In a week when the Gaza conflict seemed to be relocated to the lawns of America’s Ivy League campuses, Yonit and Jonathan talk to Columbia student Noa Fay and to Maya Ilany of Harvard - followed by a conversation with award-winning columnist Hadley Freeman about her new essay on October 7 and the left. Plus: an update on renewed efforts to broker a ceasefire ... Show More
Nov 17
Exclusive: Listen to "The Traitors Circle" - Author’s Note and Prologue
<p>Get an exclusive peek into Jonathan’s new book, The Traitors Circle, including the Author’s Note and Prologue<i>.</i></p><p>You can order your copy here: https://linktr.ee/JonathanFreedland</p><p> </p><p>Berlin, 1943: A group of high society anti-Nazi dissenters meet for a tea ... Show More
17m 21s
Nov 13
Power, Press and Pardons - with special guests Yonit Levi and Bianna Golodryga
<p>Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MbFUueN6vPg</p><p>Order a copy of "Don't Feed the Lion": https://amzn.to/3JH4iwe</p><p>Donald Trump is pressing for a pardon for Benjamin Netanyahu, injecting fresh volatility into an already fraught political moment. In Israel, arguments ... Show More
51m 15s
Apr 2024
The Crackdown on Student Protesters
<p>Columbia University has become the epicenter of a growing showdown between student protesters, college administrators and Congress over the war in Gaza and the limits of free speech.</p><p>Nicholas Fandos, who covers New York politics and government for The Times, walks us thr ... Show More
38m 35s
Nov 2023
Post Game with Jeh Johnson: 'Hamas is counting' on Israel 'to go too far'
<p>Jeh Johnson, former U.S. secretary of Homeland Security, joins Kristen Welker to discuss Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's response to Israel's ongoing war with Hamas, and gives his perspective on Pro-Palestine student protests in the U.S. as a trustee of Columbia University ... Show More
21m 47s
May 2024
Centering Gaza, Punished in College: What it's Like to be a Campus Activist Against this War
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with Shraddha Joshi and Asmer Safi, two student activists organizing for Palestinian solidarity at Harvard University. Harvard is withholding both of their degrees due to their campus activism. Peter, Shraddha ... Show More
51m 11s
May 2024
The Campus Protesters Explain Themselves
<p><i>This episode contains explicit language.</i><br />Over recent months, protests over the war in Gaza have rocked college campuses across the United States.<br /><br />As students graduate and go home for the summer, three joined “The Daily” to discuss why they got involved, ... Show More
50m 12s
Apr 2024
Comment Gaza divise les universités américaines
<p>Manifestations à Harvard et Columbia, présidents d’université sur la sellette, donateurs en colère, la guerre à Gaza sème aussi le trouble dans les temples de l’éducation aux Etats-Unis. Pour « La Story », le podcast d’actualité des « Echos », Pierrick Fay ... Show More
23m 40s
May 2024
What the Media Get Wrong About Campus Protests
<p>In reports about pro-Palestinian college encampments, comparisons to the anti-war demonstrations of 1968 abound. On this week’s On the Media, hear how historical analogies distract us from what makes today’s protests unique. Plus, a reporter debunks a theory that Bill Gates is ... Show More
50m 47s