Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchIsraeli Democracy in 2021: Close To Breaking Point?
Ahead of a fourth general election in under two years, Yohanan Plesner, President of the Israel Democracy Institute, joins us to discuss what needs t…
5 years, 4 months ago
Long, Long, Long Live King Bibi
In their documentary film King Bibi: The Life and Performances of Benjamin Netanyahu, Dan Shadur and Liran Atzmor get to the bottom of Benjamin Netan…
5 years, 4 months ago
Cracking the Code
It took the world's most advanced digital pioneers, when the computer as we know it was barely born, to stave off Nazi conquest of the Middle East. A…
5 years, 5 months ago
The Untold Stories of Iran's Jews
At times reminiscent of European Jewry in the 19th century, at others of American Jewry in the 20th, the modern history of Iran's Jews varies radical…
5 years, 5 months ago
Meet the Mayor Next Door
Musa Hadid is an all-around nice guy; he's determined to fix up the old town, re-brand his city, and have a Christmas celebration for everyone. But b…
5 years, 5 months ago
Can America Ever Get It Right in the Middle East?
If a former White House coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Gulf, who served as special assistant to President Obama concludes tha…
5 years, 5 months ago
COVID and the Israeli Economy: A Bittersweet Reckoning
Prof. Karnit Flug, Vice President of the Israel Democracy Institute and former Chancellor of the Bank of Israel, assesses the effects of the COVID pa…
5 years, 6 months ago
Could It Happen To Us?
In her bestselling Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism, acclaimed journalist and historian Anne Applebaum examines how a wa…
5 years, 6 months ago
Identity, Dissembled
German-Jewish poet, political scientist and sometimes-provocateur Max Czollek examines the complex dance between modern Germany and German Jews, Holo…
5 years, 6 months ago
In God They Trust
Dr. Gilad Malach, Director of the Ultra-Orthodox in Israel Program at the Israel Democracy Institute, discusses how the Covid pandemic has affected i…
5 years, 6 months ago