Hearts of Oak Podcast

Brian of London - Israel Election: High Arab Turnout Complicates Netanyahu Coalition Formation Brian of London joins Peter to unpack Israel’s latest election results and the messy path to a new coalition.
He describes the unusually high turnout (including a packed polling station in his local school), the gap between exit polls and the final count that left Likud ahead but without an easy majority, and why the campaign boiled down almost entirely to “Bibi or not Bibi.” Brian covers the surge in Arab turnout, the absence of a clear successor to Netanyahu, ongoing security realities in Gaza and Lebanon, the decline of the old two-state mindset, and domestic flashpoints such as the judiciary, army service, and demography.
He also reflects on why the world remains so fixated on Israeli politics and how the country is quietly reducing its dependence on external support while still facing perpetual threats. Brian of London completed a PhD in Computational Fluid Dynamics just as the Web was emerging. But then he left academia to do management consulting and eventually moved to Israel to do business. Brian's working on the cutting edge of the new Podcasting 2.0 to make sure this relic of the early web, stays free from capture by the centralising forces of Web 2.0 and their dangerous desire to turn us all into dairy cows. Brian was also the admin on Tommy Robinson's Facebook account that had over a million followers before it was nuked!
In his spare time, he assists with a gigantic class action lawsuit in Australia on behalf of the entire crypto industry.
 
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Callum Smiles joins us once again after filming the recent protests and clashes in Paris. He talks about separating real footage from misleading videos circulating online, what he actually saw on the ground (student-led socialist/communist marches that drew in other groups, organised violence, and targeted shop-smashing), the police response, the heavy rain that eventually shut things down, and the broader mood of tension and anti-Macron feeling. We also cover Marine Le Pen’s rising odds, France’s political and financial pressures, and why Callum thinks similar scenes are unlikely to play out the same way in the UK.
Callum Smiles is an independent British journalist, formerly with Rebel News UK and now working under Callum Smiles Media while being lead reporter for Vox Populi. Known as “the unconventional journalist,” he specialises in on-the-ground reporting of mass migration, the World Economic Forum in Davos (where he has confronted figures including Tony Blair, Larry Fink and Greta Thunberg), and related issues across Europe and beyond. Based in the south of England, he self-films and edits his own work.
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Rikki Doolan joins Peter to share his remarkable journey from teenage drug use and homelessness on the streets of Northern England to becoming a pastor in 2015. He recounts the moment he prayed for help inside Manchester Cathedral, his discovery of gospel music, and how faith transformed his life.
Rikki discusses his involvement with the Unite the Kingdom rallies, leading the crowd in Amazing Grace, and his personal role in Tommy Robinson’s exploration of Christianity, including the prayer of salvation they shared in prison. He also responds to an Observer profile, offers practical advice on finding a church, and previews the Christmas carol event planned for 12 December in central London, which will focus on the birth of Jesus and Britain’s Christian heritage.
Rikki Doolan is a British musician, pastor, and public figure based in Middlesbrough, UK. He is known for his work as a Christian gospel and rock artist, blending rock and pop elements with spiritually inspired lyrics.
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Rabbi Daniel Schonbuch, a Brooklyn-based therapist and author, discusses Viktor Frankl’s ideas on meaning and their relevance to today’s mental health challenges. He then examines what he sees as a growing “red-green alliance” of socialists and Islamists in U.S. politics, focusing on his opposition to Zohran Mamdani in New York and Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, along with shifts in Jewish voting patterns and efforts to build broader coalitions.
Rabbi Daniel Schonbuch, LMFT, is a conservative therapist, writer, and podcaster dedicated to strengthening faith, family, and freedom in New York and beyond. He specializes in Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy, helping individuals discover resilience and meaning in the face of today’s challenges.
He is the author of Viktor Frankl and the Psychology of the Soul and other works on psychology and spirituality. Rabbi Schonbuch hosts the Viktor Frankl Podcast and The Update, where he interviews leading thinkers and cultural voices, bringing a message of meaning and responsibility to a wide audience.He is also the organizer of RallyForNYC.org, a grassroots movement to defeat Zohran Mamdani and restore safety, freedom, and common sense leadership to New York City.
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Dr Clare Craig BM BCh FRCPath studied medicine at Cambridge University moving to Oxford for her final three years of clinical training. After qualifying she practised in the NHS for 15 years specialising as a diagnostic pathologist and becoming a fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists. Subsequently she was the day to day lead for pathology and clinical data in the cancer arm of the 100,000 Genomes Project and worked in A.I. cancer diagnostics.From May 2020, she has worked full time, pro bono, on covid research, distilling the evidence for a lay audience. Since January 2021 she has co-chaired HART with Dr Jonathan Engler. HART (Health Advisory and Recovery Team) is a multi-disciplinary body of experts who have provided an independent source of information on covid issues. Despite attempts to smear her (supported by government) she has continued speaking out and remained a consistent voice of reason and calm throughout the covid era. Her first book, summarising her findings, Expired: Covid the untold story, was published in June 2023.
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The interview begins with James Harvey discussing a temporary Twitter ban after he posted screenshots related to an MP, saying his criticism was of unprofessional conduct rather than homophobia. It then moves to the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, where he argues the Labour result reflects demographic change, block voting, and voters’ lack of policy knowledge.
Harvey also comments on identity and immigration, discussing remarks by Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch and saying major parties are responding to pressure from Reform and Restore Britain. He criticises Islam, immigration, and what he describes as restrictions on speech, linking these issues to housing, wages, and social decline. The conversation ends with his comments on unrest in France and a satirical anti-Trump display in the European Parliament.
 
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Date recorded: 09.10.26
 
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Rabbi Pesach Wolicki returns to Hearts of Oak to discuss rising hostility toward Jews, the meaning of Zion, and the claim that Zionism is racism. He explains Zion as another name for Jerusalem and a biblical marker of what stands at the center of attention, and argues that antisemitism is not a problem Jews can solve. The conversation covers Jewish exile, survival, and return as a historical exception predicted in Scripture, Hamas’s naming of the October 7 attacks the “Al-Aqsa Flood,” and a newer Christian claim that today’s Jews are not the Jews of the Bible. It closes on political fear, demographic change, and hostility to Israel in the UK and Europe.
Rabbi Pesach Wolicki is an Orthodox rabbi, author, and Executive Director of Israel 365 Action. Born in the United States and raised in Canada as the son of a rabbi, he moved to Israel in the early 1990s. He began his public work advocating for families of Israeli soldiers missing in action from conflicts in Lebanon and has since become a leading voice in Jewish-Christian relations. A former synagogue rabbi and dean of a yeshiva, he now lectures widely at Christian institutions and co-hosts the Shoulder to Shoulder podcast with Pastor Doug Reed.
 
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David Erb joins Peter to explain how a college heart crisis led him into chiropractic care. Told he needed immediate surgery and lifelong medication, he says structural correction of a spinal misalignment resolved his symptoms and redirected his life. He describes his practice’s focus on cause rather than symptoms through the five essentials—nutrition, mindset and hope, detoxification, exercise and oxygen, and nervous-system function—and discusses exams, x-rays, thermography, and soft wave therapy. The conversation also covers his book Chemical Religion, his Christian faith, opening a clinic in Zimbabwe, pastoring, and how COVID changed some people’s view of healthcare.
Dr. David Erb, DC, is a chiropractor, speaker, and co-author, with his wife Dr. Kimberly Erb, of Breaking Free from Chemical Religion. Originally from El Reno, Oklahoma, he graduated from Parker College of Chiropractic in Dallas in 1999. A college heart crisis that he says resolved after structural spinal correction led him out of emergency-room work and into chiropractic. He and Kimberly have practiced since 1998 at Erb Family Wellness in Coppell and Southlake, Texas, a MaxLiving clinic focused on corrective care and the Five Essentials. They were clinic chiropractors for several U.S. teams at the 2012 London Olympics, opened a clinic in Zimbabwe in 2010, and have also pastored. He is known for combining spinal correction, nutrition, and Christian testimony in his teaching and writing.
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