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Response to Dave Smith: NO! Conspiracy Theorists and Anti-Semites Must Be Called Out. (good footage on YouTube) Mar 14, 2025

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Nuts and bigots are garnering millions of followers, spreading like cancer online. Noam insists that we can (and should) engage with arguments while at the same time identifying bigotry (and mental illness) for what it is.

YouTube of this episode: https://youtu.be/laAHt7s-qcg

Here is Dave's entire episode: https://youtu.be/7zRkdH8Zsw4?si=djHKKeFE6tFInT1I&t=4005

Live from the Table: Knock-down Drag-out Debate on Congestion Pricing with Expert Kathryn Wylde Mar 06, 2025

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Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by Kathryn Wylde is President and CEO of the Partnership for New York City, a nonprofit organization whose members are global business leaders and the city’s major employers. The Partnership is the primary liaison between business and local government, providing private sector expertise and resources to public agencies and programs. Areas of focus include education, transportation, infrastructure, public safety, and economic opportunity.

Prior to taking over as Partnership CEO in 2000, Wylde led the Partnership’s city-wide affordable housing, neighborhood revitalization, and business investment programs. She is an urban policy expert and a frequent spokesperson for the New York business community.

Gaza and the World's Greatest Bank Robber with Liel Leibovitz Feb 27, 2025

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Liel Leibovitz is an author and editor-at-large for Tablet Magazine and the host of its weekly podcast, Rootless. He is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute. His work focuses on thinking about anti-Semitism as a national security threat.

Former Radical Progressive Votes Trump with Talia Bongolan Shwartz Feb 14, 2025

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Talia Bongolan Shwartz is a thirty year old former radical progressive turned first-time Trump voter. In May 2021, she was iced out of her activist circles when "Defend Al Aqsa" and "Zionism is Racism" signs started to outnumber the BLM signs at her weekly protests. This event marked the beginning of an ideological turn away from the left. Today, Shwartz talks Jews and politics on X @talibotz and co-hosts a podcast about gender and transition called The Navel Gays.

Political Commentator Fred Kaplan on his Novel and Trump's Plan for Gaza Feb 06, 2025

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Fred Kaplan is a former Washington, Moscow, and New York correspondent for the Boston Globe. He writes the “War Stories” column in Slate and is the author of seven books including The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War (which was a Pulitzer Prize Finalist). A Capital Calamity is his latest book and his first novel.

The State of Antisemitism with CEO of the ADL Jonathan Greenblatt Jan 30, 2025

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Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by CEO of ADL, Jonathan Greenblatt and comedian, Modi.

Jonathan Greenblatt is the CEO of ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), the world's leading anti-hate organization with a distinguished record of fighting antisemitism and advocating for just and fair treatment to all. Greenblatt joined ADL in 2015 after serving in the White House as special assistant to President Obama and director of the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation. He is author of the book, It Could Happen Here: Why America is Tipping from Hate to the Unthinkable—And How We Can Stop.

Voted one of the top 10 comedians in New York City by The Hollywood Reporter, Modi is one of the comedy circuit’s most sought after performers. Featured on HBO, CBS, NBC, ABC, Comedy Central, Howard Stern, and E! Entertainment, Modi has received rave reviews in The New York Times, Time Out NY and The New York Post.

AI Music and American Populism with Eli Lake Jan 27, 2025

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Eli Lake is the host of Breaking History, a new history podcast from The Free Press. A veteran journalist with expertise in foreign affairs and national security, Eli has reported for Bloomberg, The Daily Beast, and Newsweek. With Breaking History, he brings his sharp analysis and storytelling skills to uncover the connections between today’s events and pivotal moments in the past.

You can listen to his podcast here:

https://open.spotify.com/show/4GGl8rnfldvqTeA0vAFK9G

https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/breaking-history/id1790502779

The Israel-Hamas War and a Vision for the Future with Ambassador Michael Oren Jan 23, 2025

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Michael Oren is an historian, former Israeli Ambassador to the US, and NYT bestselling author. He served as a Member of Knesset and as the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office. In his new book, "2048: The Rejuvenated State," Ambassador Oren sets out his vision for Israel in honor of Israel's 75th Independence Day 25 years in the future.

His substack is: claritywithmichaeloren.substack.com

Congestion Pricing - Is it Equitable? - Will it work? - Alex Matthiessen, congestion pricing guru Jan 17, 2025

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A heated argument over congestion pricing. Noam is dead set against it. Npam is aware that people think this is his worst performance!

Alex Matthiessen is an environmental strategist and founder/president of the eco-political consulting firm Blue Marble Project, as well as the senior adviser to the Congestion Pricing Now Campaign.

In 2010, he began the Move NY congestion pricing campaign, which laid the groundwork for the program.

Anthony Weiner - Rehabilitation, Atonement, and Contemplating the Great Comeback. Jan 17, 2025

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Former Congressman Anthony Weiner comes to discuss his past and future. His mistakes, life in prison, what he's learned and how it all can make him an even better leader for New York City.

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