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Transported
by asquithventure
An alternative look at travel and its place in modern life, and some of the more interesting things under the surface that I learned from the places I visited.
Episodes
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From Around the World to Jerusalem
Today is the third anniversary on the Gregorian calendar of the deadliest day in Jewish history since the Shoah. What lessons have been learned by the Israeli government? And for the average Jew in Israel or the diaspora? Since October 7th, we’ve gone from being peripheral to being discussed and...
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London to Jerusalem via the Falklands/Malvinas
Our Rosh Hashanah special. We look back on the major events that marked the end of 5786, and see what it all means for Jews across the globe in 5787. May all of our subscribers and listeners be inscribed in the Book of Life. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other...
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20/6/26 - From Hormuz to Versailles
This deal with Iran is leaving many in the pro-Israel camp scratching their heads at the very least. Was this a calculated move designed to stabilise markets and avoid a wider regional war? A concession to domestic political realities? A victory for one faction inside the Republican Party over...
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11/06/26 - From Riyadh to Ankara
The war with Iran may still end in a strategic victory: no nukes, no ballistic missile threat, Hezbollah shattered, and the Islamic Republic weakened from within. But if Trump, Netanyahu, and the Gulf fail to convert that into a serious regional settlement, the vacuum will not stay empty. Saudi...
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01/06/26 - From London to Tel Aviv via Cyprus
A multitude of developments in Iran, Lebanon, domestically within Israel which we will summarise. Cyprus as a potential off-ramp for the Jews, in between UK and Israel, following multiple successive migrations within Greater London. The role of the Jews in British society is something discussed…
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From Bevis Marks to Nelson Street
Bevis Marks Synagogue is the oldest in Great Britain, founded over 300 years ago, still in use, at the heart of the City of London. Most of the Spanish & Portuguese Community now live in north-west London, so the synagogue is sparsely attended compared to its heyday where one Benjamin Disraeli...
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23/04/26 - From Buenos Aires to Tel Aviv
Thoughts on marking these impactful days in Buenos Aires, as the governments of Israel and Argentina appear closer than ever. Meanwhile in London we’re having a wave of antisemitic arson attacks, with a feckless response from the Government. Is our identity in our host nations something…
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09/04/26 - From Guadeloupe to Tehran Part VIII
Trump’s threat may have been bluster - either way, the Iranians took the option to negotiate, at least for now. We try and discern the signal from the noise, in the final part of this story arc. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
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07/04/26 - From Hydra to Hormuz
On the eve of the second Pesach yom tov, with Trump’s looming threats, and a world largely incapable of countenancing the use of force for any reason, let alone deploying it, we consider the words of Leonard Cohen’s last song as a message to us all. This is a public episode. If you'd like to...
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30/03/26 - From Guadeloupe to Tehran Part VII
As the second month of the Iran war begins, we hear of negotiations, but also of threats to energy infrastructure. The Houthis are rattling their sabers, but Israel’s nascent alliance with Somaliland could shift the calculus on any attempt to disrupt global trade in the choke point that is the…
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23/03/2026 - From Guadeloupe to Tehran Part VI
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19/03/2026 - From Guadeloupe to Tehran Part V
Could we be starting to see internal dissent and machinations that suggest many in the IRGC who are not so into the “I” and the “R” have had enough sleepless nights and are ready to make a deal? How is Trump handling the increasing dissent, often deranged, from people in and around his own...
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12/03/2026 - From Guadeloupe to Tehran Part IV
With each day that passes, and each unexpected statement from Trump, such as the war being “very complete,” we are left to wonder whether the US will or will not continue this campaign until we reach a regime change in Iran. The impacts of such a decision would have serious security ramifications...
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08/03/2026 - From Guadeloupe to Tehran part III
Despite the alarmism of many, this war is not the next Iraq, or Afghanistan, or Venezuela. There is a clear aim of regime change, and a variety of people who might be tapped to lead Iran, even in a transitional capacity. If it’s Pahlavi, he will need others on his team to unify the various ethnic...
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03/03/26 - From Guadeloupe to Tehran Part 2
Forty seven years ago, western leaders gathered in Basse Terre, Guadeloupe to decide on a unified response to the Islamic revolution. This time around there’s no conference happening, rather a forceful campaign by the US and Israel, with some increasing involvement by Gulf states who are being...
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28/02/2026 - From Guadeloupe to Tehran
Joined by my executive producer Ariel on my brief visit to the French Caribbean, we chat about the news which broke overnight. Is this another Venezuela? Or 2003 Iraq? The answer is neither, for various reasons, which we unpack in this special seaside conversation. This is a public episode. If...
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From Filton to Muscat via Little Saint James
In the same week that a jury at Woolwich Crown Court failed to convict the first members of the Filton 24, and the US holds nuclear talks with Iran, Pam Bondi’s DOJ released an enormous batch of files relating to the sordid dealings of the disgraced financier. Tying together these divergent…
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From Tehran to Davos
Iran’s protests continue amidst a communications blackout, and estimated fatalities in the tens of thousands. Rojava has fallen. A Board of Peace is recruiting global figures to create a post-war governance of Gaza. Greenland is preparing for an invasion, while Nicolás Maduro sits in a Brooklyn...
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From Caracas to Tehran
Wide-scale demonstrations have swept cities across Iran, growing more violent with each passing day. This, less than a week after Maduro was apprehended from his bed and brought to face charges in the US. The Trump administration is negotiating some sort of working relationship from the interim...
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From Phoenix to Pinner
From a conservative mega-conference in Arizona to a Jewish peer’s exchange with the online right, the fracture line is widening fast. The right’s uncomfortable alliance with Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood, as well as the leftist-islamist alliance. What happens when Jews stop fitting neatly into...
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From Guadeloupe to Portland Place
A drunk driver hits a food truck in Guadeloupe. Within hours, it mutates online into an Islamist attack on a Christmas market and gets laundered through Indian clickbait sites, before landing on Elon and Tommy Robinson’s X accounts. Meanwhile, the BBC racks up hundreds of “corrections” on Israel...
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From London to Buenos Aires
Sunday’s midterm elections in Argentina were a referendum on Milei’s past two years in office. His unconventional approach appears to be working. What does this mean for future of Argentina’s economy, as well as relations with the US, Israel and even the UK? Join us as we take a deep dive into…
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From Luton Town to Aston Villa
Tommy is a highly divisive figure - as mentioned in the podcast, I strongly suggest watching a long-form interview with him to get the measure of him, rather than relying on second- and third-hand statements about him. I recommend Triggernometry, Andrew Gold or Jonathan Sacerdoti. For good…
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From Jakarta to Jerusalem
Two years after the most painful Simchat Torah in recent memory, we are once again at the end of the High Holidays, and have welcomed home 20 living hostages. The Sharm-Al-Sheikh peace deal, led by the White House, has involved some surprising players. This is a public episode. If you'd like to...
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From Manchester to Jerusalem
If there’s one thing for British Jews and non-Jews to take away from this episode, it’s this call to action. Home is where you make it, and for 370 years we have made our home in Britain. Next week is Succot (Tabernacles) - we call on British people of all faiths and none to visit their Jewish...
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From New York to Ramallah - Rosh Hashanah Special
As always, thank you for listening. On behalf of Transported, we wish you a sweet new year. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit transported.substack.com/subscribe
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11/09/25 - From Provo, Utah to unknown
The horrific murder of a public figure like Charlie Kirk had a grim inevitability about it. The tone of civil discourse has become anything but; Kirk's entire brand leaned heavily into retaining civility even when discussing the most contentious topics. This was not just the murder of a man, but...
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From around the world to São Paulo, part 4
Apologies for the delay in producing this and the rest of the NGF updates - our days at the conference were long, and I ran out of time and steam to produce them while I was there. So they’ll be coming out over the next few days, then normal service will resume. I hope they are of some interest…
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From around the world to São Paulo, part 3
The collage in the cover pic represents my Jewish journey using a colour code system representing different things like home, community, education, belief and so on. Prize for anyone who guesses three of the elements! Whilst it should be obvious, of course all views expressed in this podcast are…
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From around the world to São Paulo, part 2
In these sessions we had an opportunity to discuss the essential qualities of leadership in the midst of the various crises we’ve all endured in the past five years, both within and outside the Jewish community and Israel. We also looked at contemporary feminism for Jews and Israelis, especially...
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From around the world to São Paulo: Part 1
The NGF fosters Jewish connectedness among a new generation of current and future leaders from across the world, in the spirit of the man for whom it is named: “Ben Gurion once reproached me with being a wandering Jew, I answered that some people have their roots in themselves and have no need to...
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From Tel Aviv around the world, part V
Henry Kissinger famously quipped that Israel has no foreign policy and only domestic politics. Now Israel itself is effectively a matter of domestic politics, rathern than foreign policy, in so many countries. In part V of “From Tel Aviv around the world”, we consider how to communicate our story...
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From Tel Aviv around the world, part IV
In this part of the episode, we delve further into the previously discussed concept of “locks and keys” as a way to think about the communication of Israel’s public diplomacy and the wider story of Zionism. As always I welcome feedback, questions, comments, and arguments. This is a public…
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From Rafah to Rafah
It's been a very busy week with a lot to think about, with the shrill criticism from the sidelines of the aid situation in Gaza, and now Macron virtue-signalling with his unconditional recognition of Palestine. How did we get ourselves so cornered on all this? Is there still a way out? I try to...
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From Pinner to Suweida
A quick thought or two about the situation with the Druze. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit transported.substack.com/subscribe
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From Tel Aviv around the world, part III
A dive into the psychology and archetypes of the Israel-bashers, and how this may hold the key to fighting back - not just for ourselves but for the West as a whole. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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From Missouri to Fordow, part III
Hopefully the concluding part of this war arc. Where we seem to have reached, what might happen next in an at least partly reshaped Middle East. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit transported.substack.com/subscribe
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From Missouri to Fordow, part II
A quick update to try and make some sense of the Trump ceasefire agreement, and what may be happening inside the regime as a result. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit transported.substack.com/subscribe
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From Missouri to Fordow, part I
Some thoughts in the aftermath of Trump's burrito moment and how this shifts the strategic outlook in the Middle East and perhaps elsewhere. Honourable mentions for the Druze and the Navajo! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
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From Tel Aviv to Tehran, part IV
Another little update, focusing on the roles of other actual and potential actors in this conflict, based on questions and discussion with listeners. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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From Tel Aviv to Tehran, part III
A further short update and some analysis on how this looks to be playing out. I'll try and do this every couple of days - this came from some questions I was asked over the weekend, please send me yours by email, Whatsapp or via the comments and I'll try to answer them in the next one. This is a...
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From Tel Aviv to Tehran, part II
A short update given events of the last couple of days. Back to the current episode storyline shortly... This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit transported.substack.com/subscribe
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From Tel Aviv around the world, part II
First priority is that our own community is pulling roughly in the same direction and people are not cowed into throwing Israel under the bus to save themselves. How to remain united in cause even if we disagree on strategy and tactics. Can we make diversity of opinion a feature, not a bug? This…
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From Tel Aviv around the world, part I
This multi-part episode will take a look at Israel's broken communications and how we might fix them. We will go from micro to macro in terms of scale of delivery and breadth of strategy. In the first part, a little look at a social media debate I had recently that teases out a lot of the issues…
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From Rome to Austin, part V
An emergency ep given the events in DC last night, but serves as a preamble to the next little series. Grim moments we must learn from. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit transported.substack.com/subscribe
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From Rome to Austin, part IV
Current events, and the chronic way they are misrepresented and misreported, are a microcosm of the wider fight we have on our hands, and deserve a robust response. We are also in a situation largely of the making of Israel's political leadership of all stripes, from unhelpful remarks at…
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From Rome to Austin, part III
Weaving together the crazy last couple of weeks of Middle East news and what it all might mean, with the way Israel is interpreted and castigated by old and new media and institutions. In Part IV I'll try and explain what I think Israel can actually do on this front. This is a public episode. If...
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From Rome to Austin, part II
A deeper dive into Podcastistan. I've made Dave Smith my sacrificial lamb to demonstrate why we do need expertise, even if it doesn't come entirely from the "expert class". It's worth grasping why Podcastistan came about - in response to a sclerotic legacy media and trite Tiktok soundbites - but…
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From Rome to Austin, part I
This is a multi-part episode, quite a lot of ground to cover as we journey from the Pope's funeral, through the emerging and increasingly important alternative media world of Podcastistan, towards surprising emerging alliances and dangers for Israel and the Jewish people, and what we can do to...
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From Cairo to Tel Aviv
This is a stopgap mini-ep as we come up to Pesach (Passover) - the title is a nod to the redemption of the Children of Israel from slavery in, and exodus from, Pharoah's Egypt. There's a multi-part episode in the works but I've been rather under the weather this week and events keep moving (even...
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