Podcast Episodes

Hezbollah Revisited: The Origins of Iran's Most Powerful Proxy

Season 8

To understand why Iran and Israel are fighting, you have to understand Hezbollah. Noam Weissman revisits the story of Iran's proxy in Lebanon, which …

2 months ago

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The Scandal That Changed Israel Forever: The Rotten Business (Part 2)

Season 7

In 1954, a group of young Jewish idealists in Egypt were recruited by Israeli intelligence to plant bombs in Western institutions, only to be betraye…

2 months, 1 week ago

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The Scandal That Changed Israel Forever: The Lavon Affair (Part 1)

Season 8

The scandal that changed Israel forever began with a failed secret operation in Egypt in 1954. Young Egyptian Jews, recruited by Israeli intelligence…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

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How to Kill Israeli Self-Criticism

Season 8

Israel is no stranger to self-examination. In 1948, Ben-Gurion distributed a poem accusing Israeli soldiers of murder. In 1982, hundreds of thousands…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Real abuse, Reckless Reporting: Haviv Rettig Gur Dissects Kristof's Israel Prison Story

Season 8

Journalist Haviv Rettig Gur joins Noam to respond to Nicholas Kristof's New York Times column alleging sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees by Israe…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Masada: The Making of a Myth (Part 2)

Season 8

How did an ancient story of mass suicide become the cornerstone of Israeli national identity? In Part 2, Noam traces Masada's unlikely revival, from …

3 months ago

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Masada: The Siege That Became a Legend (Part 1)

Season 8

A mountaintop. A siege. A mass death that became legend.

But what if the story of Masada isn’t what we think it is?

In this episode, we go back 2,000…

3 months, 1 week ago

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Live with Rachel Goldberg-Polin: Grief, Faith and Hersh

Season 8

When Rachel Goldberg-Polin buried her son Hersh, she heard part of herself go into the ground with him. Recorded live before nearly 1,000 people at T…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

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Live from London with Scott Galloway: Why the Jewish People Need Better Storytellers

Season 8

Scott Galloway is one of the most influential voices in the world. He's a professor, bestselling author, and podcaster with millions of followers. Wh…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

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What Hasan Piker Got Wrong About Einstein and Zionism

Season 8

Hasan Piker weaponized Albert Einstein on Pod Save America to condemn Zionism. But he left out most of the story. Noam addresses Piker's troubling st…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

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