Jonny Gould's Jewish State
609 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsJonny Gould is the go-to interviewer for presidents and politicians, artists and ambassadors, military commanders, rabbis and rock stars - and even Mossad agents.
This is Jonny’s podcast of record and diplomacy for Israel and the Jewish diaspora.
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128: 🇮🇱 Orit Meir: mother of Israeli hostage, Almog, 21 incarcerated in Gaza by Hamas terrorists
November 28, 2023 11:03 - 16 minutesOn my latest TalkTV show, I spoke with Orit Meir, mother of Almog, 21, who was kidnapped from the peace festival on October 7th, then seen in a Hamas propaganda video shortly after. Nothing has been heard or seen of him since. Orit says he MUST remain front of mind amid the release of other Hamas hostages. I can’t remember conducting a more emotional interview in all my years in broadcast journalism. This is a vital message to transmit through a mother’s agony and anxiety as you’ll hear. B...
127: TalkTV Special: “How To Make Peace In The Middle East”
November 21, 2023 07:34 - 2 hoursAside from producing 🎙️Jonny Gould’s Jewish State, I also host live shows at Talk TV and was delighted to be asked to produce and present a Special, “How to Make Peace in the Middle East”. This was the opportunity to bring guests from the podcast over the years to a mass English speaking audience around the world. Joining me for this three-hour show were guests of the highest calibre: Col. Richard Kemp, former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, Dr Einat Wilf, leading Zionist thinker,...
127: 📺 TalkTV Special: “How To Make Peace In The Middle East”
November 21, 2023 07:34 - 2 hoursAside from producing 🎙️Jonny Gould’s Jewish State, I also host live shows at Talk TV and was delighted to be asked to produce and present a Special, “How to Make Peace in the Middle East”. This was the opportunity to bring guests from the podcast over the years to a mass English speaking audience around the world. Joining me for this three-hour show were guests of the highest calibre: Col. Richard Kemp, former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, Dr Einat Wilf, leading Zionist thinker,...
126: 🇮🇱 Chaim Oren: “A crisis can lead to rebirth”. How to build emotional resilience
November 09, 2023 16:22 - 33 minutesOur guest is Chaim Oren, an expert on resilience, wellbeing and high performance, who advises professional sportspeople and leading CEOs on fulfilling their human potential. When it comes to strengthening personal resilience, Chaim quotes Victor E. Frankl, Auschwitz survivor and author of Man’s Search for Meaning: “If you have the why you can endure any how”. Frankl, who conceptualised “logotherapy” a therapeutic approach to find personal meaning in life, believed anyone, anywhere could “rise...
126: Chaim Oren: “A crisis can lead to rebirth”. How to build emotional resilience
November 09, 2023 16:22 - 34 minutesOur guest is Chaim Oren, an expert on resilience, wellbeing and high performance, who advises professional sportspeople and leading CEOs on fulfilling their human potential. When it comes to strengthening personal resilience, Chaim quotes Victor E. Frankl, Auschwitz survivor and author of Man’s Search for Meaning: “If you have the why you can endure any how”. Frankl, who conceptualised “logotherapy” a therapeutic approach to find personal meaning in life, believed anyone, anywhere could “rise...
125: Relief work in Ukraine and Israel. Elnet UK's reception at the Houses of Parliament
November 04, 2023 18:16 - 50 minutesIn these times of danger in the Middle East, even on one’s own doorstep, it was both heartening and morale boosting for everyone who attended a Parliamentary reception at the Palace of Westminster. Led by Elnet UK with United Hatzalah of Israel and World Jewish Relief, we learned of support on the ground for victims in the Ukraine and Israel. Meant to mark the 600th day since the war started in Ukraine, the Hamas terror attacks meant the focus shifted - though we were urged not to forget the ...
125: 🚑 Relief work in Ukraine and Israel. Elnet UK's reception at the Houses of Parliament
November 04, 2023 18:16 - 48 minutesIn these times of danger in the Middle East, even on one’s own doorstep, it was both heartening and morale boosting for everyone who attended a Parliamentary reception at the Palace of Westminster. Led by Elnet UK with United Hatzalah of Israel and World Jewish Relief, we learned of support on the ground for victims in the Ukraine and Israel. Meant to mark the 600th day since the war started in Ukraine, the Hamas terror attacks meant the focus shifted - though we were urged not to forget the ...
124: Lies, libels and lack of probity. Israel fights more than just Hamas, now also the UN and BBC
October 25, 2023 18:42 - 30 minutesWords are important. In times of war, their importance is magnified. Never has my mission for Jonny Gould’s Jewish State seemed more urgent: to combat the slurs, the lies and the distortions of history which threaten Israel and Jewish people. The media has a responsibility - at the very least - not to fan conjecture and untruths, because it comes with a by product: incitement. And the media column seems found to be woefully short of moral purpose. Hundreds of thousands Britons felt emboldened...
124: 🇮🇱 Lies, libels and lack of probity. Israel fights more than just Hamas, now also the UN and BBC
October 25, 2023 18:42 - 28 minutesWords are important. In times of war, their importance is magnified. Never has my mission for Jonny Gould’s Jewish State seemed more urgent: to combat the slurs, the lies and the distortions of history which threaten Israel and Jewish people. The media has a responsibility - at the very least - not to fan conjecture and untruths, because it comes with a by product: incitement. And the media column seems found to be woefully short of moral purpose. Hundreds of thousands Britons felt emboldened...
123: 🇮🇱 Israel’s Gaza hostages: “I’m an Entebbe survivor, I know what our hostages are going through”
October 19, 2023 11:23 - 1 hourIsrael’s collective spirit is rekindled. After eight months of street protests, of political turmoil and the societal divisions it scored, the nation has responded in unity to the terror committed by brutal Hamas murderers, rapists and kidnappers on October 7th. The people have risen “ground up, not bottom down” in the best ideals of Israeli and Jewish society. The IDF, the collective “us” has brought Israelis together once more. And it’s a phenomenon our guest today says will change both ...
123: Bring Them Home! says Entebbe survivor Benny Davidson, "I know what our hostages in Gaza are going through”
October 19, 2023 11:23 - 1 hourIsrael’s collective spirit is rekindled. After eight months of street protests, of political turmoil and the societal divisions it scored arising from judicial reform proposals, the nation has responded in unity to the terror committed by brutal Hamas murderers, rapists and kidnappers on October 7th. The people have risen “ground up, not bottom down” in the best ideals of Israeli and Jewish society. The IDF, the collective “us” has brought Israelis together once more. And it’s a phenomenon ou...
122: Chuck Freilich: Catastrophe in Israel. What now as Hamas shows the world its true intentions?
October 09, 2023 22:07 - 33 minutesIsrael is heartbroken, the house of Israel is heartbroken. Israel is at war again fighting genocide. It’s resilient people are traumatised by shock, horror and grief. A quiet Shabbat morning, also the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah where Jews celebrate finishing reading the Torah and then start to read it again, “In the Beginning”, was shattered by a mass invasion of Hamas terrorists, smashing through the concrete border wall, paragliding into Israel, before rampaging through a music festi...
122: ⬛️ Chuck Freilich: Catastrophe in Israel. What now as Hamas shows the world its true intentions?
October 09, 2023 22:07 - 31 minutesIsrael is heartbroken, the house of Israel is heartbroken. Israel is at war again fighting genocide. It’s resilient people are traumatised by shock, horror and grief. A quiet Shabbat morning, also the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah where Jews celebrate finishing reading the Torah and then start to read it again, “In the Beginning”, was shattered by a mass invasion of Hamas terrorists, smashing through the concrete border wall, paragliding into Israel, before rampaging through a music festiva...
📲 AI-generated News Bulletin of stories on 27th September 2023
September 27, 2023 16:06 - 3 minutes - 2.9 MBJonny Gould's Jewish State is at the forefront of innovation, be it as the foremost Jewish "podcast of record" and 24/7 radio station. Now we present the world's first #AI generated news bulletin of Jewish and Israeli stories. "Edmund" is an English voice generated by the powers of AI reading the bulletin from a selection of news websites. This is a trial made up of stories on the 27th September 2023. AI is coming. We need to engage with it fully to understand both its possibilities a...
AI-generated News Bulletin of stories on 27th September 2023
September 27, 2023 16:06 - 2 minutes - 1.94 MBJonny Gould's Jewish State is at the forefront of innovation, be it as the foremost Jewish "podcast of record" and 24/7 radio station. Now we present the world's first AI generated news bulletin with Jewish and Israeli stories. This is just a trial generated from stories on the 27th September 2023. The world is changing and we will always aim to trial the benefits and shortcomings of progress.
AI News Bulletin
September 27, 2023 16:06 - 2 minutes - 1.94 MBJonny Gould's Jewish State is at the forefront of innovation, be it as the foremost Jewish "podcast of record" and 24/7 radio station. Now we present the world's first AI generated news bulletin with Jewish and Israeli stories. This is just a trial generated from stories on the 27th September 2023. The world is changing and we will always be at the forefront of progress.
121: Bill Browder: “We all need to be leaders, to stand up against wrong and for right”
September 27, 2023 06:09 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBThis is a rather special episode of Jonny Gould’s Jewish State featuring a competition winner from a primary school who won the chance to make an episode with me. I ran it for pupils at North West London Jewish Day School and so I was delighted when 11-year-old Bella Bolot stepped up to the plate and secured us an interview with Bill Browder. Bill is an American-born financier based in London, the CEO and co-founder of Hermitage Capital Management, once the largest foreign portfolio invest...
121: 🌍 Bill Browder: “We all need to be leaders, to stand up against wrong and for right”
September 27, 2023 06:09 - 21 minutesThis is a special episode featuring a competition winner from a primary school who won the chance to make an episode of Jonny Gould’s Jewish State. I ran it for Year 6 pupils at North West London Jewish Day School and was delighted when 11-year-old Bella Bolot stepped up to the plate and secured us an interview with Bill Browder. Bill is a London-based American-born financier, the CEO and co-founder of Hermitage Capital Management, once the largest foreign portfolio investor in Russia. On ...
121: Bill Browder, Putin's thorn. “We all need to be leaders, to stand up against wrong and for right”
September 27, 2023 06:09 - 23 minutesThis is a special episode featuring a competition winner from North West London Jewish Day School, who won the chance to make an episode of Jonny Gould’s Jewish State with me. I ran it for Year 6 pupils and was delighted when 11-year-old Bella Bolot stepped up to the plate and secured us an interview with Bill Browder. Bill is a London-based American-born financier, the CEO and co-founder of Hermitage Capital Management, once the largest foreign portfolio investor in Russia. On discovering th...
120: Rt. Hon. Joan Ryan in conversation with the Rt. Hon. Lord Eric Pickles
September 14, 2023 00:00 - 49 minutesOur two guests today make their first appearances on the “podcast of record”, and you might say after 120 plus episodes of Jonny Gould’s Jewish State, they’ve been a rather glaring omission. They are two of British politics' biggest supporters of Israel and opponents of antisemitism. The Right Honourable, Lord Eric Pickles and the Right Honourable, Joan Ryan are in conversation. We focus on the future of Holocaust remembrance, including a serious attempt to get to the bottom of what actuall...
120: 🇬🇧 Rt. Hon. Joan Ryan in conversation with the Rt. Hon. Lord Eric Pickles
September 14, 2023 00:00 - 45 minutesOur two guests today make their first appearances on the “podcast of record”, and you might say after 120 plus episodes of Jonny Gould’s Jewish State, they’ve been a rather glaring omission. The Right Honourable, Lord Eric Pickles and the Right Honourable, Joan Ryan are in conversation. We focus on the future of Holocaust remembrance, including a serious attempt to get to the bottom of what actually went on in the only concentration camp built on British soil by Hitler, at Alderney in the ...
117: Israelophobia: Jake Wallis Simons, the newest version of the oldest hatred
August 27, 2023 16:18 - 53 minutes - 49 MBLet’s confront the latest expression of Jew-hate, that which hates Jewish people for their country. I’m delighted and honoured that Jake Wallis Simons has given his first interview about his new book to Jonny Gould’s Jewish State: “Israelophobia: The Newest Version of the Oldest Hatred and What To Do About It”. We can’t really have a conversation about Jew-hate in the 21st century without confronting those who try to separate anti-zionism from antisemitism. Because 9/10 Jews say Israel i...
119: ✡️ Israelophobia: Jake Wallis Simons, the newest version of the oldest hatred
August 27, 2023 16:18 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLet’s confront the latest expression of antisemitism, that which hates Jewish people for the State of Israel. I’m delighted and honoured that Jake Wallis Simons has given his first interview about his new book to Jonny Gould’s Jewish State: “Israelophobia: The Newest Version of the Oldest Hatred and What To Do About It”. We can’t really have a conversation about Jew-hate in the 21st century without confronting those who try to separate anti-Zionism from antisemitism. Because 9/10 Jews say...
119: Israelophobia: Jake Wallis Simons, the newest version of the oldest hatred
August 27, 2023 16:18 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLet’s confront the latest expression of Jew-hate, that which hates Jewish people for the State of Israel. I’m delighted and honoured that Jake Wallis Simons has given his first interview about his new book to Jonny Gould’s Jewish State: “Israelophobia: The Newest Version of the Oldest Hatred and What To Do About It”. We can’t really have a conversation about Jew-hate in the 21st century without confronting those who try to separate anti-Zionism from antisemitism. Because 9/10 Jews say Isr...
119: Israelophobia: Jake Wallis Simons on the newest version of the oldest hatred
August 27, 2023 16:18 - 58 minutesHelp support Jonny's coverage of Israel and the Jewish diaspora by making a donation here or buying him a coffee here. Let’s confront the latest expression of antisemitism: that which hates Jewish people for the State of Israel. I’m delighted that Jake Wallis Simons has given his first interview about his new book to Jonny Gould’s Jewish State, “Israelophobia: The Newest Version of the Oldest Hatred and What To Do About It”. We can’t really have a conversation about Jew-hate in the 21st centu...
119: ✡️ Israelophobia: Jake Wallis Simons on the newest version of the oldest hatred
August 27, 2023 16:18 - 55 minutesLet’s confront the latest expression of antisemitism: that which hates Jewish people for the State of Israel. I’m delighted that Jake Wallis Simons has given his first interview about his new book to Jonny Gould’s Jewish State, “Israelophobia: The Newest Version of the Oldest Hatred and What To Do About It”. We can’t really have a conversation about Jew-hate in the 21st century without confronting those who try to separate anti-Zionism from antisemitism. Because 9/10 Jews say Israel is key ...
118: 🇮🇱 Edy Cohen: Can Saudi-Israel normalize? The tragedy of judicial reform, Swedes burn holy books
August 08, 2023 17:30 - 41 minutesOur guest today says the unedifying term “civil war” bandied describing judicial reform in Israel is a useful device to maintain pressure on both sides to find a solution. Let me be clear: I spent much of July and August 2023 in Israel and the country is not “entering a state of civil war” as former Prime Minister and convicted criminal, Ehud Olmert claimed. There’s no curfews, no rubber bullets and no army in place of cops on the streets. But that’s not to say this isn’t a serious situa...
118: Edy Cohen: Can Saudi-Israel normalize? The tragedy of judicial reform, Swedes burn holy books
August 08, 2023 17:30 - 44 minutesOur guest today says the unedifying term “civil war” bandied describing judicial reform in Israel is a useful device to maintain pressure on both sides to find a solution. Let me be clear: I spent much of July and August 2023 in Israel and the country is not “entering a state of civil war” as former Prime Minister and convicted criminal, Ehud Olmert claimed. There’s no curfews, no rubber bullets and no army in place of cops on the streets. But that’s not to say this isn’t a serious situation....
117: 🇮🇱 Jonny goes to the Knesset to meet governing Likud MK: judicial reform, Arab Israelis and Iran
July 23, 2023 09:25 - 41 minutesJonny Gould’s Jewish State heads for the Knesset in Jerusalem and a couple of nights out in Tel Aviv, fresh from an eye opening visit to the Israel-Gaza border (scroll back one episode for that atmospheric discussion beneath an Iron Dome rocket launcher). I was part of an Elnet UK delegation, an organisation sharing democratic values and strategic interests between the Jewish State and the UK and Europe. Now let’s talk to politicians and an Iranian expert for a snapshot on regional and dome...
117: 🇮🇱 Jonny goes to the Knesset, judicial reform, Arabs in Israel and Iran
July 23, 2023 09:25 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBJonny Gould’s Jewish State stays in Israel heading for the Knesset in Jerusalem and a couple of nights out in Tel Aviv, fresh from an eye opening visit to the Israel Gaza border (scroll back one episode for that atmospheric chapter). I was part of an Elnet UK delegation, an organisation sharing democratic values and strategic interests between the Jewish State and the UK and Europe. Now let’s talk to politicians and an Iranian expert for a snapshot on regional and domestic issues. The whit...
117: Jonny goes to the Knesset to meet governing Likud MK: judicial reform, Arab Israelis and Iran
July 23, 2023 09:25 - 45 minutesJonny Gould’s Jewish State heads for the Knesset in Jerusalem and a couple of nights out in Tel Aviv, fresh from an eye opening visit to the Israel-Gaza border (scroll back one episode for that atmospheric discussion beneath an Iron Dome rocket launcher). I was part of an Elnet UK delegation, an organisation sharing democratic values and strategic interests between the Jewish State and the UK and Europe. Now let’s talk to politicians and an Iranian expert for a snapshot on regional and domes...
116: Inside an Iron Dome battery and crossing Kerem Shalom: Jonny reports from Israel’s Gaza border
July 12, 2023 16:04 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBLet’s take you to a top secret location in the south of Israel to observe at firsthand an Iron Dome battery, followed by a trip to Kerem Shalom, the border frontier exchanging goods and workers between Gaza and Israel. We were told by the IDF the night before not to come because there’d been incoming rocket fire which they’d defended against from that very location. But in the end, the invite and clearance was reinstated. When I arrived there, I was surprised by the personnel in charge of...
116: 🇮🇱 Inside an Iron Dome battery and crossing Kerem Shalom: Jonny heads for Israel’s Gaza border
July 12, 2023 16:04 - 20 minutesLet’s take you to a top secret location in the south of Israel to observe at firsthand an Iron Dome battery, followed by a trip to Kerem Shalom, the border frontier exchanging goods and workers between Gaza and Israel. We were told by the IDF the night before not to come because there’d been incoming rocket fire which they’d defended against from that very location. But in the end, the invite and clearance was reinstated. When I arrived there, I was surprised by the personnel in charge of...
116: Inside an Iron Dome staging post and crossing Kerem Shalom into Gaza: Jonny heads for Israel’s Gaza border
July 12, 2023 16:04 - 23 minutesLet’s take you to a top secret location in the south of Israel to observe at firsthand an Iron Dome battery, followed by a trip to Kerem Shalom, the border frontier exchanging goods and workers between Gaza and Israel. We were told by the IDF the night before not to come because there’d been incoming rocket fire which they’d defended against from that very location. But in the end, the invite and clearance was reinstated. When I arrived there, I was surprised by the personnel in charge of the...
116: Inside an Iron Dome battery and crossing Kerem Shalom: Jonny heads for Israel’s Gaza border
July 12, 2023 16:04 - 21 minutesLet’s take you to a top secret location in the south of Israel to observe at firsthand an Iron Dome battery, followed by a trip to Kerem Shalom, the border frontier exchanging goods and workers between Gaza and Israel. We were told by the IDF the night before not to come because there’d been incoming rocket fire which they’d defended against from that very location. But in the end, the invite and clearance was reinstated. When I arrived there, I was surprised by the personnel in charge of t...
115: 🇬🇧 Lord Daniel Finkelstein: Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival
June 22, 2023 04:57 - 1 hourThis is a story of moderation, to use our history of oppression to resist fascism, anti-Jewish hate and uphold the rule of law and maintain hard-fought for liberties. Russia led by Stalin and Germany by Hitler were gruesome, murderous, evil regimes. Yet Soviet Russia’s crimes aren’t acknowledged in the same way as those perpetrated by the Germans and their accomplices across Europe. But they certainly are in this engaging chronicle of Lord Daniel Finkelstein’s own family history, “Hitler,...
115: Lord Daniel Finkelstein: Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival
June 22, 2023 04:57 - 1 hourThis is a story of moderation, to use our history of oppression to resist fascism, anti-Jewish hate and uphold the rule of law and maintain hard-fought for liberties. Russia led by Stalin and Germany by Hitler were gruesome, murderous, evil regimes. Yet Soviet Russia’s crimes aren’t acknowledged in the same way as those perpetrated by the Germans and their accomplices across Europe. But they certainly are in this engaging chronicle of Lord Daniel Finkelstein’s own family history, “Hitler, St...
114: 🇦🇪 UAE's shifting diplomacy, what's the state of the Abraham Accords. Should Israel be worried?
June 15, 2023 14:02 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBThis episode of Jonny Gould’s Jewish State focuses on Israel’s greatest (ever) regional ally, the United Arab Emirates. The UAE is asserting itself diplomatically on the regional and world stage. Should Israel be worried about the swirling winds of interests in the region?  The Emiratis have followed Saudi Arabia in re-establishing diplomatic ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran - and Syria has been welcomed back into the Arab League fold, despite Bashar al Assad’s brutal and bloody deca...
114: UAE's evolving diplomacy, what's the state of the Abraham Accords. Should Israel be worried?
June 15, 2023 14:02 - 30 minutesThis episode of Jonny Gould’s Jewish State focuses on the United Arab Emirates. The UAE is asserting itself diplomatically on the regional and world stage. Should Israel be worried about the swirling winds of interests in the region? The Emiratis have followed Saudi Arabia in re-establishing diplomatic ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran - and Syria has been welcomed back into the Arab League fold, despite Bashar al Assad’s brutal and bloody decade-long civil war. Furthermore, Assad has ...
114: 🇦🇪 UAE's evolving diplomacy, what's the state of the Abraham Accords. Should Israel be worried?
June 15, 2023 14:02 - 27 minutesThis episode of Jonny Gould’s Jewish State focuses on Israel’s greatest (ever) regional ally, the United Arab Emirates. The UAE is asserting itself diplomatically on the regional and world stage. Should Israel be worried about the swirling winds of interests in the region?  The Emiratis have followed Saudi Arabia in re-establishing diplomatic ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran - and Syria has been welcomed back into the Arab League fold, despite Bashar al Assad’s brutal and bloody deca...
113:📕The Escape Artist: Jonathan Freedland talks to Dr Bea Lewkowicz, "I knew both Vrba and Wetzler"
June 05, 2023 02:16 - 47 minutesJonny Gould’s Jewish State circles back to a previous episode, uncovering startling new revelations. New details so rich, a bestseller has been updated to include them. In episode 88, I sat down with my old friend, Jonathan Freedland to discuss The Escape Artist, the story of two young Jewish men who broke out of Auschwitz to warn the world of the horrors within. Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler’s 32-page report reached the desks of Roosevelt, Churchill and the Pope and they warned Hungary...
113: 📚The Escape Artist: Jonathan Freedland talks to Dr Bea Lewkowicz “I knew both Vrba and Wetzler”
June 05, 2023 02:16 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBMore than once, Jonny Gould’s Jewish State has circled back to a previous episode with startling new revelations. In episode 88, I sat down with my old friend, Jonathan Freedland to discuss his latest bestseller, The Escape Artist, about the two young Jewish men who broke out of Auschwitz to warn the world of the horrors within. Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler’s 32-page report reached the desks of Roosevelt, Churchill and the Pope and they warned Hungary’s Admiral Horthy to stop the deport...
113: The Escape Artist: Jonathan Freedland talks to Dr Bea Lewkowicz, "I knew both Vrba and Wetzler"
June 05, 2023 02:16 - 50 minutesJonny Gould’s Jewish State circles back to a previous episode, uncovering startling new revelations. New details so rich, a bestseller has been updated to include them. In episode 88, I sat down with my old friend, Jonathan Freedland to discuss The Escape Artist, the story of two young Jewish men who broke out of Auschwitz to warn the world of the horrors within. Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler’s 32-page report reached the desks of Roosevelt, Churchill and the Pope and they warned Hungary’s Ad...
112: 🇮🇱 Ronen Bergman: Rise and Kill First, Israel's secret history of targeted assassinations
May 12, 2023 15:58 - 50 minutes“Since World War II, Israel has assassinated more people than any other country in the Western world.” is a brutal sentence from the start of “Rise and Kill First”. Our guest is Ronen Bergman, author of the New York Times bestseller, which has sold hundreds of thousands of copies. It’s the product of a thousand interviewees, some of whom Ronen quizzed multiple times, along with millions of words of research. The detail also comes from a wealth of unclassified documents, some long forgotten...
112: Ronen Bergman: Rise and Kill First, Israel's secret history of targeted assassinations
May 12, 2023 15:58 - 54 minutes“Since World War II, Israel has assassinated more people than any other country in the Western world.” is a brutal sentence from the start of “Rise and Kill First”. Our guest is Ronen Bergman, author of the New York Times bestseller, which has sold hundreds of thousands of copies. It’s the product of a thousand interviewees, some of whom Ronen quizzed multiple times, along with millions of words of research. The detail also comes from a wealth of unclassified documents, some long forgotten in...
111: 💿 Trevor Horn: Adventures in Modern Recording, Buggles, “whiz bang” hits and old Jewish jokes!
April 28, 2023 08:31 - 1 hourThis is my second sit-down interview with Trevor Horn and you’ll hear why it’s nothing like the first time. The previous one (episode 43) made an impression with Wikipedia’s editors, who included Trevor’s “I believe in Judaism, more than I believe in anything else” as a reference. On leaving last time, Trevor told me at the door, "no one ever asked me about that before". In this in-depth conversation about his life and career, Trevor talks about growing up as a post-war baby boomer in Hetton-...
111: Trevor Horn: Adventures in Modern Recording, Buggles, “whiz bang” hits and old Jewish jokes!
April 23, 2023 06:44 - 1 hourThis is my second sit-down interview with Trevor Horn and you’ll hear why it’s nothing like the first time. The previous one (episode 43) made an impression with Wikipedia’s editors, who included Trevor’s “I believe in Judaism, more than I believe in anything else” as a reference. On leaving last time, Trevor told me at the door, "no one ever asked me about that before". In this in-depth conversation about his life and career, Trevor talks about growing up as a post-war baby boomer in Hetton-...
110: 🇺🇸 Sarah Idan: Miss Universe Iraq 2017, self-proclaimed Zionist, courageous Human Rights voice
April 13, 2023 19:35 - 52 minutesThis is Sarah Idan’s story, Sarai more informally and publicly. She used to enter beauty pageants “to help bring people together”. But as Iraq’s winning Miss Universe in 2017, she got much more than she bargained for. Sarai’s new life as a renowned Human Rights campaigner started there and then, when she took a selfie with Adar Gandelsman, participating alongside her as Miss Israel. All hell let loose back home as the Iraqi tourism ministry ordered her to take the selfie down, “because it w...
110: Sarah Idan: Miss Universe Iraq 2017, self-proclaimed Zionist, courageous Human Rights voice
April 13, 2023 19:35 - 55 minutesThis is Sarah Idan’s story, Sarai more informally and publicly. She used to enter beauty pageants “to help bring people together”. But as Iraq’s winning Miss Universe in 2017, she got much more than she bargained for. Sarai’s new life as a renowned Human Rights campaigner started there and then, when she took a selfie with Adar Gandelsman, participating alongside her as Miss Israel. All hell let loose back home as the Iraqi tourism ministry ordered her to take the selfie down, “because it was...
109: 🏛️ Judicial Reform ⏸️ Pause: “If one side wins Israel will lose. We must stay Jewish, democratic”
March 30, 2023 14:07 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBThese are the sage words of President Isaac Herzog as Israel's Head of State tries to bridge the gap between his people, the biggest schism in the young country’s history. Jonny poses the questions and well-positioned experts and well-positioned protestors present opposing arguments. PLUS we have an exclusive interview with Professor Avi Bell from the Kohelet Policy Forum, the very think tank who designed the proposals which threaten to tear Israel apart, conducted by the expert hosts of t...