Matt and Daniel are joined by Efrim Menuck of seminal Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor to cover Radiohead’s zionism and more! Please become a member of the Bad Hasbara Patreon to listen to the full episode ! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Nov 01, 2024•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matt and Daniel are joined by historian and journalist Samira Mohyeddin to discuss “crisis vultures,” whether the Obama oratory can sell a Kamala Harris pro-Israel candidacy, and to decide whether Ta-Nehisi Coates or Elica Le Bon has a better grasp of the Palestinian plight. Please donate to Gaza Great Minds: gazagreatminds.org/donate/ Find Samira Mohyeddin online at https://patreon.com/OnTheLineMedia Subscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbara Subscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara whe...
Oct 31, 2024•2 hr 47 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast We just posted a Patreon-only episode of Bad Hasbara with journalist Asa Winstanley of the Electronic Intifada to discuss the recent raid of Asa’s home and seizure of his devices by the bobbies (UK Feds). Here's a taste of the opening where we do a dramatic reading of a crazy tweet about how hasbara has failed. If you haven't joined the Patreon , you should. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Oct 26, 2024•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matt and Daniel are joined by author, actor and playwright Najla Said to discuss dueling depictions of the last moments of Yahya Sinwar, Benjamin Netanyahu’s supposed fear of sharing space with Najla's father Edward Said, and whether an inveterate torturer can know his victim as a mother knows her child (probably not). Please donate to MAP: Medical Aid for Palestinians: https://www.map.org.uk/ Find Najla Said online at https://www.najlasaid.com/ Subscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.c...
Oct 24, 2024•2 hr 54 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast Matt and Daniel are joined by Palestinian-American comedian Bilal Sharmoug to witness limits - of Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch’s commitment to tikkun olam - of British novelist Howard Jacobson’s capacity to willfully misunderstand the Israel Palestine conflict - and and of the audience’s tolerance for spotty Michael Caine impressions. Please donate to Doctors Without Borders: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/ Follow Bilal Sharmoug: https://www.instagram.com/wellfedcomic Subscribe to the Patreon http...
Oct 17, 2024•2 hr 3 min•Ep 56•Transcript available on Metacast HELP THE SHOW BY TAKING THE AUDIENCE SURVEY, PLEASE! http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=2QI_qFPHzCDZ&ver=standard This here is a PATREON TEASER! Matt and Daniel sat down with Will Menaker of Chapo Trap House and Movie Mindset for a nearly 2-hour episode. We've got an hour for you here, and you can join the Patreon for 55 minutes of bonus content from this interview. In this episode Matt and Daniel guide Will through the Biden-Harris PR plan, the shameful questioning of Ta-...
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep 54•Transcript available on Metacast Daniel Maté is on assignment, so Matt and Producer Adam discuss whether Israeli soldiers’ deaths in their assault on Lebanon constitute deaths or “murders,” as Senator Marsha Blackburn claims, the kayfabe of the US State Department expressing diplomatic concern to Israel, and a solemn goodbye to the celebrities we lost along the way. Please donate to Muslim Aid USA: https://www.mausa.org/ Subscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbara Subscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get...
Oct 08, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Ep 55•Transcript available on Metacast We have a patreon bonus episode this week with Chapo Trap House's Will Menaker. You can watch/listen to it right now by joining the Patreon! So do it. Join the Patreon. Please. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Oct 04, 2024•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matt and Daniel talk with author and social activist Naomi Klein (Doppelganger, The Shock Doctrine) about the discouraging developments in Lebanon, the unconscious zionist drive to embody every anti-semitic stereotype, and Matt’s comprehensive understanding of Canadian identity. Please donate to Mercy Corps: https://www.mercycorps.org/ Keep up with Naomi Klein at https://naomiklein.org/ Subscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbara Subscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get y...
Oct 03, 2024•2 hr 50 min•Ep 53•Transcript available on Metacast Matt and Daniel are joined by actor and activist Jacob Berger to talk about the Jewish Chronicle’s spate of fabulism, his impending move to Cairo, and where to come up on some stanky gorgonzola on the NYU campus. Please donate to the Palestine Red Crescent Society: https://www.palestinercs.org/en Jacob’s Relief Funding Campaign: https://gogetfunding.com/provide-emergency-relief-to-gaza-with-jacob/ Subscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbara Subscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara whereve...
Sep 26, 2024•2 hr 40 min•Ep 52•Transcript available on Metacast Matt and Daniel are joined by Felix Biederman of Chapo Trap House to survey the grooming proclivities of Israel’s freelance hacks, the problem with the Dutch, and the suburban Chicago dad’s threshold for declaring something “Our 9/11.” Please donate to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund: https://www.pcrf.net/ Listen to Chapo Trap House at https://www.chapotraphouse.com/ Subscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get your podcasts. Spotify Apple Podcasts Support this podcast at — https://redc...
Sep 20, 2024•2 hr 57 min•Ep 51•Transcript available on Metacast Hey all, wanna hear this episode (and all episodes) before everyone else? Join the Bad Hasbara patreon now! Early access to all episodes and access to patreon exclusive episodes. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Sep 20, 2024•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matt and Daniel are joined by Katie Halper ( The Katie Halper Show , Useful Idiots) to cover the tragic killing of Aysengur Eygi by an IDF sniper, the difficulty in extracting a straight answer from the US State Department, and the Israeli tween publicity corps. Please donate to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund. Subscribe to the Patreon Subscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get your podcasts. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: ...
Sep 12, 2024•2 hr 42 min•Ep 50•Transcript available on Metacast Matt and Daniel are joined by Nora Barrows-Friedman of the Electronic Intifada for a talk on the future viability of Israeli settlements, the zionist podcast-sphere, and whether yinz could get a good wooder ice in the Philadelphi Corridor. Please support the Palestine Children's Relief Fund Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Sep 05, 2024•2 hr 53 min•Ep 46•Transcript available on Metacast Hey we did another live stream and for those of you who love the podcast but hate to look at our stupid faces, here is the audio from the stream. Our guest is producer Adam Levin! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Aug 31, 2024•2 hr 49 min•Ep 48•Transcript available on Metacast Filmmaker Rebecca Pierce joins Matt and Daniel to survey the meaning of Jewish identity in the WASP gaze, the false choice between Black American rights and support for Palestinian liberation, and whether white people have ever actually scored an invitation to the cookout. Find Rebecca’s work at rebeccapiercefilms.com Subscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbara Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5RDvo87OzNLA78UH82MI55 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-ha...
Aug 29, 2024•2 hr 39 min•Ep 47•Transcript available on Metacast NOTE: Sorry we were so late with this week's slop my beautiful hogs. There will be extra make-up slop in the coming weeks for you to stick your snouts into. I swear. Matt and Daniel are joined by comedian and former United Nations war crimes attorney Jess Salomon to discuss arboreal colonialism, the Democratic National Convention’s aversion to Palestinian speakers, and a particularly cursed rendition of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony’s Crossroads where all the words were said. Watch Jess’ new special ...
Aug 26, 2024•2 hr 47 min•Ep 46•Transcript available on Metacast We have decided for the sake of tickling your fancy (?) we are releasing the interview portion of the Patreon-only episode with Jacob Berger. There's another 45+minutes of show after this so if you want the full thing, become a patron by joining the Patreon. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Aug 16, 2024•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matt and Daniel are join by Palestinian American filmmaker Rolla Selbak for a conversation about the state of Hollywood, a psychotic article about Gal Gadot in the Jewish Chronicle, and the Haaretz investigation into the IDF literally using Palestinians as human shields. Go to Rolla's website here and follow her on i nstagram Click this link find out more about the Safina Filmmaker Project Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcir...
Aug 15, 2024•2 hr 47 min•Ep 43•Transcript available on Metacast We are joined by psych phd student, sex and trauma therapist, and anti-zionist jewish content creator Katie Bogen for a conversation about sexual trauma and activism, and how Josh Shapiro not being VP is somehow antisemitic. Hey, people in Chicago who want to see Matt do stand up! We ADDED A LATE SHOW to the stand up night at the Lincoln Lodge in Chicago. Please buy tickets. August 20th Live Stand Up Tickets Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out:...
Aug 09, 2024•2 hr 38 min•Ep 44•Transcript available on Metacast Here is a taste of this week's patreon-only episode of Bad Hasbara with comedian Jacob Berger. DON'T WORRY THERE WILL ASLO BE A FREE EPISODE RELEASED AS WELL!!! But if you want to hear this particular episode, head on over to Patreon and subscribe to Bad Hasbara. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Aug 08, 2024•4 min•Ep 43•Transcript available on Metacast This week Matt and Daniel welcome comedian and Irishman Tadhg Hickey back to the pod to talk about his trip to Iran, Bibi's trip to the US Congress, and so much more. Buy Tadhg's book here Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Aug 01, 2024•2 hr 39 min•Ep 42•Transcript available on Metacast Matt and Daniel visit with Ryan Grim and Jeremy Scahill (late of the Intercept, now repping Drop Site) to talk the truth of 10/7, Biden's history with Israel, and Hamas' preferred video conference vendor. For independent news on politics and war visit Jeremy and Ryan's new home at Drop Site: https://www.dropsitenews.com/ SEE MATT DO STAND UP AT THE SAN FRANCISCO PUNCHLINE JULY 24-27. Matt will be featuring for the hilarious Helen Hong! Buy tickets here. Will you be in Chicago during ...
Jul 25, 2024•2 hr 41 min•Ep 41•Transcript available on Metacast Matt and Daniel talk to former US Army Ranger, Co-Host of Colonial Outcasts and State of Play for Mint Press News, Greg Stoker . With the Trump assassination attempt in the rearview; they discuss IDF rank inflation, destroying tanks in flip flops, and the Nuseirat camp operation casualties. All Greg's Links: https://linktr.ee/greg.j.stoker SEE MATT DO STAND UP AT THE SAN FRANCISCO PUNCHLINE JULY 24-27. Matt will be featuring for the hilarious Helen Hong! Buy tickets here. Will you be in Chic...
Jul 18, 2024•2 hr 49 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast Matt and Daniel welcome Most Moral Brother Aaron Maté from The Grey Zone to cover the Ha'aretz Hannibal Directive story, watch Aaron dismantle some hasbara on Piers, and coo over a very cute picture of the young Maté brothers. Plus! Daniel's reeeeeeemix of the Bad Hasbara theme. SEE MATT DO STAND UP AT THE SAN FRANCISCO PUNCHLINE JULY 24-26. Matt will be featuring for the hilarious Helen Hong! Buy tickets here. Will you be in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention? So will I! ...
Jul 11, 2024•2 hr 46 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast Matt and Daniel talk with journalist David Sheen – author of Kahanism and American Politics – about Kahanism, where those tzedakah box coins go, and the elegant good looks of Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir Read David's piece for Electronic Intifada "How an Israeli colonel invented the burned babies lie to justify genocide" Find out more about our guest at davidsheen.com Tickets for The Bituation Room X Bad Hasbara 8/19/24, Chicago IL Subscribe to the patreon Suppo...
Jul 04, 2024•2 hr 7 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast This week we had TrueAnon's Brace Belden on the pod to tell us about his experience at the Nova Festival Exhibit in New York. Also we talked about the Adas Torah pogrom in Matt Lieb's old neck of the woods. Will you be in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention? So will I! Me and my wife Francesca Fiorentini have a couple of live shows we are doing! On Monday and Tuesday August 19 and 20, Francesca and I will be doing shows at Lincoln Lodge in Chicago. Monday will be a live Bit...
Jun 28, 2024•2 hr 48 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast Today Matt and Daniel welcome political analyst and host of Night School, Marc Lamont Hill for a conversation about debating zionists, Christian Zionism and about how Matt is treyf. Watch Marc Lamont Hill's new YouTube Show Night School Will you be in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention? So will I! Me and my wife Francesca Fiorentini have a couple of live shows we are doing! On Monday and Tuesday August 19 and 20, Francesca and I will be doing shows at Lincoln Lodge in Chicago....
Jun 20, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast Our guest is Palestinian American analyst Omar Baddar. A funny thing happened while we recorded this episode, we thought Chomsky died. So the last 25 minutes is a eulogy to an alive guy. Will you be in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention? So will I! Me and my wife Francesca Fiorentini have a couple of live shows we are doing! On Monday and Tuesday August 19 and 20, Francesca and I will be doing shows at Lincoln Lodge in Chicago. Monday will be a live Bitchuation Room Podcast with m...
Jun 19, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast This week Daniel and Matt talk to former Media Matter's video producer Kat Abughazalehkat, a Palestinian American political analyst and all around badass about her experience in the last 8 months. We also talk about the killing of over 270 Palestinians by the IDF at the Nuseirat refugee camp and the surrounding hasbara, as well as Israeli appropriation of Palestinian liberation symbols. ARE YOU IN LOS ANGELES THIS SATURDAY?? Come yell at Biden and his friends/donors on Saturday June 15th at ...
Jun 13, 2024•2 hr 46 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast