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  • The "Tim Gunn's Fashion Guide to Israel's Elections" Edition

    October 22, 2026 · 1 hr 51 min

    Linda Gradstein, Judah Ari Gross and Noah Efron ask, for each of the 13 parties that are most likely going to be in the next Knesset, why for their voters, they are just the party they want. For our most unreasonably generous Patreon…

  • The "Generis, sure, but Sui?" Edition

    October 15, 2026 · 1 hr 30 min

    Miriam and Noah talk about (1) Whether or not it's true, like so many people are saying, that the upcoming elections are maybe the most consequential in the country's history, and (2) How a small, new right-wing party might dash the hope…

  • The "The Case for Netanyahu" Edition

    October 8, 2026 · 1 hr 29 min

    Allison, Judah and Noah talk about (1) Why, despite all the hardships and miseries of the past three years, Benjamin Netanyahu is still a viable candidate for prime minister, and (2) What the hell are these elections about again?, as we…

  • The "Denominators, Common & Otherwise, are Hard!" Edition

    October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 48 min

    Tehila Wenger, Rotem Ur Soco and Noah Efron talk about (1) The so-called "Statement of Principles" signed this week by the leaders of the so-called "Parties of Repair & Hope", and why it left us so-called "unimpressed", and (2) How schools…

  • The "Fruit of the Beautiful Tree" Edition

    September 24, 2026 · 50 min

    In a very special episode in celebration of the holiday of Sukkot, Noah goes on about the etrog, its complicated past, and the hope it holds for the futures of all of us. (With two versions of Naomi Shemer's canonical Sukkot song…

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  • The "Screenings" Edition

    September 17, 2026 · 1 hr 55 min

    Tehila Wenger, deputy director of the Israeli branch of the Geneva Initiative, and Noah talk about why so many Jewish-Israeli politicians and parties rule out joining a coalition with Palestinian-Israeli politicians and parties. Then…

  • The "New Beginnings & Grisly Ends" Edition

    September 10, 2026 · 1 hr 38 min

    Linda, Judah and Noah talk about (1) the weird party mergers and odd-couples running together for Knesset in the upcoming elections, and what these strange bedfellows say about the state of Israeli politics, and (2) the "Nili force" which…

  • The "Two Years of Mourning Hersh" Edition

    September 3, 2026 · 1 hr 22 min

    Two years ago, this week, Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin and Libi & Orly Goldberg-Polin buried their son and brother Hersh. The rest of us did, too. In this episode, we hear Rachel Goldberg-Polin during those 328 days when Hersh was…

  • The "New-Fangled Marranos" Edition

    August 27, 2026 · 1 hr 39 min

    Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron talk about (1) a new "working man's ultra-Orthodox party" that wants science in the classroom and Haredim in the boardroom and the barracks, and (2) a new poll showing that most Israelis feel like they need…

  • The "Allison's Girl Makes Good!!!" Edition

    August 20, 2026 · 1 hr 37 min

    The Jerusalem Post's Hannah Brown and Noah Efron talk about (1) the criminal harassment of Abu Rida and the Hassan families in Qusra, (2) the surprising results of the Likud primaries and what they augur, and (3) Avi Nesher's profound and…

  • The "Elections Inflections & Insurrections" Edition

    August 13, 2026 · 1 hr 31 min

    Linda, Judah, and Noah talk about (1) The new parties springing up in the "middle" of Israel's electoral map, between the Netanyahu bloc and the anti-Netanyahu bloc: What do they augur?, and (2) The likely addition as number two on the…

  • The "Love and the City" Edition

    August 6, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

    In this very special episode, Noah shares love letters he heard walking the streets of Tel Aviv with Lucy the Dog, on a new "Love Letters" app made by genius Russian-Israeli director Semyon Alexandrovsky.

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About the show

An inside view of how Israel can warm your heart and make your blood boil. It's a show hosted by folks who live in and love Israel even though it drives them crazy, and who each week discuss the latest in Israeli politics, culture, and society.