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How A Strange Group of Heroes Defeated Russia

How A Strange Group of Heroes Defeated Russia

Mar 05, 2025

Ronald Reagan’s speech in front of the Berlin Wall in 1987 is legendary for its six simple words: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” And two years later the wall fell. In another two years, the ...

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Why We Can't Escape JFK Conspiracy Theories

Why We Can't Escape JFK Conspiracy Theories

Feb 19, 2025

Every now and again, a work of art is so profound that it breaches the boundary between fact and fiction and affects current events. And if you had to rank the most politically resonant artworks Ameri...

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Paradise Burning

Paradise Burning

Feb 05, 2025

Last month, L.A. burned. It was one of the most predictable disasters on record. A century of development on land whose ecosystems were forged in wildfire; years of increasingly regular blazes; months...

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Trump’s Populism Isn’t a Sideshow. It’s as American as Apple Pie.

Trump’s Populism Isn’t a Sideshow. It’s as American as Apple Pie.

Jan 22, 2025

Donald Trump, just sworn in as the 47th president, was reelected to be a wrecking ball, a middle finger, the people’s punch to the Beltway’s mouth. And while this populist moment feels “unprecedented,...

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Introducing: Breaking History

Introducing: Breaking History

Jan 14, 2025

Sometimes the news moves so fast, you have to look closely to know if you’ve seen it before. And that’s what this show is about. Breaking History breaks down the news, by breaking down history. We cov...

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Why Jews Wrote Your Favorite Christmas Songs (From the Honestly Archives)

Why Jews Wrote Your Favorite Christmas Songs (From the Honestly Archives)

Jan 14, 2025

*This episode originally ran on December 23, 2024 on Honestly with Bari Weiss*  Did you know that the Americans who wrote nearly all of the Christmas classics were . . . Jewish? Many of these songwri...

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Resistance or Opposition: Which Route Should the Democrats Take? (From the Honestly Archives)

Resistance or Opposition: Which Route Should the Democrats Take? (From the Honestly Archives)

Jan 14, 2025

*This episode originally ran on November 12, 2024 on Honestly with Bari Weiss*  Even your most optimistic Mar-a-Lago member didn’t see Donald Trump winning the popular vote and taking all seven swi...

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Trump and the Art of the Bullshitter (From the Honestly Archives)

Trump and the Art of the Bullshitter (From the Honestly Archives)

Jan 14, 2025

*This episode originally ran on November 2, 2024 on Honestly with Bari Weiss*  B******t is an American tradition. Think the theatrics of P.T. Barnum, miracle products sold ad nauseam on television ...

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The Hundred Year Holy War (From the Honestly Archives)

The Hundred Year Holy War (From the Honestly Archives)

Jan 14, 2025

*This episode originally ran on October 12, 2024 on Honestly with Bari Weiss*  We all know the horrid tale of what happened in Israel on October 7, 2023. Waves of gunmen attacked families in their ho...

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How Republics Unravel: From Rome to…America? (From the Honestly Archives)

How Republics Unravel: From Rome to…America? (From the Honestly Archives)

Jan 14, 2025

*This episode originally ran on September 26, 2024 on Honestly with Bari Weiss*  In September 2024, a man armed with an assault rifle was apprehended on a southern Florida golf course. He was plannin...

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