Bad Hasbara - The World's Most Moral Podcast

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

Matt and Daniel are joined by Canadian rapper and professor Narcy to award AOC supporters the prestigious Fell For It Again Award, to call for an end to rapper-style abbreviations of politicians' names, and to consider the plight of Canadian IDF soldiers too scared to order their usual Teen Burger at root beer-branded meat sandwich purveyor A&W.Please donate to Gaza City Flour Fund: http://bit.ly/gazaflourfundGet All Narcy's links at his bio here: https://www.instagram.com/narcynarce/Get your tickets for Bad Hasbara Live in NYC, they're almost sold out!October 10: https://bhnyc1.eventbrite.comOctober 11: https://bhnyc2.eventbrite.comStandup 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

Bad Hasbara's first ever LIVE SHOWS are on sale! The patreon piggies got first snout at the trough, but we've got a small number of tickets left for genpop. Get your tickets at the links below! Join the patreon to get early access in the future, and a second episode every week! Exclamation point!October 10 at The Gutter, Brooklyn: https://bhnyc1.eventbrite.comOctober 11 at The Gutter, Brooklyn: https://bhnyc2.eventbrite.comOctober 13: at The Bell House: Stand up show with Francesca Fiorentini and Matt Lieb (nd Daniel Maté: GET TICKETS HEREJoin the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Matt and Daniel are joined by comedian Lukas Arnold to talk over the post-clobbering attempts to reset the NYC mayoral race by Adams and Cuomo, advice on shifting the conversation from genocide to orange juice, and a hasbarist seemingly robbed of her sense of smell by a career spent shoveling bullshit.Please donate to Gaza City Flour Fund: http://bit.ly/gazaflourfundUse promo code MOSTMORAL at CBDistillery.com for 25% off your purchase. Specific product availability depends on individual state regulations.Find Lukas at https://www.instagram.com/lukastarnoldGet in touch with him at https://beacons.ai/lukastarnoldSee Francesca Fiorentini and Matt Lieb!Friday August 1st - Francesca and Matt will be at Laughs Comedy Club in Seattle. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/4kFt1xESaturday August 2nd - The Bitchuation Room LIVE in Seattle. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/4khBhnKAugust 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

Here is a little teaser from this week's Patreon exclusive episode in which Matt and Daniel break down the outrageous hasbara in a statement released by the YouTuber ContraPoints. Listen to the full episode by subscribing to the Patreon.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

For the final episode of Daniel’s canoe rumspringa absence, Matt welcomes Assad Shalhoub from the Habibi House podcast to discuss the great Mamdani college application box-checking cover-up, Jonathan Greenblatt cozying up to a mid-century enthusiast who’s not into vintage furniture, and a prick invoking the Merchant of Venice.Please donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians: https://www.map.org.uk/GO SEE MATT IN NORCO, CALIFORNIA! Stand up for Palestine: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-for-plestine-comedy-fundraiser-tickets-1370572622609?aff=oddtdtcreatorHabibi House Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6NpGf7p6PgWeQl59fWLpbW?si=r7J7q6c9SJaO2403P87-zQMenaCreator Club: https://www.instagram.com/menacreatorclubSee 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

Unlocked this episode because Michael continues to be deplatformed for his Palestine advocacy. We have included all of his new social media links. Please sub![Recorded May 31st, 2025]Matt and Daniel are joined by comedian Michael Schirtzer to talk over his Instagram banishment, Piers Morgan's tête-à-tête with Israeli Ambassador to the U.K. Tzipi Hotovely, and several flagrant and lengthy violations of producer Adam’s No Accents rule.Please donate to Mercy Corps: https://www.mercycorps.org/Follow Michael on everything!Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mikeyb_onX: https://x.com/MicSchirtzerYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS3iwjdWG087EHzUUP8baggMy podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePalestinePodPlease support our project on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/palestinepodSubstack: https://substack.com/@mikeybon-----Subscribe 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 episode features comedian Freddy G and a conversation about the GHF which is allowing the slaughter of Palestinians looking for food. 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 comedian Pallavi Gunalan to check out the continued hysterical Democratic meltdown over Zohran Mamdani featuring Eric Adams, Hakeem Jeffries, and Kirsten Gillibrand, and the best thing to happen at Glasto since me wellies woz properly chuffed, innit?Please donate to Islamic Relief USA: https://irusa.orgFind Pallavi Gunalan at https://www.instagram.com/pallavigunalan/See Francesca Fiorentini and Matt Lieb!July 5 in Pasadena, CA: https://www.showclix.com/event/New-World-Disorder-07-05-25-9-30-pmAugust 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

Here is a clip from Daniel's interview with Shaiel Ben-ephraim, someone we've made fun of a lot on this show and someone who seems to have finally turned his back on zionism. You can listen to the full episode by subscribing to the Patreon.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We had Sammy Obeid back on and 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