16: Over and Out
In the last episode of Israel Story, we met couples in love. But for every story of love found, there are, of course, piles and piles of broken hearts. So today on our show, “Over and Out.” We’ve got ...
10 Mar 20161h 11min
15: Love, Revisited
Three couples look back at their time together—on a kibbutz, in verse, and in a hospital.The stories in today’s episode come from our most recent live show, “Israel in Love.” We’ll meet three couples ...
17 Feb 201645min
14: Besties
How Moshe Dayan’s wife and Yasser Arafat’s mother-in-law became bosom buddies, and other tales of unlikely friendships.When Raymonda Tawil met Ruth Dayan in 1970, they seemed well-primed to be enemies...
27 Jan 201643min
13: Sacred Plants
How we change nature and nature changes us, from wildflower picking in Israel to ayahuasca retreats in Peru.There have already been a few sightings of anemones in Israel, and that means it’s the start...
13 Jan 201654min
12: Now Boarding
For the year’s heaviest week of travel, Israel Story brings tales of love and interrogation at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion AirportThe first place travelers to Israel encounter is usually Ben Gurion Airport....
30 Des 201550min
11: Herzl 48 Live
Israel Story producers crisscrossed the small country, visiting every 48 Herzl Street and collecting stories from whomever they encountered.There is nothing inherently special about the people who liv...
16 Des 201537min
10: Birthstory
In this very special episode, Israel Story teams up with Radiolab to tell the story of Tal and Amir-- an Israeli couple who went to Nepal to pick up their three babies from two surrogates and then dis...
2 Des 20151h 5min
9: Man, I Feel Like a Woman
What do you do when you realize that in order to be true to yourself, you have to shatter everything around you, including the lives of those you love most?Yiscah Smith lives in Nahlaot, in Jerusalem....
18 Nov 201540min
