Aviva Klompas is the co-founder and CEO of Boundless . She has made a name for herself as an outspoken advocate for the Jewish people and as a leading Israel educator. Before launching Boundless, she served as the Director of Speechwriting for Israel's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City and as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Ontario government supporting efforts to resettle Syrian refugees in Canada. A prolific writer, Aviva has written articles that have appeared in The New...
Nov 29, 2024•39 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Alexander Shabbos Kestenbaum is a religious American Jewish activist. Until not long ago, he was a Harvard Divinity School student and that’s evolved since October to where he’s suing Harvard University in a landmark case that alleges Harvard failed to protect Jewish students from antisemitism. While at Harvard he founded and was President of the Harvard Divinity School Jewish Student Association and active member of both Harvard Chabad and Harvard Hillel. He didn’t just become a campus leader a...
Nov 14, 2024•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 22
Ella Kenan is an Israeli digital marketing professional and content creator specializing in travel. She runs a well known travel blog for Israelis, but since October 7, Ella has been actively engaged online in the information war, focusing on the Israel Gaza conflict and the broader scope of psyops against Israel, involving Iran, Russia, Qatar and other bad actors. As Ella sees it, these misinformation and disinformation efforts pose a significant threat to life in the West as we know it. She se...
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Abraham Hamra is that loud and proud Syrian Jew. But you know that already, don’t you? Born in Damascus Syria, he emigrated with his family to the US after 1992 because prior to that Jewish families were not allowed to leave Syria all together. Abraham has a superpower. He’s fluent in English, Arabic, and Hebrew. His social media posts in Arabic are impactful and just what the doctor ordered in taking on the lies of radical Islamists and their supporters. He’s also a shareholder and the chief gr...
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Resilience expert Deborah Gilboa, MD, aka “Dr. G” works with families, organizations, and businesses to identify the mindset and strategies to turn stress to an advantage. Renowned for her contagious humor, Dr. G works with groups across multiple generations, to rewire their attitudes and beliefs, and create resilience through personal accountability and a completely different approach to adversity. She is a leading media personality seen regularly on TODAY , Good Morning America and The Doctors...
Oct 01, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Michelle Ahdoot is Director of Programming and Strategy at End Jew Hatred , a non-partisan international grassroots civil rights movement that unites ordinary people, activists, and organizations from around the world who support the cause that defines the movement: to end Jew-hatred in our lifetime. Comprised of members from all paths and walks of life, EJH’s mission is embedded in upholding the rights of Jews worldwide through strategic partnerships, mobilization and activism. Before joining E...
Sep 15, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 17
JopauL is a hip-hop legend, with 20 years in the game, straight outta Staten Island, NY. After making waves in the Hip Hop scene, he took his skills to JP Morgan, getting the lowdown on the corporate hustle. He's a master of reinvention, now living at the crossroads of music, business, and influence. JopauL runs the Verified Podcast , where he shares life-changing stories from unconventional folks. His raw, no-holds-barred style keeps it real, and he's never afraid to call out the BS. Fans love ...
Sep 03, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Matan Peretz is the f**king sh*t. He’s an Israeli standup comedian and content creator, who recently gained a lot of exposure due to his Hasbara videos during his reserve service in Hebron. That’s how I first got wind of him and he blew me away with his rhetoric. Matan is hilarious, he’s a nice guy, he’s modest, he’s the real deal. There’s a reason nearly 200,000 people follow him on Instagram. He’s a reserve soldier in the IDF, was on the front since early in October 7th, he knows what’s going ...
Aug 19, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Season 2Ep. 16
What most people know about Yechiel Jacobs is how he makes so many people cry with laughter on Instagram about some serious Jewish subjects. He's only 23 years old, he's fearless, funny as s**t, and his comedic star is rising as he captivates audiences on and offline with his one-of-a-kind approach. He asks the tough questions and skewers the people promoting the lies and hypocrisy about Israel and the Jewish People, and he doesn’t stand for the craziness that’s running rampant today. He doesn’t...
Aug 12, 2024•46 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Marnie Perlstein is an Australian antisemitism advocate. Her first career was in communications and corporate and consumer PR but she then pivoted into her next one - Jewish education. She became the Marketing Manager at Mount Scopus College in Melbourne and then worked with the Board of Jewish Education in Sydney. She is a committed and passionate member of the Sydney Jewish community and has been working to connect organizations, individuals and programs in the common goal of fighting antisemi...
Jul 31, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Since October 7, Mia Talias has been fighting against the overwhelming so-called pro-Palestinian propaganda lies and misinformation on social media, in particular TikTok and Instagram. Mia tackles those who spread lies and false “facts” with her sass and wit, and her knowledge which is always backed by a lot of research. Her delivery is smart and funny all rolled into one. She truly is unique.
Jul 22, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Born in São Paolo, Brazil, Sandra Hegedüs studied philosophy and cinema at the prestigious Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP). As a militant artist of the Paulist scene, she realized several performances in the early 80’s before arriving in France in 1990, where she started an activity as a documentary film and reportage producer. Her passion for art led her to build a collection of contemporary art in 2005. Her desire to be more involved in supporting artistic creation naturally drew her ...
May 30, 2024•47 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Melinda Strauss, a Jewish Content Creator on social media with over 1 million followers on TikTok and Instagram , is well known for her educational videos about Orthodox Judaism, Jewish history, discussing Antisemitism and Zionism, kosher recipes, and sharing her everyday life as a wife, mom of 2 teenagers (and a dog), and both a type 1 diabetic and the mom of a type 1 diabetic. Born and raised in Seattle WA, Melinda now lives with her family in New York. Melinda has been blogging and sharing he...
Mar 17, 2024•55 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Shai Davidai is an assistant professor at the Columbia Business School , where he teaches negotiations and studies economic inequality and zero-sum thinking. Shai was born and raised in Israel and lives in New York City with his wife and two kids. Shortly after October 7th, as protests at Columbia University unabashedly celebrated the slaughter of Jews, Shai made a speech on campus that has gone viral on social media. Since then, he's been outspoken in documenting the growing antisemitism around...
Mar 09, 2024•51 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Shemtov Hollinger is a reservist with the IDF Special Forces. He's 29 years old and in civilian life is a certified nurse. He currently works at a gaming tech company in account management. He was also a pro basketball player who played for a few Division 3 teams. He studied at Tel Aviv University, enjoys scuba diving, and has just finished a forth round of in reserve duty in the current war against Hamas.
Feb 19, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 7
A native New Yorker, Dana is a writer and creative director working professionally in the field of advertising. He brings 25+ years of creative communication experience. Dana’s work has been recognized by the One Show , the Andys , the Kelly Awards, the Obies, the Clios , the Effies , New York Festivals, Communication Arts, Lurzer’s Archive, and at Cannes. He has worked extensively in the automotive category, touching brands like Volkswagen, Mercedes Benz, Ford, and Lincoln, and has stretched fa...
Mar 21, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Ronny Vance, former president of Geffen music and Interscope music has over 40 years of experience in the music industry. The artists and writers he signed in that time have cumulative sales of over 200 million records. Built upon his uncanny knack for spotting songwriting, talent and superstar artists in all music genres, each of his endeavors has enjoyed unprecedented achievement. Over the course of this career, Vance has been responsible for the signings of Tupac Shakur, New Edition, Stephen ...
Feb 16, 2023•53 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Lisa Coleman is a musician and composer who plays piano and keyboards and she was a member of Prince’s band 'The Revolution' from 1980 to 1986. She is one half of the incredible musical duo Wendy and Lisa, formed with Wendy Melvoin. She was 19 years old when she auditioned and was hired as a part of Prince’s backing group in 1980, for his Dirty Mind album and tour. Lisa played keyboards for Prince on his Controversy and 1999 albums and the three albums as a member of The Revolution, which were P...
Jul 27, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Shirley Halperin is Executive Editor of Music at Variety , where she spearheads music coverage for the print magazine and Variety.com. Through her 20-year career, she has held staff positions at Entertainment Weekly , Teen People and Us Weekly and was also a regular contributor to Rolling Stone . Shirley joined the Hollywood Reporter (THR) as Music Editor in 2010, later adding sister magazine Billboard to her resume. Until 2017, she oversaw music news coverage for both publications. Shirley is t...
Jul 14, 2022•43 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Oonie Chase has been working at the intersection of strategy and design for over 20 years, leading high-impact and award-winning teams at IDEO , Wieden+Kennedy , frog design , Digitas (where we met, worked together on a bunch of stuff, and became friends), and GMMB . As a Partner at IDEO, she works across industries and markets - from media, technology, and consumer products, to financial services, health, and the public sector. She specializes in complex challenges that span human, physical and...
May 30, 2022•37 min•Season 2Ep. 3
As the founder of the Israeli-based " yes Studios " Stern created a distribution and development content powerhouse, focused on delivering premium content for international platforms. She has been credited with helping bring Israeli content to global audiences and is responsible for the successful launches of numerous titles including “ Fauda ", " Shtisel ", “ The Devil Next Door ” and “ On the Spectrum ”. In addition, Stern spearheaded the adaptation of Israeli formats in multiple territories i...
Apr 25, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Yotam Polizer is the CEO of IsraAID – Israel’s biggest humanitarian NGO – and leads more than 250 people that support those affected by humanitarian crisises – they partner with local communities around the world to provide urgent aid, assist in recovery, and reduce the risk of future disasters. Right now, IsraAID is active in 15 countries supporting communities affected by Covid 19. Following the August 2021 Afghanistan crisis, Yotam led a rescue operation to save the lives of 167 at-risk Afgha...
Mar 01, 2022•49 min•Season 2Ep. 1
International lawyer, diplomat, writer and activist, Hillel C. Neuer is the Executive Director of UN Watch, a human rights NGO in Geneva, Switzerland. He holds four degrees including an honorary degree from McGill University for his work to advance human rights, and for being “a voice for those without one.” On September 14, 2016, the City of Chicago and Mayor Rahm Emanuel adopted a resolution declaring Hillel Neuer Day , citing his role “as one of the world’s foremost human rights advocates” an...
Jan 20, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Rob Schwartz is the Chair of the newly-formed TBWA NEW YORK GROUP which includes TBWA\Chiat\Day NY, Lucky Generals NYC and 180NY. The Group is comprised of three distinct and separate creative agencies unified in their belief that the unreasonable power of creativity leads to unreasonably epic results for brands. Rob is the rare creative person who is fascinated by all aspects of a business and finds ways to create breakthrough platforms and campaigns that build brands and get results. Since h...
Nov 28, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Over the last quarter of a century, William Green has interviewed many of the world’s best investors, exploring in depth the question of what qualities and insights enable them to achieve enduring success. He’s written extensively about investing for many publications and has been interviewed about the greatest investors for magazines, newspapers, podcasts, radio, and television. He has also given many talks about the lessons we can learn from the most successful investors, not only about how to...
Nov 11, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Signe Lønholdt is an executive at LEGO Group and a leader of a team dedicated to connecting and strengthening the relationship between the community of adult LEGO fans and the company. Educated in business, economic, and financial journalism, her career has spanned from TV news reporting, being a web editor at a popular Women’s Lifestyle Magazine before joining the LEGO company in 2011. From there, she's launched an award-winning web experience for adult fans. She’s a value investor who's more p...
Oct 31, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Born and raised in Seattle, Troy Gua is a passionately creative Artist. He's a self-taught artist, designer, maker, and tinkerer, continuously cultivating a prolific output of smart, bold work in a diverse range of media, produced with wit and a crisp visual aesthetic. He is well known within the Purple Prince family for his 'Le Petit Prince' series of lovingly detailed and meticulously staged photographs - a surreal reimagining, in sculptural miniature, of the life and career of Prince Rogers N...
Sep 08, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 12
Daniel M. Rosenberg is a husband of one, father of three and master of none. Professionally he's worn many hats; in the worlds of accounting and finance, sustainable manufacturing and even product development - all of which allows him to have a multi-faceted approach to every challenge he takes on. But his passion, and indeed a heck of a lot of his time, is spent meeting and speaking to interesting people from all over the world. And on a podcast no less, which is how I was introduced to him. Da...
Jul 26, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Though born and raised in Australia, Romy Samuel left after University to see the world. She's lived in London, Israel, Europe, Melbourne, New York and Sydney. Back in the early 2000’s, she was working in the very male-dominated world of IT. Yet after a few relocations, she found her calling. An avid sneaker collector, Romy put her energy and tech know-how into her passion and recently co-founded Common Ace , a one-stop shot marketplace for women’s sneakers. She has strong ties to the streetwear...
Jul 19, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Guy Spier is a Zurich based author and investor. He completed his MBA at the Harvard Business School , class of 1993, and holds a First Class degree in PPE ( Politics, Philosophy and Economics ) from Oxford University where he studied at Brasenose College with the British Prime minister David Cameron . After completing his MBA, Guy started the Aquamarine Fund which is an investment vehicle inspired by the original 1950's Buffett partnerships, and run with a close replication of the original Buff...
Jul 05, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 7
