The Stakscast with Erick Stakelbeck

A historic reset is unfolding in 2026—and the stakes couldn’t be higher. In this powerful episode of The Staksast, Erick Stakelbeck is joined by ambassador Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, for a wide-ranging, no-spin breakdown of what’s next for Israel, America, and the Middle East as massive protests spread across Iran.

 

Ambassador Leiter explains why the Iranian people—92 million strong—are rising up after decades under the boot of the mullahs, a regime that has starved its own citizens of basic necessities while funneling billions to terror proxies worldwide. If the ayatollahs fall, Leiter says, the ripple effects could be seismic—opening the door to a new era of regional peace… and maybe even something he calls the “Cyrus Accords.”

 

We also dig into:

Why Iran’s missile program isn’t just regional—it’s aimed at the United States

How Iran funds its terror empire: Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis

Behind the scenes of the Trump–Netanyahu Mar-a-Lago meeting

The surprising new signals coming out of Damascus—and Israel’s cautious talks with Syria

The growing “Qatar over Israel” deception—and why Israel remains America’s most reliable strategic partner

This is a must-watch conversation about peace through strength, the battle against state-sponsored terror, and the future of Judeo-Christian civilization

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A dangerous deception is spreading inside the conservative movement—and it could cost America everything. In this urgent episode of The Stakscast, Erick Stakelbeck sits down with Brooke Goldstein—human rights attorney, founder of The Lawfare Project, and one of the most fearless voices confronting antisemitism and Islamist lawfare in the West.

Goldstein exposes how Israel and the Jewish people are being weaponized as a wedge issue to divide conservatives, fracture Christian unity, and weaken America at the exact moment the West needs moral clarity and strength. She warns that isolationist narratives and anti-Israel conspiracy theories aren’t just wrong—they’re a deliberate diversion tactic that distracts from the real threat: Islamism’s war on Judeo-Christian civilization. 

Goldstein makes a shocking but clarifying point:

How the “woke right” mirrors the radical left in targeting Israel

Why Islamists don’t distinguish between Jews and Christians: we’re all “infidels”

The chilling reality of Christian persecution worldwide—from Nigeria to Sudan

Qatar’s influence campaign and why education is the battlefield for America’s future

Goldstein’s warning is unmistakable: first the Saturday people… then the Sunday people.If the Jewish-Christian alliance fractures, the West fractures—and our enemies win

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Is the West repeating the fatal mistakes that erased Christianity from the Middle East? In this explosive episode of The Stakscast, Erick Stakelbeck sits down with Pastor Andrew Sedra, a Coptic Christian refugee whose family fled Egypt after facing death threats from the Muslim Brotherhood.

 

Sedra delivers a chilling warning rooted in history, theology, and lived experience: Islam is not assimilating into the West — it is advancing. From terror attacks and synagogue bombings in Australia to the eruption of open antisemitism after October 7, Sedra explains why Israel and the Jewish people are once again the frontline in a global spiritual and civilizational war.

 

The conversation also exposes:

Why Sharia law is fundamentally incompatible with Western freedom

The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West — and its alliance with the radical left

How “Free Palestine” and campus activism are weaponized Islamist fronts

Why hate-speech and “Islamophobia” laws are being used to silence Christians

Why Israel is the dividing line between freedom and tyranny

This is a must-watch conversation about faith, freedom, Israel, and the survival of the Christian West.

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Is Western civilization sleepwalking into a crisis it refuses to name?  In this powerful episode of The StaksCast, Erick Stakelbeck sits down with BlazeTV nationally syndicated host and commentator, Steve Deace, at Turning Point USA's annual AmFest 2025 for a no-holds-barred conversation about the growing Islamic challenge to Western civilization.

 

Deace breaks down why Islam is fundamentally incompatible with the West, how mass migration is reshaping Europe and America, and why the U.S. must stop exporting Western values abroad — while importing radical ideologies at home.

 

The conversation also tackles:

 

- President Trump’s Middle East strategy and why it worked
- Why Israel serves as a “canary in the coal mine” for the West
- Qatar, Hamas, and the danger of Islamic propaganda

 

This is a must-watch discussion about faith, freedom, geopolitics, and the future of the West.

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In a world filled with grief, conflict, and uncertainty, this message points to an unshakable hope. Discover the grace woven into the family tree of Jesus and why, when everything else fails, it always comes back to just Jesus.
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