Matt and Daniel are joined by Daniel's father, author and activist Dr. Gabor Maté to reach a deeper pun-derstanding of Daniel's sense of humor, to ponder the pleas for empathy from Gaza's aggressors in Israel, and to ask whether Miss Rachel should be jailed at Guantánamo Bay, or possibly offered the leniency of our famously chill domestic SuperMax prison system. Please donate to Children in Conflict: https://www.childreninconflict.org/ See Matt and Francesca Fiorentini at Cobb’s in S...
Apr 10, 2025•2 hr 56 min•Ep. 100
Hey everyone, early access to our very special episode with Daniel's dad is available right now for Patrons. Join the Patreon to listen before everyone else! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Apr 09, 2025•6 min
Matt and Daniel are joined by returning champion Brace Belden (TrueAnon) to examine Betar’s one-time figurehead - the oddly shaped Ross Glick - as well as Brace’s aversion to the Ivy League and whether Tarantino’s Bear Jew presupposes the existence of twink and otter Jews. Donate to the Palestine Red Crescent Society: https://www.palestinercs.org/en See Matt and Francesca Fiorentini at Cobb’s in San Francisco on May 7: http://bit.ly/mattfrancobbs Visit TrueAnon at https://podcast.trueanon.com/ S...
Apr 03, 2025•2 hr 39 min•Ep. 97
Brace is back on Bad Hasbara this week, and you can hear the whole episode right now on our Patreon or wait patiently to listen with all freeloaders on Thursday. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Apr 01, 2025•5 min
Matt and Daniel were lucky to chat with Bad Hasbara returning champion Kat Abughazaleh about her newly launched primary campaign in Illinois' 9th District. Enjoy this sample from the interview and subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/badhasbara to hear the whole thing - this is just half of the interview! Please donate to United Palestinian Appeal: https://upaconnect.org/ Visit Kat online for campaign events, information, and donation links: https://www.katforillinois.com/ See Matt Lieb and ...
Mar 31, 2025•24 min•Ep. 96
Matt and Daniel are joined by Adam Johnson of the Citations Needed podcast to discuss the detainment of Academy Award-winning director Hamdan Ballal by the IDF, Israel's place in the world happiness pecking order, and a couple of hot zionist jams racing up the charts in time for summer. Come see Matt Lieb and Francesca Fiorentini do stand up at Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco on May 7th. Tickets here: https://www.livenation.com/event/G5vYZb0MwzkkR/francesca-fiorentini-and-matt-lieb Donate...
Mar 27, 2025•2 hr 31 min•Ep. 95
We are reading emails, listening to voicemail, and generally just putzing around in this Bad Hasbara livestream. Come see Matt Lieb and Francesca Fiorentini do stand up at Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco on May 7th. TICKETS HERE Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Mar 22, 2025•2 hr 9 min•Ep. 94
Matt and Daniel are joined by spiritual educator, mystic, artist and girlfriend of the pod Hadar Cohen to ask when Israel stopped thinking of itself as a colonial project, who gets to be indigenous, and to hear out the fresh ideas of a bright, young Democrat: one Charles Ellis “Stickball” Schumer. COME TO COBBS COMEDY CLUB TO SEE MATT LIEB AND FRANCESCA FIORENTINI. BUY TICKETS HERE: https://www.livenation.com/event/G5vYZb0MwzkkR/francesca-fiorentini-and-matt-lieb Please donate to Middle East Chi...
Mar 20, 2025•2 hr 52 min•Ep. 93
Matt and Daniel are joined by comedian and actor Bilal Sharmoug to talk over the shocking ICE detention of Columbia grad student and protest leader Mahmoud Khalil, finding common cause with Ann Coulter, and a Beatle cucking in our nation’s intelligence capital: Nassau County, New York. Donate to Mahmoud Khalil’s legal fundraiser: https://chuffed.org/project/justice-for-mahmoud-khalil Matt and Francesca will be at the Sacramento Punch Line on March 16th! Buy tickets now! https://livemu.sc/4jS1qKf...
Mar 13, 2025•2 hr 39 min•Ep. 92
Here is a teaser from this week's bonus episode of Bad Hasbara with comedian Nato Green. You can listen to the whole thing by joining the Patreon. Join now! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 09, 2025•2 min
Matt and Daniel are joined by friend of the pod Simone Zimmerman to ponder the No Other Land Oscar win, revel in pettiness toward Oscars prudism, and tease out liberal zionists’ ideological hair-splitting. Matt and Francesca will be at the Sacramento Punch Line on March 16th! Buy tickets now! https://livemu.sc/4jS1qKf Come see Matt Lieb and Francesca Fiorentini do stand up at Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco on May 7th. Tickets here: https://www.livenation.com/event/G5vYZb0MwzkkR/francesca-fio...
Mar 06, 2025•2 hr 32 min•Ep. 90
Matt and Daniel are joined by spouse of a most moral cohost Francesca Fiorentini, host of the Bitchuation Room, to discuss Trump’s imagined Gaza, an iron-lion-zion(ist), and an online redhead fetish that’s depraved, but not in the regular way. Matt and Francesca will be at the Sacramento Punch Line on March 16th! Buy tickets now! livemu.sc/4jS1qKf Come see Matt Lieb and Francesca Fiorentini do stand up at Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco on May 7th. Tickets here: https://www.livenation.com/eve...
Feb 28, 2025•2 hr 41 min•Ep. 89
Matt and Daniel welcome Palestinian-American international lawyer and activist Lara E., also known as @gazangirl. They discuss ChatGPT’s diagnosis of zionism, probe the professed morality of the IDFs leaflet airdrops, and examine the false choice between Biden and Trump’s policies in the region. Matt and Francesca will be at the Sacramento Punch Line on March 16th! Buy tickets now! livemu.sc/4jS1qKf Come see Matt Lieb and Francesca Fiorentini do stand up at Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco on ...
Feb 26, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 88
Daniel returns to join Matt and long-awaited guest Hasan Piker to ask whether Hasan is the left-wing Joe Rogan, how he fumbled the “anti-semite of the year” bag, and whether it’s still too soon to let Spain off the hook for the inquisition. Please donate to Gaza Great Minds: gazagreatminds.org/donate/ Come see Matt Lieb and Francesca Fiorentini do stand up in Los Angeles at the Ice House on February 19th https://www.showclix.com/event/the-ice-house-new-world-disorder-02-19-25-7-30-pm Also Matt a...
Feb 20, 2025•2 hr 52 min•Ep. 86
Here is a taste of this week's episode of Bad Hasbara with guest Hasan Piker. Early access to this episode (and all of our bonus episodes) available right now by joining the Patreon. Join now! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Feb 17, 2025•6 min
While Daniel executes a covert mission off-comms, Matt is joined by Greg Stoker (Colonial Outcasts Podcast) and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Maggie Freleng. They cover the ongoing Kamala Harris blame scapegoating, Israel state PR recycling their hasbara hits, and whether the senator from Pennsylvania should actually be called John Fetterman’s Monster. Please donate to Children in Conflict: childreninconflict.org Come see Matt Lieb and Francesca Fiorentini do stand up in Los Angeles at the I...
Feb 13, 2025•2 hr 45 min•Ep. 84
This week we finally talked about a hasbara movie! We watch "Golda" starring Helen Mirren with guests Vince Mancini and Zach Foster. You can listen to/ or watch the full episode by becoming a Patron. Do it now! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Feb 08, 2025•4 min
Matt and Daniel are joined by legendary Pink Floyd bassist and lyricist Roger Waters for a discussion of Roger’s introduction to anti-zionism and being called a shameful coward by Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, and we ask our audience to be chill and normal about the barks of one Sweet Georgia Brown. Support Muslim Aid USA at mausa.org Find everything Roger Waters at rogerwaters.com Subscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbara Subscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get your podcast...
Feb 06, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 82
This week we are giving you a larger taste than normal because we loved it so much. Enjoy Matt, Daniel, and guest Rolla Selbak talking about the hasbara AI bot who got woke on Palestine. You can listen to the full episode on Patreon. ------ Please donate to Islamic Relief USA: https://irusa.org/ Visit Rolla Selbak online at https://www.rollaselbak.com/ Rolla's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rollaselbak/ Safina Filmmaker Project: https://www.safinafilmmakerproject.com/ Daniel encourages...
Jan 31, 2025•53 min
Matt and Daniel are joined by anti-zionist Jewish influencer and author Sim Kern to discuss the online hasbara sock puppet brigades, whether feeding prisoners of war is a trick, and to ask whether you can still call a perplexing assemblage of words a joke if it’s not funny in any language. Please donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians: https://www.map.org.uk/ Pre-order Sim’s upcoming book GENOCIDE BAD: https://www.interlinkbooks.com/product/genocide-bad/ Find all Sim’s links at https://www.simke...
Jan 30, 2025•2 hr 51 min•Ep. 80
Matt and Daniel are joined by artist and satirist Eli Valley to talk over the continuing ceasefire and hostage release, Elon Musk stretchin' that arm out, and the public garment rending of shiksa-passing American Jewish entertainers. Please donate to Muslim Aid USA: mausa.org Get Eli’s latest, Museum of Degenerates: orbooks.com/catalog/museum-of-degenerates/ Subscribe to Eli’s patreon: patreon.com/elivalley Subscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbara Subscribe/listen to Bad H...
Jan 23, 2025•2 hr 41 min•Ep. 78
Matt and Daniel are joined by comedian and musician Reggie Watts, who shares his skepticism of large systems, the Palestinian solidarity of an Irish game show audience, and a surefire way to freak out a nervous fascist. Also, ceasefire. Please consider donating to the GoFundMe campaigns for Matt’s sister Diana, and Altadena’s Displaced Black Families. bit.ly/yondiana bit.ly/altadenadbf Find Reggie Watts at https://www.instagram.com/reggiewatts/ and https://www.tiktok.com/@reggiewatts Subscribe t...
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 76
This week we got YouTuber Bad Empanada on the podcast to talk about various hasbara and the videos he makes. Also, this week my twin sister's house burned down in the Eaton Fire in Altadena. That was the fire that wasn't in the Palisades so it didn't get the news coverage with celebrities crying. So, if you can, please help my sister and her husband and 2 kids by donating whatever you can to their GoFundMe. This would me so much to me. https://bit.ly/yondiana Support this podcast at ...
Jan 16, 2025•2 hr 48 min
Here's a teaser for this week's patreon only episode with the YouTuber Bad Empanada. Subscribe to hear the whole thing. However most of this teaser is about Matt's family being evacuated from their home and how his sister's house burned down. Ii you can, please help my sister and her husband and 2 kids by donating whatever you can to their GoFundMe. This would me so much to me. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcir...
Jan 12, 2025•5 min
Matt and Daniel are joined by comedian Gianmarco Soresi to talk the IDF’s “most moral army” moniker, whether Wicked has zionist implications, and a travel guide for evading prosecution when traveling as a war criminal. Please donate to ANERA at https://www.anera.org/ Keep up with Gianmarco Soresi at https://www.gianmarcosoresi.com/ Subscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbara Subscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get your podcasts. Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5RDv...
Jan 09, 2025•2 hr 31 min•Ep. 74
Matt and Daniel are joined by three-time Academy Award nominee, actor Debra Winger to discuss Israel in the 1970s, the only time she ever felt anti-semitism in Hollywood, and an unforgivable latke topping. Please donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians https://www.map.org.uk/ Subscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbara Subscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get your podcasts. Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5RDvo87OzNLA78UH82MI55 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.c...
Jan 06, 2025•2 hr•Ep. 73
In place of our regularly scheduled episode we have a short Bad Hasbara Holiday special for all of you. We will be getting back at it next week but until then, Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, and the happiest new year to all. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Dec 30, 2024•29 min•Ep. 72
Matt, Daniel and Producer Adam share three Patreon favorites: Asa Winstanley (The Electronic Intifada), Efrim Menuck (Godspeed You! Black Emperor), and Noah Kulwin (Blowback). For more join the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/badhasbara . Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Dec 26, 2024•2 hr 33 min
Matt and Daniel are joined by former Muhlenberg College tenured professor of anthropology Maura Finkelstein to discuss her dismissal over pro-Palestine speech, who owns the phrase “never again,” and whether she is a left-nepo baby. Please donate to Doctors Without Borders: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/ Buy Professor Finkelstein’s book “The Archive of Loss”: https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-archive-of-loss Visit https://www.workshops4gaza.com/ All things Maura Finkelstein are available at ...
Dec 19, 2024•2 hr 46 min•Ep. 71
On this week's Patreon exclusive e pisode, Rafael Shimunov talks one-on-one with Matt about Luigi Mangione, Ritichie Torres, and that strange United Jewish Appeal ad some of you have been getting on the podcast feed. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Dec 15, 2024•6 min
