In this episode of High Ground, Callie Haroche sits down with Gatestone Fellow, Gordon Chang, to unpack the China playbook, modern warfare, and the forces quietly destabilizing the West.

For decades, the West operates on the belief that trade, diplomacy, and integration will transform China. Instead, the Chinese regime uses the openness of the international system to strengthen itself while undermining the very order from which it benefits, leaving the West strategically blind to the nature of the threat it now faces.

But this conversation goes beyond China. It is about the West’s failure to understand what war looks like in the modern world. War is no longer confined to soldiers, tanks, and conventional battlefields. It is fought through trade, technology, propaganda, algorithms, bioweapons, ideological alliances, political influence, and digital warfare.

This episode explores Chinese influence inside the United States, the instability shaping the global order, and what it will take to identify, confront, and defend against the threats ahead. Gordon Chang argues that taking the high ground begins with seeing the battlefield clearly, rejecting wishful thinking, and restoring the strategic clarity needed to defend free societies.

00:05 Meet Gordon Chang
00:54 The Western Lie
02:37 The Truth About Communism
03:45 The Blood-Stained Flag
05:43 The Art of War
06:55 Cracks in China's Facade
08:31 A Hopeless Generation
10:01 Proxy Wars
10:27 The Red-Green Alliance
12:19 Name the Enemy
13:20 The Enemy Within
14:56 Bioweapons
16:52 Fighting Back
18:50 The Anti-West Axis
23:43 The Taiwan Timebomb
27:58 Buying America
29:43 The Digital Battlefield
31:49 Cutting Contact
33:14 Recognizing Evil
36:58 The High Ground

Callie interviews renowned artist and philanthropist Barbara Hines about her journey toward reclaiming Jewish identity and expressing faith through art. Barbara describes being raised unaware of her Jewishness because her parents, Holocaust survivors who hid their identity, feared antisemitism would rise again; she later learned, piece by piece, that she was part Jewish and came to see Judaism as both heritage and spiritual home. A lifelong seeker who studied religious traditions to find their common drive toward the Divine, she says art is her way to shine a light on the world and reveal beauty as an expression of the soul, using her gifts to inspire others to reconnect with Hashem. She discusses the “pintele yid,” links Purim to concealed and revealed identity, reflects on resilience after October 7th, and emphasizes leadership through perspective, humility, gratitude, and purpose.

00:00 High Ground - Barbara Hines (Original Clean)
00:05 Introduction & Purim
01:02 Holocaust Heritage & Hidden Identity
02:55 Discovering Jewish Roots
04:02 A Spiritual Walkabout
05:18 Art as Expression of the Divine
06:13 The Pintele Yid -- The Jewish Spark
07:07 Barbara's Pintele Yid
12:15 Gratitude as Practice
13:14 Mentors & Guides
16:47 Art, Truth, and Memory
19:16 Post October 7th
21:24 Taking the High Ground
22:36 For the Next Generation
24:36 Rituals and Flow
26:41 Looking Ahead & Returning Home

Colonel Richard Kemp, CBE joins Callie Haroche on חַי‎ GROUND to connect the dots between Soviet-engineered propaganda, European Islamist infiltration, media warfare, and the civilizational stakes of Israel's fight. From the roots of the Palestinian narrative engineered in Moscow, to Iran and Qatar's shadow war on the West, to the radicalization spreading through European streets, Colonel Kemp issues a clear warning: the West is being dismantled from within. He explains why Israel's fight is everyone's fight, and what every free citizen needs to understand right now.

About Col. Richard Kemp, CBE

Colonel Richard Kemp, CBE is a decorated British Army veteran with 30 years of service, including operational tours in Northern Ireland, Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Balkans. He served as Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan and as Head of the International Terrorism Intelligence Team for the UK's Joint Intelligence Committee, briefing the Prime Minister on global security threats. Since leaving the military, Colonel Kemp has become one of the world's most respected voices on Israel, military ethics, and Western security, having witnessed IDF operations in Gaza firsthand across multiple conflicts. He is a prolific writer, media commentator, and consultant in the fields of intelligence, defense, and counter-terrorism, and speaks regularly to students and leaders across the US, UK, and beyond. A Roman Catholic and proud defender of the Jewish state, Colonel Kemp brings rare moral clarity and firsthand expertise to one of the most contested conflicts of our time.

Most people experience time as something that works against them. But what if time wasn't meant to constrain us, but to enhance us? On the first episode of חַי GROUND, Callie Haroche sits down with Rabbi Moshe E. Scheiner to explore a core Jewish idea: that time is not simply something we measure, but a tool for freedom.

This conversation examines the Jewish calendar as a framework for growth, both personal and collective. Drawing on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe alongside Viktor Frankl and Marshall McLuhan, they discuss how conscious engagement with time becomes a leadership advantage in a digital world that often operates without rhythm. When we start treating time as a tool and not a threat, we can shift from survival to self-actualization.

About Rabbi Moshe E. Scheiner
Rabbi Moshe E. Scheiner is the founding Rabbi of Palm Beach Synagogue, which he and his wife, Rebbetzin Dinie Scheiner, established in 1994 and has grown into a thriving community in South Florida. He is known in Palm Beach and beyond for his warm and inclusive approach and is deeply committed to strengthening bonds within the Jewish community and beyond, grounded in mutual values and respect.

His daily videos and reflections reach a global audience, from the United States to Australia. For more information about Rabbi Scheiner, please contact Palm Beach Synagogue.