Edwin and the Ballot Boys—Josh Block and Juda Engelmayer—continue their incisive analysis of what’s ahead and what’s at stake in this contentious and consequential US election season. People on both sides view the other as existential threats. Where do we go from here?

In addition, Sharon Polsky reports on Canada, Marc Zell reports on voting from Israel, and Clare Lopez updates us on China.

The Ballot Boys—Josh Block and Juda Engelmayer—join Edwin to kick off the show’s election season coverage. Join us for a blunt look at what’s ahead—and what’s at stake, with additional reporting from Sharon Polsky and Marc Zell.

Americans have long thought of Canada as a haven of freedom and democracy, but the utopia to the north is gone. Is Canada descending into “post-national” intolerance, authoritarianism, and uber-control? Canadian Jews and many others are pondering emigration as Canada crumbles. Astute Canadian observers Sharon Polsky, Tom Korski, and Rob Anders join Edwin. In addition, Juda Engelmayer, Zalmi Unsdorfer, and Ken Abramowitz get us started on the tempestuous US election season.

For International Farhud Remembrance Day, we ask: Is it coming to America? Are anti-Jewish arson, murder, and riots coming—this summer? We commemorate the horrific Arab-Nazi pogrom inflicted on the Jewish citizens of Baghdad and other Iraqi cities on June 1–2,1941—The Farhud. This violent dispossession was the beginning of the Nazi-style process of persecution and exclusion that would conclude with the expulsion of the Jews and the end of the 2,700-year-old Iraqi Jewish community. Yossie Hollander, Rabbi Elie Abadie, Sheldon Freilich, and Juda Engelmayer join Edwin to ask whether and when—and where—the next murderous riot might come to America.

Travel Warriors Josh Block and Juda Engelmayer join Edwin with reports, reviews, and recommendations for their favorite restaurants, at home and around the world.

AI is already reshaping how wars are fought. Foreign policy analyst Josh Block joins Edwin for an urgent look at the military impact of AI. How bad can it get?

Rabbi Elie Abadie, Juda Engelmayer, David Suissa, and Zalmi Unsdorfer provide additional reporting.

The Great War that changed the world forever. 8 million dead, 21 million wounded, 2 million missing in action, $180 billion spent—and no one knows why. But it seeded one more world war … and possibly two. Historians Chris Lovett and Sam Edelman join Edwin, with Juda Engelmayer and Zalmi Unsdorfer providing antisemitism and Hamas War reporting.

Jewish people across the world have long wondered when and where the next Kishinev, Kristallnacht, or Farhud would occur. The answer (as we correctly speculated during our June 2023 Farhud Remembrance show) was Israel. It happened on October 7, 2023, as Israelis were wrapping up their Sukkot celebrations. Some 2,000 Hamas fighters attacked, killing and raping innocent civilians, kidnapping grandmothers and children, and live-streaming their barbarous acts. Violent pro-Palestinian—and outright pro-Hamas—demonstrations have erupted everywhere, from campuses to streets. Jews across America are beginning to ask the unthinkable question and ponder the unthinkable prospect: can it happen again—this time in America?

Holocaust education leader Yossie Hollander, eminent civil rights attorney Nathan Lewin, and crusading Brandeis Center President Alyza Lewin join Edwin for part three of the discussion that nobody ever wanted to have (part one; part two), with special reports by Alan Dershowitz and Juda Engelmayer.

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.

Tested road warriors Josh Block, Juda Engelmayer, and Sharon Polsky join Edwin to converse and commiserate about the best hotels, airlines, and restaurants around the world.

Hold those reservations.