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2023 Gaza War Specials and Related Content

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Oct 19, 2023

We’ve been producing, re-posting, and unlocking a lot of content since the current Gaza War began October 7. Here you can find all of our specials and related content that we’ve made available. We’ll keep the most recent posts at the top of this page.

Note: Even if an episode looks like it’s behind a paywall, it doesn’t mean there isn’t a publicly available portion!

Series

A History of Modern Palestine w/ Rashid Khalidi

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Sep 1

A History of Modern Palestine w/ Rashid Khalidi

This series features Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, and focuses on his book The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017.

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Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 19

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Nov 29

Danny and Derek give subscribers a news update on the situation in Israel/Palestine, including the temporary pause in (some) hostilities, Ansar Allah/Houthi actions, and more. Check out the rest of our specials on the current conflict. Recorded Tuesday, November 28, 2023

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Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 18 w/ Mariam Barghouti

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Nov 17

Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 18 w/ Mariam Barghouti

Listen now (22 mins) | Danny and Derek speak with Mariam Barghouti, a journalist and writer based in Ramallah, about where things stand in Palestine. In addition to the situation in Gaza, they catch up on what’s been happening in the West Bank, particularly since October 7.

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Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 17 w/ Haggai Matar

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Nov 16

Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 17 w/ Haggai Matar

Listen now (50 mins) | Derek catches up with Haggai Matar of +972 Magazine for an update on the domestic situation in Israel. Danny and Derek then give a news update for subscribers. Some of Haggai’s recent work: “How October 7 has changed us all — and what it signals for our struggle”

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Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 16 w/ Akbar Shahid Ahmed and Michael Brenes

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Nov 9

Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 16 w/ Akbar Shahid Ahmed and Michael Brenes

Listen now (56 mins) | Derek speaks with Akbar Shahid Ahmed, senior foreign affairs reporter at HuffPost, about what is going on within the Biden administration around the Gaza War. Topics include sidelining the State Department, stifling voices therein, figures influencing Biden’s Middle East policy

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Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 15 w/ Emily Tamkin

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Nov 8

Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 15 w/ Emily Tamkin

Listen now (30 mins) | Danny and Derek welcome back to the podcast Emily Tamkin, author of Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities, to check in with how American Jews across the political spectrum are reacting to the current moment. Check out Emily’s recent articles on the topic in

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Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 14 w/ Zachary Foster

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Nov 3

Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 14 w/ Zachary Foster

Listen now (53 mins) | Danny and Derek are joined by Zachary Foster, historian of Palestine and editor of the Palestine, in Your Inbox newsletter. He and Danny compare their respective backgrounds as American Jews grappling with narratives of Israel and Palestine fed to them by Jewish day school, “Birthright Israel” trips, and related programs. The group then discusses the hi…

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Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 13 w/ Maryam Jamshidi

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Nov 2

Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 13 w/ Maryam Jamshidi

Listen now (45 mins) | Derek speaks with Maryam Jamshidi, associate professor of law at the University of Colorado, about the legal ramifications of what’s happening in Gaza under international law. Then Danny and Derek give a news update for subscribers. Here are Al Jazeera

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Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 12 w/ Ken Klippenstein

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Nov 1

Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 12 w/ Ken Klippenstein

Listen now (18 mins) | Ken Klippenstein, investigative reporter for The Intercept, returns to the program to discuss his recent article detailing a U.S. base recently constructed in Israel, 20 miles from Gaza. They explore the implications of such a classified “private-public partnership” project, America’s current geostrategic interest in Iran, how a base in such close proxi…

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Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 11 w/ Udi Greenberg

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Oct 30

Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 11 w/ Udi Greenberg

Listen now (34 mins) | Danny and Derek welcome Udi Greenberg, associate professor of history at Dartmouth, back to the podcast to discuss the internal situation in Israel. They touch on domestic media coverage, the rhetoric surrounding the Hamas operation and Israeli bombardments, Netanyahu’s political calculus, public opinion on Gaza and settler violence in the West Bank, an…

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Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 10

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Oct 28

Listen now (42 mins) | Danny and Derek give a news update and an analysis of where things stand today. They discuss the new phase of the war, the Israeli public’s response so far, the prospect of a hostage-prisoner swap, Friday’s UN General Assembly vote, the U.S. bombings in Syria, and more.

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Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 9 w/ Omar Shakir

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Oct 26

Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 9 w/ Omar Shakir

Listen now (35 mins) | Derek speaks with Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch (HRW), about the U.S. government’s decision to publicly question the statistics coming from Gaza’s Ministry of Health nearly three weeks into Israel’s bombardment of the enclave. They also discuss the dire humanitarian situation there including the collapse of the hospita…

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Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 8 w/ Sina Toossi

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Oct 19

Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 8 w/ Sina Toossi

Listen now (39 mins) | In the past two weeks, much has been made of Iran’s role in the current war on Gaza. Sina Toossi, senior non-resident fellow at the Center for International Policy, returns to the show to help contextualize Iran in the greater regional dynamics around the conflict.

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Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 7 w/ Seraj Assi

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Oct 19

Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 7 w/ Seraj Assi

Listen now (60 mins) | Derek sits down with Seraj Assi, a Palestinian writer living in Washington DC, to discuss the ongoing situation in Gaza including more background context on the Gaza Strip, Tuesday’s Ahli Arab Hospital strike, the overall humanitarian situation, looking ahead to the potential ground invasion, and more. Danny and Derek then give a news update for subscri…

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Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 6

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Oct 17

Listen now (21 mins) | Danny and Derek give a brief news update on the current Gaza War. Recorded 9:00pm EST, Monday, October 16, 2023

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Interview w/ Tariq Kenney-Shawa of Al-Shabaka

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Oct 15

Interview w/ Tariq Kenney-Shawa of Al-Shabaka

Derek conducted a written interview with Tariq Kenney-Shawa, US Policy Fellow at Al-Shabaka, the Palestinian think tank and policy network. Sunday morning EST, October 15, 2023

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Free Bonus - Christian Zionism, Pt. 1 w/ Daniel Hummel

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Oct 15

Free Bonus - Christian Zionism, Pt. 1 w/ Daniel Hummel

Listen now (61 mins) | Danny and Derek sit down with Daniel Hummel, director for university engagement at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Upper House, to discuss the emergence and rise of Christian Zionism in the United States since 1948. In this first part, they get into the pre-WWII roots of the movement, Evangelical Christians’ relations with Muslims of the region in…

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Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 5

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Oct 13

Listen now (28 mins) | Danny and Derek give a news update on the Gaza War for subscribers. We’ve also unlocked our discussion with Rashid Khalidi from our Monday update for everyone in addition to his series A History of Modern Palestine for those looking for an accessible history of the past 100 years of Palestine.

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Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 4 w/ Nour Odeh

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Oct 11

Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 4 w/ Nour Odeh

Listen now (41 mins) | Danny and Derek speak with Nour Odeh, political commentator and analyst in Ramallah, about the state of the media coverage of this war. They then give a news update for subscribers. Check out Al-Jazeera’s article on the issue of disinformation around the conflict.

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AP x Nonzero - Israel, Palestine, and US Foreign Policy w/ Robert Wright

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Oct 10

AP x Nonzero - Israel, Palestine, and US Foreign Policy w/ Robert Wright

Listen now (119 mins) | Welcome to the first installment of a collaboration we’re trying between AP and Nonzero Newsletter! Basically, we love the work of Bob and the team so much that we are going to periodically put out crossover episodes between the two projects. Paid subscribers get a discounted membership to Nonzero— just scroll below the paywall near the bottom of the description, where you’ll also find the video for the Overtime segment.

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Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 3 w/ Rashid Khalidi

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Oct 9

Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 3 w/ Rashid Khalidi

Listen now (40 mins) | Danny and Derek give a news update with where the conflict stands today. Then, for paid subscribers, they speak with Rashid Khalidi (16:30), the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, about the larger implications of the war.

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The 2023 Gaza War - News Clip, 10/8/23

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Oct 8

Watch now (5 mins) | A clip from the news portion of our second special episode on the Gaza War.

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Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 2 w/ Haggai Matar and Dalia Hatuqa

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Oct 8

Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 2 w/ Haggai Matar and Dalia Hatuqa

Listen now (69 mins) | This second episode on the current conflict in Gaza and within Israeli territory is in three parts: first, Danny and Derek give us a news update on the situation. They then speak with Haggai Matar, executive director of +972 Magazine, about his piece

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Special - The 2023 Gaza War, Ep. 1

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Oct 7

Listen now (29 mins) | Danny and Derek jump on the mic to lay out what we know so far about today’s offensive launched by Hamas from Gaza into Israeli territory (within the 1948 borders). Recorded midday EST, Saturday, October 7, 2023

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