The roots of political violence

When President Dwight David Eisenhower left the stage as president of the United States in 1961, he warned of the military-industrial complex he was leaving behind. Sounds ominous, right? And that com...

15 Des 202338min

Forty years ago, a made for TV movie aired on ABC that changed the world. It was called The Day After, and it depicted life in Kansas and Missouri after a nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union. More ...

4 Des 20231h 5min

Here’s an episode for anyone who thinks art can’t change the world. Tom Clancy topped the best seller charts for decades. He’s so popular that even his death couldn’t stop sales, and the flow of new p...

24 Nov 20231h 9min

The war between Israel and Hamas shows no sign of slowing. More and more (just as was predicted on this show) sympathy for the Jewish State is drying up around the world amid horrific losses among Pal...

17 Nov 202357min

This week on the show we talked with Canadian-Palestinian doctor Tarek Loubani about his work as an emergency room doctor in Gaza. Loubani helped pioneer the use of 3D printers in Gaza to produce low-...

15 Nov 202350min

This episode was recorded on 10/10/23.Every war comes with a fog that makes it hard, if not impossible, to tell what’s going on while it’s being fought. The Israel-Hamas War is no different. What sets...

6 Nov 202343min

This week’s episode is a long conversation with Joey Ayoub about Gaza, Palestine, and Israel.We cover a lot of ground and we’ve got a lot of show notes that accompany this episode.Show notes from Joey...

25 Okt 20231h 32min

Writing a blurb to describe a podcast episode isn't typically a difficult thing to do—between myself and Matthew, we've been writing for about 50 years—but as all things with Israel and the Palestinia...

15 Okt 202353min