Podcast Episodes

Analyzing Biden's high-stakes SOTU

After a week in which the election race was all but confirmed as a Biden-Trump rematch, pundits - and likely many voters - were listening and watching closely to the current president's State of the …

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

The moral duty to bring Israeli hostages home

On this day five months ago, Hamas stormed out of Gaza and into Israel. Israel says they murdered 1,200 people and took 240 others hostage. Across Israel, families are taking to the streets to demand…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Starvation in Gaza

In Gaza, the most vulnerable are paying the cost of Israel’s war to avenge the October 7th Hamas attack. Aid agencies say children are facing "extreme malnutrition" and dehydration. 15 have already d…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Palestinian Authority Caretaker PM Mohammad Shtayyeh

After formally resigning as Palestinian Prime Minister last week, Mohammad Shtayyeh is staying on as caretaker until a permanent replacement is announced. He joins the show from Ramallah. 

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Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak

Israel refuses to send a delegation to ceasefire talks in Cairo, where Egyptian, Qatari and US mediators are meeting. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has been a prominent critic of the Israe…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

UN says Gazans forced to eat animal feed to survive. Now even that is running out.

The impact of the war in Gaza is ratcheting up on Israel, the US, and on the people of Gaza themselves. More than 30,000 are now dead - an unthinkable toll of Israel's offensive, since the October 7t…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Russian opposition journalist Mikhail Fishman

Thousands of Russians lined the streets to honor opposition leader Alexey Navalny two weeks after his death. Mikhail Fishman is a Russian journalist who knew Navalny well. He anchored a popular news …

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Netanyahu Special Adviser Mark Regev

More than one hundred people have been killed while gathered around food aid trucks in Gaza city, according to the Ministry of Health there. Despite disputed timelines, Israeli forces say they did op…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini

One of the key groups responsible for providing humanitarian assistance in Gaza is the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), whose leader is sounding the alarm about what he calls a “man-ma…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Norwegian Refugee Council head Jan Egeland

There are major disagreements about a possible agreement for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The death toll in Gaza is fast approaching 30,000. And the U.N. warns of a looming famine as the Wor…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago