Barry Weiss
speaker
976 appearances
13 recordings
2 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard Mar 2025
Barry Weiss’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
Trend
recordings per month · last 12 monthsNo recordings in the last 12 months.Older appearances are listed below; set an alert to hear about the next one.
Appearances
Tyler, one of the things I've noticed a lot recently is we've known this for a long time on the left and now we're seeing the exact thing on the right, is that all of the incentives and all of the excitement is on the extreme and the political center is collapsing.
As someone who I think situates yourself somewhere in the center, what do you make of that phenomenon and is there any way to make the center cool again?
Jeff, what's the last book you read that you'd recommend to our listeners?
Tyler, does America need a religious revival?
Are we replacing God with AI, Jeff?
How do we do that, Tyler?
Tyler Cowen, Jeffrey Cain, thank you so much for coming on, honestly.
Thanks for listening. If you like this conversation, if it made you think differently about AI, China, tariffs, or any of the above, share it with your friends and family and use it to have an honest conversation of your own. Last but not least, if you want to support this show, there is one way to do it. It's by going to the Free Press' website at thefp.com and becoming a subscriber today.
We'll see you next time. Hi, Honestly listeners. Barry here with a really exciting announcement. The world today, as you know, is confusing, chaotic, unpredictable, bizarre, times scary, at other times just absurd. But chances are, whatever crisis is currently blowing up your phone, it's probably happened before, or at least a version of it.
And there's so much we can learn from looking to the past. That's why we have just launched a brand new podcast with free press reporter and history buff Eli Lake. It's called Breaking History. If you turn on cable, you're going to get superficial commentary on what's going on in the world today.
But if you listen to this show, you're going to learn deep things about history and about how whatever's going on right now is tethered to the past. Because before there was the Columbia Tentafada, there was the Weather Underground. Before there was Russiagate, there was the Red Scare. Before there was Donald Trump, there was Huey Long and Andrew Jackson.
As George Santayana warned, those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat it. So tune in every other Wednesday as we remember, rediscover, or learn it for the very first time. Do me a favor, pause me right now, stop listening to me, and go subscribe to Breaking History on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'll be waiting. Go ahead.
I am seriously so excited about this show. Eli's brilliant. I learn every single time I listen to him and I read him. And I know if you love this show, you're going to love his. Thank you. Breaking History every other Wednesday from the Free Press.
Thank you. Good sleep is essential to a nighttime routine. It gives me the energy to tackle the day and feel my best. And right now, I'm not getting that because we have two little kids, but hopefully I'll get back to that soon. But good sheets help, and Cozy Earth has them. They prioritize quality and care with a 100-night sleep trial.
Try their sheets for up to 100 nights, and if you don't love them, return them for a full refund. You can't go wrong. For cozy nights and relaxed mornings, their bamboo pajama set is another must-have. It's soft, breathable, and sleeps cooler than cotton, which keeps you perfectly comfortable year-round. A better year starts with better sleep. Wrap yourself in cozy earth.
visit CozyEarth.com slash Barry and use my exclusive code B-A-R-I for up to 40% off. That's CozyEarth.com slash Barry. If you get their post-purchase survey, mention that you heard about Cozy Earth from Honestly with Barry Weiss.
Hell yeah! I'm Barry Weiss, and I am thrilled to be here with you tonight. Did you guys know that Joseph Stalin could sing with perfect pitch? Or that he was so scared of his wife that he would hide from her in the bathroom? Did you know that Peter the Great liked to surround himself with a lot of naked dwarves?
Did you know that Catherine the Great, long smeared as a nymphomaniac, was actually a lovelorn monogamist? Or that King Herod's genitals once exploded with maggots? Most historians bore you with dry accounts of battles and treaties, and honestly, I don't remember any of it. But not my guest tonight, not Simon Sebag Montefiore, who writes 900 pagers that you cannot put down.
Sebag is one of the most important historians alive today. His many books, like Stalin, The Court of the Red Tsar, The Romanovs, and Catherine the Great, to name a few, are essential to understanding power, politics, revolution, dictatorships, and above all, human nature. Most of his books are biographies of people, but Jerusalem is a biography of a city.
A city, as he writes, that is the house of the one God, the capital of two peoples, the temple of three religions, and the only city to exist twice, in heaven and on earth. The book takes you through Jerusalem's 3,000-year history, from King David to Bibi Netanyahu. It is a must-read. It has sold more than a million copies, many of them in China, which we're going to learn about.
Showing 301–320 of 976 · page 16 of 49
← Previous
Next →