Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.
Boogie Unbound
Former IDF Chief of Staff and former Defense Minister Moshe “Boogie” Ya’alon’s flatly asserts that Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Gaza policy amounts to ethnic cleansing.
Putting the Press in Suppression and Depression
A Knesset declaratory motion resolves that the government will no longer advertise in Ha’aretz, after its publisher Amos Schoken presses the world to sanction and boycott Israel on account of its “war crimes.”
“ALL HELL TO PAY?”
For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: We talk about the social media post by once and future President Donald Trump calling for the return of all hostages by the time he enters the Oval Office.
Plus, Omer Neutra and an encouraging word about El Al.
Songs
- Akivah — Rutz Yaldi
- Osher Cohen — Loop
- Lior Narkis — Heshkem Le-Harkido
Mostly, The Promised Podcast is really excellent and is a worthwhile listen. I have been listening for several years. But the latest episode, December 5th, was AWFUL. In fact it was your worst episode ever. I make it a point, in real life, to avoid situations where people are shouting and talking over each other which this episode was full of. After a while, I gave up and stopped listening. Please don’t do this again. – Ezra
Thanks for the kind word about how we do on good weeks. Sorry for wasting your time on an off-week. I also did not enjoy the conversation, I must say, as I felt like I was being pummeled, and I thought maybe I was about to have a stroke. I did not have the option that you took advantage of, of just turning the damn thing off. But I am glad you took advantage of this option!
We will try to do better and hopefully we will, at least most of the time.
Hey Noah, I just wanted to point out that the street you’re on is called Lesser Ury, not Ury Lesser. Lesser Ury was a German-Jewish painter from the turn of the 20th century. Thanks for the great podcast!
OMG, thank you for this, Susanne. The two explanations for my mistake are (1) my mistake reflects dozens of internet references in Hebrew to “Uri Lesser Street”, which of course sounds just like an Israeli name, and (2) I am an absolute idiot. Both of these are sad facts, but facts nontheless.
That said, the only way to get by in the world if one is an absolute idiot, is to rely on the greater intelligence of others. Thank you for offering that greater intelligence.