Breaking History

Every now and again, a work of art is so profound that it breaches the boundary between fact and fiction and affects current events. And if you had to rank the most politically resonant artworks Ameri...

19 Feb 202548min

Last month, L.A. burned. It was one of the most predictable disasters on record. A century of development on land whose ecosystems were forged in wildfire; years of increasingly regular blazes; months...

5 Feb 202547min

Donald Trump, just sworn in as the 47th president, was reelected to be a wrecking ball, a middle finger, the people’s punch to the Beltway’s mouth. And while this populist moment feels “unprecedented,...

22 Jan 202535min

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 cov...

14 Jan 20252min

*This episode originally ran on December 23, 2024 on Honestly with Bari Weiss*  Did you know that the Americans who wrote nearly all of the Christmas classics were . . . Jewish? Many of these songwri...

14 Jan 202538min

*This episode originally ran on November 12, 2024 on Honestly with Bari Weiss*  Even your most optimistic Mar-a-Lago member didn’t see Donald Trump winning the popular vote and taking all seven swi...

14 Jan 202541min

*This episode originally ran on November 2, 2024 on Honestly with Bari Weiss*  Bullshit is an American tradition. Think the theatrics of P.T. Barnum, miracle products sold ad nauseam on television ...

14 Jan 202539min

*This episode originally ran on October 12, 2024 on Honestly with Bari Weiss*  We all know the horrid tale of what happened in Israel on October 7, 2023. Waves of gunmen attacked families in their ho...

14 Jan 202542min