Global Connections with Robert Siegel - Navigating The New Normal

Finding Your Jewish Roots Broadcast: June 2, 2026 Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: Adam Brown , Director, Avotaynu DNA Project Karen Franklin , Director, Family History, The Leo Baeck Institute for the Study of German-Jewish History and Culture Jennifer Mendelsohn , Co-Founder & Lead Genealogist, The Holocaust Reunion Project Dr. Idit M...

The Iran War - What’s Next? Broadcast: April 23, 2026 Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: Chuck Freilich Former Deputy National Security Adviser, Israel Professor, Columbia & Tel Aviv University Roya Hakakian Senior Correspondent, Middle East Broadcasting Network Dr. Michael Drescher Former Chair, Israel Association for Emergency Medicine...

America’s Housing Crisis Broadcast: March 26, 2026 Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: Bess Freedman CEO, Brown Harris Stevens David Smith Founder & Chairman, Affordable Housing Institute Elena Patel Co-Director, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, Brookings Institution Boaz Abramson Assistant Professor of Finance, Columbia University Globa...

American Antisemitism Today Broadcast: February 4, 2026 Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: Abraham Foxman National Director Emeritus, Anti-Defamation League Jonathan D. Sarna Professor American Jewish History, Brandeis University Chief Historian, Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History Chair, Academic Advisory & Editorial Boar...

Medical Innovations & Artificial Intelligence Broadcast: January 21, 2026 Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: Susan M. Domchek , MD, FASCO Executive Director, Basser Center for BRCA Director, MacDonald Cancer Risk Evaluation Center Basser Professor in Oncology, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania Eric Topol , MD Chair, Depar...

What's next in Israel & the Middle East in 2026? Broadcast: December 4, 2025 Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: Aaron David Miller , Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Ghaith Al-Omari , Senior Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy Ambassador Dennis Ross , William Davidson...

What’s next in Washington DC in 2026 Broadcast: November 19, 2025 Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: Abby Joseph Cohen , Economist & Financial Analyst; Professor, Business, Columbia University E.J. Dionne , W. Averell Harriman Chair & Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution Tamara Keith , White House Correspondent...

Universities and the Federal Government Broadcast: March 20, 2025 Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: Arjun Appadurai , Emeritus Professor of Media, Culture and Communication, New York University Michael S. Roth , President, Wesleyan University Stephen J. Trachtenberg , President Emeritus & University Professor Emeritus, George Washington Univ...

October 7: Survivor Stories & Trauma Broadcast: March 10, 2025 Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: Lee Yaron , Haaretz Journalist, Author of 10/7: 100 Human Stories Ruby Namdar , Author, The Ruined House Dr. Michael Bahar , Director, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Dept. Israel's Rabin Medical Center Global Connections is presen...

Whats Next in DC? Broadcast: January 29, 2025 Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: E.J. Dionne, Jr., W. Averell Harriman Chair & Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution Tamara Keith, White House Correspondent, National Public Radio Evan Osnos, Staff Reporter, The New Yorker Global Connections is presented by American Fr...

Why Conspiracies? Broadcast: November 26, 2024 Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: Jesselyn Cook , Reporter, Author, Nieman Fellow, Harvard University Nancy L. Rosenblum , Senator Joseph Clark Research Professor, Ethics in Politics & Government, Harvard University, emerita Global Connections is presented by American Friends of Rabin Medica...

How the Gaza War Changed The Middle East Broadcast: September 18, 2024 Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen , Director, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Program, The U.S. Institute of Peace David Makovsky , Director, Near East Policy Project on the Middle East Peace Process, The Washington Institute Ghaith Al-Omari , Senior...

Elections, Wars & The Media Broadcast: May 15, 2024 Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: David Folkenflik , NPR Media Correspondent Leonard Downie, Jr. , Weil Professor of Journalism, Arizona State University, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism Global Connections is presented by American Friends of Rabin Medical Center (AFRMC), a 501(c)(3) no...

Is The Golden Age of American Jews Ending Broadcast: April 30, 2024 Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: Franklin Foer , Journalist, National Correspondent The Atlantic Pamela Nadell , Professor & Chair, Women’s & Gender History, Director, Jewish Studies Program American University Leonard Saxe, Ph. D. , Professor of Contemporary Jewish...

The Middle East at War Broadcast: March 19, 2024 Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: Ambassador Dennis Ross , Counselor & William Davidson Distinguished Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy Natan Sachs , Director, Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution Ghaith al-Omari , Gilbert Foundation Senior Fellow, Washingto...

Becoming a Better Person Broadcast: February 14, 2024 Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: David Brooks , Columnist, New York Times Robert J. Waldinger, M.D. , Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Rabbi David Wolpe , Max Webb Emeritus Rabbi, Sinai Temple Global Connections is presented by American Friends of Rabin Medical Center (AFR...

Growing Up With Social Media Broadcast: January 24, 2024 Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: Sherry Turkle , Professor, Social Studies of Science & Technology M.I.T. Brian Merchant , Author, The One Device ; Technology Columnist, The L.A. Times Jean Twenge , Author, Generations ; Professor, Psychology, San Diego University Global Connectio...

Global Connections with Robert Siegel: Combating Antisemitism Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: Dr. Georgette Bennett (Founder and President, Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding ) Dan Granot ( Director of Government Relations for the Anti-Defamation League ) Representative Ted Deutch (Chief Executive Officer, American Jewish Co...

Global Connections with Robert Siegel: Freedom of Speech on Campus Robert Siegel (Former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: Kenneth S. Stern (Director, Bard Center for the Study of Hate) Professor Susannah Heschel (Dartmouth College, Chair, Jewish Studies Program) Talia Dror (Student Leader, Cornellians for Israel)

Global Connections with Robert Siegel:  How Old is Too Old to Work and to Lead? Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: Dr. Felix Benninger, M.D. (Deputy Director of the Department of Neurology at Rabin Medical Center, Israel Assistant Professor, University of Tel Aviv) Professor Laura L. Carstensen (Professor of Psychology and the Fairleigh S. Di...

Global Connections with Robert Siegel: What’s next in Washington D.C. in 2024? Robert Siegel (Former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: Emily Bazelon (Writer, New York Times Magazine) Aaron David Miller (Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) E.J. Dionne Jr. (W. Averell Harriman Chair & Senior Fellow – Governance...

Martin S. Indyk is currently the Lowy distinguished fellow in U.S.-Middle East diplomacy at The Council on Foreign Relations.    Previously, he served first as the vice president and director of the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, then as its executive vice president. He is also the founder of The Brookings Institution Center for Middle East Policy.    He was also the founding...

Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: Scott Rechler (Chairman & CEO of RXR) Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh (Earl Kazis and Benjamin Shore Professor of Real Estate, Columbia Business School) Professor Larry Susskind (Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Wednesday, June 14th @ 4pm ET

American Friends of Rabin Medical Center monthly leaders forum, Global Connections with Robert Siegel: Navigating the New Normal, on society, the economy, real estate, medicine, technology and science. Moderator Robert Siegel (host of NPR's All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: Sherry Turkle (Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor, Social Studies of Science & Technology, M.I.T.) Daniel...

American Friends of Rabin Medical Center monthly leaders forum, Global Connections with Robert Siegel:  Navigating the New Normal, on society, the economy, real estate, medicine, technology and science. Moderator Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews: Amb. Martin S. Indyk (Lowy Distinguished Fellow, US/Middle East Diplomacy, The Council on F...