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7:34

A New Iranian Revolution?

The Beinart Notebook ·

2026/01/13

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comTrita Parsi is an expert on Iran, author, and executive vice president of The Quincy Institute. I asked him to help make sense of the current situation in Iran.

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5:44

American Progressives Must Support the Protests in Iran

The Beinart Notebook ·

2026/01/12

Note: Apologies for the poor video quality here. I’m making do with spotty WiFi. A list of ways to help Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.There will be no Zoom call this week. We’ll return next week.Things to Read(Maybe this should be obvious, but I link to articles and videos I find provocative and significant, not necessarily ones I entirely agree with.)In Jewish Currents (subscribe!), Maya Rosen reports on efforts by Israeli universities to lure American Jewish students alienated by

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10:17

Pure Power Politics

The Beinart Notebook ·

2026/01/09

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comOur guest is one of the foremost scholars of US policy towards Latin America, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Yale historian, Greg Grandin, author of Empire’s Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism and America, América: A New History of the New World. We talked about how the Trump administration’s abduction of Nicolás Maduro fits into the long-history of US imperialism in the

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10:01

The Jewish Establishment’s Attacks on Mamdani Aren’t...

The Beinart Notebook ·

2026/01/05

A list of ways to help Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.This week’s zoom call will be at a special time, Wednesday at 1pm ET. Our guest will be one of the foremost scholars of US policy towards Latin America, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Yale historian Greg Grandin, author of Empire’s Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism and America, América: A New History of the New World. We’ll talk about how the Trump administration’s abduction of Nicolas Maduro fits

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10:19

“This Was a Failure”

The Beinart Notebook ·

2026/01/04

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comOur guest is Philip Gordon, a scholar at the Brookings Institution and former National Security Advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris. We talked about the Biden-Harris administration’s actions regarding Israel and Gaza, Kamala Harris’s statements about Gaza during the campaign, and what policies Democrats should pursue toward Israel-Palestine in the future.

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7:04

Maduro Abducted

The Beinart Notebook ·

2026/01/04

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/subscribe

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9:37

The Palestine Exception to Free Speech Rarely Ends...

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/12/29

A list of ways to help Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.This week’s zoom call will be at our regular time, Friday at 1 PM. Our guest will be Philip Gordon, a scholar at the Brookings Institution and former National Security Advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris. We’ll talk about the Biden-Harris administration’s actions regarding Israel and Gaza, Kamala Harris’s statements about Gaza during the campaign, how she might have governed as president and what policies Democrats should pursue

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11:48

How Ultra-Orthodox Jews View Zionism

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/12/28

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comOur guests this week are two remarkable people, Musya Herzog and Meyer Labin. Musya is a neuropsychologist who grew up in the Chabad-Lubavitch community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Meyer is a Yiddish-language journalist and writer from the Satmar community. They talk about the discourse about Israel and Zionism in ultra-Orthodox communities, and what it might take to make them more sympathetic to Palestinian

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6:54

Don’t Ban “Globalize the Intifada”

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/12/22

A list of ways to help Palestinians in Gaza and the West BankA way to directly help victims of the massacre in SydneyThis week’s zoom call will be at our regular time, Friday at 1 PM. Our guests will be two remarkable people, Musya Herzog and Meyer Labin. Musya is a neuropsychologist who grew up in the Chabad-Lubavitch community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Meyer is a Yiddish-language journalist and writer from the Satmar community. Both are now active in Smol Emuni, the religious left. They’ll talk

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10:49

After the Bondi Chanukah Massacre

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/12/19

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comSarah Schwartz, a human rights lawyer who grew up in Sydney, is the founding executive officer of the Jewish Council of Australia, a Jewish community organization founded to fight against antisemitism and all forms of racism, and to support Palestinian freedom and justice.

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5:08

Thoughts about the Chanukah Massacre in Australia

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/12/15

This week’s zoom call will be at A SPECIAL TIME: THURSDAY AT 2 PM Eastern. In light of the Chanukah massacre in Sydney, we’ll talk to Sarah Schwartz, a human rights lawyer who grew up in Sydney, and is the founding executive officer of the Jewish Council of Australia, a Jewish community organization founded to fight against antisemitism and all forms of racism, and to support Palestinian freedom and justice. We’ll talk about the unique history of the Jewish community in Australia, about the rise of

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11:43

Mahmood Mamdani

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/12/14

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comMahmood Mamdani is the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government at Columbia University, and father of the mayor-elect of New York City. We’ll talk about Professor Mamdani’s new memoir about his family’s experience in Uganda, his research on the similarities—and differences—between settler-colonialism in South Africa, Israel-Palestine and the United States, and what it’s like to be a Muslim in Trump’s America.

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7:00

Lessons from the Satmar Chassidim

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/12/08

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58:28

How to Think About Boycotts

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/12/05

Given the controversy over my talk at Tel Aviv University, I thought it would be interesting to talk to two experts on boycotts. Zackie Achmat is a veteran South African political activist and a leading authority on the role of boycotts in the anti-apartheid movement. Mazin Qumsiyeh is founder and volunteer director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University and the author of Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment, which

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23:52

Jeremy Ben-Ami Thinks I Made a Mistake

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/12/04

Recently, Jeremy Ben-Ami wrote an essay criticizing my apology for speaking at Tel Aviv University. I thought it would be a good idea to have him on to explore our differences. 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/subscribe

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6:03

The Trump administration’s dangerous obsession with Jews

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/12/01

A list of ways to help Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.This week’s call will be at a special time, WEDNESDAY at 1 PM. Given the controversy over my talk at Tel Aviv University, and subsequent apology, I thought it would be interesting to talk to two experts on boycotts: one South African and one Palestinian. Zackie Achmat is a veteran South African political activist and a leading authority on the role of boycotts in the anti-apartheid movement. Mazin Qumsiyeh is founder and volunteer

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7:03

A Short History of the Gaza Strip

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/11/21

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comAnne Irfan is an expert on Palestinian refugee rights, the UN and UNRWA. She is a Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies at University College London (UCL). She has previously taught at the University of Oxford, the London School of Economics, and the University of Sussex.I invited her to talk about her latest book, A Short History of the Gaza Strip.

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10:40

The Life and Politics of Edward Said

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/11/16

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comOur guest is Chapman University Professor Emeritus Nubar Hovsepian, author of the new book, Edward Said: The Politics of an Oppositional Intellectual. We talked about Professor Hovsepian’s insights into Said, his close friend, and about what we might learn from Said’s work for this moment in Israel-Palestine and the United States.

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9:50

A Conversation with Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/11/14

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comRabbi Elliot Cosgrove is the rabbi of the Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City. He has written for a variety of Jewish publications, including The Jewish Week and The Forward. He is the author of the 2024 book “For Such a Time as This: On Being Jewish Today” and the host of the podcast Common Faith.We have some strong disagreements so I’m grateful that he was willing to come on and discuss them with me.

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6:36

When Equality Feels like a Mortal Threat

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/11/10

A list of ways to help Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.This Friday’s Zoom call will be at 1 PM Eastern, our usual time. Our guest will be Chapman University Professor Emeritus Nubar Hovsepian, author of the new book, Edward Said: The Politics of an Oppositional Intellectual. We’ll talk about Professor Hovsepian’s insights into Said, his close friend, and about what we might learn from Said’s work for this moment in Israel-Palestine and the United States.Ask Me AnythingOur next Ask Me Anything

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