The JPost Podcast

The JPost Podcast


Latest Episodes

A road by any other name: Umm Kulthum
March 17, 2016

One way that countries stake out their values and mold their identities is through symbols: monuments, seals, memorials, holidays, and, of course, names. The names ...

Briefing: $50 billion and the world’s oldest man
March 13, 2016

The JPost Podcast's briefing provides an overview of the big stories in Israel and the region to keep you up to date. This past week, US ...

Biden mediating ‘high-stakes game of chicken’ between Obama, Netanyahu
March 10, 2016

This week, The Veep himself, US Vice President Joe Biden, was in Israel part of a regional trip that includes meetings in the UAE, Jordan, ...

The Spark-up Nation
March 08, 2016

Israel has developed a reputation around the world as the Start-up Nation, a place where innovation flourishes. But when people talk about Israel’s high-tech, they often overlook ...

Briefing: Biden, the Oscars and the collapse of the PA
March 06, 2016

US Vice President Joe Biden will arrive in Israel Tuesday for a two-day visit. Biden will discuss, among other things, the status of a new Memorandum ...

Why Iran’s election could (eventually) be a big deal
March 03, 2016

Last week, Iranians went to the polls, and reportedly elected moderates to represent them in their parliament, the Majlis. But in Iran, nothing is quite as ...

What Israel can teach the US about guns
January 12, 2016

In the heated debate about guns in America, US President Barack Obama himself has noted that the US has 33 times the number of gun ...

Do Tel Aviv lives matter more than Jerusalem ones?
January 05, 2016

Friday's attack on Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv has been the center of news coverage for several days, even as a attacks continue around the ...

Why are these captive Israelis different from all others?
July 09, 2015

Israel lifted a 9-month-old gag order on the case of two Israelis who crossed into the Gaza Strip and were taken by Hamas. One of ...

The missing Israelis: strategic implications
July 09, 2015

Kobi Michael, a senior research fellow at The Institute for National Security Studies and a senior lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Ariel University, discusses ...

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