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Episode 94: America's war, not Israel's

Episode 93: How to win Iran's forever war

The podcast analyzes the Muqawama, an ideological framework driving the Islamic Republic, tracing its roots and implications. It argues the Muqawama, translating to "resistance," is more than a concept; it's a vision of perpetual holy war, absorbing limitless damage while pressuring enemies. The discussion explores how...

Episode 92: Why does Israel hate UNRWA?

Episode 91: Is the Iran war about China? A conversation with Melissa Chen

Episode 90: Is it "fascist" to believe a state can belong to a specific people?

Episode 89: Who benefits from continuing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

Episode 88: America's "24% problem" with young antisemitism, with Jonah Platt

Episode 87: How can you support a better Palestinian future?

Episode 86: Alliances and rivalries in a new Middle East, with Dan Schueftan

Episode 85: How knowing your story makes you invincible, with Noam Weissman

Episode 84: Why soldiers wept when Ran came home, lessons from Tu Bishvat

Episode 83: From ideology to narcotics, Hezbollah's business model, with Matt Levitt

Episode 82: 'From the River to the Sea' - Lost in Translation?

Episode 81: Israel's future and the ticking Gaza clock, with Andrew Fox

Episode 80: Who is Hamas and what do they want?

Episode 79: Breaking Iran's machinery of oppression

Episode 78: Do you still want to globalize the intifada?

Episode 77: Did Israel intentionally target civilians in Gaza?

Episode 76: How elites drive Jew-hatred, with Hussein Aboubakr Mansour

Episode 75: Power, fear, and the survival of the Iranian regime, with Roya Hakakian