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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Eli Lake and Haviv Rettig Gur on Why Iran's Regime Is Hard to Kill 2026-03-31
When ‘Good Kids’ Go Radical: A Breaking History Special 2026-03-27
Eli Lake and Andrew Sullivan Debate the Iran War 2026-03-19
Modern Terrorism Was Born in the 1970s 2026-02-25
The Reluctant Prince: Can Reza Pahlavi Lead Iran’s Future? Q&A with Eli Lake 2026-02-10
The Making of Modern Iran (Part 2) | The Red-Green Alliance 2026-01-14
The Making of Modern Iran (Part 1) 2026-01-14
A History of Tough Jews 2025-12-22
From the Archives: Why Jews Wrote Your Favorite Christmas Songs 2025-12-10
How Clinton, Trump, and Epstein Rewired America’s Moral Compass 2025-11-26
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s Socrates 2025-11-12
Beautiful Losers: Mamdani & The End of Socialism’s Losing Streak 2025-10-29
Trailer | Spiral: Murder in Detroit 2025-10-21
London Falling: How the Birthplace of Free Speech Became a Censor’s Paradise 2025-10-15
James Comey: The Case That Could Break America 2025-10-01
Defying the Assassin’s Veto: Grace in a Time of Violence 2025-09-17
How a Russian Spy Destroyed a Beautiful Mind 2025-09-03
The Birth of Cool: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything 2025-08-20
Restless Nation | The Red-Green Alliance: The Making of Modern Iran (Part 2) 2025-08-06
BONUS | Eli Lake & Josh Hammer on Russiagate: Do the New Documents Support Treason? 2025-07-30
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