
The Part of the Declaration Nobody Reads
Everyone knows the preamble. Almost nobody reads the 27 grievances that follow it. Historian Robert Parkinson says that’s exactly backward.
Eli Lake
Eli Lake and Haviv Rettig Gur on Why Iran’s Regime Is Hard to Kill
A deep dive into the ‘resistance’ ideology of the Islamic Republic, and why it embraces sacrificing society to outlast its enemies.
Eli Lake
1HR 26M
A History of Tough Jews
From Nazi rallies in 1930s New York to synagogue mobs today, the case for Jewish self-protection is no longer theoretical.
Eli Lake
47M
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.
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.
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…
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?
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.
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.
Eli Lake
50M
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