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  • 1 hour 30 minutes
    Ahmed Fouad Akhatib on Hamas, Israel and the Fight for Peace

    Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib is the head of Realign For Palestine, a project of the Atlantic Council, where he is a resident senior fellow. He is a Gaza native and a political analyst who writes extensively on strategic affairs in the Middle East.


    Links to what was referenced in this episode: 

    https://x.com/trackingisrael/status/1877801096275431758

    and 

    https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/18/jabaliya-refugee-camp-gaza-destruction-idf


    16 May 2025, 9:27 pm
  • 1 hour 12 minutes
    Snopes vs. Candace Owens: Can the Brigitte Macron Story be Debunked?

    Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by 

    Anna Rascouët-Paz, a French-Colombian journalist who reports for Snopes. She's also worked at WNYC for the show Radiolab, as an independent research publisher Annual Reviews and Bloomberg News. She recently produced a documentary podcast series on statelessness called Citizens of Nowhere.

    10 May 2025, 7:56 pm
  • 1 hour 32 minutes
    Have the Palestinians Ever Wanted a State? Einat Wilf on the True Obstacles to Peace

    Dr. Einat Wilf is a leading thinker on Israel, Zionism, foreign policy and education. She was a member of the Israeli Parliament from 2010 to 2013, where she served as Chair of the Education Committee and Member of the influential Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.

    Born and raised in Israel, Dr. Wilf served as an Intelligence Officer in the Israel Defense Forces, Foreign Policy Advisor to Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres and a strategic consultant with McKinsey & Company.

    Dr. Wilf has a BA from Harvard, an MBA from INSEAD in France, and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Cambridge and is the author of seven books that explore key issues in Israeli society.

    1 May 2025, 9:57 pm
  • 1 hour 28 minutes
    How Populism Fails: When Anti-Elite Movements Turn Against the Jews - The Atlantic's Yair Rosenberg

    Yair Rosenberg is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of its newsletter Deep Shtetl, about the intersection of politics, culture, and religion. Previously a senior writer at Tablet Magazine, he has also written for The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Guardian, and his work has received recognition from the Religion News Association and the Harvard Center for Jewish Studies.

    27 April 2025, 3:45 pm
  • 1 hour 50 minutes
    Douglas Murray WON the debate with Dave Smith and Joe Rogan - Why You May Not Have Realized It.

    A discussion of the Murray/Smith debate on the Joe Rogan show. Our call: A Murray victory that was somewhat obscured by Dave Smith's talented and agile performance.

    25 April 2025, 3:55 pm
  • 2 hours 12 minutes
    The Sam Harris Joe Rogan Dust-up, with Ami Kozak

    Taped the day before the Rogan-Murray-Smith debate, are bigots and quacks being normalized on the biggest shows in the world? And, what are the consequences?


    Ami Kozak: https://www.youtube.com/@amikozak_official

    11 April 2025, 7:48 pm
  • 1 hour 6 minutes
    Tariffs, Ukraine and Trump with Nick Gillespie

    Nick Gillespie is a libertarian, the Editor at Large of Reason Magazine and host of the podcast, Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie.

    5 April 2025, 6:56 pm
  • 1 hour 22 minutes
    Corinne Fisher Joins the New York Mayoral Race

    Author, podcaster and internationally recognized comedian, Corinne Fisher is running for mayor. She is building a campaign across all five boroughs that celebrates the magic, electricity, and community that make NYC the best city on Earth.  

    To learn more, visit

    www.corinnefisher.com

    4 April 2025, 2:08 am
  • 58 minutes 30 seconds
    David Christopher Kaufman - "Jews Defending Jews is a Revolutionary Act"

    New York Post columnist David Christopher Kaufman has a unique biography and a unique take on the world as a result.


    Here are a few of his latest:

    https://www.commentary.org/articles/david-christopher-kaufman/jews-americas-new-blacks/

    https://nypost.com/2025/03/15/opinion/when-will-sideline-jews-finally-speak-up-against-their-haters/

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2025/03/14/democrats-leadership-vacuum-michelle-obama-gavin-newsom/

    https://airmail.news/issues/2025-1-25/the-view-from-here


    Video: https://youtu.be/6MZCO_YNWRI

    28 March 2025, 8:00 pm
  • 53 minutes 16 seconds
    Signal Scandal and the Darryl Cooper (@MartyrMade) Twitter Argument

    The gang shoots the breeze about JD Vance's disloyalty in the Signal thread, and Noam laments his falling out with Darryl Cooper.


    Here are the Twitter threads referenced.


    https://x.com/noam_dworman/status/1903559854272155730

    https://x.com/noam_dworman/status/1903940043426709736

    https://x.com/noam_dworman/status/1904640072131240302


    Video version: https://youtu.be/fARjR-1Lx_Q

    27 March 2025, 10:02 pm
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    The Far Right is in for Major Backlash with Free Press Reporter River Page

    River Page is a reporter at The Free Press. Previously, he worked as a staff writer at Pirate Wires, covering technology, politics, and culture. His work has also appeared in Compact, American Affairs, and the Washington Examiner, among other publications.


    21 March 2025, 1:59 pm
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