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<p>Plus, your Friday news quiz. </p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/nyregion/mamdani-trump-meeting.html" target="_blank">Trump and Mamdani Are Meeting for the First Time. Will They Play Nice?</a> by Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Jeffery ... Show More

<p>Plus, a surge in meat allergies caused by ticks. </p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/technology/nvidia-earnings.html" target="_blank">Nvidia’s Profit Jumps 65% to $31.9 Billion. Is It Enough for ... Show More

<p>Plus, young men are flocking to the Orthodox Church. </p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/politics/house-vote-epstein-files.html" target="_blank">Congress Overwhelmingly Approves Releasing Epstein Files</a> by Annie Karni</p>< ... Show More

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. New York reporter Luke Tress joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode. The New York City mayoral race pits candidate Andrew Cu ... Show More

The US Vice-President JD Vance meets Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem. Donald Trump's deputy warned of a ‘tough task’ ahead to disarm Hamas and rebuild Gaza, but said the US was ‘committed’ to the process. Meanwhile, the WHO calls ... Show More

Israeli Army Radio reports Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is believed to have been killed, while Israeli officials work to officially confirm his death. The 2024 candidates continue their campaign blitz, while GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance is criticizing Vice President Kama ... Show More

<p>Phil, Ian, & Chris are joined by Natalie Winters to discuss Donald Trump saying the US will take over the Gaza strip & own it, FBI agents suing the DOJ over "retaliatory" January 6 list, Democrats calling for shutting down the Senate in protest of Elon Musk & DOGE, and META co ... Show More

<p>On Tuesday I got back from an eight-day trip to Israel and the West Bank. I happened to be there on the day that Benny Gantz resigned from the war cabinet and called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to schedule new elections, breaking the unity government that Israel had h ... Show More

<p>Tim, Hannah Claire, & Libby are joined by Justin of Fenix Ammunition to discuss Iran ordering attacks against Israel in retaliation to Israeli assassination of the Hamas political leader, Trump shutting down hostile journalists at a conference in Chicago, Trump saying Kamala i ... Show More

This week on Babel, Jon Alterman speaks with Dr. Craig Larkin, director of the Center for the Study of Divided Societies at King’s College London. Dr. Larkin is also a research lead on Memory and Conflict for XCEPT, a research consortium studying cross-border conflict. There, he ... Show More

Hamas agrees to key points in Trump’s proposed Gaza peace plan, which includes a ceasefire and prisoner exchange. An FBI agent is relieved of duty after refusing to participate in the "perp walk" of former FBI director James Comey. Sean “Diddy” Combs is sentenced. Sanae Takaichi ... Show More

Kamala Harris will accept the Presidential nomination at this week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago – but will Gaza protests draw more attention than this celebrity- and former-president packed ‘political Glastonbury’? Ukraine’s counter-invasion of Russia presses on – ... Show More

Thomas Small is a historian and filmmaker best known as co-host of the Conflicted podcast, where he explores Middle Eastern history, geopolitics, and religious thought alongside ex-jihadi Aimen Dean. He also writes on ancient Christian spirituality and global conflict dynamics. T ... Show More