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  1. Live from New York: The Mother of All Israeli Elections with Dan Shapiro, Bret Stephens and Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin

    · 1 h 20 min · Episode 575

    Join 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 and the U.S. will break down the…

  2. Paris is Burning, but Europe Is In Denial - with Michael Moynihan and Simone Rodan-Benzaquen

    · 49 min · Episode 573

    French 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 rising antisemitism aren’t going away…

  3. Three Election Scenarios Nobody Is Talking About - with Gil Hoffman

    · 38 min · Episode 572

    The 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 happens? On this episode of Call Me Back, Dan…

  4. Dan Live from Michigan’s Temple Israel

    · 1 h 05 min · Episode 570

    Is 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 together New York Times columnist Bret…

  5. Is the U.S. Winning the Iran War? With Suzanne Maloney and Mark Dubowitz

    · 52 min · Episode 569

    The 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, with the Strait of Hormuz, the global…

  6. Ask Me Anything with Dan Senor, Yael Bar tur and ChayaLeah Sufrin

    · 46 min · Episode 568

    Dan 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 about the state of Jewish education, the…

  7. Can Diaspora Jews Move On From October 7? - with Rabbi David Wolpe and Rabbi David Ingber

    · 58 min · Episode 567

    What 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 Rabbis David Ingber and David Wolpe to…

  8. 3 Big Changes at Ark Media

    · 7:48 · Episode 566

    Dan 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 Ark+ and The Fold:…

  9. Inside the Hostage Negotiations - with Brett McGurk

    · 59 min · Episode 565

    What 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 impossible question: how do you bring the…

  10. How Fiction Will Remember October 7 - with Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff

    · 50 min · Episode 564

    How 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 phenomenon. But Season 5 takes on…

  11. Is the Iran-Sanctions Playbook Coming for Israel? - with Mark Dubowitz

    · 43 min · Episode 563

    Could 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 its settlement-business blacklist to…

  12. Sneak Peek: Amit Segal on why Israel can't address its long-term problems, and more...

    · 9:17 · Episode 562

    This 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 attitudes toward Israel, why Amit sees…

  13. Is Israel’s Global Standing on The (Israeli) Ballot? - with Amit Segal and Nadav Eyal

    · 46 min · Episode 561

    Is 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, Israel’s standing in the United States is…

  14. Naza: When a Film is the News

    · 47 min · Episode 560

    Can 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 Halevi take on Naza, the explosive Israeli…

  15. Can Israel Learn the Lesson of 70 AD? - with Gidi Dar and Rabbi David Stav

    · 53 min · Episode 559

    Nearly 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 political upheaval, October 7 and war, Dan…

  16. Have we forgotten what we learned after 9/11? - LIVE with Douglas Murray

    · 43 min · Episode 558

    What 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 another mass attack, but Manhattan…

  17. MBZ’s Warning to Netanyahu, Days Before Oct 7 - with Amit Segal and Nadav Eyal

    · 55 min · Episode 557

    Did 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 personally called to warn Benjamin…

  18. The Ascendent Journey of The High Holidays - with Rachel Goldberg-Polin

    · 58 min · Episode 556

    What 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 reflection to vulnerability, gratitude…

  19. Sneak Peek: Dan on the One State “Solution,” and more…

    · 12 min · Episode 555

    This 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 Israel will find adherents because…

  20. Who REALLY Made the Modern Middle East - with Simon Sebag Montefiore (Part 2)

    · 39 min · Episode 554

    Is 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 trace how the balance of power in the…

  21. Who REALLY Made the Modern Middle East - with Simon Sebag Montefiore

    · 45 min · Episode 553

    How 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 historian Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of…

  22. Sneak Peek: Amit Segal on why Ben Gvir is a disaster for Israel

    · 9:55 · Episode 552

    This 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 wrote calling Ben Gvir a disaster for…

  23. The Turkey-Israel Proxy War in Syria - with Nadav Eyal

    · 43 min · Episode 551

    With 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 whether Turkey’s President Erdogan aspires…

  24. ISRAEL VOTES: How the Mizrahi-Ashkenazi divide still shapes Israeli politics - with Mijal Bitton

    · 50 min · Episode 550

    How will current issues or past discrimination against Mizrahi Israelis influence this election? Dan and sociologist Mijal Bitton discuss the history, identity, and political narratives of Mizrahi Jews—whose families…

  25. Sneak Peek: Jon Polin answers questions from young Jewish adults

    · 10 min · Episode 549

    This 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 reconcile personal Zionism with those who…

  26. Will Liberal Democracy Survive? - with Jonah Goldberg

    · 46 min · Episode 548

    Why 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 is the political tradition that…

  27. The Hearing That Changed Everything - with Elise Stefanik

    · 39 min · Episode 547

    What 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 presidents became a defining moment in…

  28. Sneak Peek: Nadav on what’s driving the wave of migration from Israel, and more…

    · 8:57 · Episode 546

    This 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 of highly educated Israelis leaving the…

  29. Is there a Final Solution to the Jewish question? - with Dara Horn

    · 1 h 00 min · Episode 545

    Why 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 Story for the Living. Five years after…

  30. The Secret Plan to Weaponize the Kurds (Part 2) - with Nadav Eyal

    · 40 min · Episode 544

    Did 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 an in-depth analysis of Israel's…

  31. Sneak Peek: Tal Becker on the challenge of forming a coalition with Arabs parties

    · 10 min · Episode 543

    This 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 coalition is less acceptable now more than…

  32. The Secret Plan to Weaponize the Kurds (Part 1) - with Itai Anghel

    · 45 min · Episode 542

    Why 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 Anghel who risked his life to follow…

  33. Is Abdul El-Sayed Bigger Than Mamdani? - with Mark Halperin

    · 55 min · Episode 541

    Why 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 nominee for the U.S. Senate, Dan Senor…

  34. Has Trump's Foreign Policy Already Peaked? — with Ian Bremmer

    · 54 min · Episode 539

    What 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 leverage, pressure, and dealmaking over…

  35. Iran War Part III?- with Nadav Eyal and Amit Segal

    · 50 min · Episode 538

    Is 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 conflict. Amit Segal and Nadav Eyal join Dan to…

  36. Bonus Episode: Game-changing Tech for War & Peace - with Anne Neuberger

    · 51 min · Episode 537

    In 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 venture capital powerhouse Andreessen…

  37. AI is Activating Antisemites Left and Right - with Niall Ferguson

    · 47 min · Episode 535

    Can 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 battle with social media algorithms…

  38. Tisha b'Av: The Bottom of the Calendar - with Rachel Goldberg-Polin

    · 59 min · Episode 534

    What 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 conversation shaped by the personal and…

  39. Can we break the Israeli-Palestinian paralysis? - with Tal Becker

    · 48 min · Episode 532

    Can 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 diplomatic progress and little confidence that…

  40. Tough Love or Tough Luck? - with Rahm Emanuel

    · 58 min · Episode 531

    What 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 U.S. Ambassador to Japan. Dan challenges…

  41. The MoU is dead, long live the _______! - with Nadav Eyal

    · 35 min · Episode 529

    Is 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, Nadav Eyal, as Iran and the U.S. launch…

  42. Does the Start-Up Nation brand need a rebrand? - with Yonatan Adiri and Yael Wissner Levy

    · 48 min · Episode 528

    As 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 and Yael Wissner Levy are joined by Dan…

  43. Why Do Radical U.S. Politicians Blame Jews? - with Jonah Goldberg and John Podhoretz

    · 58 min · Episode 526

    Why 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 Dispatch, and John Podhoretz,…

  44. The Iran-War: An Autopsy - with Jonah Goldberg and John Podhoretz

    · 1 h 02 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 U.S.- Iran deal is clear. Jonah Goldberg…

  45. As America cuts its losses, what are Israel’s options? - with Amit Segal

    · 40 min · Episode 523

    Can Israel stop Iran if America decides to move on? As Washington pursues negotiations with Tehran, many Israelis are wondering what their country can still do to shape the outcome. Dan Senor is joined by Ark Media…

  46. Trump’s Iran Deal - with Walter Russell Mead

    · 54 min · Episode 522

    Did Israel and the U.S. win the battle but lose the war? Israel and the United States achieved what many would consider a remarkable military success against Iran. But the agreement that followed has left many…

  47. The Iran Deal and Netanyahu’s Future - with Amit Segal

    · 49 min · Episode 520

    Subscribe to Inside Call me Back. ____ Subscribe to Ark News Daily ____ What does the Iran deal mean for Israel, and for Netanyahu’s political future? Dan is joined by Ark Media contributor and Channel 12 political…

  48. The Sum-of-All-Fears Election - with Yossi Klein Halevi and Donniel Hartman

    · 50 min · Episode 519

    Subscribe to Inside Call me Back. ____ Subscribe to Ark News Daily ____ Why is Israel’s next election being driven more by fear than hope? Dan is joined by For Heaven's Sake hosts Yossi Klein Halevi and Donniel…

  49. ISRAEL VOTES: Who Are You, Gadi Eisenkot? - with Nadav Eyal

    · 46 min · Episode 517

    Subscribe to Inside Call me Back. ____ Subscribe to Ark News Daily ____ Can Gadi Eisenkot make the leap from one of Israel’s most trusted generals to its next prime minister? Gadi Eisenkot’s popularity is seeing a…

  50. Did the Iran War Succeed? - with Tamir Hayman and Mark Dubowitz

    · 44 min · Episode 516

    Subscribe to Inside Call me Back. ____ Subscribe to Ark News Daily ____ Did the Iran war solve the problem, postpone it or make it worse? That fundamental debate has emerged over the outcome of the war with Iran.…

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