College during the Pandemic
Air Date: - Season 1 - Episode 12 | Colleges and universities—from Harvard to the 23–campus California State system—have announced that their courses will move online in the fall. Will students pay tens of thousands of dollars in tuition and costs to sit in their basements and Zoom? Are we about to witness a complete reset of the physical vs. online education system? Can the Ivy League maintain its primacy in a post-pandemic world? Will campus hate merely shift to online harassment? Joining Edwin: historian Asaf Romirowsky, executive director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East(which has chapters throughout America), and archaeologist and historian Alex Joffe, editor of SPME’s BDS Monitor.
The Farhud
Air Date: - Season 1 - Episode 11 | The Farhud—“violent dispossession”—was a bloody, citywide Arab-Nazi pogrom in Baghdad, June 1–2, 1941.Show Topics: Farhud
Palestinian Terrorist: Justice Is Due
Air Date: - Season 1 - Episode 10 | Palestinian terrorist Ahlam Tamimi helped mastermind the infamous August 9, 2001 Sbarro Pizzeria bombing in Jerusalem. Unrepentant, Tamimi has bragged about her role in this act of terror and mass murder. Arnold Roth’s daughter Malki—a US citizen—was among the victims, and Mr.
COVID-19 and Americans of African Descent
Air Date: - Season 1 - Episode 9 | COVID-19 is inflicting disproportionate illness and death on Americans of African descent. Why? What can America do about it? Civil rights icon and eminent physician William G. Anderson, D.O. and Oliver Brooks, M.D., president of the National Medical Association join Edwin.
The Pandemic's Effects on Publishing
Air Date: - Season 1 - Episode 8 | Can the publishing business as we know it survive the pandemic and its economic fallout? Authors Martin Barillas, author of Shaken Earth; Clyde Ford, author of Think Black; and Dwight Harshbarger, author of A Quiet Hero join Edwin to discuss the changing environment.
75th Anniversary of Surrender of Third Reich
Air Date: - Season 1 - Episode 7 | May 8, 2020 was the 75th anniversary of the Third Reich’s unconditional surrender to the Allies. Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Dr. Rick Halperin, Director of SMU’s Embrey Human Rights Center and former Amnesty International board member, and Dr. Chris Lovett, professor of Modern European and Military History at Emporia State University, plus questioners from many nations, join Edwin.
COVID-19 Spawns Lawsuits
Air Date: - Season 1 - Episode 6 | COVID-19 has already spawned a pandemic of personal and group litigation against employers, universities, restaurants, and stores—to name a few. Thousands of lawsuits have already been filed in state and federal courts. Certainly, some claims and compensation will have to be adjudicated, but America cannot re-open and thrive under a litigious scourge. Seasoned commercial litigators Bruce Ogron in Chicago and Aaron Eitan Meyer in New York join Edwin to probe the implications.
COVID-19 and Personal Liberties
Air Date: - Season 1 - Episode 5 | Personal liberties may be the greatest victim of COVID-19, as new individual tracking devices and protocols are rushed into place to enforce social distancing. Jules Polonetsky, CEO of the Future of Privacy Forum, and Sharon Polsky, president of the Privacy and Access Council of Canada, join Edwin to shine a light on this dark new threat.
COVID-19 and Campus Hate
Air Date: - Season 1 - Episode 4 | COVID-19 has been a boon to campus anti-Semitic hate mongers who demonize Israel. Jacob Baime, executive director of Israel on Campus Coalition, Roz Rothstein, CEO of StandWithUs, and Asaf Romirowsky, executive director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, join Edwin to probe how the BDS movement and other anti-Jewish groups have adopted tactics in the new Remote Age—and then took questions.