Podcast Episodes

Mikhael Manekin: 'This is a land of two peoples, and I don't view that as a problem'

Season 1 Episode 35

Wishing Arabs would disappear from Israel, Mikhael Manekin says, is a dangerous fantasy.
One of the leaders of Israel's Hasmol Haemuni (Faithful Left)…

10 months, 1 week ago

Einat Wilf: 'Jews are never allowed to win, and Arabs are never allowed to lose' (Re-Release)

We return next week with a new episode of 18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers. In the meantime, enjoy this earlier interview with Einat Wilf, recorded …

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Anshel Pfeffer: 'The idea that you'll obliterate Hamas is as realistic as wanting to obliterate Chabad'

Season 1 Episode 34

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not surprise Anshel Pfeffer over the last 17 months of war—and that's the most disappointing part.
A British-bor…

11 months, 1 week ago

Mosheh Lichtenstein: 'Jewish values don't celebrate might'

Season 1 Episode 33

Judaism does not value power and might, Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein says—in fact, it abhors it.
Co-rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion, Rav Mosheh is a ve…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Ruby Chen: My Son is Likely a Deceased Hostage. Don't Forget Him in Gaza.

Season 1 Episode 32

Sgt. Itay Chen was taken captive by Hamas on October 7. The IDF believes he is dead—but his family is still holding out hope.
Ever since Itay was decl…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Jonathan Dekel-Chen: My Son was a Hostage in Gaza for 43 Million Seconds. He Felt Every One.

Season 1 Episode 31

Sagui Dekel-Chen was held hostage in Gaza for 498 days—or 43 million seconds. He came home on Feb. 15.
An American-Israeli citizen who was living in K…

1 year ago

Yossi Klein Halevi: What’s Next: The Future of Liberal Zionism (18Forty Podcast Re-Release)

We don't have a new episode this week, but we invite you to revisit our 18Forty Podcast conversation with Yossi Klein Halevi, originally aired on Dec…

1 year ago

Yishai Fleisher: ‘Israel is not meant to be equal for all — it’s a nation-state’

Season 1 Episode 30

Israel should prioritize its Jewish citizens, Yishai Fleisher says, because that's what a nation-state does.
Yishai is the international spokesman for…

1 year ago

Nitsana Darshan-Leitner: 'Before Trump, I believed that Gaza had to be controlled by Israel'

Season 1 Episode 29

Gaza can be leveled down or built up, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner says, and she wants Trump's plan to do the latter.
An Israeli international lawyer and a…

1 year ago

Shani Taragin: 'The ideal is for the Jewish People to live in the Land of Israel'

Season 1 Episode 28

Israel is opening a Pandora's box by releasing Palestinian prisoners and terrorists, Shani Taragin says — but she still has not given up hope.
A promi…

1 year, 1 month ago