In this monologue only episode, Eli asks why CNN, allegedly the most trusted name in news, would employ the disgraced former deputy director of the FBI, Andrew McCabe? After the release of US Special Counsel John Durham's final report on Russiagate, McCabe's deceptions have been laid bare. And yet there he is on CNN helping to explain the news to people waiting for flights at airports. 

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00:15 Monologue

In this episode, Eli examines the end of the new media boom of the 2010s. His guest is Ben Smith, co-founder of Semafor and the author of Traffic.

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00:15 Monologue

18:57 Interview with Ben Smith

In this episode we meet some new RFK rivals like Frank Sinatra and J Edgar Hoover, and catch up with some old ones, like Lyndon Johnson and Jimmy Hoffa. Eli's guest is Harvard Law School professor, Jack Goldsmith.

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0:25 Monologue

1:10:22 Interview with Jack Goldsmith

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"When Bobby hates you, you stayed hated." That's what the man's own father said about the most ruthless Kennedy. In this very special episode, Eli unpacks the legacy of RFK through the lens of his feuds, crusades and grudges. His guest is Tevi Troy, the Re-Education's presidential historian and the creator of 1600 Lessons.

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00:36 Monologue

56:00 Interview with Tevi Troy

In this episode, Eli's monologue looks at the prosecution of Donald Trump in Manhattan for a legally dubious interpretation of campaign finance law. Then he interviews Amber Athey, the Washington Editor of the Spectator Magazine about her new book, Snowflake Revolt.

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00:36 Monologue

13:36 Interview with Amber Athey

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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.

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00:34 Monologue 

32:53 Interview with David Wurmser

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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. 

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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. https://500songs.com/podcast/episode-150-all-you-need-is-love-by-the-beatles/

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00:24 Monologue

1:01:25 Interview with Nick Gillespie

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. https://www.cjr.org/special_report/trumped-up-press-versus-president-part-4.php

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00:54 Monologue

23:29 Interview with Jeff Gerth

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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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