TLV1 Podcasts

We discuss: 1) President Herzog’s split-the-baby reply to PM Netanyahu’s request for a pardon 2) The announcement that former PM Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid will run together in the upcoming elections, and whether the whole they make is bigger or smaller than the sum of its parts. The post The “This Feeling is Called Hope” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.

A generation raised on VHS, torrents, and global cinema reinvented horror in Israel—turning familiar tropes into sharp, funny, and deeply local cultural critique. As Prof. Olga Gershenson explains, Israeli horror is anything but escapist—it’s subversive, original, and long overdue. The post A Nightmare on Herzl Street appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.

We discuss: 1) The imposed cease-fires and whether Israelis ought to worry we’re becoming a vassal state 2) What explains why an IDF soldier took a sledgehammer to a statue of Jesus in a yard in a village in Lebanon. The post The “Men & Gods” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.

We discuss: 1) Whether or not war has become the norm for Israel rather than a deliberate strategy 2) Why Israelis remain among the happiest people in the world, even after October 7th The post The “Bombs and Balms” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.

Oftentimes, Israelis mix up the Hebrew words משכיר and שוכר. It's the difference between "renting" an apartment and "renting out" an apartment. It's a common mistake that you don't have to make! The post You the Landlord or the Tenant? appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.

We discuss: 1) The abrupt, maybe fleeting, end to the war with Iran, and what it means, 2) The “Death Penalty for Terrorists” law recently passed by the Knesset, and what it means. The post The “War is Over! (If You Ignore a Thing or Two)” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.

Prof. Oz Frankel takes us inside a pivotal — and surprisingly complex — moment in Israeli history: the late 1960s and early 1970s, when Israel didn’t simply “become American”… it collided with America. The post The Dialectics of a Special Relationship appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.

We discuss: 1) The Jewish thugs attacking, hurting and terrorizing Palestinians on the West Bank and, relatedly, 2) What our exodus story needs to be this year. The post The “Egypt Within Us” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.

Ninety years ago this week, Hebrew was heard on airwaves as the Voice of Jerusalem had its first broadcast. The feint echoes of the thing are worth listening for today. The post The “Radio Days” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.