Canada Crumbling
Air Date: - Season 5 - Episode 17 | 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.
We’re off this week (July 18); next up: Canada Crumbling
Air Date: | There's no Edwin Black Show on July 18; the next show, July 25, is our look at what’s happening in Canada, with keen observer and privacy expert Sharon Polsky. In the meantime, please have another look at our attempt to answer the question: “Who Are We?”Show Topics: Hiatus
Unanswered Questions XVI
Air Date: - Season 5 - Episode 16 | 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 the Israel-Hamas War, global antisemitism, automation and AI, corporate bad behavior, privacy, China, electoral chaos, and more. Edwin also accepts new questions via the Zoom Q&A. Join us for another no-holds-barred, nothing-off-the-table session, with Talia Carner, Daniel Pipes, Sharon Polsky, and Zalmi Unsdorfer providing additional reporting.
Happy Independence Day 2024!
Air Date: | There's no Edwin Black Show on the 4th of July; the next show, July 11, is our next round of answering unanswered questions. Please enjoy an encore of America the Great—or the Awful along with your Independence Day celebrations.Show Topics: Hiatus
The Vintage Boys Are Back for Independence Day 2024
Air Date: - Season 5 - Episode 15 | Get ready: the Vintage Boys—Ken Abramowitz, Shel Freilich, Joshua London, Jeff Morgan, and Zalmi Unsdorfer—are back to help Edwin observe the Fourth of July. We’ll be talking serious election selection and without deflection. As well, our favorite whiskeys, wines, and other libations will be on display. BYOB, and don’t miss it. To Love of America, Love of Israel, and Love of Fine Fluid.Show Topics: Vintage Boys
We’re off this week (June 20); next up: Vintage Boys 4th of July
Air Date: | There's no Edwin Black Show on June 20; for the next show, June 27, we welcome the Vintage Boys back for Independence Day. In the meantime, please enjoy another look at last year's Vintage Boys 4th of July.Show Topics: Hiatus
Central Control Part 2
Air Date: - Season 5 - Episode 14 | It‘s the ultimate threat to our freedoms. Policy analyst Josh Block and computer forensics expert Bob Zeidman join Edwin for another look at the hazards. (See Part 1.) In addition, four pro-Israel authors describe the “climate of fear” and censorship related to Zionism at the Authors Guild, and ethics analyst Faye Lincoln assesses the situation.Show Topics: American Society, Artificial Intelligence, Censorship, Antisemitism
We’re off this week (June 6); next up: Central Control Part 2
Air Date: | There's no Edwin Black Show on June 6; the next show, June 13, is another examination of the hazards posed by Central Control, with Bob Zeidman and Josh Block. While we're off, please have another look at “Bold Authors.”Show Topics: Hiatus
International Farhud Remembrance Day 2024
Air Date: - Season 5 - Episode 13 | 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.Show Topics: Farhud
We’re off this week (May 23); next up: International Farhud Day
Air Date: | There's no Edwin Black Show on May 23; the next show, May 30, is our observance of International Farhud Day. In the meantime, please have another look our 2021 Farhud Day show, when Edwin and his guests, Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Lyn Julius, Rabbi Elie Abadie, and Zalmi Unsdorfer, pondered where and when such an event might happen again.Show Topics: Hiatus