172 episodes
Unholy: Two Jews on the News Keshet
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4.8 • 381 Ratings
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Yonit Levi of Israel's Channel 12 News and Jonathan Freedland of The Guardian are two of the most prominent journalists in the world today. They are also Jews. Each week, join what MSNBC's Rachel Maddow calls "two great, smart smart smart hosts" as they dissect and debate current events shaping Israel, Jewish life - and the wider world.
Their blend of nuanced discussion and sparkling conversation, featuring a dazzling range of guests, is why New Yorker editor David Remnick calls himself a “proud, avid listener," why Ira Glass says he "completely enjoys this show" and why Malcolm Gladwell calls it an "incredibly fun podcast".
For a weekly fix of globally informed talk – including nominations for the greatest act of chutzpah and outstanding mensch of the previous seven days – there’s only one destination. Make every Friday morning Unholy.
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Israel GPS - with special guest Fareed Zakaria
In a week that saw international fury over an air strike on Rafah that led to the deaths of dozens of civilians - and which came just days after an order from The Hague for Israel to halt its operations in the city - Yonit and Jonathan talk to one of America’s foremost analysts of geopolitics and CNN host: Fareed Zakaria. How might this war end? Is Israel’s isolation becoming permanent? And what difference would a returned President Trump make? Plus: a new poll dismays opponents of Benjamin Netanyahu - and a conversation with veteran Australian newspaperman Michael Gawenda on his improbable Jewish journey.
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Wanted - with special guest Yuval Shany
With the International Criminal Court considering arrest warrants declaring Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant wanted on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, Yonit and Jonathan talk to one of Israel’s foremost scholars of international law, Yuval Shany. Plus: heartbreaking new footage from October 7 adds to the pressure on the Israeli government to agree a ceasefire deal that would bring the hostages back home, why elections in Israel seem as distant as ever - and the mysterious death of a president.
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Strange Days Indeed
There’s a lot for Yonit and Jonathan to unpack this week, following two especially intense ceremonial days in Israel. They discuss a split-screen Independence Day, a pointed Memorial Day address - and the prime minister who was nowhere to be seen. Plus: what exactly is Benny Gantz doing in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government- and a highly charged week in the information war. And there’s a bumper crop of awards nominees: a singer, a comedian and a guitarist with an unlikely day job.
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Up In Arms - with Michael Milshtein
As Joe Biden withholds a crucial arms shipment, Yonit and Jonathan discuss a new low in Israel’s relationship with its most important ally. They talk to Israel’s foremost Hamas watcher, Dr. Michael Milshtein, about Rafah, the ceasefire that never was and who - if anyone - will be able to claim victory when the fighting finally stops. Plus: Eurovision - and a chutzpah award winner who really needs to read more.
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College Break - with Hadley Freeman, Noa Fay & Maya Ilany
In a week when the Gaza conflict seemed to be relocated to the lawns of America’s Ivy League campuses, Yonit and Jonathan talk to Columbia student Noa Fay and to Maya Ilany of Harvard - followed by a conversation with award-winning columnist Hadley Freeman about her new essay on October 7 and the left. Plus: an update on renewed efforts to broker a ceasefire deal and hostage release, and the perennial indecision of Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Rewind: Scott Galloway vs. the World
During the Passover break, another chance to hear one of our most forceful conversations - one that, in many ways, has only become more timely. Yonit and Jonathan talk to the entrepreneur, scholar and podcaster Professor Scott Galloway about the war that is waged not through bombs and rockets, but in the media, online - and especially on campus.
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Customer Reviews
Jewish perspectives on Israel from inside/outside
This is a smart podcast that I look forward to each week. One issue, that the authors themselves have addressed, is how it is impossible for Israeli Yonit Levy to have a detached, purely intellectual conversation about some of these topics. The pain of this moment is understandably personal for her. In contrast, Mr Freedland, although Jewish, seems disconnected emotionally from many of the issues discussed. He is polished and intelligent, but comes across as being “above it all”. Hoping that Israel and the Jewish diaspora will keep the door open and continue important conversations.
This show has become an important listen for me every week
This show has become an important listen for me every week surfacing a mix of voices about Israel and their perspectives on current events. Highly recommend!
Five stars if not for Jonathan
Excellent podcast with vital interviews in this time of twisted, upside-down versions of the truth about Israel. Love it. But I often can’t listen or have to fast forward through Jonathan, who is a consistently predictable mouthpiece for the overwhelming anti-Israeli lens we in the west are trying desperately to escape, a point of view which would be fine here if he weren’t in addition so pompously longwinded, saying what he’s going to say, saying it again, and sloooowly, and once more and again lest we didn’t get it the first time . yonit is sharp and to the point and far more respectful of the already highly informed audience that we are. Give her more air time please, and less to the condescending Englishman and his self-righteous, obvious guardian- lefty lens…