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Presenting the challenges and dilemmas facing Israelis and Jews around the world.
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- Where Does the U.S.–Israel Relationship Go From Here? With Amit Segal · 46 min · Episode 583Recorded at the live Israel Hayom summit, Dan and Ark Media contributor Amit Segal unpack the big things happening in American politics–and how it all impacts the relationship…
- The Fight Over America’s Universities - with Josh Gruenbaum · 52 min · Episode 582This episode was available on Wednesday for Ark+ members and on Friday for everyone else. Join Ark+ today for early access. The battle over antisemitism and the future of…
- The Muslim Brotherhood in the United States - with Lara Burns and Dalia Ziada · 54 min · Episode 581To understand the Muslim Brotherhood, and whether it’s operating in the U.S., Dan speaks with two experts from very different walks of life. Egyptian human rights activist Dalia…
- A BLUE TSUNAMI - with Mark Halperin · 49 min · Episode 579The midterms delivered a stunning political blow to Republicans—but was it a rejection of Trump, a warning about the economy, or a sign that American politics is shifting in a…
- Three Dilemmas Facing Israel’s Next Prime Minister - with Tal Becker · 47 min · Episode 578Israel has spent the three years since October 7th in direct conflict with its enemies. But in the aftermath of its mother-of-all elections, it now faces three big dilemmas. In…
- Israel’s Election Is Far From Over – with Amit Segal · 37 min · Episode 576Israel’s election was a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu. So why has the opposition fallen short—and could Netanyahu emerge with another government after all? Dan joins Amit…
- Live from New York: The Mother of All Israeli Elections with Dan Shapiro, Bret Stephens and Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin · 1 h 19 min · Episode 575Join Dan Senor live on Israel’s election night. On Tuesday, October 27th, at 4 p.m. ET, just as the polls close in Israel and the exit polls come out, Dan and experts from Israel…
- Paris is Burning, but Europe Is In Denial - with Michael Moynihan and Simone Rodan-Benzaquen · 49 min · Episode 573French unrest reveals a society fraying at the edges, leading its citizens toward both political extremes. France’s inability to address its economy, immigration issues, and…
- Three Election Scenarios Nobody Is Talking About - with Gil Hoffman · 38 min · Episode 572The conventional wisdom is that the outcome comes down to two possibilities: Benjamin Netanyahu stays in power, or Gadi Eisenkot replaces him. But what if neither scenario…
- Dan Live from Michigan’s Temple Israel · 1 h 4 min · Episode 570Is this a turning point for Jews in America, and what happens if the country fails the test? Recorded live at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, Dan Senor brings…
- Is the U.S. Winning the Iran War? With Suzanne Maloney and Mark Dubowitz · 52 min · Episode 569The US seems to have won the Battle of Hormuz; what would it take to win the Iran War? Seven months into the war, the US and Iran are locked in a high-stakes test of endurance…
- Ask Me Anything with Dan Senor, Yael Bar tur and ChayaLeah Sufrin · 46 min · Episode 568Dan Senor is joined by Yael Bar tur and ChayaLeah Sufrin, hosts of the new Ark Media podcast Chosen People Problems, for a wide-ranging Ask Me Anything. They tackle questions…
- Can Diaspora Jews Move On From October 7? - with Rabbi David Wolpe and Rabbi David Ingber · 58 min · Episode 567What does it mean for diaspora Jews to move forward from October 7th without becoming complacent or consumed by fear? Three years after October 7th, Dan Senor sits down with…
- 3 Big Changes at Ark Media · 8 min · Episode 566Dan Senor and Ark Media CEO Ilan Benatar announce Ark+, our expanded membership; The Fold, our new private community; and the network's newest show, Chosen People Problems. Join…
- Inside the Hostage Negotiations - with Brett McGurk · 59 min · Episode 565What really happened inside the negotiations to free the October 7th hostages? For 15 months, the Biden administration, Israel, Qatar, Egypt, and Hamas negotiated over one…
- How Fiction Will Remember October 7 - with Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff · 50 min · Episode 564How do you turn October 7th into fiction when it still feels like the present? For more than a decade, Fauda has turned the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into a global television…
- Is the Iran-Sanctions Playbook Coming for Israel? - with Mark Dubowitz · 43 min · Episode 563Could the financial warfare playbook built to isolate Iran be turned against Israel? Twenty-four hours after Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed the UN, the organization expanded…
- Sneak Peek: Amit Segal on why Israel can't address its long-term problems, and more... · 9 min · Episode 562This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back. Dan and Amit Segal discuss the attack against Ambassador Leiter’s son, generational shift in American…
- Is Israel’s Global Standing on The (Israeli) Ballot? - with Amit Segal and Nadav Eyal · 46 min · Episode 561Is Israel’s growing isolation abroad becoming a political problem at home? As Benjamin Netanyahu heads to New York for a brief UN visit just weeks before Israel’s election…
- Naza: When a Film is the News · 47 min · Episode 560Can Israel confront what went wrong in Gaza when the accusations leave no room for conversation? In this special replay of For Heaven’s Sake, Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein…
- Can Israel Learn the Lesson of 70 AD? - with Gidi Dar and Rabbi David Stav · 53 min · Episode 559Nearly 2,000 years ago, Jerusalem fell after political and religious divisions among Jews spiraled into civil war. As Israel heads toward another election after years of…
- Have we forgotten what we learned after 9/11? - LIVE with Douglas Murray · 43 min · Episode 558What happens when winning the war against terrorism leads us to forget why we were fighting it? Twenty-five years after the terror attacks of September 11, America has avoided…
- MBZ’s Warning to Netanyahu, Days Before Oct 7 - with Amit Segal and Nadav Eyal · 55 min · Episode 557Did Israel have enough warnings to prevent the devastation of the October 7th Hamas attacks? A new Haaretz investigative report alleges that UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed…
- The Ascendent Journey of The High Holidays - with Rachel Goldberg-Polin · 58 min · Episode 556What if Yom Kippur isn’t the peak of the Jewish holiday season, but the beginning of something more joyful? The Jewish holidays of Tishrei take us on a journey from judgement and…
- Sneak Peek: Dan on the One State “Solution,” and more… · 12 min · Episode 555This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back. Today, Dan himself answers listener questions about whether extreme views about a One State solution in…
- Who REALLY Made the Modern Middle East - with Simon Sebag Montefiore (Part 2) · 39 min · Episode 554Is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict really at the center of the Middle East? In Part 2 of Dan’s conversation with historian Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The Cauldron, they…
- Who REALLY Made the Modern Middle East - with Simon Sebag Montefiore · 45 min · Episode 553How much of the Middle East’s history was actually shaped by the West? The story most of us learned about who created the modern Middle East is incomplete. Dan is joined by…
- Sneak Peek: Amit Segal on why Ben Gvir is a disaster for Israel · 10 min · Episode 552This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back. Dan is joined by Ark Media contributor Amit Segal to answer a listener question about the column he…
- The Turkey-Israel Proxy War in Syria - with Nadav Eyal · 43 min · Episode 551With a weaker Iran, do Turkey’s regional ambitions put it on a collision course with Israel? Dan and Nadav Eyal analyze the shifting dynamics in the Middle East, focusing on…
- ISRAEL VOTES: How the Mizrahi-Ashkenazi divide still shapes Israeli politics - with Mijal Bitton · 50 min · Episode 550How will current issues or past discrimination against Mizrahi Israelis influence this election? Dan and sociologist Mijal Bitton discuss the history, identity, and political…
- Sneak Peek: Jon Polin answers questions from young Jewish adults · 10 min · Episode 549This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back. Dan is joined by Jon Polin to answer questions from young Jewish adults and teenagers about how to…
- Will Liberal Democracy Survive? - with Jonah Goldberg · 46 min · Episode 548Why have the classical liberal ideas that helped emancipate the Jews become so vulnerable? Dan is joined by Jonah Goldberg of The Dispatch to ask why classical liberalism, which…
- The Hearing That Changed Everything - with Elise Stefanik · 39 min · Episode 547What will it take to confront antisemitism at America’s elite universities? Dan is joined by Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, whose 2023 questioning of three Ivy League university…
- Sneak Peek: Nadav on what’s driving the wave of migration from Israel, and more… · 9 min · Episode 546This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back. Dan is joined by Ark Media contributor Nadav Eyal to answer listener questions about the growing number…
- Is there a Final Solution to the Jewish question? - with Dara Horn · 1 h 0 min · Episode 545Why has antisemitism endured and how can Jews effectively combat it? Dan is joined by author Dara Horn to discuss her new book, The Final Solution to the Jewish Question: A Love…
- The Secret Plan to Weaponize the Kurds (Part 2) - with Nadav Eyal · 40 min · Episode 544Did disagreements between Mossad and the IDF help lead to systematic failure to deploy Kurdish fighters and to topple the regime in Iran? Dan is joined by Nadav Eyal who provides…
- Sneak Peek: Tal Becker on the challenge of forming a coalition with Arabs parties · 10 min · Episode 543This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back. Dan and Tal Becker answer listener questions about why having an Arab party in Israel’s governing…
- The Secret Plan to Weaponize the Kurds (Part 1) - with Itai Anghel · 45 min · Episode 542Why did an Israeli-U.S. plan that counted on Kurdish fighters to help topple the Iranian regime fall apart? Dan is joined by investigative journalist, documentary filmmaker Itai…
- Is Abdul El-Sayed Bigger Than Mamdani? - with Mark Halperin · 55 min · Episode 541Why could the upcoming Michigan Democratic Senate primary signal a seismic shift about the Democratic party and U.S. policy on Israel? As Michigan Democrats prepare to choose a…
- Has Trump's Foreign Policy Already Peaked? — with Ian Bremmer · 54 min · Episode 539What is next for America’s foreign policy, and what does it mean for Israel? President Trump has reshaped America's relationships with allies and adversaries alike, favoring…
- Iran War Part III?- with Nadav Eyal and Amit Segal · 50 min · Episode 538Is a 3rd round of war with Iran now inevitable? After two wars, a failed agreement, and months of uneasy calm, the U.S. and Iran may once again be on the brink of direct…
- Bonus Episode: Game-changing Tech for War & Peace - with Anne Neuberger · 51 min · Episode 537In this conversation, Anne Neuberger, former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology, currently General Partner and Head of Global Affairs at…
- AI is Activating Antisemites Left and Right - with Niall Ferguson · 47 min · Episode 535Can historians win the fight against antisemitism and viral misinformation in the age of AI? Historian Niall Ferguson joins Dan to warn that fact-based historians are losing the…
- Tisha b'Av: The Bottom of the Calendar - with Rachel Goldberg-Polin · 59 min · Episode 534What does Tisha B'Av ask of us after October 7? Tisha B'Av is the saddest date on the Jewish calendar, but Rachel Goldberg-Polin argues it also offers hope and opportunity. In a…
- Can we break the Israeli-Palestinian paralysis? - with Tal Becker · 48 min · Episode 532Can Israel break the paralysis over the Palestinian question without risking its own security? Israelis and Palestinians have been stuck for years, with no practical or…
- Tough Love or Tough Luck? - with Rahm Emanuel · 58 min · Episode 531What will it take to save the U.S.-Israel alliance? Dan is joined by Rahm Emanuel, a Democratic party powerhouse who was a former Chicago mayor, White House Chief of Staff, and…
- The MoU is dead, long live the _______! - with Nadav Eyal · 35 min · Episode 529Is the collapse of the U.S.-Iran deal the start of another war, or something messier in between? Dan is joined by Ark Media contributor and senior analyst for Yedioth Ahronoth…
- Does the Start-Up Nation brand need a rebrand? - with Yonatan Adiri and Yael Wissner Levy · 48 min · Episode 528As Americans mark Independence Day, we're revisiting one of the most popular episodes of What's Your Number?, a conversation that feels even more relevant today. Yonatan Adiri…
- Why Do Radical U.S. Politicians Blame Jews? - with Jonah Goldberg and John Podhoretz · 58 min · Episode 526Why have positions about Israel and Jews become a defining fault line in American politics? In part two of their conversation, Dan is joined by Jonah Goldberg, editor-in-chief of…
- The Iran-War: An Autopsy - with Jonah Goldberg and John Podhoretz · 1 h 1 min · Episode 525____ Many supporters of the Iran War, both in the U.S. and in Israel, consider it a failure. Dan doesn't necessarily share that observation, at least not until the fate of the…







