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The Promised Podcast

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An inside view of how Israel can warm your heart and make your blood boil. It's a show hosted by folks who live in and love Israel even though it drives them crazy, and who each week discuss the latest in Israeli politics, culture, and society.

Episodes

The Promised Podcast
The "Calamities, Past and Not" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this…
May 16, 2024·1h 22m
The Promised Podcast
The "Days Like These" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Miriam Herschlag and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
May 9, 2024·1h 46m
The Promised Podcast
The "Ashes & Dust" Edition
To mark Yom Ha-Shoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Noah describes the decades-long path Israelis followed to come to terms with the Holocaust, culminating in a…
May 2, 2024·1h 24m
The Promised Podcast
The "Missing" Edition
At Passover Seders all around the world, a place setting was laid before a chair left empty for one of the 133 hostages held in Gaza. We look back at the 200…
Apr 25, 2024·1h 54m
The Promised Podcast
The "Unsmote, but Smitten Nonetheless" Edition
Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week…
Apr 18, 2024·1h 14m
The Promised Podcast
The "Here and There" Edition
Marking six months since the massacres and the start of the war, Miriam Herschlag and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an…
Apr 11, 2024·1h 23m
The Promised Podcast
The "Sidelocks & Sidearms?" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made…
Apr 4, 2024·1h 40m
The Promised Podcast
The "(Feels Like) Sumpin' Gonna Give" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and newly-minted Doctor of Thinkology Gilad Halpern discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote…
Mar 28, 2024·1h 20m
The Promised Podcast
The "The P Word?" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and ubermensch writer Bradley Burston discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something…
Mar 21, 2024·1h 24m
The Promised Podcast
The "You Know, I Read It in a Magazine" Edition
Miriam Herschlag, Allison Kaplan Sommer and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
Mar 14, 2024·1h 27m
The Promised Podcast
The "Reckonings" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
Mar 7, 2024·1h 20m
The Promised Podcast
The "Local Yokels" Edition
Miriam Herschlag, Allison Kaplan Sommer and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
Feb 29, 2024·1h 47m
The Promised Podcast
The "138 Days" Edition
138 days in, The Promised Podcast looks back. —Premonition— —City of Slaughter— —Sally— —The Wheat Grows Again— —The Battalion's WhatsApp—
Feb 22, 2024·1h 11m
The Promised Podcast
The "Yesterday's Politics, Today!" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
Feb 15, 2024·1h 22m
The Promised Podcast
The "Negotiating With Terrorists" Edition
Miriam Herschlag and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this…
Feb 8, 2024·1h 19m
The Promised Podcast
The "Gaza of Good & Evil" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made…
Feb 1, 2024·1h 37m
The Promised Podcast
The "Generals and Genocides" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Miriam Herschlag and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
Jan 25, 2024·1h 28m
The Promised Podcast
The "IDF: Inspiring Despite Failing?" Edition
Linda Gradstein, Allison Kaplan Sommer and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
Jan 18, 2024·1h 17m
The Promised Podcast
The "South Africa v. Israel" Edition
Miriam Herschlag, Allison Kaplan Sommer and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
Jan 11, 2024·1h 27m
The Promised Podcast
The "Days of Future Past" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
Jan 4, 2024·1h 20m
The Promised Podcast
The "End of Consensus?" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
Dec 28, 2023·1h 23m
The Promised Podcast
The "Opinions, Opinions, Opinions!" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
Dec 21, 2023·1h 28m
The Promised Podcast
The "Dogs of War" Edition
William Blake once counselled "to see a world in a grain of sand." In this very special podcast episode, Noah tries to see our troubled world right now, in a…
Dec 14, 2023·51m
The Promised Podcast
The "Kids Out, Kids In" Edition
Star journalist Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them…
Dec 7, 2023·1h 21m
The Promised Podcast
The "Women & Other Living Things" Edition
Miriam Herschlag, Gilad Halpern and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them…
Nov 30, 2023·1h 41m
The Promised Podcast
The "Song of War" Edition
Noah takes a break from scrolling and refreshing, to consider the songs of this war (which has produced more music than all of Israel's past wars rolled into…
Nov 23, 2023·56m
The Promised Podcast
The "First Fifty" Edition
Miriam and Noah talk about the deal struck between Israel and Hamas, via the Qataris and the Americans, that would return 50 hostages, mostly kids and their…
Nov 23, 2023·31m
The Promised Podcast
The "Moral and Immoral Dilemmas" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made…
Nov 16, 2023·1h 25m
The Promised Podcast
The "Our Tragedy & Theirs" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
Nov 9, 2023·1h 23m
The Promised Podcast
The "Things Change" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made…
Nov 2, 2023·1h 31m
The Promised Podcast
The "Jangled Nerves" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Miriam Herschlag and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
Oct 26, 2023·1h 31m
The Promised Podcast
The "Together, But Not Together-Together" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
Oct 19, 2023·1h 27m
The Promised Podcast
The "These Last Awful Days Through the Eyes of a Palestinian" Edition
Peace, co-existence and social-justice activist Sally Abed tells Noah what these last, terrible days of grief, anger and fear have been like for her, as an…
Oct 17, 2023·40m
The Promised Podcast
The "Cities of Slaughter" Edition
Allison, Miriam and Noah talk about the only thing that could possibly be on our minds at this moment of tragedy, mourning and anxiety. Hear the Extra-Special…
Oct 12, 2023·1h 40m
The Promised Podcast
The "Days of Awful" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Miriam Herschlag and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
Oct 5, 2023·1h 38m
The Promised Podcast
The "A Song for Peace" Edition
Noah tells the story of one song that is also, in a way, the story of Israel itself.
Sep 28, 2023·1h 1m
The Promised Podcast
The "Atone Home" Edition
In this very special episode of sustainably recycled stuff devoted to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, hear about the evolution of the great piyyut and…
Sep 21, 2023·27m
The Promised Podcast
The "Noah is What?!?!?" Edition
In this very special holiday Turducken of a podcast, we've stuffed into our own carcass an interview that Allison did for the Haaretz Weekly podcast with Noah…
Sep 14, 2023·38m
The Promised Podcast
New Year's Wish from the Promised Podcast
After a momentous week, after many momentous months, the Promised Podcast wishes you and yours a new year of every good thing!
Sep 14, 2023·13m
The Promised Podcast
The "The Memory & the Blessing" Edition
Maybe no one is a better symbol of how Israel is changing (and did more to cause this change) than Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, who died at 83 in 2020.
Sep 7, 2023·50m
The Promised Podcast
The "Contrition" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made…
Aug 31, 2023·1h 28m
The Promised Podcast
The "Won't Anyone Think of the Children?!?" Edition
Linda Gradstein, Noah Efron, and scholar-public intellectual-podcaster Masua Sagiv discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about…
Aug 24, 2023·1h 28m
The Promised Podcast
The "General Malaise?" Edition
Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week…
Aug 17, 2023·1h 19m
The Promised Podcast
The "Wonderwomen" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this…
Aug 10, 2023·1h 25m
The Promised Podcast
The "Dei Ex Machina?" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this…
Aug 3, 2023·1h 27m
The Promised Podcast
The "What Happened? What Happens Now?" Edition
Linda Gradstein, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
Jul 27, 2023·1h 29m
The Promised Podcast
The "Heat of Summer" Edition
Sally Abed, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made…
Jul 20, 2023·1h 52m
The Promised Podcast
The "It Ain't the Heat, It's the Fluidity" Edition
Miriam Herschlag, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made…
Jul 13, 2023·1h 37m
The Promised Podcast
The "Good Trouble" Edition
As the massive protests enter their seventh month, the Promised Podcast looks at the place of protest in Israeli society. (This episode contains time-tested…
Jul 6, 2023·1h 33m
The Promised Podcast
The "Just a Little Longer" Edition
In the waning days of Pride Month, the Promised Podcast ransacks its archives for memorable LGBTQ+ moments and music!
Jun 29, 2023·42m
The Promised Podcast
The "Paragons of Reason?" Edition
Prodigal Wunderkind Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida, Allison Kaplan Sommer and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about…
Jun 22, 2023·1h 21m
The Promised Podcast
The "You Be the Judge" Edition
Sally Abed, Allison Kaplan Sommer and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made…
Jun 15, 2023·1h 27m
The Promised Podcast
The "Ships in the Night" Edition
Ace reporter Linda Gradstein, Allison Kaplan Sommer and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in…
Jun 8, 2023·1h 26m
The Promised Podcast
The "Food Fight!" Edition
Ace reporter Linda Gradstein, Allison Kaplan Sommer and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in…
Jun 1, 2023·1h 27m
The Promised Podcast
The "God Gave My People the Torah at Sinai… and All I Got Was this Lousy Podcast" Edition
Ace reporter Linda Gradstein, Allison Kaplan Sommer and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in…
May 25, 2023·1h 46m
The Promised Podcast
The "Death & Property Taxes" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made…
May 18, 2023·1h 48m
The Promised Podcast
The "Power of the Eurovision" Edition
In honor of this year's Eurovision Song Contest, the crew shares thoughts and memories about one of the most important events of year! Music Lesser-known, but…
May 11, 2023·1h 22m
The Promised Podcast
The "Declarations" Edition
Ace reporter Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them…
May 4, 2023·1h 6m
The Promised Podcast
The "75" Edition
The crew tell share stuff in celebration of Israel's 75th Independence Day! Plus, one great song from each decade! Songs from Paskol Shelishi, New songs…
Apr 25, 2023·1h 4m
The Promised Podcast
The "Past & Present" Edition
Sally Abed, Miriam Herschlag and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them…
Apr 20, 2023·1h 40m