War is Stupid: An Anti-War Podcast About War

Host Orli Matlow welcomes the World’s Most Moral Podcast Guest, Daniel Maté, composer, lyricist, and co-host of Bad Habara: The World’s Most Moral Podcast. They talk politics in musical theatre and musical theatre in politics, from the pogroms of Fiddler on the Roof to Irving Berlin’s bloodlust in 1943’s This is The Army to the hate crime that is Miss Saigon. They go back to 1918 with public domain tunes and cover more recent musicals including Slam Frank. Spoiler alert for Ragtime—we can never go back to before. 
 
Recorded October 8th, before the ceasefire in Gaza.
 
Theme music and editing by This Revolution Production Collective.
 
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War is Stupid: An Anti-War Podcast About War celebrates its first ever gender reveal—which is what true freedom is all about! Marcela Onyango (they/them) joins host Orli Matlow (she/her) in a riff-heavy episode to talk about everything from chattel slavery to wage slavery to "Young Sheldon." Marcela shares their journey going from democratic socialist to anarchist, and from "Sex and the City" fan to emphatically anti-girlboss. Together they uncover the meaning of life: do trivia, get drunk, sing karaoke.
Correction: Obama didn't send the National Guard to Ferguson, Missouri in 2014—it was Missouri Governor Jay Nixon. 
 
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It's the first ever War is Stupid holiday special...and the holiday is Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement! Host Orli Matlow sits down with Rabbi Andrue Kahn, Executive Director of the American Council for Judaism, to talk about the connection between Jewish values and anti-war activism, from biblical times to today. Rabbi Andy shares his journey to the rabbinate, his experiences getting arrested for civil disobedience, and his take on Netflix's hot rabbi show.
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Host Orli Matlow sits down with the incredibly cool teen Iddo Elam, who served prison time for refusing to serve in the Israeli military. They talk about Iddo’s journey as a conscientious objector, which includes putting on tefillin for the first time ever in military prison—and also Hannah Einbinder’s acceptance speech at the Emmys. Iddo provides encouragement to everyone around the world living under fascist vibes, making the case for its inevitable collapse. 
 
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Host Orli Matlow sits down with former Marine Lyle Jeremy Rubin, author of the memoir Pain is Weakness Leaving The Body: A Marine's Unbecoming, to talk everything from Afghanistan to The Music Man. Lyle opens up about his politics going into the military and his politics after, the accountability crisis in American politics (George W. Bush is not a cutie patootie!), and the theatricality of war and military culture. They cover such radical ideas as gun control, being thoughtful, and having empathy.
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Host Orli Matlow sits down with Jess Salomon (The Tonight Show, The Hague) for a wide-ranging conversation that includes the war crimes lawyer to comedian pipeline, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the Rwandan genocide, Zionist crashouts, and the future of the Jewish story.
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Host Orli Matlow sits down with comedian and host of The Vanquished podcast Freddy G to talk men, masculinity, and militarism. The wide-ranging conversation includes tea on Sigmund Freud (a man), wrestling (drag shows for straight men), Alexander the Great (a man…and a nepo baby), Kurt Vonnegut (a man), Barbie (a doll/woman), Taylor Swift (a woman) and Travis Kelce (a man), the pro-war candidacy of John Kerry (a man), the pro-war presidency of Joe Biden (a man) and the pro-war candidacy of Kamala Harris (a woman).
Correction: Beau Biden served in Iraq during the Iraq War, not the Gulf War. War is Stupid regrets this error!
 
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A small NGO providing sanitary needs and shelter:  https://www.cleanshelter.org/ 

Host Orli Matlow sits down with Tamar Glezerman, co-founder of Israelis For Peace, to debunk the myth that war frees hostages—a myth that is promptly disproven by the numbers. They talk Israelis For Peace's work in New York and its hecklers, reflect on the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, spill tea about the Netanyahu crime family, and provide practical ways to help people in Gaza right now.
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Comedian Orli Matlow sits down with Danaka Katovich, National Co-Director of CODEPINK: Women For Peace. 
They break down the myth that war liberates women, covering Gaza, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Danaka shares her personal journey to activism, her experience heckling Joe Biden, and what the world could look like if America didn't spend a trillion dollars on weapons—with a cameo from the fighter jets of the Chicago Air and Water Show. 
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Comedian Orli Matlow explores how the military is romanticized and sexualized, with a diversion ranking the Magic Mike Cinematic Universe. She is then joined by comedian and IDF dropout Penina Beede, whose solo show Slack Off: Losing My Pants In The Israeli Army is running this summer in New York City.
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