Bad Hasbara - The World's Most Moral Podcast

Matt, Daniel and Producer Adam share three Patreon favorites: Asa Winstanley (The Electronic Intifada), Efrim Menuck (Godspeed You! Black Emperor), and Noah Kulwin (Blowback). For more join the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/badhasbara . Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Matt and Daniel are joined by former Muhlenberg College tenured professor of anthropology Maura Finkelstein to discuss her dismissal over pro-Palestine speech, who owns the phrase “never again,” and whether she is a left-nepo baby. Please donate to Doctors Without Borders: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/ Buy Professor Finkelstein’s book “The Archive of Loss”: https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-...

On this week's Patreon exclusive e pisode, Rafael Shimunov talks one-on-one with Matt about Luigi Mangione, Ritichie Torres, and that strange United Jewish Appeal ad some of you have been getting on the podcast feed. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Matt and Daniel are joined by Palestinian-American historian and author Rashid Khalidi to discuss the fall of Assad in Syria, the United States' major parties' views on Palestine, and whether Bill Clinton needs a lozenge. Please donate to Mercy Corps:  https://www.mercycorps.org/ Buy Rashid Khalidi’s The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine:  https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781627798556/thehund...

Matt and Daniel are joined by Anthony Sargon, calling in from the outskirts of Beirut to survey the tragic oversights in the Anti-Semites of the Year awards, the recent opinion piece claiming southern Lebanon is northern Israel, and the need for a new generation of hasbara hotties. Please donate to Palestine Red Crescent Society:  https://www.palestinercs.org/en Do Not Worry Podcast:  https://www....

To celebrate Thanksgiving, we are unlocking this week's bonus episode of Bad Hasbara. Thankful for all of you! Matt and Daniel visit with independent German journalist Hanno Hauenstein (The Intercept, The Guardian) about the ICC warrants issued for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, the state of anti-semitism policing in Germany, and whether payes and vampire teeth make a character in a mura...

While Daniel is on assignment, Matt talks with streamer and activist Frogan about being singled out by a “comedy” streamer Ethan Klein, Twitch ban double standards, and whether you can pin anti-semitism on someone’s decor choices. Please donate to the United Palestinian Appeal: https://upaconnect.org/ Visit Frogan at https://www.patreon.com/ayyrabs  or https://www.twitch.tv/frogan Subscribe to the...

Matt and Daniel are joined by Alon Nissan-Cohen and Elik Harpaz from the Yalla! podcast to survey what to call a Jew on a certain plot of stolen land, the tamest, lamest graffiti ever graffiti’d, and getting drummed out of the hasbara child soldier brigade for asking too many questions. Please donate to Middle East Children’s Alliance: https://www.mecaforpeace.org/ Elik Harpaz: https://www.youtube...

This week on Patreon listen to Blowback's Noah Kulwin talk about growing up with Zionism, the UN being forced by Israel to remove a peace quilt that some kids made, and a Jerusalem Post op-ed about how Jews should ethnically cleanse themselves by moving to Israel. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Matt and Daniel are joined by Yahav Erez of the Disillusioned podcast to discuss the violence in Amsterdam committed by Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters, the reflexive pogrom declarations of the Israeli government, and who other than Eric Clapton will be shedding tears in heaven.  Please donate to Connecting Humanity:  https://connecting-humanity.org/   Find Yahav online at:  https://podcasts.apple.com...

On friday Daniel and Matt went live on Patreon to do some post-election talk and vent about the feckless loser ass democrats. You can rewatch the stream or listen to the full episode by joining the Patreon. Never miss out on a livestream ever again by joining now! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On election day 2024, Matt and Daniel are joined by Zach Foster of Palestine Nexus to discuss Bill Clinton's pronunciation of the word kibbutzim, the Israel vibes of comedian Iliza Schlesinger, and 3 cantons that aren't in Ohio. Please donate to Muslim Aid USA:  https://www.mausa.org/ Find Zach online at  https://palestinenexus.com/ Subscribe to the Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/badhasb...

Matt and Daniel are joined by Efrim Menuck of seminal Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor to cover Radiohead’s zionism and more! Please become a member of the Bad Hasbara Patreon to listen to the full episode ! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Matt and Daniel are joined by historian and journalist Samira Mohyeddin to discuss “crisis vultures,” whether the Obama oratory can sell a Kamala Harris pro-Israel candidacy, and to decide whether Ta-Nehisi Coates or Elica Le Bon has a better grasp of the Palestinian plight. Please donate to Gaza Great Minds:  gazagreatminds.org/donate/ Find Samira Mohyeddin online at  https://patreon.com/OnTheLin...

We just posted a Patreon-only episode of Bad Hasbara with journalist Asa Winstanley of the Electronic Intifada to discuss the recent raid of Asa’s home and seizure of his devices by the bobbies (UK Feds). Here's a taste of the opening where we do a dramatic reading of a crazy tweet about how hasbara has failed. If you haven't joined the Patreon , you should. Support this podcast at — https...

Matt and Daniel are joined by author, actor and playwright Najla Said to discuss dueling depictions of the last moments of Yahya Sinwar, Benjamin Netanyahu’s supposed fear of sharing space with Najla's father Edward Said, and whether an inveterate torturer can know his victim as a mother knows her child (probably not). Please donate to MAP: Medical Aid for Palestinians:  https://www.map.org.uk...

Matt and Daniel are joined by Palestinian-American comedian Bilal Sharmoug to witness limits - of Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch’s commitment to tikkun olam - of British novelist Howard Jacobson’s capacity to willfully misunderstand the Israel Palestine conflict - and and of the audience’s tolerance for spotty Michael Caine impressions. Please donate to Doctors Without Borders: https://www.doctorswithoutbord...

HELP THE SHOW BY TAKING THE AUDIENCE SURVEY, PLEASE! http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=2QI_qFPHzCDZ&ver=standard This here is a PATREON TEASER! Matt and Daniel sat down with Will Menaker of Chapo Trap House and Movie Mindset for a nearly 2-hour episode. We've got an hour for you here, and you can join the Patreon for 55 minutes of bonus content from this interview.  In this...

Daniel Maté is on assignment, so Matt and Producer Adam discuss whether Israeli soldiers’ deaths in their assault on Lebanon constitute deaths or “murders,” as Senator Marsha Blackburn claims, the kayfabe of the US State Department expressing diplomatic concern to Israel, and a solemn goodbye to the celebrities we lost along the way. Please donate to Muslim Aid USA:  https://www.mausa.org/ Subscri...

We have a patreon bonus episode this week with Chapo Trap House's Will Menaker. You can watch/listen to it right now by joining the Patreon! So do it. Join the Patreon. Please. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Matt and Daniel talk with author and social activist Naomi Klein (Doppelganger, The Shock Doctrine) about the discouraging developments in Lebanon, the unconscious zionist drive to embody every anti-semitic stereotype, and Matt’s comprehensive understanding of Canadian identity. Please donate to Mercy Corps: https://www.mercycorps.org/ Keep up with Naomi Klein at https://naomiklein.org/ Subscribe...

Matt and Daniel are joined by actor and activist Jacob Berger to talk about the Jewish Chronicle’s spate of fabulism, his impending move to Cairo, and where to come up on some stanky gorgonzola on the NYU campus. Please donate to the Palestine Red Crescent Society: https://www.palestinercs.org/en Jacob’s Relief Funding Campaign: https://gogetfunding.com/provide-emergency-relief-to-gaza-with-jacob/...

Matt and Daniel are joined by Felix Biederman of Chapo Trap House to survey the grooming proclivities of Israel’s freelance hacks, the problem with the Dutch, and the suburban Chicago dad’s threshold for declaring something “Our 9/11.” Please donate to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund: https://www.pcrf.net/ Listen to Chapo Trap House at https://www.chapotraphouse.com/ Subscribe/listen to Bad H...

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Matt and Daniel are joined by Katie Halper ( The Katie Halper Show , Useful Idiots)  to cover the tragic killing of Aysengur Eygi by an IDF sniper, the difficulty in extracting a straight answer from the US State Department, and the Israeli tween publicity corps. Please donate to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund. Subscribe to the Patreon Subscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get you...