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9:05

Democrats, Follow Britain

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2026/10/05

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8:35

Reclaiming Jewish Identity from Zionism

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2026/10/05

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comOur guests are two of the most sophisticated and fearless internal critics of Israeli politics and society: Mairav Zonszein, senior analyst for Israel at the International Crisis Group and a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times, and Raef Zreik, a senior research fellow at the Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem.We discuss:Israel’s attempt to ban Palestinian candidates in the upcoming electionThe absence

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9:52

Two Sons of Iran Debate Its Regime

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2026/10/02

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comOur guests today are Meir Javedanfar, lecturer in Iranian Studies at Reichman University in Tel Aviv, and Nader Hashemi, professor of Middle East politics at Georgetown. Though both are from Iran, they offer two very divergent perspectives on Iran’s history and present. I’m grateful they were willing to let me moderate a discussion between them.Topics include:The origins of the Iran-Israel conflictWhether Iran’s

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8:35

September “Ask Me Anything” Tomorrow

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2026/09/29

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit peterbeinart.substack.com/subscribeA monthly “Ask Me Anything” session is the one perk offered to Premium paid subscribers only. The September AMA will be tomorrow, Wednesday, September 30, from 2-3pm Eastern time. The August AMA video is here for Premium members. A sample portion is free for all. Topics include:* The California proposal to make Judaism an ethnicity* The dangers of

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11:56

What Democrats Still Aren’t Saying about Palestinian...

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2026/09/28

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10:56

“Israel Cannot Be a Liberal Democracy”

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2026/09/28

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comOur guests are two of the most sophisticated and fearless internal critics of Israeli politics and society: Mairav Zonszein, senior analyst for Israel at the International Crisis Group and a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times, and Raef Zreik, a senior research fellow at the Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem.We discuss:Israel’s attempt to ban Palestinian candidates in the upcoming electionThe absence

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11:26

“A Systemic Disregard for Human Life”

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2026/09/23

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comOur guest is Avner Gvaryahu, former executive director of Breaking the Silence, which takes testimony from former Israeli soldiers. He’s currently doing research at Oxford University on the use of AI in war. With all the debate around the new documentary, NAZA, I wanted to talk to Avner about the IDF and military culture and methods.We discuss:How the filmmakers kept its subjects anonymousWhy the Israeli military

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15:06

What I Learned From Watching NAZA

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2026/09/20

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14:32

After What Israel Has Done in Our Name, Is Repentance...

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2026/09/18

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comOur guest today is Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller. He was the longtime Hillel Director at UCLA. He’s a fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, and was ordained by Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik at Yeshiva University. He has opposed Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza for close to half a century, first with Breira, and more recently, with A Land for All and Smol Emuni. He has published two essays in the last

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8:00

Repenting Through Listening

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2026/09/15

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11:44

9/11, Twenty-Five Years On

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2026/09/11

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comOn the 25th anniversary of September 11, we discuss the enduring legacy of that day. Our guests are Spencer Ackerman, author of Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump and the newsletter, Forever Wars, and Iyad El-Baghdadi, co-author of The Middle East Crisis Factory and Editor-in-Chief of Kulna. I can’t think of two better people to explain how 9/11 still haunts Americans, the

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8:34

Inside Biden’s Gaza Policy

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2026/09/09

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comOur guest is Rabbi Yaacov Behrman, the public relations liaison for Chabad Headquarters, as well as the founder of the Jewish Future Alliance and Director of Operation Survival.We discuss:The biblical mandate for human equalityHow West Bank settlements makes a two-state solution less likelyWhy did Chabad host Itamar Ben-Gvir?

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7:12

Explanation Is Not Justification

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2026/09/07

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9:41

Chris Rabb on Trying to be Progressive in a...

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2026/09/06

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comOur guest is State Representative Chris Rabb, who recently won the Democratic nomination for the House of Representatives in Pennsylvania’s third congressional district, part of a wave of recent victories by members of the Democratic Socialists of America.Topics include:Whether multi-racial democracy will surviveHow Hillary could have wonWhat it’s like to have to raise moneyJosh Shapiro, John Fetterman, and

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9:52

Rabbi Yaacov Behrman and I Discuss Judaism, Zionism...

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2026/09/02

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comOur guest is Rabbi Yaacov Behrman, the public relations liaison for Chabad Headquarters, as well as the founder of the Jewish Future Alliance and Director of Operation Survival.We discuss:The biblical mandate for human equalityHow West Bank settlements makes a two-state solution less likelyWhy did Chabad host Itamar Ben-Gvir?

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9:14

The Heckling of Brad Lander

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2026/08/31

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12:07

The Rise of Islamophobia in America

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2026/08/30

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comOur guest is Rozina Ali, a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine and the author of the new book, just released this week, Seasons of Fury: Four Families and the Rise of Islamophobia in America.We discuss:Why anti-Muslim bigotry has become so prominent in AmericaThe various ways American Muslims navigate IslamophobiaThe different Islamophobic strategies employed against Zohran Mamdani and Abdul

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6:27

The Full Cost of AIPAC’s Influence

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2026/08/24

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10:05

Two Jews Debate Abdul El-Sayed

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2026/08/21

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comOur guest is Rabbi Asher Lopatin, the Director of Community Relations at the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor and the Rabbi of Kehillat Etz Chaim in Oak Park, Michigan.I’ve known Rabbi Lopatin for a long time. He’s not only a great teacher of Torah, he’s also a mensch. Which makes his willingness to support Mike Rogers over Abdul El-Sayed even more distressing to me. Nonetheless, we had a respectful

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7:32

Settler Violence is State Violence

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2026/08/17

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