Special Event: SMU 2023 Scholar-in-Residence
Air Date: | SMU Embrey, StandWithUs, and the SWJC present an Edwin Black Scholar-in-Residence Program featuring riveting lectures and a leadership briefing.
Israel's 9/11: Gaza—Innocent Civilians or Complicit Population?
Air Date: - Season 4 - Episode 33 | On October 7, some 2,000 Hamas terrorists invaded Israel. Atrocities ensued against innocent civilian children, women, and men. Scores were abducted into Gaza. Israel has promised to utterly destroy Hamas and its infrastructure with an “unprecedented response.” Are residents of Gaza innocent civilians? Or are they complicit in Hamas’s acts of barbarity? Foreign policy analyst Josh Block and international legal expert Avi Bell join Edwin; Rachel Ehrenfeld, Juda Engelmayer, Francisco Gil-White, Walid Phares, Sharon Polsky, and Zalmi Unsdorfer provide additional reports from around the world.Show Topics: Israel, Hamas, Palestinians, Israel-Hamas War
Israel's 9/11: The Jewish State Fights Back; Swords of Iron Unleashed
Air Date: - Season 4 - Episode 32 | On October 7, 1,000 Hamas terrorists invaded Israel. Atrocities ensued against innocent civilian men, women, and children. Scores were abducted into Gaza. Israel has declared war and promised to utterly destroy Hamas and its infrastructure with an “unprecedented response.” Yossie Hollander, Nathan Lewin, and Alex Traiman join Edwin, with additional reports from John Hajjar, Walid Phares, Marina Rosenberg, and Dor Weiss.Show Topics: Israel, Hamas, Iran, Israel-Hamas War
The China Threat Part III
Air Date: - Season 4 - Episode 31 | Spyware in apps and hardware, dark money in politics, policing stations on our territory, intellectual property theft as standard operating policy, subtle—and not so subtle—military threats. A proclaimed goal to dominate the world by 2035. What’s happening and how soon? Hudson Institute foreign policy fellow Josh Block joins Edwin. Before we get to the main topic, Avi Bell joins us to give an update on the Israeli judicial reform process.Show Topics: China
Special Event: American Eugenics for Empower U
Air Date: | War Against the Weak: American Eugenics from Long Island to Auschwitz. Edwin Black brings the history and the documents showing the development of eugenics in America and Germany. Brought to you by Empower U.Show Topics: Eugenics, Special Events
Who Are We?
Air Date: - Season 4 - Episode 30 | Is there a designer? Are we merely the result of random molecular encounters over cosmic time? Are we “the universe seeking to understand itself?” What are we? Who are we?Show Topics: Philosophy
The Edwin Black Show is on hiatus for Yom Kippur 2023/5784
Air Date: | We are on hiatus in observance of Yom Kippur.G’mar Hatimah Tova! May you be sealed in the Book of Life! May you have a meaningful fast. We’ll be back on September 28 with another informative, incisive, and illuminating exploration of our fragmented world, our turbulent history, our very very tense present, and our evolving and uncertain future.Show Topics: Hiatus, High Holidays
The Vintage Boys Are Back for Rosh Hashanah 5784
Air Date: - Season 4 - Episode 29 | The usual suspects—Shel Freilich, Joshua London, Ken Abramowitz, Jeff Morgan, and Zalmi Unsdorfer—are back to help Edwin look back at 5783 and forward to 5784. They’ll be advocating for their favorite libations while exploring current events and ancient history. Join us as we welcome the new year!Show Topics: Vintage Boys, High Holidays
On 9/11, A Pause for Remembrance
Air Date: | We remember where we were. We remember the people. We pause for a moment and we remember.Show Topics: 9/11
Unanswered Questions XIII
Air Date: - Season 4 - Episode 28 | Edwin takes on some unanswered—and still burning—questions. Almost every episode, we run out of time before we run out of questions. We save them, and these episodes give us a chance to address topics such as antisemitism, automation and AI, energy, eugenics, privacy, and more. Edwin also accepts new questions via the Zoom Q&A. Join us for another no-holds-barred, nothing-off-the-table session.Show Topics: Unanswered Questions