Far-right judicial reforms have inspired what might be the largest protests in the history of Israel. If adopted, the reforms could spell the end of democracy in the world’s only majority-Jewish country.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Matthew Collette, Victoria Chamberlin and Siona Petrous, engineered by ... Show More
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Good news about Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s research has stalled for decades. That’s finally changing. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Hady Mawajdeh and Avishay Artsy, engineered by Bridger Dunnagan and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. This epis ... Show More
26m 13s
Sep 15
Our Great Big AI Freakout
Fears of impending AI doom have burst into the mainstream. They still might not be enough for Washington to regulate AI. This episode was produced by Kelli Wessinger and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jolie Myers, fact checked by Danielle Hewitt and Peter Balonon-Rosen, engineered by D ... Show More
25m 39s
Jun 2023
Israeli politics with Merav Michaeli
Earlier this month, Israel marked its 75th birthday amid one of the biggest crises of democracy the country has ever experienced. Since returning to power in December last year, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has introduced a set of controversial judicial reforms, resulting in ... Show More
30m 45s
Mar 2023
10 weeks of protest rock Israel; a dangerous moment in US-China Relations
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and former Israeli Vice Prime Minister Tzipi Livni speak on Prime Minister Netanyahu's proposed judicial reforms, which have ignited country-wide protests for ten straight weeks. Also, Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia and the ... Show More
41m 19s