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War Itself Is a Catch-22
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- War Itself Is a Catch-22
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Have You Kept Your New Year’s Resolution?
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- It’s the second week of 2026. Have you kept your New Year’s resolution?
Arthur Brooks explains the secret to making a resolution that actually sticks.
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- How Iran & Venezuela Chaos Put U.S. in a "Catch-22"
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- 53:49
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- In Venezuela, a U.S. operation that captured President Nicolás Maduro has sent shock waves through the hemisphere. In Iran, a deadly crackdown on nationwide protests has Washington threatening the possibility of direct military action. Meanwhile, war rages on from Ukraine to Sudan. All this instability and conflict makes now a good time to revisit the most acclaimed anti-war novel in American history: Catch-22.
In this episode, Elliot Ackerman—a Marine Corps veteran and former CIA special operations officer—sits down with Shilo Brooks to unpack Joseph Heller’s classic satire, why it speaks so sharply to this moment, and how Americans have been shielded for the past few decades from the true costs of war.
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- Who Are The Minneapolis Residents Disrupting ICE?
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- 2:38
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Citizen activists in Minneapolis are confronting ICE with whistles and bullhorns. They’re organized, intentional, and coordinated.
So who are they? They call themselves ICE Watch.
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- San Francisco's Reparations Law Makes No Sense
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- 1:56
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- San Francisco just voted to give millions of dollars to Black residents because of slavery. Esther Krakue explains why this is an “insanely stupid idea.”
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- EXCLUSIVE: Inside Iran’s Violent Crackdown on Anti-Regime Protesters
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- 2:36
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- The camera pans across a large, brightly lit auditorium lined with dead bodies. Hundreds of them fill the room. Many more are being stacked outside, in the open air, because there is no space left in the hall.
This is one of many harrowing videos recently sent from Iran to Mehdi Parpanchi, executive editor of Iran International, a Persian-language television network based in London. Even under the near-total digital blackout that was imposed by the Iranian government a few days ago, footage and eyewitness reports have continued to reach his team through Starlink.
The protests began a little more than two weeks ago over the collapse of Iran’s currency, first spreading through Tehran’s Grand Bazaar before erupting nationwide. Last week, millions took to the streets across more than 400 cities, according to Parpanchi.
What followed, he said, was a coordinated and unprecedented violent crackdown: at least 12,000 killed nationwide in just two days...
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- Trump's Dangerous Attack on the Fed
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- 1:57
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- The probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell is a pretext for controlling the central bank.
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- How Qatar Bought American Higher Education
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- 2:19
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Qatar outspends every other nation on U.S. higher education. @FrannieBlock shares her reporting on Qatar’s extensive influence campaign.
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- Did Trump Just Solve the Housing Crisis?
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- 1:55
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Trump announced on Truth Social that he would ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes. But, argues Maggie Anders, that won’t solve the underlying problem of overregulation and low supply.
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- Will the Iranian Regime Fall?
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- 1:11:12
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Iran’s security forces have killed at least 2,000 protesters in a brutal crackdown. Can the protesters prevail—and will it take U.S. military intervention to tip the balance?
Experts on Iran—Michael Doran, Roya Hakakian, and Behnam Ben Taleblu—join Rafaela Siewert to break down everything you need to know.
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- Israeli Fans Wrongfully Banned From Football Match
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Israeli football fans were wrongfully banned from attending an away match in England, a new report shows.
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- Climate Realist vs. Climate Alarmists
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- 3:00
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Think for yourself. Subscribe to The Free Press today: https://thefp.pub/3DmLpLi
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- Catastrophe Doesn't Have to Define Your Life
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- 0:29
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- “Catastrophe does not have to destroy your life,” says Father Jonah Teller.
“The resurrected Lord Jesus keeps his scars, which is a really profound thing: He just defeated death—why did he keep his scars? I think he keeps them as a real emblem of hope for us—that no matter what happens to you, it can be triumphed over.”
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- Understanding Iran’s Protests: Is the Regime Finished?
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- 33:46
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Think for yourself. Subscribe to The Free Press today: https://thefp.pub/3DmLpLi
As protests sweep Iran amid economic collapse and a plunging currency, Iranian American journalist Roya Hakakian argues that this uprising may mark a decisive break with the Islamic Republic. Unlike past protest waves—from the 2009 Green Movement to the 2022 “Woman, Life, Freedom” demonstrations—this moment is defined by a broad coalition that includes women, youth, ethnic minorities, working-class Iranians, and even longtime regime supporters such as bazaar merchants, all openly rejecting the system rather than seeking reform within it.
Hakakian explains that the regime’s loss of legitimacy has been accelerated by its failure to provide basic security, exposed during Iran’s humiliating confrontation with Israel, and by growing international pressure, including warnings from the United States. As the government responds with internet blackouts and threats of extreme vi...
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- Property is white supremacy now?
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- 2:19
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Catholic Priest: How to *Fix* Your Life
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- LA Fire Victims Are Fed Up
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- “They let us burn.”
One year later, Los Angeles fire victims are fed up.
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- CDC Reduces Childhood Vaccine Schedule
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- 1:36
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- The CDC announced a new, reduced childhood vaccine schedule this week.
Previously, children were recommended to vaccinate against 18 diseases. Now, that number is 11.
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- Why "Middlemarch" Changed This Catholic Priest’s Life
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- 51:01
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Middlemarch is George Eliot (real name Mary Ann Evans)’s masterpiece. The 900-page Victorian novel is about the people living in a fictional English town in a time of enormous changes.
In this episode, Shilo Brooks sits down with Dominican friar Father Jonah Teller to discuss what makes the book worth reading. Their conversation tackles the novel’s major themes: marriage in all its mismatched forms, political upheaval around reform and the rise of liberalism, the promises and limits of scientific progress, and the facets of human nature revealed in ordinary domestic life. They highlight Eliot’s conviction that there are no truly insignificant lives—that quiet, “unhistoric” acts and small, private decisions are of great importance.
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- Venezuelan Refugee vs. Socialist Mamdani Voters
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- 4:10
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Think for yourself. Subscribe to The Free Press today: https://thefp.pub/3DmLpLi
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- What Do Israelis Think Of The Iranian Uprising?
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- 2:25
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Tim Walz Drops Out
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Tim Walz is proof that no matter how big you get, if you ignore politics at home, you will inevitably fail.
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- The American Detained For Two Years In Venezuela
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Matthew Heath knows better than most Americans what Nicolás Maduro’s regime looked like from the inside.
An honorably discharged U.S. Marine veteran, Heath was wrongfully detained by Venezuelan authorities while traveling through the country in September 2020. He spent over two years in Casa de los Sueños, an infamous detention facility and torture center run by the country’s military counterintelligence.
In the days following Maduro’s capture by U.S. forces, @TanyaLukyanova_ spoke to Heath about his experience in Venezuelan detention and his perspective about what will happen next in the country.
Find their conversation at the link in our bio.
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- Who Is Funding The "Hands Off Venezuela" Protests?
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- 2:17
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- “Hands Off Venezuela” protests are being paid for and organized by The People’s Forum—the same group behind pro-Palestine campus protests.
The group is funded almost entirely by billionaire-turned-Marxist Neville Roy Singham, who has documented sympathies and ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
Frannie Block has investigated his funding network for The Free Press.
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- Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel: What MAHA Gets Dead Wrong—and Right.
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- 1:17:23
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Oncologist and bioethicist Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel joins Rafaela Siewert to cut through America’s wellness confusion and explain what actually drives health, longevity, and quality of life.
Drawing on decades of research and policy experience, Emanuel breaks down why Americans have become sicker—not because of individual moral failure, but because of ultra-processed food, sedentary living, poor sleep, and social isolation. He debunks popular health myths around seed oils, supplements, biohacking, protein obsession, and diet culture, explains when Ozempic and GLP-1 drugs are genuinely life-changing (and when they’re not), and offers a clear, practical framework for eating, exercising, sleeping, and aging well without perfectionism.
Emanuel argues that health is a means, not an end—and that living longer only matters if it helps us live better, more connected, and more useful lives.
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- Niall Ferguson: Trump Was Right to Overthrow Maduro
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- 42:46
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Historian and Free Press columnist Niall Ferguson joins Rafaela Siewert to break down President Trump’s decision to remove Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro—and why he believes the move was “long overdue.” Drawing on the history of U.S. intervention in Latin America, Ferguson explains the logic behind what he calls the new “Trump Corollary,” responds to media claims that the operation was reckless or illegal, and assesses the risks of regime change, the role of covert force, and the global implications for China, Iran, and the balance of power in the Western Hemisphere.
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- The U.S. Captures Nicolas Maduro
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- 1:54
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Early this morning, the Trump administration carried out military strikes in Venezuela and captured dictator Nicollás Maduro and his wife.
Germania Rodriguez Poleo explains why Venezuelans around the world are celebrating and what must come next.
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- The U.S. Captured Maduro. What Comes Next for Venezuela?
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- 1:04:16
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- In the early hours of Saturday morning, Venezuelans awoke to the sound of U.S. helicopters overhead. Per President Donald Trump, the U.S. conducted a “large-scale strike” on facilities in what he has dubbed the “narco state” of Venezuela.
The U.S. has arrested Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Hours after the swift operation, Attorney General Pam Bondi unsealed the U.S. government’s charges against the now-deposed Venezuelan leader: narco-terrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine, drug trafficking, and possession of machine guns and destructive devices.
Then, in a press conference at Mar-a-Lago, Trump said the U.S. would “run” Venezuela “until such time that we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition.”
Why did Trump decide to act in Venezuela? Are the administration’s actions legal? What will happen to Maduro when he reaches American soil? And what will come next—both for Venezuela and for U.S. foreign polic...
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- Mamdani Just Became Mayor. This NYC Lawmaker Is Ready to Fight.
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- 14:14
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Vickie Paladino is the second highest ranking Republican on the New York City Council. She's a Trump supporter who has lived her whole life in the Northeast Queens district she now represents. Critics call her hateful, a bigot, an Islamophobe, and over the last year, she's become perhaps the most controversial GOP lawmaker in the state. But she's also a throwback to a New York that is fast disappearing, a last of the Mohicans figure from the Rudy Giuliani era, and a dealmaker who enjoys the friendship and respect of her Democratic colleagues.
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- It’s Vance vs. Cruz for the GOP’s Future | Former Trump Official Sarah Isgur
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- 20:46
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Think for yourself. Subscribe to The Free Press today: https://thefp.pub/3DmLpLi
Former Trump administration official and legal analyst Sarah Isgur joins Bari Weiss to break down what to expect from the Trump presidency in 2026—and her assessment is blunt. Isgur argues that Trump’s greatest achievement has also become his biggest risk: the consolidation of power inside the executive branch amid a hollowed-out Congress, leaving much of his agenda vulnerable to reversal. She warns that governing by executive order—from immigration to ignoring the TikTok ban—sets dangerous legal precedents and may leave Trump with little lasting legacy. Looking ahead to the 2026 midterms, Isgur predicts chaos driven by collapsing party structures, poor candidate incentives, and rapid voter realignment. She weighs in on potential cabinet shake-ups, the looming Vance-vs-Cruz fight for the GOP’s future, and why Trump is already edging toward lame-duck status—even as the consequences ...
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- Niall Ferguson’s 2026 Forecast: More War, More Antisemitism, Less Unity
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- 39:41
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Think for yourself. Subscribe to The Free Press today: https://thefp.pub/3DmLpLi
In this year-end predictions episode, historian and Free Press columnist Niall Ferguson joins Bari Weiss to map the world heading into 2026—and his forecast is sobering. Ferguson argues we are firmly in “Cold War II,” with China replacing the Soviet Union as America’s primary rival, driving proxy conflicts, economic warfare, and rising geopolitical risk. He explains why China is unlikely to invade Taiwan in 2026, even as tensions intensify through trade, technology, and high-stakes Trump–Xi diplomacy. Ferguson assesses the grim outlook in Ukraine, where war is likely to grind on, the fragile ceasefire and unfinished conflicts in the Middle East, and the growing possibility of U.S. intervention in Venezuela. He closes with a stark warning about the global rise of antisemitic violence, calling it a defining and dangerous trend of the 2020s—and a moral test the West is failing to conf...
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- Bill Maher: Why Tucker Says *Crazy* Things.
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- 1:02
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- There Is No AI Water Crisis.
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- 1:43
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- There is no AI water crisis.
"There are many things to be concerned about when it comes to AI and its impact on our culture and workforce—but water usage should not be one of them," argues Jonas Du.
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- Did Trump’s Allies Help Break Andrew Tate Out of Romania?
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- 49:48
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- “Reject weakness in any form.”
“The world is hypercompetitive. If you’re going to be a man who’s going to sit and say, ‘I’m just sad,’ you are always going to lose in competition to men like me.”
“My sister is her husband’s property.”
“There is no such thing as an independent female.”
This is all Andrew Tate, the controversial “manosphere” influencer, whose content has racked up billions of views online. His blend of self-help rhetoric and shock-value provocation has earned him notoriety, millions of followers, and millions of dollars.
In the 2010s, Andrew rose to prominence alongside his brother, Tristan, through viral clips on TikTok, X, and YouTube, preaching ideas about how to make money, build physical discipline, and become a “high-value man.” He did this while also running a webcam porn business, which involved getting women to perform on camera for paying customers. And he sold...
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- Bill Maher on VIRAL Clash with Ana Kasparian Over Israel
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Bill Maher on Viral Ana Kasparian-Israel Blowup, “Dangerous” Tucker Carlson & Trump’s Biggest Wins
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- 25:37
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Think for yourself. Subscribe to The Free Press today: https://thefp.pub/3DmLpLi
Bill Maher joins The Free Press’s Maya Sulkin for a wide-ranging conversation on political polarization, free speech, and the state of American democracy. Maher weighs in on the viral Ana Kasparian–Israel debate, calls out conspiracy culture on both the left and right, and explains why figures like Tucker Carlson thrive in today’s media ecosystem. From Trump’s biggest wins in the Middle East to identity politics, Gen Z, and what it means to be “politically homeless,” Maher makes the case for intellectual honesty—and why the center still matters.
Maher also hosts Club Random, a long-form interview podcast featuring hour-long, one-on-one conversations with an eclectic mix of guests. Subscribe today wherever you get your podcasts.
Or watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/clubrandompodcast
Bundle FOX One and FOX Nation to stream the entire...
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- The Criticism of Karoline Leavitt's Vanity Fair Photos Is Hypocritical
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- The discourse around Karoline Leavitt’s Vanity Fair photos is revealing, says Tanika D'Souza.
“Shaming someone for the way they look and what they choose to do with their body is either wrong—no matter who they’re shaming—or it’s not. The double standards on display are an example of how political resentment and divisions brew.”
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- Trump Signs Executive Order on Rescheduling Marijuana
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- President Donald Trump just signed an executive order rescheduling marijuana.
For more than 50 years, marijuana was classified as a Schedule I drug—the same category as heroin, ecstasy, and LSD.
Today, Trump moved marijuana to Schedule III—the same category as Tylenol with codeine, ketamine, and testosterone.
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- Bondi Beach: Why the West Can't Solve Islamist Terrorism
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- 1:02:44
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Think for yourself. Subscribe to The Free Press today: https://thefp.pub/3DmLpLi
On Sunday, two gunmen murdered 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney.
It was the latest in a string of attacks over the past several days. Just this week, a Jewish family’s home displaying Hanukkah decorations was fired on more than 20 times in California; a Hanukkah concert in Amsterdam was disrupted by thousands of protesters; and in New York City, one Orthodox Jewish man was confronted on the subway while another was stabbed in the street.
Sadly, we’ve grown accustomed to Jews in the West being regularly targeted—and this pattern has persisted all year. In Washington, D.C., this past May, Israeli embassy employees Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were murdered outside the Capital Jewish Museum. In Boulder, Colorado, this past June, a man used a makeshift flamethrower to attack a gathering calling for the release of Israeli hostages. A...
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- Trump Reschedules Marijuana
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- President Trump just signed an executive order rescheduling marijuana.
For more than 50 years, marijuana was classified as a Schedule I drug—the same category as heroin, ecstasy, and LSD.
Today, Trump moved marijuana to Schedule III—the same category as Tylenol with codeine, ketamine, and testosterone.
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- The Jewish Parents Who Raised Mamdani Voters
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- What does it feel like to be a Jewish New Yorker who realizes their own kid voted for Zohran Mamdani?
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- Can Comedy Save Civilization? Richard Dawkins on P.G. Wodehouse
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- 39:19
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Richard Dawkins is best known as a formidable evolutionary biologist and biting critic of religion. But when he wants a break from polemics and proofs, he turns to P.G. Wodehouse for a belly laugh.
Wodehouse’s satire skewered British aristocrats, Hollywood phonies, and self-important moralists with surgical precision. In this episode, Shilo Brooks sits down with Dawkins to find out why the British humorist remains one of the sharpest writers in the English language.
The conversation ranges from Wodehouse’s outrageous similes and linguistic brilliance to his imprisonment by the Nazis during World War II and to a larger question: why has humor been evacuated from modern intellectual life?
0:00 — Intro
0:53 — Dawkins on fiction and pleasure-reading
2:08 — The boarding-school moment that hooked him
3:08 — Jeeves, Blandings, Mulliner: the Wodehouse map
4:29 — Wodehouse’s life story and the war stain
6:05 ...
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- Republicans Accuse Climate Groups of Doing China’s ‘Dirty Work’ in the U.S.
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Exclusive: 26 states are asking Trump to investigate U.S. climate groups for their ties to China.
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- German Christmas Markets Are Becoming Unrecognizable
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- 2:12
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- After years of terrorist attacks and threats, German Christmas markets are becoming unrecognizable.
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- Are Conservatives Really Divided?
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- 1:54
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- “Social media doesn’t show you the world — it distorts it. It takes a tiny slice of humanity, amplifies the most extreme behavior inside it, and then convinces you that you’re looking at the whole picture.”
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- Antisemitic Terror in Australia
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- 0:37
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- A Dark Night for Australia’s Jews
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- 51:29
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Think for yourself. Subscribe to The Free Press today: https://thefp.pub/3DmLpLi
This Sunday evening at Bondi Beach, the most popular beach in Sydney, two gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration attended by more than a thousand people. At least 16 people were killed. Dozens were wounded. Victims ranged from just 10 to 87 years old.
This attack on Australia’s Jewish community comes after a steady rise in antisemitism in the country.
The FP's Rafaela Siewert sat down for a livestream with Erin Molan and Nomi Kaltmann to discuss what we know about this horrible event.
Erin Molan, a television presenter and host of The Erin Molan Show, was on her balcony near Bondi Beach last night when she heard the shots ring out. Nomi Kaltmann, a journalist, lawyer, and Tablet magazine’s Australia correspondent, told me about what the attack means for her Australian Jewish community.
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- Bari Weiss Sits Down With Erika Kirk | Full Interview
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- 49:36
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Last week, Bari Weiss sat down with Erika Kirk for an hour-long town hall in front of a live audience on CBS.
It was an extremely powerful conversation. Erika and Bari spoke about a lot—rising political violence in this very divided country; the way some people justified or excused Charlie’s murder; what Erika thinks about some of the controversial things Charlie said in his lifetime; her response to Candace Owens and the conspiracy theories Owens and others are peddling; the growing antisemitism on the right; and, of course, her decision to forgive Charlie’s killer.
They also talked about the posthumous release of Charlie’s last book, Stop, in the Name of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Transform Your Life.
This town hall was the first of many conversations and debates Bari will be bringing to CBS News about the things that matter most. Which, of course, are often the hardest to talk about.
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- Woke Outrage Over Pantone's Color Of The Year
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- 0:47
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Pantone’s new Color of the Year is…white—and the internet was not having it.
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- You've Been Lied To About Africa
- Runtime
- 2:04
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- You’ve been lied to about Africa.
