# Ask Haviv Anything A podcast by Haviv Rettig Gur. "Ask Haviv Anything" is a podcast about history, a podcast you, dear listener, will help to shape and direct, focusing not just on what I want to talk about but on what you want to learn and discuss. Nothing is off limits. We're going to talk about big and painful things, and also beautiful and fascinating things, wars and identities and painful history. And also more light-hearted things. Humor matters, especially when facing tough subjects. Join me on this journey. A podcast by Haviv Rettig Gur Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/rss ## Latest episodes - [156: Go vote. It isn't optional](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/3c0af111d5c1) (2026-10-27, 28 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/128170190/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-27%2F435102341-44100-2-8dfb78b323554.mp3 - [155: American and Israeli Jews don’t understand each other, with Ed Rettig](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/2c9815e2fe24) (2026-10-19, 62 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/127735749/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-19%2F434520501-44100-2-8e84a79c408b5.mp3 - [154: How Israel broke pan-Arabism, and what that means for Iran, with Dan Schueftan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/a78ab112ffa0) (2026-10-15, 76 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/127505685/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-17%2F434376679-44100-2-960281ef2692a.mp3 - [153: Where was Netanyahu on 7/10? With Elliot Kaufman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/b403bd8b7b10) (2026-10-12, 61 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/127264439/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-10%2F433884650-44100-2-0333276cc5232.mp3 - [152: Is Israeli society tearing itself apart? With Micah Goodman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/447dc85b3245) (2026-10-09, 70 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/127182151/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-9%2F433783128-44100-2-16c30ed0d8103.mp3 - [151: Could the hostages have come home sooner? With Brett McGurk](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/42256ffe48e9) (2026-10-06, 78 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/126928416/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-6%2F433466849-44100-2-cadd9a8319517.mp3 - [150: The case for Netanyahu, with Gadi Taub](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/741ebee9d8fc) (2026-10-04, 70 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/126790840/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-4%2F433293258-44100-2-194f0d2110d4b.mp3 - [149: Patriotism is too important to leave to extremists, with Prof. Alex Yakobson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/1771a500ad2c) (2026-09-25, 75 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/126284652/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-25%2F432635687-44100-2-9a99113992699.mp3 - [148: What can you do for Palestinians? Stop supporting Hamas](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/1144d2929c1f) (2026-09-22, 17 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/126125274/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-22%2F432417359-44100-2-4b9db74da0ef6.mp3 - [147: Are the allegations in NAZA true?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/3a37ae157280) (2026-09-15, 55 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/125787966/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-15%2F431963724-44100-2-7ed342f1f2408.mp3 - [146: Israel's political system worked. Then we tried to fix it. With Dr. Shany Mor](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/e9c44f5a237e) (2026-09-14, 86 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/125708949/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-14%2F431853953-44100-2-a0d22477212f6.mp3 - [145: Waking up from our rage-filled slumber](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/eab5c96b8e70) (2026-09-10, 28 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/125559518/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-10%2F431650835-44100-2-c7e58b85fa503.mp3 - [144: Inside the fight to change Haredi politics, with Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/2ee336c0c2f8) (2026-09-07, 78 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/125349243/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-7%2F431379884-44100-2-bb852d507569f.mp3 - [143: How to win the Israeli election](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/d76185e87532) (2026-09-03, 82 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/125150303/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-3%2F431109015-44100-2-11c65154cd9dd.mp3 - [142: Can Gaza ever move on from Hamas? With Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/089d4a1591e9) (2026-08-30, 103 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/124927230/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-30%2F430807642-44100-2-b4276c4efd798.mp3 - [141: Why Western ideas crash and burn in the Middle East, with Simon Sebag Montefiore](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/a10427430669) (2026-08-24, 69 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/124648102/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-24%2F430420600-44100-2-c8e849865a0a9.mp3 - [140: Van Jones returns - The hard questions of Black-Jewish relations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/03117205bb24) (2026-08-20, 71 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/124503638/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-20%2F430225265-44100-2-6387bc5d60ea6.mp3 - [139: Dara Horn’s final solution to the Jewish question](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/828ea047c048) (2026-08-19, 73 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/124434959/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-19%2F430131535-44100-2-ab3d857016ad.mp3 - [138: Why antisemitism works, with Prof. Ruth Wisse](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/a47e4461744f) (2026-08-12, 75 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/124141863/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-12%2F429731436-44100-2-2d67a5224b261.mp3 - [137: What does Qatar want?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/11d77c59dd4f) (2026-08-05, 48 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/123694343/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-3%2F429120021-44100-2-b4601447f896e.mp3 - [136: Why not two states from the start?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/76457adbc1a2) (2026-08-02, 29 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/123084788/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-20%2F428296199-44100-2-eac7110807ae7.mp3 - [135: Why don’t Israelis trust the UN?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/9a0d589357ed) (2026-07-29, 34 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/123021766/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-19%2F428221018-44100-2-6bf8ea787a29e.mp3 - [134: Was Gaza still occupied after 2005?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/b6b7f138fb42) (2026-07-26, 22 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/122726405/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-12%2F427812114-44100-2-519f1b7362c5e.mp3 - [133: Mamdani and America’s new left, with Reihan Salam](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/c57bbaae5763) (2026-07-20, 88 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/123067894/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-20%2F428273385-44100-2-c4a65ab11ef68.mp3 - [132: What is happening now in Gaza? With Dr. Shira Efron](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/4ad137beb69a) (2026-07-17, 65 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/122950928/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-17%2F428116045-44100-2-097fdae8700e2.mp3 - [131: Why Christians are disappearing from the Middle East, with Amb. George Deek](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/02e183270ee6) (2026-07-14, 83 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/122822258/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-14%2F427940267-44100-2-375f1f10dd503.mp3 - [130: Here's to the next 250 years](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/bc993c565f19) (2026-07-10, 37 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/122649043/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-10%2F427709877-44100-2-d559b7082345f.mp3 - [129: Iran is closer to freedom than you think, with Armin Navabi](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/e0c48179a684) (2026-07-08, 75 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/122551832/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-8%2F427579081-44100-2-b902d341327c5.mp3 - [128: Iran, Gaza and the new American right, with Sohrab Ahmari](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/5a35677fd04e) (2026-07-03, 78 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/122347004/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-3%2F427302963-44100-2-bcb8d611fbc57.mp3 - [127: Does Islam hate Jews? With Prof. Meir Litvak](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/3f6edf3207a1) (2026-06-30, 65 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/122210558/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-30%2F427119543-44100-2-0cbaddf6de3f5.mp3 - [126: Will your kid's best friend be a robot? With Dr. Micah Goodman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/027b922f9aad) (2026-06-25, 86 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/121970971/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-25%2F426800075-44100-2-57f78b88ca4c6.mp3 - [125: Did Netanyahu misread Trump? With Ross Douthat](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/d034df004fb8) (2026-06-21, 68 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/121786406/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-21%2F426552332-44100-2-1b7a03b68ac36.mp3 - [124: Vance, Iran and the fight inside Trumpworld, with Matt Continetti](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/a7be5eb1b075) (2026-06-17, 68 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/121601692/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-17%2F426306094-44100-2-684b3351f2995.mp3 - [123: Batya Ungar-Sargon on why the left turned on the Jews](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/c7f9159ad07f) (2026-06-14, 65 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/121459849/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-14%2F426115438-44100-2-7449ce245f437.mp3 - [122: When will the war with Iran end?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/0ab92498cbfa) (2026-06-08, 46 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/121191842/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-8%2F425757555-44100-2-0d084ec45f316.mp3 - [121: Who blinks first? The battle for Hormuz, with Rich Goldberg](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/76f8eb282cbf) (2026-06-07, 65 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/121121633/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-7%2F425663634-44100-2-dd175237d6ef4.mp3 - [120: Sam Harris on tribalism, religion, and what actually saves us](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/42a903d9f8a6) (2026-06-01, 116 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/120854807/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-1%2F425306534-44100-2-072f8d7650fa1.mp3 - [119: Canada’s Jewish reckoning, with Prof. Gil Troy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/1e59554c73de) (2026-05-30, 78 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/120767518/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-30%2F425191071-44100-2-317edbf02c25a.mp3 - [118: Is Israel a settler-colonial state? A historian’s honest answer, with Alex Yakobson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/7624524f5d23) (2026-05-25, 79 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/120508141/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-25%2F424843594-44100-2-92af2ce597e5d.mp3 - [117: The Palestinian insider who thinks Hamas is losing, with Samer Sinijlawi](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/64897b5b41d1) (2026-05-20, 52 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/120273866/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-20%2F424533135-44100-2-1227a36f912a4.mp3 - [116: Simon Sebag Montefiore on the History — and Future — of British Jews](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/c555f9ab5406) (2026-05-17, 105 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/120114836/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-17%2F424319824-44100-2-c85d3e80c5cad.mp3 - [115: Is Nicholas Kristof right?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/f8c53cdbd284) (2026-05-12, 16 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/119873845/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-12%2F423996688-44100-2-47118fe7564c6.mp3 - [114: Why don’t we talk about Egypt?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/664d6fd7939c) (2026-05-11, 20 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/119769460/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-10%2F423858022-44100-2-b71b96eb19133.mp3 - [113: Will dumping Israel backfire on the Democrats? A conversation with Hussein Mansour](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/846b3b0f0011) (2026-05-07, 55 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/119639295/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-7%2F423683456-44100-2-5a946e2fdd6d5.mp3 - [112: Why the world Is obsessed with Zionism, with Alana Newhouse](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/ff9550603403) (2026-05-03, 64 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/119412427/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-3%2F423369904-44100-2-0543843575737.mp3 - [111: How Somaliland and Israel became fast friends, with Amb. Mohamed Hagi](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/d3846d8ae99e) (2026-04-29, 36 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/119224900/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-29%2F423114192-44100-2-14706c42c3214.mp3 - [110: Van Jones on what broke the Black-Jewish alliance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/f7e45565a10b) (2026-04-26, 69 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/119069116/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-26%2F422900965-44100-2-97384004d9854.mp3 - [109: The crisis no one is talking about in Canada, with Dr. Casey Babb](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/c9b58a95188f) (2026-04-23, 69 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/118922399/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-23%2F422697271-44100-2-63f9040a7dd84.mp3 - [108: How personal grief built a nation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/7a5fddcbc550) (2026-04-20, 30 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/118745669/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-20%2F422453673-44100-2-47bce2f42c95a.mp3 - [107: What does Ezra Klein get wrong?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794590850/480d02532d80) (2026-04-16, 15 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/play/118553705/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-16%2F422198721-44100-2-c81e28edf7495.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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