The Promised Podcast

The “There’s Something About Romi!” Edition

Why are parts of the center-left hoping to see the head of the Yamina party as our next PM? What and who are behind the violence and demonstrations in Jaffa? Why does Hebrew touch us in the most intimate ways in the most intimate places?

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The “Unity is the Thing We Seek” Edition

Is a government that includes the right, left and center what Israel needs right now? How much attention should we pay Kahanist MK, Itamar Ben Gvir? Does what we Israelis wear tell us something about who we are?

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The “73!” Edition

Seventy-three years in the making, a podcastilogical celebration of Israeli Independence Day!

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The “Fit for the Job?” Edition

Was the President right to ask the PM to form the next government? Is it hypocritical of Netanyahu to form a coalition with the support of the Islamist Ra’am Party? What do we need in our new president?

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The “Far-Fetched Fixes” Edition

Is a law to disqualify Netanyahu from forming a gov’t kosher? What to make of robot soldiers patrolling the Gaza border? What’s the biggest Jewish museum in the world have to tell us about what it means to be a Jew?

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The “What’s All This Talk About Electile Dysfunction?!?” Edition

What should we make of the surprising success of the Islamicist Ra’am party? The Kahanists in the Knesset? The better-than-anyone-predicted showing of Blue & White? The relative failure of the right-winger Gideon Sa’ar and Naftali Bennett? The relative success of the Labor Party and Meretz? The stalwart centrist Yair Lapid?

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The “Can’t Spell Campaign Without Manic or Panic” Edition

What are we to make of the election campaigns now drawing to a close? How are American political consultants affecting Israeli politics? Is “internal migration” a key to understanding what Israel is all about?

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The “Admiration & Condemnation” Edition

Why has the number of Israelis who think Netanyahu is most fit to be PM tumbled over the past few weeks? Why don’t Israeli teens trust other teens different than they are, and what can be done? Is there a special, nuclear-grade misogyny reserved for tough, brash, in-your-face, Mizrahi women leaders today?

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The “Right Thinking Men” Edition

Can we make sense of the middle-school dynamics among the leaders of the 7 right-wing parties? Why is the Supreme Court’s decision about who is Jewish controversial and what’s it mean? What is a library in 2021?

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The “Low Marx?” Edition

Are ultra-Orthodox attacks on Labor Party candidate, Reform Rabbi Gilad Kariv, legitimate? Has Israel’s right just embraced the labor movement? What is so infuriating about political correctness?

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