Episode #046 - A Conversation with Joel Pollak

Viewers of our live conversation with Joel Pollak, Senior Editor-at-Large and In-house Counsel at Breitbart News Network, on August 11, 2023, were struck by his profound understanding and insights into the latest news impacting our nation. He drew connections between the political landscapes and ongoing events in Israel's judiciary system and the United States', particularly concerning each country's prominent political figures and the media's impact.

Joel Pollak was born in South Africa and raised in the Chicago suburbs. After graduating Harvard College with high honors in Social Studies, Environmental Science, and Public Policy, he became a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar in South Africa. He later served as chief speechwriter for the Leader of the Opposition in the South African Parliament and completed a Master of Arts degree in Jewish Studies at the University of Cape Town. Back home in the United States, he graduated Harvard Law School and went on to work as a Research Fellow at the Hudson Institute. He ran, unsuccessfully, for U.S. Congress in 2010, but befriended conservative media pioneer Andrew Breitbart along the way, later joining him in Los Angeles, where they worked side-by-side transforming a blog into a 24-hour news website that would go on to change American politics. Today Breitbart.com (https://www.breitbart.com) is one of the top news sites in the U.S., with bureaus in Los Angeles, Washington DC, London, Rome and Jerusalem.

Pollak is the author of the new biography, Rhoda: ‘Comrade Kadalie, You Are Out of Order" (https://www.amazon.com/Rhoda-Comrade-Kadalie-Order-Biography/dp/1776413474/?tag=breitbart035-20). He is also the author of the recent e-book, Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election (https://www.amazon.com/Neither-Free-nor-Fair-Presidential-ebook/dp/B08PNN54BB).

He is also a winner of the Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship and lives in Pacific Palisades, California, with his wife, Julia, and family.

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