Very excited to have Jamie Weinstein on The Lonely Podcast. Jamie is a journalist and a political commentator. His work has been featured on The Daily Caller, the Rolling Stones, and the Daily Beast, and he has appeared on MSNBC, and Fox News, and was a guest on Real Time with Bill Maher, among others. Jamie is also the host of The Dispatch Podcast Monday show, as well as The Jamie Weinstein Show. One of the reasons I wanted to speak to Jamie is because of his ability to effectively converse with challenging and “controversial” figures like Mehdi Hasan and Bill Ayers. In today’s world, many in the “Podcast Sphere” invite very controversial figures to just “have a conversation.” However, more often than not, these conversations become a tool for bad actors to engage in manipulative propaganda without being effectively challenged by the interviewer. Jamie is an excellent example of how one should engage in challenging conversation with notoriously manipulative guests. In our conversation, we discuss the Oct. 7th massacre and the aftermath, the future of the Jewish community in the diaspora, college campus demonstrations, America’s involvement in the Middle East, the rise in Anti-semitism in Europe, public opinion on Israel, Iran’s military power, how to effectively converse with “controversial figures,” and much more. It was a true pleasure to have a fruitful discussion on these many different topics with Jamie. To support us, please share this podcast with your friends and family to help spread the word . ......................................................................... ......................................................................... TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Introduction 04:00 - Oct. 7th And The Aftermath 08:50 - Oct. 7th's Impact On World Jewry 12:47 - How American Jews Deal With The Oct. 7th Aftermath 16:55 - How Israel Is Being Perceived By The World 20:00 - How Can Europe Deal With Antisemitism? 26:00 - What Is The Fundamental Difference Between Europe and The United States? 29:30 - Do College Campuses Represent America? 39:00 - Are We On The Precipice of Genocide? 40:10 - Should We Be Pessimists Or Optimists About The Future? 44:10 - Why International Institutions Are Anti-Israel? 52:00 - Netanyahu Derangement Syndrome 56:00 - America's Involvement in The Middle East and In Israel In Particular 59:40 - The Consequences of Obama's Foreign Policy In The Middle East 63:00 - Are We Overstating Iran's Military Power? 66:40 - What Americans and Israelis Get Wrong About Each Other? 70:30 - Do Israelis Understand How The World Views Them? 73:00 - Should We Platform Controversial People? 78:00 - How To Prepare For an Interview With a Controversial Figure? ......................................................................... ......................................................................... LINKS: The Dispatch - https://thedispatch.com/article/introducing-the-newest-dispatch-podcast-host/ The Jamie Weinstein Show - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jamie-weinstein-show/id1158060960 Jamie's Interview With Mehdi Hasan - https://youtu.be/YzpFBPwka0s

Very excited to have Matti Friedman on The Lonely Podcast. Matti Friedman is an Israeli-Canadian journalist and a best-selling author of several books, including The Aleppo Codex, Pumpkinflowers, Spies of No Country, and Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai. In October 2014 Matti published two essays in Tablet Magazine and The Atlantic where he recounted his experience as a reporter for the Associated Press working in Jerusalem covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from 2006 to 2011. Matti’s essays shed a concerning light on the way international media is framing and covering the story, how through their “journalistic work” they launder biased reporting that portrays Israel as the villain, and why this one tiny country that constitutes less than 0.5% of the entire Islamic world, became the most covered story in journalism. We recorded this conversation two days after the unprecedented attack against Israel launched by Iran and its proxies, which illustrates again why framing this conflict as an Israeli-Palestinian one is so wrong and misleading. Our conversation was focused mainly on Israel, but we also touched on Matti’s books. We discussed, Matti’s experience at the AP, why Israel gets so much bad press, the role of Qatar and Al-Jazeera in amplifying the propaganda against Israel, the role of Israeli journalists in covering the conflict, whether Benjamin Netanyahu is to blame for the deteriorating US-Israel relations, the almost inevitable future war against Hezbollah, the First Lebanon War and its impact on the way Israel is pursuing wars ever since, Leonard Cohen’s visit to Israel during the Yum Kippur war of 1973, what is the Aleppo Codex and why Matti started investigating the story about the most ancient Hebrew bible in the world, and much more. Matti is one of the more honest journalists out there and if you read his articles, books, or essays it is hard not to conclude that he is doing something that has almost vanished from this world - true investigative journalism. ......................................................................... ......................................................................... YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE ON: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@LonelyPodcast-uh1rp Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4ktRM7SIzVWcAhE9jqGIq3 Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lonely-podcast/id1510273071 ......................................................................... ......................................................................... TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) - Introduction (05:10) - Working for the Associated Press (AP) covering the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (08:20) - Why Israel is getting so much (bad) press? (13:23) - How does the Media launder Palestinian Propaganda? (19:15) - Why framing the story as an Israeli-Palestinian conflict is misleading? (24:48) - How Israel should be covered? (26:40) - Journalism vs. Activism (31:15) - Do Israelis understand how the Media captures them? (39:30) - How is Benjamin Netanyahu prosecuting this war? (44:00) - Is a war with Hezbollah inevitable? (49:50) - Has Israel forgotten how to win wars? (55:10) - Why a change in Israeli leadership is necessary (59:00) - Who By Fire (65:00) - The Aleppo Codex ......................................................................... ......................................................................... MATTI’S BOOKS: The Aleppo Codex: In Pursuit of One of the World’s Most Coveted, Sacred, and Mysterious Books: https://a.co/d/8mpMXVX Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story of a Forgotten War: https://a.co/d/hLwegmh Spies of No Country: Israel's Secret Agents at the Birth of the Mossad: https://a.co/d/h2nl0HY Who By Fire: War, Atonement, and the Resurrection of Leonard Cohen: https://a.co/d/3tyCi3Q

Very excited to have Norman Ohler on The Lonely Podcast. Norman Ohler is a German Novelist, screenwriter, and a New York Times Bestselling author of the Book Blizted: Drugs in Nazi Germany. Norman had just released his brand new book Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age In this conversation, we discuss how and why he started investigating the issue of drugs in the Third Reich. The prevalence of drugs in Germany during the war, the birth of LSD, how it was misused and experimented by the American CIA, the origins of The War on Drugs, what are the medicinal advantages of LSD and psilocybin, how micro-dosing of LSD helped Norman’s mother to treat her Alzheimer disease, the current state of research on psychedelics, and much more. I really enjoyed speaking with Norman and believe that his books are a must-read. Personally, I can say that as someone who has avoided using any kind of drug throughout my life, I have become very curious to at least try micro-dosing after reading Tripped. To support us please share this podcast with your friends and family to help spread the word. ......................................................................... ......................................................................... TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) - Introduction (03:55) - Drugs in Nazi Germany (06:15) - The Role of Methamphetamine in Germany During WWII (07:53) - The Role of Methamphetamine in the German Army (10:34) - The Deteriorating Effects of Pervitin (14:00) - Is Adderall the New Pervitin? (17:15) - Why Performance-Enhancing Drugs Are a Vehicle For Success in Capitalist Societies? (20:55) - The Unintended Results of Legalizations (27:35) - How Should We Introduce Drugs Into Society? (28:50) - The Birth of LSD (40:30) - The Prohibition of Psychedelics (42:45) - The Truth Behind The CIA's Mind-Control Program (47:00) - The Impact of LSD (50:25) - Western Discovery of The Magic Mushroom (56:45) - The Current State of Research on Psychedelics (58:15) - LSD For Mom - The Impact of Micro-dosing on Norman's Mother Who Suffers From Alzheimer ......................................................................... ......................................................................... LINKS TO NORMAN'S BOOKS: Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich - https://www.amazon.com/Blitzed-Drugs-Third-Norman-Ohler/dp/1328663795 Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age - https://www.amazon.com/Tripped-Nazi-Germany-Dawn-Psychedelic/dp/0358646502/ref=sr_1_4?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.UH4U8FknRlqBWMauOVjzBiagdC5oTnBSg5jctwhLnJm8FVIHV5Veuj226ZjDncOaC5rkqH2-kIP9C4I9sEzlamFymeH3gmsi-Pwp0EXQT16ZaCKghjDXNgHDQ4JKs6wgMBTDJ73hB19onQXnmewCHKlxY7xhwPPfi45bjMpKpHLBYkOmukA1Hy6aeKvnmjP8BVzSSaaVJGU2uIVEvTcuvQ.gZ4VrZTW_x9Ykd2ZA9x5UHLzFTT0-eCpGrevF7mIXsw&dib_tag=se&hvadid=580696009408&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9028787&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=1341579547687034599&hvtargid=kwd-307468164419&hydadcr=22563_13493224&keywords=blitzed+by+norman+ohler&qid=1713213229&s=books&sr=1-4

Very excited to have Dr. Einat Wilf on The Lonely Podcast. Dr. Wilf is a public intellectual, and the author of several books, including The War of Return and We Should All Be Zionists. She has a B.A. from Harvard, an MBA from INSEAD in France, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Cambridge University. She is a former member of the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) with the Labor Party and served as an advisor for former President Shimon Peres and Yossi Beilin, who is considered to be the architect of the 1993 Oslo Accords. After witnessing the bloodbath that washed over Israel during the second Intifada in the early 2000th, Wilf started questioning her beliefs about a viable two-state solution and more broadly, what is it that the Palestinians really want. In this conversation, we explore many topics including why the “West” is unable to admit that the majority of the Palestinians never supported a two-state solution, how societies in decline use anti-zionism to divert from their problem and scapegoat the Jews, what Jews, Zionists, and Israelis should do to counter Anti-Zionist hate, what Oct. 7th did to the Israeli psyche, Israel’s existential threat, whether we should qualify the war as against Hamas as opposed to against the Palestinian narrative, and much more. Einat is a fountain of knowledge with unique expertise on this particular and complicated topic and has a very important voice that needs to be amplified. It was a true privilege to speak with her in person in Tel Aviv. To support us, please share this podcast with your friends and family to help spread the word. TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) - Introduction (02:55) - The Misconceptions About the Conflict (06:43) - How Dr. Wilf Changed Her Mind About the Conflict? (11:36) - Dr. Wilf's Aha Moment (15:00) - Why The Western World Insists on a Two-State Solution? (17:30) - Westplaining (19:23) - How We Can Shift The Narrative? (22:28) - How Did We Lose Academia? (25:00) - How The Soviets Created Anti-Zionism (30:00) - "We Can't Have Nice Things Because of Jews" (32:30) - How Societies in Crisis Blame The Jews (36:00) - Can We Save Academia? (38:00) - The Genius Of Making Zionism Toxic (40:40) - What is the Pound Of Flesh Dynamic? (44:00) - The Decline Of Jewish Organizations On Campus (47:30) - How To Counter Anti-Zionism? (50:40) - Understanding Where Anti-Zionism Goes (57:00) - Should We Be Surprised By Oct. 7th? (59:15) - The Palestinian Idea Of a Violent "Return" (61:30) - Do Israelis Understand The Palestinians? (64:30) - Why Did The Arabs Oppose Israel? (68:00) - Israel's Existential Threat (73:30) - Should We Qualify The War As Against Hamas or Against The Palestinians? (75:00) - What Should be The Goal of This War? (78:30) - Comparing Gaza To Japan of 1945 - The Potsdam Declaration (81:30) - Are We Blowing The International Response Out of Proportion? (87:00) - How Would The Americans Respond To An Israeli Firm Stand? (89:00) - A Positive Note

Very excited to have Dr. Robert Glover, on The Lonely Podcast. Dr. Glover is the author of several books including No More Mr. Nice Guy, and Dating Essentials for Men He has a Ph.D. in family and marriage therapy and has been helping individuals from all over the world to change their lives for the better. In our conversation, we talked about what is the Nice Guy Syndrome. How do you identify that you have a problem? why seeking women’s approval is usually detrimental to oneself, gender identity and the current challenges for young men and women in today’s world, the path for changing oneself, the importance of building strong relationships with men, how to date, and much more. As I noted in our conversation, the book No More Mr. Nice Guy had a considerable impact on my life and though it was written over 20 years ago, it is more relevant today than ever. Dr. Glover has a wonderful ability to break down complicated topics and put them in simple, easy-to-understand terms. He did that multiple times during our conversation. This is not the last time I’ll be speaking with Dr. Glover so if you have questions or a subject you think we should explore further please let us know by commenting or sending an email to podsolitude@gmail.com

Very excited to have Sam Quinones on The Lonely Podcast. Sam is a remarkable independent journalist and reporter with over 35 years of experience in the business. Earlier in his career, Sam spent 10 years living in Mexico and working as a freelance journalist, where he published two of his first non-fiction novels. Among many famous journals, Sam wrote for the LA Times, the New York Times, National Geographic, the Atlantic, and many more. Sam is mostly known for his two most recent books, the first, Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic, was published in 2015 and received the National Book Critics Circle award. It was also selected as one of the Best Books of 2015 by Amazon, Daily Beast, Buzzfeed, Seattle Times, Boston Globe, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Entertainment Weekly, and much more. Dreamland provides a grim view into the opiate epidemic in America, explains its roots, and its devastating effects throughout the country. The book had a tremendous impact on the way American society viewed the Opiate crisis and was pivotal in shifting the narrative against big Pharma. His most recent book, The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth, was released in 2021 and was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle award. The Lease of Us provides a deep dive into the history of Fentanyl and Methamphetamine and how these drugs revolutionized the international drug market and drug consumption in America. Sam has a unique ability to provide, on the one hand, a deep explanation of the root causes of the crisis while, on the other hand, sharing extremely touching individual stories that would help one restore faith in humanity. During our conversation, we discussed what led Sam to investigate these issues, namely the opioid crisis and the prevalence of synthetic drugs on America’s streets. His journies around the country in pursuit of the truth, the impact of the “Drugafication of America” on our society, the danger in modern-day synthetic drugs, the unwanted outcomes of the legalization of Marijuana, the role of Big Pharma and big business in this crisis, and Sam’s Marshall Plan to Save America. This was one of my favorite episodes thus far, and I’m sure you will enjoy this conversation as much as I did. ......................................................................... ......................................................................... YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE ON: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ktRM7SIzVWcAhE9jqGIq3 Apple Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lonely-podcast/id1510273071 ......................................................................... ......................................................................... TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Introduction 04: 53 - What brought Sam to write Dreamland 07:17 - How the Mexican Drug Cartels found a new heroin market in America 14:50 - Why Columbus Ohio became the epicenter of the Opioid Crisis? 16:15 - What is unique about the Opioid Crisis that is different than any other drug crisis? 17:30 - Why Fentanyl and Methamphetamine are different than any other drug in history? 24:45 - How "regular people" fall into drug addiction 28:00 - The disease of addiction and effective treatment 32:50 - Why the homelessness crisis is so extreme in San Francisco? 37:00 - Reasons for homelessness 41:00 - the role of Marijuana? 44:00 - The Drugafication of America 49:00 - How effective drugs legalization looks like? 54:00 - The impact of "Dreamland" on the narrative against Big Pharma 60:00 - The Sackler Family and Purdue Pharma 64:00 - The Marshall Plan to Save America ......................................................................... ......................................................................... LINKS TO SAM'S WORK: The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth: https://www.amazon.com/Least-Us-Tales-America-Fentanyl/dp/1635574358 Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic: https://www.amazon.com/Dreamland-True-Americas-Opiate-Epidemic/dp/1620402521/ref=sr_1_1?crid=271W7AI22JU3I&keywords=dreamland%20sam%20quinones&qid=1645989580&s=books&sprefix=dreamland%2Cstripbooks%2C96&sr=1-1 True Tales from Another Mexico: https://www.amazon.com/True-Tales-Another-Mexico-Quinones/dp/0826322964 Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream: True Tales of Mexican Migration: https://www.amazon.com/Antonios-Gun-Delfinos-Dream-Migration/dp/082634254X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Sam’s Website: https://samquinones.com/ Sam on X: https://twitter.com/samquinones7

Very excited to have Cathy Alderman (@ecalderman), on The Lonely Podcast. Cathy is the Chief Communications and Public Policy Officer at the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (@COCoalition), which is probably the largest non-profit dealing with the homelessness issue in Colorado. In our conversation, we discuss the current homelessness crisis in Denver and throughout the United States, whether we have successfully identified the problem and the causes for homelessness, whether the “housing first” policy has proven efficient, and much more. As you will see, Cathy and I truly disagree on many issues, and I was transparent about these disagreements before coming into this conversation. However, I would like to say that I really appreciate Cathy for agreeing to come and talk to me about these issues and engage in an honest debate about these challenging topics. Hope you will enjoy this conversation. The full conversation is also available on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPDgb9SDgkgOXoiy8bt1T6g #homelessness #harmreduction #housingfirst #addiction #addictionrecovery #TheLonelyPodcast #StepDenver

Paul is the current CEO of Step Denver (@StepDenver_CO), a recovery and rehabilitation facility for men located in Denver, Colorado. Beyond his professional credits, Paul’s personal story puts him in a highly qualified position for this job, as someone who suffers from the ‘Disease of Addition,’ as he defines it, and has lived on the streets for a period of two years before finding recovery. In our conversation, we discuss the current homelessness crisis in Denver and throughout the United States, whether today’s drug availability makes the situation worse than it was in the past, what are the root causes of today’s homelessness crisis, what is the “Compassionate” thing to do to treat the homeless, what is Step Denver’s rehabilitation methodology, its measures for success, and much more. Paul was gracious enough to host us in his office and share his personal story and his thoughts about the crisis. For his honesty and openness, I would really like to thank him. Hope you will enjoy this conversation.

Anne-Marie Moyes is the Director of the Korey Wise Innocence Project out of the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she also teaches classes about wrongful convictions. The Korey Wise Innocence Project is a non-profit that helps prisoners who were wrongfully convicted to achieve exoneration through the legal system. The organization also advocates for policy reform at the State level. In our conversation, we talk about the issues with forensic evidence and our general misconceptions about their credibility, how wrongful convictions are obtained, repercussions against prosecutors and police mishandling of cases, the administrative and legal obstacles in achieving exonerations, what effective policy reforms we should aspire to, and more.

“[Putting the Hijab] was the moment that the final nail was hammered into the coffin of my childhood.” I had the honor and privilege of hosting Yasmine Mohammed on The Lonely Podcast. Yasmine is a public speaker, a human rights activist, and the author of Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam. Her book details the terrifying yet inspirational story of growing up in a fundamentalist Muslim family in Canada, forcefully marrying a member of Al Qaida, and how she eventually broke free. Yasmine is also the founder and President of Free Hearts Free Minds, a non-profit that connects women from all over the world who suffer under the boot of radical Islam and provides support to those whose voices cannot be heard. She is also a founding member of The Clarity Coalition, which is composed of Muslims, ex-Muslims, academics, and scholars who are advocating for peace, democracy, liberty, and secular governance. On her podcast, the Forgotten Feminists, she brings forth the stories of inspirational women from restrictive religious backgrounds who have fought and have overcome. Yasmine provides a first-hand testimony to the reality of growing up in a fundamentalist Muslim family and explains how, in the name of tolerance and diversity, the West caves into the hands of religious extremists. To support Yasmine, please follow her on Twitter (X) at @YasMohammedxx and donate to her organization, Free Hearts Free Minds, using the link in the episode notes. For more content, please follow me on Twitter (X) at @evyaduek and subscribe to The Lonely Podcast.

The Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, revoked Mahmoud Abbas's honorary title after his recent statements where he provided a revisionist history of European Jews, Israel, and the Holocaust. However, I view Hidalgo's move as too little too late. Abbas's recent statements should not come as news to anyone curious enough to know about who Abbas really is. From his 1982 thesis "The Relationship Between Zionists and Nazis, 1933-1945" where he argued that the Zionist movement inflated the number of Jews murdered by the Nazis to gain sympathy, to his declaration that Jews have no right to desecrate Al Aqsa with their "filthy feet," to failing to condemn any of the terror attacks committed by Palestinian terrorists against innocent Israelis. Abbas has proven to spew antisemitic rhetoric for several decades and thus should never have received this honor in the first place. To Hidalgo, I would say: "Thanks, but no thanks!"

Tom Wolf is an advocate for homeless policy reform throughout the United States. In 2018, while recovering from surgery, Tom began consuming large amounts of Oxycodone and developed an addiction to drugs. His addiction led him to depart from his family and live on the streets of San Francisco for a period of six months. In our conversation, Tom discusses his personal story on how he moved from being a family man raising two children and having a steady job to living in the Tenderloin neighborhood holding drugs for dealers. In our conversation, we explore the current policies in place namely Housing First and Harm Reduction, the role of law enforcement and social justice reforms, and the financial incentives structured around this issue. To support our show please subscribe and follow us on X at @evyaduek. To learn more about Tom's advocacy work, please follow him at @Twolfrecovery Hope you will enjoy this conversation.

Aboud Dandachi is the author of the book "The Doctor, The Eye Doctor and Me" where he tells his incredible story of living through the Syrian civil war. In our conversation we discuss the chain of events that led Aboud to risk his life and to become a BBC correspondent in the midst of the war, his decision to finally leave Syria, his new life in Canada and lastly, how and why he changed his mind and became a true friend of Israel, a country he once thought of as his enemy.

Introduction to The Lonely Podcast. In this episode we focus on four essential questions: Why is this Podcast worth listening to? What is it all about? How is it going to work? Who the hell is the host??? Please tune in, enjoy and contact us.