Sometimes the news moves so fast, you have to look closely to know if you’ve seen it before. And that’s what this show is about. Breaking History breaks down the news, by breaking down history. We cover everything from LBJ and the Roman Republic to Donald Trump and the chaos at Columbia. This twice a month show from The Free Press delivers the best historians, authors, and reporters by mining the archives of human experience to figure out the present. George Santayana wrote, “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Tune in to Breaking History to resist the repetition.
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The Making of Modern Iran (Part 2) | The Red-Green Alliance (01:28:35)
In our last episode, we traced the rise of the Pahlavi dynasty and the forces building toward Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. In Part 2, we turn to the man who brought that monarchy to an end: Ayatol...
The Making of Modern Iran (Part 1) (01:11:10)
Breaking History dives into the paradox at the heart of modern Iran: How a nation born in revolt, from the tobacco protests of the 1890s to the 1979 Revolution, has time and again empowered autocrats ...
A History of Tough Jews (00:50:00)
After October 7, Jews around the world were reminded of an old, unsettling truth: Governments do not always protect minorities when mobs turn violent. From Bondi Beach to New York synagogues, the prom...
From the Archives: Why Jews Wrote Your Favorite Christmas Songs (00:39:54)
Did you know the soundtrack of Americans’ Christmas was written largely by . . . Jews? Most of the composers behind the holiday canon were the children of immigrants who fled pogroms and conscription ...
How Clinton, Trump, and Epstein Rewired America’s Moral Compass (00:51:08)
We revisit the scandal-soaked 1990s—Packwood, Thomas, Clinton—and explore how failing to enforce norms around abuse of power helped create the world in which the Epstein scandal could flourish. This e...
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s Socrates (00:41:52)
We are coming up on the 50th anniversary of punk, the genre that smashed the old rock gods and stripped down the music to its essence. In this episode of Breaking History, we examine the examined lif...
Beautiful Losers: Mamdani & The End of Socialism’s Losing Streak (01:00:22)
For 124 years, the American socialist movement has been defined by defeat. From Eugene Debs’ doomed presidential runs to Michael Harrington’s quiet organizing, it’s been a story of almosts: almost mai...
Trailer | Spiral: Murder in Detroit (00:01:28)
On October 21, 2023, beloved Detroit community leader Samantha Woll was found brutally stabbed to death outside her home—two weeks to the day after the October 7 attacks on Israel. It looks like an op...
London Falling: How the Birthplace of Free Speech Became a Censor’s Paradise (00:52:47)
Once, Britain was the cradle of free speech- the land of Milton, Orwell, and John Stuart Mill. But in 2025, police are arresting citizens for tweets, comedians are detained for jokes, and ordinary peo...
James Comey: The Case That Could Break America (00:55:44)
James Comey isn’t a hero. But prosecuting him like this? It’s not justice—it’s political theater. In this episode, we tell the origin story of Comey, the now indicted former FBI chief, and unpack the ...
Defying the Assassin’s Veto: Grace in a Time of Violence (00:44:38)
In a week when political violence has returned to the national stage, we revisit a moment from the 1970s when Shirley Chisholm, the first black congresswoman, visited segregationist Alabama governor G...
How a Russian Spy Destroyed a Beautiful Mind (01:11:55)
This week Breaking History dives into a century-old mind game: Russia’s information war against America. More specifically, how it keeps driving us crazy. From Soviet spycraft to this summer’s Russiag...
The Birth of Cool: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything (00:29:32)
How did air conditioning go from a niche invention for factories to a force that reshaped cities, industries, and even human behavior?
In this episode of Breaking History, we dive deep into the sur...
Restless Nation | The Red-Green Alliance: The Making of Modern Iran (Part 2) (01:28:05)
In our last episode, we traced the rise of the Pahlavi dynasty and the forces building toward Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.
This week, we turn to the man who brought that monarchy to an end: Ayat...
BONUS | Eli Lake & Josh Hammer on Russiagate: Do the New Documents Support Treason? (01:09:47)
Do the new Russiagate releases justify Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s accusation of “treasonous conspiracy”? In this bonus episode, Eli Lake and commentator Josh Hammer get into the...
Restless Nation | The Making of Modern Iran (Part 1) (01:11:39)
Breaking History dives into the paradox at the heart of modern Iran: How a nation born in revolt, from the tobacco protests of the 1890s to the 1979 Revolution, has time and again empowered autocrats ...
America Has Always Been a Dangerous Idea (00:56:31)
As our nation turns 249 this week, we explore the radical and enduring power of the Declaration of Independence. More than just a break from the British Empire, the Declaration was a bold statement of...
BONUS: David Albright and Eli Lake on Iran’s Nuclear Program (00:48:26)
Eli Lake and nuclear weapons expert David Albright discuss the Islamic Republic’s arsenal and whether or not Israel can destroy it on its own.
This episode was originally a subscriber-only livestre...
The Buckley Stops Here: Trump And The Death of Conservative Civility (00:57:17)
William F. Buckley, one of the founding fathers of the American right, would have turned 100 this year. He, more than any other figure, is responsible for creating the American conservative movement t...
BONUS: Haviv Rettig Gur and Eli Lake on Israel's Strike (01:23:25)
This was recorded as a Free Press livestream. To be part of these conversations as they happen live, become a part of The Free Press. You can do that by going to TheFP.com and subscribing now.
The ...
BONUS: Conversations with Coleman & Bari Weiss (01:09:43)
We’re sharing the latest episode of Conversations with Coleman, a podcast that joined The Free Press network this week. Coleman Hughes engages deep thinkers and curious minds in sharp, surprising, and...
Partition’s Ghost: How Pakistan Became a Deep State (00:55:01)
Last month, two nuclear powers exchanged blows after terrorists mowed down 26 tourists in Kashmir, yet it didn’t turn into a hot war. We got lucky. But sadly, the next India-Pakistan war seems like on...
Vulgarians at the Gate: How Censors Lost the Culture War (01:10:02)
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Since Donald Trump won the presidential election, American institutions are shedding what remains of wokeness nearly everywhere. From Columbia University to Facebook, the o...
How North Korea Got the Nuke (00:59:48)
As Iranian nuclear ambitions force their way back onto America’s agenda, it’s worth looking at the story of North Korea, the original ‘madman’ nation that bullied its way to the nuclear table.
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The Opium War: The Original Trade War (00:52:06)
It’s been two weeks since President Donald Trump declared war on the global economic system his predecessors painstakingly built up since 1945. Then he partially reversed course, paused most of the ta...
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