Best Nadaver Podcasts (2024)

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A Hostage Deal — with Haviv Rettig Gur & Nadav Eyal 59:57

6d ago59:57

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*** Share episode on X: https://tinyurl.com/vehsrjpx ***Before today’s conversation, one housekeeping note. We are announcing our second "Call Me Back Live" Event. I will be talking to creators of Fauda -- Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz. They are scripting OCTOBER 7th, a feature film on the heroic true story of Noam Tibon, who rescued his son Amir Ti…

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Love for animals + keen media instincts = profit with Nadav Ossendryver, founder of Latest Sightings 1:12:25

9d ago1:12:25

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Nadav Ossendryver is our guest this week. He is the founder of Latest Sightings, a wildlife content and community company. Latest Sightings has 5M subscribers on Youtube and generates billions of views on wildlife content each year across platforms. The big questions we tackle this week: How have CAPs (Content Algorithm Platforms) changed wildlife …

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Israel retaliates against the Houthis - with Ronen Bergman 32:32

1h ago32:32

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A lot has happened over this past weekend, again. President Biden has dropped out of the presidential race, endorsing Vice-President Kamala Harris, who has been systematically locking up endorsements from most of her possible opponents. The ascendancy of V.P. Harris occurs at the exact time that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Washingt…

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Bibi in Washington - with Amit Segal 58:40

3d ago58:40

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*** Share on X: https://tinyurl.com/mr2sejpr ***Prime Minister Netanyahu prepares to arrive in Washington, DC next week for an address to a joint session of Congress (his 4th), a meeting with President Biden (covid-permitting), all against the backdrop of the negotiations over hostages and a temporary (or phased) ceasefire.To help us understand wha…

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The Death of Deif – A turning point? With Ronen Bergman 34:40

13h ago34:40

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*** Share on X: https://tinyurl.com/5dw43272 *** Who is Mohammed Deif?Why does he matter (or why did he matter?)Is he dead?We have often said on this podcast that Hamas long ago transformed from a ragtag militia to the equivalent of a light infantry army of a sovereign state. The architect of that transformation was Mohammed Deif. If Hamas was a te…

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Did a Biblical Outlaw Understand the Arab-Israel Conflict Better than Today's Students? 11:57

2h ago11:57

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It is commonplace to hear today's Israel-Arab Conflict portrayed as an example of Settler-Colonial European Jews settling in the nation-state of indigenous-dwelling Palestinians. This is a modern invention and is not how the conflict was understood by local Arabs a hundred years ago, who did so in rational terms that match the Biblical arguments be…

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Naftali Bennett, (former) Prime Minister 54:49

3d ago54:49

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*** Share on X: https://tinyurl.com/24rsb4wv ***Today we sit down with one of the most interesting figures in Israeli public life, former prime minister Naftali Bennett, who served as Israel’s 13th Prime Minister (2021-22), and previously, in a Netanyahu-led government as Defense Minister (2019-20), and earlier on as Economy Minister. When he himse…

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Shaking up the world of podcasts with Cooler co-founder Mike Su 1:11:47

2d ago1:11:47

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Mike Su is our guest this week. He is the co-founder of Cooler, a new platform for podcasts that is looking to evolve a 20+ year old format. The big questions we tackle this week: What is it like to start your own content platform? How could podcasts evolve? Is there a way to avoid some of the pitfalls other digital content platforms are facing tod…

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The American Victims of 10/07 — with Jonathan Greenblatt 53:31

4d ago53:31

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*** Share on X: https://tinyurl.com/2h98vux8 ***On October 7th, Hamas slaughtered, brutalized, wounded, and kidnapped numerous U.S. citizens. We think of 10/07 as a singular Israeli experience. But it was not. Americans were attacked too. There are even 8 U.S. citizens still being held hostage today by Hamas. It’s not clear what the U.S. Government…

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The IDF advocates for an end to the war - with Nadav Eyal 54:28

11d ago54:28

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*** Share on X: https://tinyurl.com/2fpvh4mv ***In recent days, while we have all been consumed with the U.S. presidential debate, less international attention has been on Israel. But during this time, Israel’s security apparatus has proposed and advocated for a formal end to the war in Gaza. This is in part because the IDF is closer to achieving i…

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Mike Murphy’s Biden (retirement) Plan 41:19

13d ago41:19

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*** Share on X: https://tinyurl.com/25du5vv4 ***In today’s episode we unpack what has actually happened in American politics (up and down the ballot) since the presidential debate, we explore Biden’s options (which are not binary), what it tells us about public service in America, and how allies and adversaries abroad might be watching these events…

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Bonus Episode: Noa Tishby and Emmanuel Acho 39:59

19d ago39:59

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*** Share on X: https://tinyurl.com/ydvnv2ry ***Since October 7th, many of us have had uncomfortable conversations we could never have imagined having. October 7th sparked debates and discussions that got very awkward very quickly. But what’s unique about our guests today is that they were having these conversations prior to October 7th. Not only w…

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How do you make content that pleases the algo gods? Is going viral like winning at blackjack? Grady Rains, Cheat Code founder, joins the show 1:09:41

25d ago1:09:41

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Grady Rains is our guest this week. He is a co-founder of Cheat Code, an agency that specializes in viral content. He also spent time at the NFL and was also a Fortnite influencer. The big questions we tackle this week: Is it possible to know what will go viral in advance? What are the ingredients to a powerful meme? How has grinding on content alg…

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Where was the IDF on Oct 7? - with Ronen Bergman 1:20:21

17d ago1:20:21

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*** Share on X: https://tinyurl.com/yvesakat ***One of the questions we repeatedly get from you, our listeners, is - "Where was the IDF on October 7th?" It's a topic that we have strenuously avoided. After the war, there will be a formal commission of inquiry that attempts to understand all that went wrong and why. There will be a time and a place …

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The ‘Day After’ Document - with Prof. Netta Barak-Corren 1:04:52

20d ago1:04:52

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Share on X: https://tinyurl.com/yc8jb3m6Is now the time for Israeli decision-makers to begin serious internal deliberations and planning for the “day after” in Gaza? According to Nadav Eyal in his column last Friday in Yediot, over 95% of Hamas rockets are gone, Hamas’s smuggling routes have been closed, and its munitions production capacity is zer…

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Call me Back LIVE - with Michael Rapaport 50:37

22d ago50:37

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Share on X: https://rb.gy/un15s6Today in this special episode, we are releasing the first episode of the Call me Back podcast recorded before a very enthusiastic live audience at the Comedy Cellar in Manhattan. Our guest was actor, director and comedian Michael Rapaport. The focus of our conversation is about how Michael became such an energetic, p…

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Is social media as bad for you as cigarettes? Will AI help or destroy journalism? The state of news content with Forth co-founder Xana O'Neill 1:17:14

1M ago1:17:14

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Xana O'Neill is our guest this week. She is a co-founder of Forth, a new journalism-focused digital content platform, as well as the former head of news at Snapchat. The big questions we tackle this week: Why do so many people rely on social media for news? How did Forth create criteria to choose which people can create content on that platform? Ca…

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Is Israel headed for a two-front war? - with Nadav Eyal 1:10:18

24d ago1:10:18

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Share on X: https://tinyurl.com/3wt7crw4First, a housekeeping note: many of you filled out the survey we published in our previous episode, and we are very grateful for that. If you haven't filled out this 2-minute survey we would greatly appreciate it if you took 2 minutes to fill it out. It is extremely helpful to us in thinking through ways to i…

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Divisions in Israeli society - with Dr. Micah Goodman 49:39

1M ago49:39

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First, a housekeeping note: Over the past eight months the audience for this podcast has grown in ways we could never have imagined, but there is no real way for us to know who is listening - age group, ideological leanings, the country you are living in, etc. These are all very helpful data points for us to improve the podcast and understand our a…

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How would you create a league from scratch? Does OTE have a streaker plan? AI robot refs? Overtime CCO Marc Kohn joins the show 1:14:38

1M ago1:14:38

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Marc Kohn is our guest this week. He is the Chief Content Officer at Overtime, the innovative sports media company that has created hit original series like Hello Newmans while also launching entire leagues like Overtime Elite (OTE) to showcase young athletes. The big questions we tackle this week: What was it like creating a brand new sports leagu…

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Haviv Unplugged! 49:53

1M ago49:53

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Share on X: https://tinyurl.com/2s4x4j2hIn recent days, there have been a lot of war-related developments that have taken place in Israel and outside of Israel. So it was good that we had the opportunity to catch up with Haviv Rettig Gur as Shavuot came to a close in Israel. In this episode, we wound up having a spirited conversation about: I.The m…

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OPERATION ARNON - with Nadav Eyal 1:09:23

1M ago1:09:23

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Share on X: https://tinyurl.com/3pey4z3yWe have just witnessed one of the most extraordinary 48-hour periods in Israel since October 7th, as we learned news of an extremely complex military, intelligence and hostage rescue operation.We are seeing — and many of us are experiencing — the impact that this development is having on Israeli society, and …

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Episode 216 - Curt Nichols on Politics and Religion - Part 2 21:54

1M ago21:54

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This week we're continuing our conversation on Politics and Religion with Dr. Curt Nichols. We'll get into how the political splits look across the states, what a civil war would mean in today's world, and how we can expand our horizons when it comes to politics. /// Dr. Curt Nichols is an Associate Professor at Baylor University, where he primaril…

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The Great Powers and the War in Gaza - with Walter Russell Mead 1:00:22

1M ago1:00:22

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Share on X: https://tinyurl.com/ytm9656fOver the past 8 months, we've focused most of our attention on Israel's perspective and the American perspective since October 7th. But what we wanted to do today is gradually zoom out from Israel and Gaza, to the perspective of other regional players in the Middle East, and finally examine this war from the …

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Is Gen Z smarter than you? Will content algos destroy society? Skibidi Ohio Rizz? Rachel Richardson joins the show. 1:10:42

1M ago1:10:42

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Rachel Richardson is our guest this week. She is the founder of Beginning, Middle and End and the creator/author of the Highly Flammable newsletter. She has worked across media for many years including a long (and early) tenure at Snapchat. She is an expert in digital content and Gen Z. The big questions we tackle this week: What does "built like a…

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The last Israeli to negotiate with the Palestinians - with Tzipi Livni (Part 2) 32:23

1M ago32:23

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Share on Twitter/X: https://tinyurl.com/nvmznb7mTzipi Livni has served as a minister of eight different cabinet ministries under three prime ministers: Ariel Sharon, Ehud Olmert, and Benjamin Netanyahu. Her positions have included Justice Minister, Foreign Minister and Vice-Prime Minister. She has also been the official leader of the opposition.As …

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The last Israeli to negotiate with the Palestinians - with Tzipi Livni (Part 1) 47:52

1M ago47:52

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Share on Twitter/X: https://tinyurl.com/3jzjamfhTzipi Livni has served as a minister of eight different cabinet ministries under three prime ministers: Ariel Sharon, Ehud Olmert, and Benjamin Netanyahu. Her positions have included Justice Minister, Foreign Minister and Vice-Prime Minister. She has also been the official leader of the opposition.As …

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A proposal to end the war? — with Haviv Rettig Gur 1:03:37

2M ago1:03:37

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Share on Twitter/X: https://tinyurl.com/3h7ryskcToday during one of our regular check-ins with Haviv Rettig Gur, we had some big questions:I) How is the war actually going? What do we know?II) Following President Biden’s announcement last Friday, was the proposal he revealed the official proposal that Israel is offering Hamas? And if it is, why did…

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Episode 215 - Dr. Curt Nichols on Politics and Religion - Part 1 22:02

2M ago22:02

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This week we're talking about Politics and Religion. Whether it's Thanksgiving Dinner, the 4th of July Picnic, or just hanging out with friends and family, politics and religion are due to make an appearance. We'll talk with Dr. Nichols about how politics and religion are relating in today's world and how they make those conversations more difficul…

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What we know about captivity in Gaza - with Glenn Cohen 57:06

2M ago57:06

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Share on Twitter/X: https://tinyurl.com/3rnj5dz7Since October 7, there has been a debate inside Israel about what cost Israelis should pay as a society to get their fellow citizens home, or, what the cost would be to Israeli society if their fellow citizens do not return home. One perspective we have not heard is that of a professional who led the …

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How big will Shaq's podcast play be? Is Inside The NBA Finished? What happened to @cash? Playmaker founder Brandon Harris joins the show. 1:15:45

1M ago1:15:45

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Brandon Harris is our guest this week. He founded Playmaker, a sprawling social media-driven content company that now produces Shaq's podcast "The Big Podcast". The big questions we tackle this week: What are the secrets to the emergence of Shaq's podcast? Since Brandon has insider access to Shaq, does he think Inside The NBA will survive the chang…

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Episode 214 - The Malaise of Modernity with Dr. Paul Carron - Part 2 20:24

2M ago20:24

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Join us for a great conversation around modernity, existentialism, and loneliness. We'll talk about the need for community and where that can be found in our world today. In Part 2 we look at how we lose connection when we leave the church and some ways to find new forms of meaningful connection and action. Dr. Carron is associate Professor of Phil…

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Diplomatic Avalanche - with Nadav Eyal and Matt Waxman 58:56

2M ago58:56

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Share on X: https://tinyurl.com/7nwh3c8eEarlier this morning, the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to immediately halt its military operations in Rafah. This comes less than a week after the ICC announced that it is considering arrest warrants against Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Gallant, and days after three European …

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Why is being independent awesome? What can't you say on MLBN? Scott Braun, host of Foul Territory, joins the show 1:12:59

2M ago1:12:59

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Scott Braun is our guest this week. He is the host of Foul Territory, a baseball talk show that is thriving as a content entity separate from MLB. The big questions we tackle this week: How is it different covering a big story when working for a league vs being independent? What is the relationship like between leagues and independent media compani…

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Rafah, Egypt & the "Day After" - with Amos Harel 46:53

2M ago46:53

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Share on X: https://tinyurl.com/2prj3ea7In recent days, we have had three persistent questions:One, how is it that – in just a matter of approximately 10 days – the IDF managed to move anywhere between 850,000 to a million Gazan Palestinians from Rafah to other areas of Gaza so Israel could conduct its operation against remaining Hamas battalions i…

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The Biblical Battle of the AI Priesthood Lineage 6:33

2M ago6:33

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By Rabbi Nadav Caine

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And then there was Gantz - with Haviv Rettig Gur 55:04

2M ago55:04

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Share Episode on Twitter: https://tinyurl.com/327et39rHaviv Rettig Gur returns for a regular check-in, in which we analyze the emerging political scenarios that might emerge from the moves being made by Yoav Gallant, Benny Gantz and Naftali Bennett.We also discuss the implications of the crash of the helicopter transporting Iran's president -- what…

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Bonus Episode: Will the Middle East Be Unrecognizable? - with Jared Cohen 51:21

2M ago51:21

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Jared Cohen is Co-Head of the Office of Applied Innovation and President of Global Affairs at Goldman Sachs. He also serves on the Management Committee of the firm. Jared is also the most senior Goldman executive to visit Israel since October 7. But Jared did not just visit Israel – and meet with a range of senior Israeli political leaders and secu…

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Episode 213 - The Malaise of Modernity with Dr. Paul Carron - Part 1 32:02

2M ago32:02

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Join us for a great conversation around modernity, existentialism, and loneliness. We'll talk about the need for community and where that can be found in our world today. Dr. Carron is associate Professor of Philosophy in the BIC at Baylor University. Paul’s research is primarily in ethics and moral psychology, an interdisciplinary subfield of phil…

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SPECIAL EPISODE: Gallant Strikes (Again) - with Nadav Eyal 39:36

2M ago39:36

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Last night, Israel time, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant took the exceptional step of publicly declaring his view that the current war trajectory is leading to one of two scenarios in Gaza: Hamas rules Gaza OR the IDF rules Gaza - both, Gallant says, are catastrophic outcomes. Gallant set an ultimatum for Prime Minister Netanyahu by saying that he wo…

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Is Snapchat "social media"? Will the trolls finally get on LinkedIn? A ChatGPT roast? Peter Conforti, Snap veteran and LinkedIn expert joins the show 1:13:00

2M ago1:13:00

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Peter Conforti is our guest this week. He is an early Snapchat employee who spent years working on their content team. He now runs his own company called Good Content which helps people succeed on LinkedIn. The big questions we tackle this week: Will Snapchat combine Stories and Spotlight? What is it like inside a meeting about Snap's content algor…

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Israeli Independence - with Dr. Tal Becker 1:01:20

2M ago1:01:20

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HOUSEKEEPING NOTE: The first "Call Me Back" Live Event will take place on Monday June 3 at 6:00 pm at the Comedy Cellar in New York City. At the event -- which will ultimately be posted as an episode -- we will be talking to Michael Rapaport about the crisis of antisemitism in America and what it means for Israel and for American Jews. Partial proc…

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 44:02

2M ago44:02

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At 8:00 pm tonight in Israel, the siren will sound across Israel to mark the commencement of Israel’s Memorial Day, Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day for the Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism). This is the day that Israelis, as a nation, honor the fallen from Israel’s military and those casualties from its wars and victims of terror attacks.Since …

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Episode 212 - Trauma Theology with Tyler Brinkman - Part 2 20:25

2M ago20:25

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Welcome back to the Brew Theology Podcast! This week we're talking with Tyler Brinkman about Trauma Theology. Trauma Theology is a developing field that looks at trauma and how theology can be a helpful tool in understanding and recovering from trauma. This episode we'll talk about triggers and embodiment, and offer some trauma theology resources. …

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Screams Before Silence - with Sheryl Sandberg 43:07

2M ago43:07

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Sheryl Sandberg is one of the most accomplished executives in the tech industry. After attending Harvard University for undergrad and for an MBA, Sheryl’s early career included stints at the World Bank and the U.S. Treasury Department in the Clinton Administration, where she served with then-Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. She then joined Google …

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The Rise and Fall of a Hostage Deal - with Nadav Eyal 48:58

2M ago48:58

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What exactly unfolded in Israel over the past 72 hours? Details are still emerging, but at one point it appeared that all sides may have been close to reaching a hostage/temporary ceasefire deal. Except that we now know that Israel had made major concessions in one deal, while Hamas was agreeing to an entirely different -- and new -- deal, so there…

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What is Colin Cowherd's Secret Sauce? Sports Talk Veteran Sam Betesh Joins the Show 1:08:47

2M ago1:08:47

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The first episode of Play The Point! Sam Betesh is our guest this week. He has produced sports talk at the highest levels of media, including a long run producing The Herd with Colin Cowherd, and has a truckload of insights regarding how that type of content gets made. Other questions that get at least partially answered: How do you deal with impos…

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The Age of Grievance - with Frank Bruni 46:53

2M ago46:53

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Frank Bruni is a long time journalist, including more than 25 years with the New York Times. He is the author of four New York Times bestsellers. He is now also a full professor at Duke University, teaching at the school of public policy, while he continues to write his popular weekly newsletter and additional essays for the Times. Two of Frank’s r…

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Episode 211 - Trauma Theology with Tyler Brinkman - Part 1 27:41

3M ago27:41

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Welcome back to the Brew Theology Podcast! This week we're talking with Tyler Brinkman about Trauma Theology. Trauma Theology is a developing field that looks at trauma and how theology can be a helpful tool in understanding and recovering from trauma. We'll talk about some of this development, offer some practice ideas in dealing with trauma, and …

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Israel's Sophie's Choice - with Haviv Rettig Gur 1:07:16

3M ago1:07:16

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There are two major decisions Israel is contending with right now: I) proceed with the military operation in Rafah; or II) pause the fighting, perhaps for an extended period of time, in service of a hostage deal. Of course a hostage deal would also most likely include the release of a large number of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons. Thes…

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