John Safran is one of Australia’s most beloved provocateurs. A multi award-winning author and documentary filmmaker, his new book is titled Squat: A Week Squatting At Kanye’s Mansion.

Our conversation twists and turns through a range of topics including his creative process, the impact attending Yeshivah College had on his life, Kanye’s esoteric ideas, Black-Jewish relations in America, the online conspiracy ecosystem, cultural silos, being ironic in the Woke age, advice for artists, and more.

John’s socials:

• X (formerly Twitter)

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Buy John’s book today: Squat (Penguin Books)

Things mentioned in today’s conversation

• Race Around The World 1997

• Bundism

• Chabad

• Depends What You Mean By Extremist

• Pauline Hanson

• Puff Piece

• Sid Vicious

• Nation of Islam

• Black Hebrew Israelites

• Darryl Cooper
• John Safran’s Race Relations | David Irving holocaust denier

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Ittay Flescher is Education Director at Kids4Peace Jerusalem, as well as a peace activist, political analyst and author. His new book is titled The Holy And The Broken: A cry for Israeli-Palestinian peace from a land that must be shared.

Our conversation spans a range of topics including the nature of Man, facilitating dialogue, what it’s like to be in the room at Kids4Peace, what the Oslo peace negotiations got wrong, alternative lenses to view the conflict through, and more.

Ittay's website

Buy Ittay's book today: The Holy And The Broken (Harper Collins)

Organisations mentioned in today’s conversation:

Kids4Peace Jerusalem

Mosaica

Standing Together

Other resources from this conversation:

Genetic study on Jews and Palestinians

Unapologetic: The Third Narrative podcast

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This episode has been proudly supported by ⁠⁠⁠Beit Midrash Oz⁠⁠⁠.

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Julie Szego is a writer of the popular Substack blog Szego Unplugged, and a former senior journalist at The Age and other major Australian publications. She has authored a book titled The Tainted Trial of Farah Jama which was shortlisted for both the VIC and NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.

Our conversation spans a number of topics including taking risks, activist journalism, liberals versus progressives, Islamism, Jewish identity, the state of liberal Jewry today, advice for writing and more.

Julie’s Substack: Szego Unplugged

Buy Julie’s book today: The Tainted Trial of Farah Jama

Articles and other resources mentioned in today’s conversation:

• ​Matti Friedman: An Insider’s Guide to the Most Important Story on Earth
• ​RAND Corporation think-tank report on journalism
• ​The Cass Review (UK) on gender identity services
• ​Tom Holland interview on the relationship between Wokeism and Christianity
• ​Jeremy Corbyn speech describing “friends from Hezbollah and friends from Hamas”
• ​Julie’s article on the “bikini ban” at a public swimming pool in Dandenong
• ​Julie’s article on wearing the Star of David as battle gear
• ​Call Me Back podcast by Dan Senor

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