The Promised Podcast

S15E26 The "War is Over! (If You Ignore a Thing or Two)" Edition

Linda and Noah talk about: 1) The abrupt, maybe fleeting, end to the war with Iran, and what it means, and 2) The "Death Penalty for Terrorists" law recently passed by the Knesset (and destined to be…

S15E25 The "Egypt Within Us" Edition

Linda, Noah and journalist Judah Ari Gross discuss: 1) the Jewish thugs attacking, hurting and terrorizing Palestinians on the West Bank and, relatedly, 2) what our exodus story needs to be this…

S15E24 The "Radio Days" Edition

Ninety years ago this week, Hebrew was heard on airwaves as the Voice of Jerusalem had its first broadcast. The feint echoes of the thing are worth listening for today.

S15E23 The "Confounded, Unbounded & Undergrounded" Edition

In this gala return of the Podcast, Miriam and Noah talk about (A) What this thing with Iran is, (1) Whether these days we're seeing a new, more Strangelovian Prime Minister Netanyahu, and (2) What…

S15E22 The "Ran's Sheloshim" Edition

Today marks the thirtieth day since we buried Ran Gvili, the hostage who came home last. The thirty day mark, the Sheloshim, signifies the end of the period of intense mourning. It may also be taken…

S15E21 The "'We Did Nothing Special': Remembering Uri Lupolianski" Edition

Uri Lupolianski was the first ultra-Orthodox mayor of Jerusalem, and he was convicted of corruption. A week after his death, Noah says that he was also a reflection of all of us, at our imperfect…

S15E20 The "Candles in the Wind and Candles in the Window" Edition

In this last episode before our two month break (save for an occasional special, check your feed!) Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron talk about (1) What to make about Bondi Beach and the many, many…

S15E19 The "Aftermaths" Edition

Allison, Don and Noah talk about (1) whether we are being buffeted by what some experts call a "mental health tsunami," after all that has happened, and (2) the decision by members of Kibbutz Be'eri…

S15E18 The "Pardon Me?" Edition

Miriam and Noah talk about (1) the Prime Minister's request that the President pardon him, to put an end to our long, national downer, and (2) what to make of the movie, The Sea, which took all the…

S15E17 The "Old Ends & New Beginnings" Edition

Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron talk about (1) our slow slouch seemingly back towards war on four fronts – Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Iran – why is it happening and where might it lead? and (2) what to…

S15E16 The "Keeping the Peace?" Edition

Allison and Noah talk about (1) the spike in thuggish thuggery of young Jewish thugs, throwing rocks, beating with sticks, setting fires, sparking fear among Palestinians on the West Bank, and also…

S15E15 The "All the iPhones in the Sea" Edition

Miriam Herschlag, Noah Efron and managing editor at eJewishPhilanthropy Judah Ari Gross talk about (1) the storm of protest and worry over the discovery that the army's chief attorney leaked a video…

S15E14 The "The Big Picture" Edition

Noah talks about the big questions about Israel's future with historian, journalist, public intellectual and podcaster Marc Shulman.

In Memoriam: Omer Neutra (Recorded Dec. 5th, 2024)

S15E13 The "So Maybe He Did Know What He Was Doing?" Edition

Miriam Herschlag and Noah Efron talk about (1) the on-again-off-again fragility of the ceasefire, visiting death on both sides, and (2) whether or not Prime Minister Netanyahu's admirers have a point…

S15E12 The "To Arrive Where We Started" Edition

Allison and Noah talk about what the hell they make of the neither-fish-nor-foul liminal state we find ourselves in now and what the hell the future holds for us. Then they are joined by Danielle…

S15E11 The "Home!" Edition

We waited and we waited and now they are here.

S15E10 The "Two Years & Twenty Points" Edition

Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron talk about (1) US President Donald Trump's "Twenty Point Plan," to bring home the hostages and end the war, and (2) On the second Yahrzeit of October 7, how we have…

S15E9 The "Atonement, Judgement, Compassion, Forgiveness, Pardon, and Repentance" Edition

For this Yom Kippur, we return to stuff that gave us solace and understanding in the past.

S15E8 The "Reckoning with Reckoning" Edition

Linda Gradstein, Don Futterman and Noah Efron talk about (1) The very viral essay by Yossi Klein Halevi, pressing Israelis to finally engage in the moral conversation that we have, until now,…