War is Stupid: An Anti-War Podcast About War

There Is A Military Solution? with Zak Witus, New Israel Fund

Orli Matlow sits down with Zak Witus, Director of Young Leadership and Education at the New Israel Fund, to talk about his activism, which recently caught the attention of the authorities at Ben Gurion Airport. They discuss the fight for equality and justice in the midwest and the West Bank, where Zak was assaulted by Israeli soldiers during a night raid. 
Zak speaks about his friend, the late human rights activist Awdah Hathaleen, who was brutally murdered on camera by settler Yinon Levi, who still walks free. ​​To support Umm Al Khair, donate at RememberingAwdah.com or here.
Theme music by This Revolution Production Collective. 
Donate to support the human rights activists who were banned from Israel.
Apply to the NIF/Shatil Social Justice Fellowship, an opportunity to spend 10 months in Israel/Palestine working on the frontlines of progressive social change. Applications due January 30th.
Follow Zak:
Instagram
Substack
Follow Orli:
Instagram
TikTok
Website

Running For Office Is Hard? with Chuck Park, Congressional Candidate for NY-6

Orli Matlow sits down with Congressional candidate Chuck Park, who is running to represent the people of Queens and not the profits of Lockheed Martin. Chuck shares his experiences serving as a diplomat under Obama—and quitting so he could criticize Trump. Recorded before Trump bombed Venezuela without Congressional approval, Chuck conveniently talked about supporting legislation that ensures that no president can unilaterally do just that. He also talks about the issues facing Queens from ICE raids to Mets trades, and where to eat along the 7 train line. 
Theme music by This Revolution Production Collective.
Follow Chuck:
Instagram
TikTok
Website
 
Donate to the campaign: ActBlue 

Japan Is Cute? with Jenny Chan, Pacific Atrocities Education

Orli Matlow sits down with Jenny Chan, director of Pacific Atrocities Education, whose public history projects increase awareness of the crimes committed in the Asia-Pacific Theater of World War II. The atrocities were so atrocious that a literal Nazi wrote home that the Imperial Japanese Army was going too far with what is now known as the Rape of Nanking. Jenny exposes Imperial Japan’s war crimes including Unit 731 (the “Disneyland of human experimentation”), cannibalism, “comfort women,” and how the atomic bombings and the CIA helped them get away with it all. Jenny also shares what she learned from her grandma, inspiring stories of resistance and survival, and how World War II still affects politics in Asia today. 
 
Theme music by This Revolution Production Collective. 
 
Follow Pacific Atrocities Education: 
Website
Instagram
YouTube 
Contribute
 
Follow Orli:
Instagram
TikTok
Website

Things Have To Get Worse? with Comedian Davidson Boswell

Orli Matlow sits down with comedian and activist Davidson Boswell, fresh out of spending 24 hours in jail for disrupting the Metropolitan Opera. Davidson shares how and why the Carmen counter-programming went down, and how the war on Venezuela is actually about Cuba. They riff on everything from the American Civil War to Canadian wildfires, and challenge the myth that things have to get worse and be as bad as they are now.
Theme music by This Revolution Production Collective.
Follow Davidson:
Instagram
TikTok
YouTube
Substack
Patreon 
 
Follow Orli:
Instagram
TikTok
Website
 
Help lives in Gaza by making a matched gift to World Food Program USA
 

To Sydney, With Love with Australian Jewish Activist Em Hilton

Orli Matlow speaks with Australian Jewish writer and organiser Em Hilton about the recent anti-Semitic terror attack in Australia and its profound impact on the Jewish community. They discuss the acts of heroism amidst the tragedy, growing up Jewish in Australia and Canada, and building safety through solidarity—united against Iberian ham.
Theme music by This Revolution Production Collective. 
Read Em's piece in +972 Magazine
Donate to the United Support Fund For The Victims and Families of the Sydney Terror Attack
 
Follow Em:
Instagram
Na'amod UK
Follow Orli:
Instagram
TikTok
Website
 

There Is A Ceasefire? with Sally Abed and Alon-Lee Green, Standing Together

Orli Matlow sits down with Sally Abed and Alon-Lee Green, co-founders of Standing Together, a grassroots movement fighting for peace, equality and social justice in Israel-Palestine. They discuss what the fight looks like, what peace looks like, and how the issues won’t be solved by simply getting rid of Netanyahu. Sally and Alon-Lee also share their origin stories, riff on a joke from Alon-Lee’s wedding, and share advice for everyone fighting fascism around the world. 
Theme music by This Revolution Production Collective. 
Listen to The Long Answer podcast.
Follow Standing Together:
Website
Donate
Instagram
TikTok
Follow Sally:
Instagram
Follow Alon-Lee:
Instagram
TikTok
Follow Friends of Standing Together local chapters

The Nuclear Age Is Over? with Andrew Facini, Council on Strategic Risks

Orli Matlow sits down with Andrew Facini, Communications Director at The Council on Strategic Risks, to learn all about tactical nuclear weapons and armageddon. Andrew walks us through the consequences of a nuclear blast, whether or not bombing Iran this past summer saved the world, and why the US has lost its appetite for regime change. They talk about the new movie A House of Dynamite, and Andrew makes the case for optimism, bringing some much-needed holiday cheer. 
Theme music by This Revolution Production Collective. 
 
Follow Andrew:
BlueSky
Nolan Center Report: The Consequences of Tactical Nuclear Weapons Use
 
Follow Orli:
Instagram
TikTok
Website
Personal Fundraisers from Friends of Friends in Gaza:
Support Majdy's family farm: http://givebutter.com/majdy
Support Salah's family farm: http://givebutter.com/salah
A new NGO founded by doctors buying formula for babies and offering vital nutrition and education to children in Gaza: https://www.thechildrensvillagegaza.org/ 
A small NGO providing sanitary needs and shelter: https://www.cleanshelter.org/ 
 

Nation-states Are Real? with Comedian Ethan Stanislawski

Orli Matlow welcomes comedian Ethan Stanislawski to talk about growing up as the son of a Jewish history professor, the grandson of a Liberal Zionist political icon, and the next door neighbor of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (It turns out that the Upper West Side is not, in fact, the utopia from Nora Ephron movies). They talk Holocaust museums in public schools, studying abroad in Berlin, the Six Day War, and how borders are made up—but families are real. 
Check out Ethan’s show Jew, Interrupted in LA and Toronto.
Theme music by This Revolution Production Collective.
Follow Ethan:
Instagram
TikTok
Linktree
Follow Orli:
Instagram
TikTok
Website
Personal Fundraisers from Friends of Friends in Gaza:
Support Majdy's family farm: http://givebutter.com/majdy
Support Salah's family farm: http://givebutter.com/salah
A new NGO founded by doctors buying formula for babies and offering vital nutrition and education to children in Gaza: https://www.thechildrensvillagegaza.org/ 
A small NGO providing sanitary needs and shelter: https://www.cleanshelter.org/ 

The French Are Innocent? with Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson

Orli Matlow welcomes Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson, Executive Director of Partners for Progressive Israel, for a conversation with as many sidebars as a page of Talmud. They talk about the old-timey colonizers who set the systems up that haunt us to this day, and the role of a rabbi in facilitating the trauma and spiritual work that needs to be done in a time of genocide. They also talk movies, Moomins, and Orli reveals herself to be a nepo baby descended from the Vilna Gaon. 
Theme music by This Revolution Production Collective
Resources:
Guide for Discussing Genocide
Report with Alliance for Middle East Peace
UNRWA Demystified: A Guide for Complex Conversations
Partners for Progressive Israel Instagram
PPI Website 
Follow Orli:
Instagram
TikTok
Website

Israeli Settlers Are Just 'Fringe Teens'? with Activist Sam Stein

Activist and journalist Sam Stein joins host Orli Matlow to talk about his experiences living in the West Bank: first as a student blasting “America, F*** Yeah!” through Israeli checkpoints, and then as a protective presence activist deterring violent Jewish extremists from attacking his Palestinian friends. 
Sam speaks about his friend, the late human rights activist Awdah Hathaleen, who was brutally murdered on camera by settler Yinon Levi, who still walks free. ​​To support Umm Al Khair, donate at RememberingAwdah.com or here.
Follow Tariq Hathaleen and Ahmad Hathaleen on Instagram.
 
Theme music by This Revolution Production Collective. 
 
Follow Sam:
Instagram 
Substack
Patreon
Follow Orli:
Instagram
TikTok
Website