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Matt and Daniel are joined by author Peter Beinart to examine the toll taken by supremacist ideology, the curious demographics of the various “top anti-semites” lists, and Van Jones’ trajectory through the Activist-To-Embarrassing One’s Self On Real Time With Bill Maher pipeline.Please donate to Bridge Of Solidarity: https://chuffed.org/project/bridgeofsolidarityJoin the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraThe Beinart Notebook: https://peterbeinart.substack.com/Jewish Currents: https://jewishcurrents.org/Being Jewish After The Destruction of Gaza: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214490421-being-jewish-after-the-destruction-of-gazaBad Hasbara Merch Store:https://estoymerchandise.com/collections/bad-hasbara-podcastGet tickets for Francesca Fiorentini, Matt Lieb and friends with Daniel Maté October 13 in Brooklyn: https://bit.ly/mattfranbellhouseSubscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraWhat’s The Spin playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/50JoIqCvlxL3QSNj2BsdURSubscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get your podcasts.Spotify https://spoti.fi/3HgpxDmApple Podcasts https://apple.co/4kizajtSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Matt and Daniel are joined by poet Ahmed Sarsour live from Deir al Balah in Gaza to hold forth on the reality of daily life in a war zone, hopes for the future, and making art in the midst of chaos.We had a few technical issues given the precarity of the connection, and you’ll notice that Matt exits early without notice due to his own tech mishap, but we’re all happy to bring you word directly from Gaza this week.Please donate to Hussein Team: https://chuffed.org/project/138529-urgent-appeal-support-displaced-families-in-gazaFind Ahmed online at https://linktr.ee/ahmedsarsour“Walls, Windows, and a Door,” by Ahmed Sarsour: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10m55Ys_Z1t_rXbhTpp0JMq99TZrMtGF9/view?usp=drivesdkJoin the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraBad Hasbara Merch Store:https://estoymerchandise.com/collections/bad-hasbara-podcastGet tickets for Francesca Fiorentini, Matt Lieb and friends with Daniel Maté October 13 in Brooklyn: https://bit.ly/mattfranbellhouseSubscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraWhat’s The Spin playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/50JoIqCvlxL3QSNj2BsdURSubscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get your podcasts.Spotify https://spoti.fi/3HgpxDmApple Podcasts https://apple.co/4kizajtSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Matt and Daniel are joined by filmmaker Rolla Selbak to consider Netantahu’s social media strategy, anti-zionists’ purported mustiness, and the most epic team-up in JCU history.Please donate to Middle East Children’s Alliance: https://www.mecaforpeace.org/Send us an email or leave us a voice message for our next mailbag. badhasbara@gmail.com / (747) 348-5259. 100 words, 20 seconds, make it count.Rolla on IG: https://www.instagram.com/rollaselbakThe Visitor: http://thevisitormovie.comJoin the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraBad Hasbara Merch Store:https://estoymerchandise.com/collections/bad-hasbara-podcastGet tickets for Francesca Fiorentini and Matt Lieb at the Ice House in Pasadena October 1: https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-10-01-25-7-45-pmGet tickets for Francesca Fiorentini, Matt Lieb and friends with Daniel Maté October 13 in Brooklyn: https://bit.ly/mattfranbellhouseSubscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraWhat’s The Spin playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/50JoIqCvlxL3QSNj2BsdURSubscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get your podcasts.Spotify https://spoti.fi/3HgpxDmApple Podcasts https://apple.co/4kizajtSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Matt and Daniel are joined by the host of the Bad Faith podcast, Briahna Joy Gray to speak on the UN committee report recognizing a genocide by Israel in Gaza, as well as Charlie Kirk’s dispatch from the AI beyond, and Ambassador Mike Huckabee doing Netanyahu’s act like the Gallagher II of international relations.Please donate to Pal Humanity: http://palhumanity.com/Send us an email or leave us a voice message for our next mailbag. badhasbara@gmail.com / (747) 348-5259. 100 words, 20 seconds, make it count.Get the Bad Faith podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-faith/id1531192509Join the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraBad Hasbara Merch Store:https://estoymerchandise.com/collections/bad-hasbara-podcastGet tickets for Francesca Fiorentini and Matt Lieb at the Ice House in Pasadena October 1: https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-10-01-25-7-45-pmGet tickets for Francesca Fiorentini, Matt Lieb and friends with Daniel Maté October 13 in Brooklyn: https://bit.ly/mattfranbellhouseSubscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraWhat’s The Spin playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/50JoIqCvlxL3QSNj2BsdURSubscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get your podcasts.Spotify https://spoti.fi/3HgpxDmApple Podcasts https://apple.co/4kizajtSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In this week’s Patreon exclusive episode with comedian Orli Matlow from the War Is Stupid podcast, we sat down for some Hebrew Bible study with eminent Talmudic scholar and ultra-Semitic bloke Lee Kern, innit. (Warning: this episode far exceeds the FDA’s daily recommendation for musical theatre references.)To listen to the full episode join the Patreon at patreon.com/badhasbara Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Matt and Daniel are joined by content creator Chris Kunzler, who was endlessly impressed with their accent work during their chat over the UK’s proscription of Palestine Action, Hen Mazzig’s pecking at Hannah Einbinder, and Israel’s decision not to drop Jerry Seinfeld’s “Unfrosted” on Gaza because their drones can’t carry bombs that massive.Please donate to Bridge of Solidarity: https://chuffed.org/project/bridgeofsolidaritySend us an email or leave us a voice message for our next mailbag. badhasbara@gmail.com / (747) 348-5259. 100 words, 20 seconds, make it count.Find Chris everywhere:https://www.instagram.com/chris.kunzlerhttps://x.com/chriskunzlerhttps://youtube.com/@chris_kunzlerhttps://www.tiktok.com/@chriskunzlerJoin the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraBad Hasbara Merch Store: https://estoymerchandise.com/collections/bad-hasbara-podcastGet tickets for Francesca Fiorentini and Matt Lieb at the Ice House in Pasadena October 1: https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-10-01-25-7-45-pmGet tickets for Francesca Fiorentini, Matt Lieb and friends with Daniel Maté October 13 in Brooklyn: https://bit.ly/mattfranbellhouseSubscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraWhat’s The Spin playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/50JoIqCvlxL3QSNj2BsdURSubscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get your podcasts.Spotify https://spoti.fi/3HgpxDmApple Podcasts https://apple.co/4kizajtSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
On our recent Patreon-only episode with Yves Engler (long-time activist and insurgent candidate for the leadership of Canada’s New Democratic Party) we discussed a different sort of campaign: podcaster and self-proclaimed “Zioness” Dahlia Kurtz’s obsessive attack on Yves’s free speech that landed him in a Montreal jail for 5 days. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In a special episode, Matt and Daniel are joined from Tunisia by Greg Stoker, where he is part of the Global Sumud Flotilla. This interview was recorded early in the day on September 8, 2025, before the drone strike on the flotilla's "Family Boat" in Tunisian waters.Please donate to the Gaza City Flour Fund: http://bit.ly/gazaflourfundJoin the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraBad Hasbara Merch Store: https://estoymerchandise.com/collections/bad-hasbara-podcastFollow the Global Sumud Flotilla at https://www.instagram.com/globalsumudflotillaFollow Greg Stoker at https://www.instagram.com/greg.j.stoker/Get tickets for Francesca Fiorentini, Matt Lieb and friends with Daniel Maté October 13 in Brooklyn: https://bit.ly/mattfranbellhouseSubscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraWhat’s The Spin playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/50JoIqCvlxL3QSNj2BsdURSubscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get your podcasts.Spotify https://spoti.fi/3HgpxDmApple Podcasts https://apple.co/4kizajtSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Here is the audio version of our livestream fundraiser with guest Noura Erakat. To donate to the Gaza City Flour Fund please click this link! http://bit.ly/gazaflourfundSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
This week on the Patreon exclusive episode we talked Miko Peled, the anti-zionist Israeli son of a storied Israeli general. Here is a little teaser! You can listen to the full episode on Patreon Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Matt and Daniel are joined by AJ+ Editorial Lead Tony Karon to consider the ghost of Theodor Herzl, Adam Friedland’s courting of his family’s ire in the presence of Ritchie Torres, and an explanation of bundism that somehow elides delicious, radial cakes.Please donate to the Gaza City Flour Fund: http://bit.ly/gazaflourfundJoin the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraSubscribe to Tony Karon’s substack https://tonykaron.substack.com/And follow Tony Karon on instagram https://www.instagram.com/rootless_cosmo?igsh=MTh6cDNhZWlrdzk5dQ==Bad Hasbara Merch Store: https://estoymerchandise.com/collections/bad-hasbara-podcastFind Tony at https://x.com/tonykaronGet tickets for Francesca Fiorentini, Matt Lieb and friends with Daniel Maté October 13 in Brooklyn: https://bit.ly/mattfranbellhouseSubscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraWhat’s The Spin playlist: https://spoti.fi/4kjO9tLSubscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get your podcasts.Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/50JoIqCvlxL3QSNj2BsdUR?si=fX8ubEarS5mpID7RGcw56g&nd=1&dlsi=c37394374aa349f2Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/4kizajtSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Matt and Daniel welcome content creator Matt Bernstein to talk through Israel’s “double-tap” bombing of Nasser Hospital and the attendant instant revisionism, getting lectured by near-strangers on behalf of Israel, and Daniel-Ryan Spaulding’s series of colonial violence fet videos.Please donate to the Gaza City Flour Fund: http://bit.ly/gazaflourfundJoin the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraBad Hasbara Merch Store: https://estoymerchandise.com/collections/bad-hasbara-podcastFind Matt and A Bit Fruity at https://www.youtube.com/@MattBernstein1Get tickets for Francesca Fiorentini, Matt Lieb and friends with Daniel Maté October 13 in Brooklyn: https://bit.ly/mattfranbellhouseSubscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraWhat’s The Spin playlist: https://spoti.fi/4kjO9tLSubscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get your podcasts.Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/50JoIqCvlxL3QSNj2BsdUR?si=fX8ubEarS5mpID7RGcw56gApple Podcasts https://apple.co/4kizajtSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Matt and Daniel welcome actor Sarah Alami (Guardians of the Galaxy) to cover Gal Gadot’s Snow White post-mortem, Eve Barlow’s ongoing celebration of her own victimhood, and advice on securing a chopped cheese in Woodside, Queens without triggering a self-induced panic pity party.Please donate to Doctors Without Borders: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/Join the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraBad Hasbara Merch Store: https://estoymerchandise.com/collections/bad-hasbara-podcastFind Sarah online at https://www.instagram.com/salamisarahFollow Real Time Palestine at https://www.instagram.com/realtimepalestineSee Francesca Fiorentini and Matt Lieb August 28 in Houston, TX: https://bit.ly/mattfranhtxGet tickets for Francesca Fiorentini, Matt Lieb and friends with Daniel Maté October 13 in Brooklyn: https://bit.ly/mattfranbellhouseProps to Matt Ketai, whose Gal Gadot impression has burrowed deep into all of our brains: https://www.instagram.com/mattketaiSubscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraWhat’s The Spin playlist: https://spoti.fi/4kjO9tLSubscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get your podcasts.Spotify https://spoti.fi/3HgpxDmApple Podcasts https://apple.co/4kizajtSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Matt and Daniel welcome returning champion Tadhg Hickey for a deep dive into U2’s statements on Gaza. Dublin’s most famous erstwhile hoteliers attempt statements ambiguous enough to anppear prophetic in case of all possible outcomes, and Bono gets more elliptical than the Mar Vista 24 Hour Fitness during pilot season. Plus! There’s a guy named Larry in U2? Just Larry?Please donate to Palestine Red Crescent: https://www.palestinercs.org/Join the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraSubscribe to Tadhg Hickey at https://youtube.com/@mrtadhghickeySee Francesca Fiorentini and Matt Lieb August 28 in Houston, TX: https://bit.ly/mattfranhtxGet tickets for Francesca Fiorentini, Matt Lieb and friends with Daniel Maté October 13 in Brooklyn: https://bit.ly/mattfranbellhouseSubscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraWhat’s The Spin playlist: https://spoti.fi/4kjO9tLSubscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get your podcasts.Spotify https://spoti.fi/3HgpxDmApple Podcasts https://apple.co/4kizajtSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Matt and Daniel welcome Jeremy Kaplowitz from the Quorators podcast for a remembrance of Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif. Later they watch David Mamet create a scene of immeasurable tension between two people in a tightly hemmed performance space, and finally probe Mayor Pete’s take on some rigid, girthy problems, bursting with arousal.Please find an urgent funds appeal to support at https://gazadirect.com/Join the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraSee Francesca Fiorentini and Matt Lieb August 28 in Houston, TX: https://bit.ly/mattfranhtxGet tickets for Francesca Fiorentini, Matt Lieb and friends with Daniel Maté October 13 in Brooklyn: https://bit.ly/mattfranbellhouseSubscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraWhat’s The Spin playlist: https://spoti.fi/4kjO9tLSubscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get your podcasts.Spotify https://spoti.fi/3HgpxDmApple Podcasts https://apple.co/4kizajtSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Matt, Daniel and guest Rabbi Yosef Leib react to an interview with Labor Zionist leader Muki Tzur,Join the patreon to hear the full episodePlease find an urgent funds appeal to support at https://gazadirect.com/See Francesca Fiorentini and Matt Lieb August 28 in Houston, TX: https://bit.ly/mattfranhtxSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Matt and Daniel are joined by AJ+ journalist Mohammad Alsaafin to break in Israel's new term for hasbara, to ponder a few of the many reasons Alan Dershowitz might be denied a Polish delicacy, and to wonder whether taking a photograph of a photographer taking a photograph makes the photograph the first photographer was photographing not a photograph at all.Please donate to Gaza Direct: https://gazadirect.comJoin the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraBisan From Gaza playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZd3QRtSy5LP4IgJ3sX2LhF3tuBbFFbKJ&si=Vt17CeFepyZ4_ETiHow Israeli Apartheid Destroyed My Hometown, from AJ+: https://youtu.be/aEdGcej-6D0?si=FUPo9fymKOKCVCm3See Francesca Fiorentini and Matt Lieb August 28 in Houston, TX: https://bit.ly/mattfranhtxSubscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraWhat’s The Spin playlist: https://spoti.fi/4kjO9tLSubscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get your podcasts.Spotify https://spoti.fi/3HgpxDmApple Podcasts https://apple.co/4kizajtSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In this excerpt from a Patreon exclusive episode of Bad Hasbara, Daniel hears what it's like to refuse compulsory service in the IDF, from 19-year old conscientious objector Iddo Elam.To listen to full episode, join the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraDonate to the Gaza City Flour Fund: http://bit.ly/gazaflourfundFind Iddo at https://www.instagram.com/iddo_elam/Follow Mesarvot at https://www.instagram.com/mesarvot/Standup Comedy October 13 with Matt Lieb, Francesca Fiorentini and Daniel Maté: https://www.ticketmaster.com/francesca-fiorentini-and-matt-lieb-brooklyn-new-york-10-13-2025/event/300062E2C3694548See Francesca Fiorentini and Matt Lieb August 28 in Houston, TX: https://bit.ly/mattfranhtxSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Matt and Daniel are joined on a livestream by journalist Jasper Nathaniel to raise money for the Gaza City Flour Fund. They discussed Tommy Vietor's effort to Pod Save Reputation, other objects Cory Booker could hide behind at politically disadvantageous photo ops, and whether Columbia University's outside counsel needs to renew their Adobe Creative Cloud font license.Thank you to everyone who donated live!Donate to the Gaza City Flour Fund: http://bit.ly/gazaflourfundStandup Comedy October 13 with Matt Lieb, Francesca Fiorentini and Daniel Maté: https://www.ticketmaster.com/francesca-fiorentini-and-matt-lieb-brooklyn-new-york-10-13-2025/event/300062E2C3694548See Francesca Fiorentini and Matt Lieb!August 1 in Seattle, WA: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/comedians-francesca-fiorentini-and-matt-lieb-tickets-1354093864199August 28 in Houston, TX: https://bit.ly/mattfranhtxSubscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraWhat’s The Spin playlist: https://spoti.fi/4kjO9tLSubscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get your podcasts.Spotify https://spoti.fi/3HgpxDmApple Podcasts https://apple.co/4kizajtSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
This week's Patreon exclusive episode features comedians James Fritz and Lana Salah talking about the Nelk Boys' disastrous interview with Netanyahu.Listen to this full episode by joining the Patreon.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Hah hah, I call it "the Woke Right" yes, a very good joke.
I think Bernie should go to prison for the rest of his life. And he's one of the better politicians. Really, Rashida and Ilhan are the only ones with any consistency.
She's also had pretty heated disagreements with Norman F. and they're still thick as thieves, from what I can tell.
Robby is a libertarian cockroach with a fine-tuned survival instinct.
Joseph Stalin suggested executing 50,000 of the highest ranking Nazis to set an example and I wholeheartedly believe that sort of approach would be justified in rare situations like this.
I can never remember how to spell Bri's name without looking it up.
Pretty sure Ireland *does* have some right-of-return thing if one of your grandparents is Irish or something like that.
Getting Jews out of the USSR was a brilliant and obnoxious piece of western propaganda that simultaneously bolstered Israel while denigrating the Soviets.
The "but you're bleck" thing was Danny Glover in either the second or third Lethal Weapon movie 😏
I would Skip The Spin but it takes less effort to ride it out.
Oh weird, I know Nourished By Time. interesting stuff.
"Liberals can relate to being hungry; they can't relate to being bombed." 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾
i won't watch anything with Gal Gadot either but mostly because it all blows.
the Lion King remake was steaming garbage.
I'd like to get Alec Baldwin in front of David Mamet with a prop firearm.
Too much aimless yammering.
Way too much aimless, repetitive rambling.
ContraPoints is an idiot and hopefully she's getting bullied savagely.
Yeah, when Zoran says Israel has a right to exist as a democratic state with equal rights for all, he's implicitly saying it doesn't have a right to exist.
Gavin Newsom made an appearance in Pickens, SC yesterday, he's definitely up to something.