Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe burden of spoof: Satire in pre-state Israel
Dr. Leah Gilula, a theater studies scholar, discusses with host Gilad Halpern the limits of satirical plays during the British Mandate period, and th…
9 years, 10 months ago
Continuation of policy by other means: Israel and the two-state solution
Dr. Guy Ziv, an assistant professor of international relations at the American University in Washington, DC, discusses with host Gilad Halpern the ev…
9 years, 11 months ago
Liberty & justice for most: American views on treatment of Israeli Arabs
Geoffrey Levin, a doctoral student in the Departments of History and Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University, discusses with host Gilad Halp…
9 years, 11 months ago
How do you co-opt Jews in Russian?
Kathryn David, a fellow at New York University's Jordan Center for Advanced Study of Russia, discusses with host Gilad Halpern how Jews and anti-Semi…
9 years, 11 months ago
Yom Kippur War: Anatomy of a (not so) missed opportunity
Prof. David Tal, a historian of the Arab-Israeli conflict at the University of Sussex, discusses with host Gilad Halpern the commonly-held belief tha…
9 years, 11 months ago
A fistful of shekels: Ideology and symbolism in Israeli Westerns
Dr. Rachel Harris, an associate professor of Israeli literature and culture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, sits down with host Gi…
9 years, 11 months ago
Post-anti-Zionism: US Trotskyites and the Jewish state
Dr. Tony Michels, a historian of American Jewry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses with host Gilad Halpern the changing attitudes of (…
9 years, 11 months ago
Multimedia Israel: New methods of teaching Zionism
Dr. Shira Klein, a historian at Chapman University in California, discusses with host Gilad Halpern new approaches to teaching the complexities of Is…
9 years, 11 months ago
Grey-haired mentors: How grandparents reinvigorated politics
Dr. Ariela Keysar, a demographer at Trinity College, Connecticut, talks to host Gilad Halpern about the oft-ignored role of grandparents in shaping c…
9 years, 11 months ago
Strategic culture: The thing national security is made of
Dr. Tamir Libel, a research fellow at the Barcelona Institute of International Studies (IBEI), explains to host Gilad Halpern what "strategic culture…
9 years, 11 months ago