The Honest Take

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The Honest Take is HonestReporting's long-form interview series bringing together leading voices to examine how Israel and the Middle East are covered — and what goes into creating and feeding the narratives that target Israel. Each episode features leading experts, analysts, researchers, and journalists who work on media bias, terrorism, NGO accountability, foreign influence, antisemitism, and international institutions. These are professionals directly involved in investigating how narratives are shaped, amplified, and protected across global newsrooms. The conversations go beyond breaking news to unpack: • Media bias and misinformation about Israel • How terrorist organizations exploit humanitarian and civil society frameworks • The role of NGOs and international bodies in shaping public perception • Foreign state influence on Western media and education • Why context disappears in reporting on Israel and the Palestinians This series is for listeners seeking in-depth analysis, evidence-based discussion, and accountability in journalism on Israel and the Middle East.

Episode Date
America Is Not Zion: Why American Jews and Israelis Are Living Two Different Jewish Lives | With Daniel Gordis
Oct 20, 2026
Hamas' Human Sacrifice: A British Commander on Why Gaza Is a War, Not a Genocide | With Richard Kemp
Oct 13, 2026
LIVE — Surviving October 7th: The Nova Festival Massacre and What Comes After It | With Shahar Horovitz
Oct 08, 2026
I Can't Believe You Fell for It: Why Antisemitism Is a Lie, Not a Prejudice | With Dara Horn
Oct 06, 2026
What Really Happened After October 7: Inside Israel's War Room, and the Press That Got It Wrong | With Elliot Kaufman
Sep 29, 2026
A Is for Apple, M Is for Martyr: How Schoolbooks Teach The Next Generation to Hate Israel | With Marcus Sheff
Sep 22, 2026
Who Are We, and What Do We Owe? A Chagim Special on Jewish Pride and Memory | With Ben M. Freeman, Yossi Klein Halevi & More
Sep 17, 2026
A Verdict Waiting for a Trial: Where 'Israel Is Committing Genocide' Came From, Decades Before Gaza | With Hillel Neuer
Sep 15, 2026
"Israel Probably Did 9/11": How a Settled Conspiracy Came Back | With James B. Meigs & Michael Shermer
Sep 08, 2026
BONUS: They Counted Terrorists as Journalists — Then Quietly Removed Them | Erin Molan, Salo Aizenberg, Leslie Kajomovitz, Gabriel Epstein
Sep 04, 2026
Someone Should Give Soros a Shower: How Antisemitism Learned to Hide From the Keyword Filters | With Dr. Matthias Becker
Sep 01, 2026
The Soviet Factory That Built Modern Anti-Zionism | With Izabella Tabarovsky
Aug 25, 2026
BONUS: ⁠The Storming of Al-Aqsa: The 1928 Lie, the Hebron Massacre, and When the Reporting Got It Right | With Yardena Schwartz
Aug 23, 2026
A Failure of Imagination: Why the West Keeps Betting its Enemies will Come Around| With Cliff May
Aug 18, 2026
The Jews Are Not the Target. The West Is. Can Zionism Save It? | With Alana Newhouse
Aug 11, 2026
What "Globalize the Intifada" Actually Means, From Someone Who Lived It | With Arnold Roth
Aug 09, 2026
Why Is the Jew the Enemy? How Arab Antisemitism Is Built — And How It Breaks | With Rawan Osman
Aug 04, 2026
The Familiar Villain: Gaza, Activist Journalism, and the Unspoken Rules of Reporting on Israel | With Matti Friedman
Jul 28, 2026
No One Wants a Jewish Protagonist: Inside Publishing's New Blacklist | With Meg Keene
Jul 21, 2026
There Is Nowhere Else: Israeli Security, Zionist Pride, and the Doctrine That Broke on October 7 | With Brig. Gen. Amir Avivi
Jul 14, 2026
Broken Mirror: Internalized Antisemitism, the Non-Jewish Gaze, and Why Jewish Pride is the Answer to Jew Hate | With Ben M. Freeman
Jul 07, 2026
Garbage In, Gospel Out: Wikipedia, Reddit, and the Battle Over Truth | With Ashley Rindsberg
Jun 30, 2026
The Most Hated Man at the UN: How the United Nations Turned Against Israel | With Hillel Neuer
Jun 23, 2026
The Second Exodus: How 850,000 Jews Were Erased From the Arab World | With Dr. Henry Green
Jun 16, 2026
Pride and Prejudice: How Antisemitism Captured LGBTQ+ Spaces | With Eve Barlow
Jun 09, 2026
Follow the Money: How the Muslim Brotherhood Bought a Seat in America's Schools | With Dr. Charles Asher Small
Jun 02, 2026
Weaponizing Identity Politics to Demonize Israel and Jews | With David Christopher Kaufman
May 26, 2026
The Lawfare War Against Israel: Why the West Is Next | With Natasha Hausdorff
May 19, 2026
Kristof's Unbelievable Tale | With Rachel O'Donoghue *Live Broadcast May 12, 2026*
May 13, 2026
The Other Side of the Nakba: The Forgotten History of 1948 | With Yossi Klein Halevi
May 11, 2026
The Honest Take: TRAILER
May 11, 2026
Elite, Educated, Antisemitic: How Academia Fosters Jew Hate | With Shai Davidai
May 05, 2026
The Lie That Lit the Match: Hebron, Nazis, and the West's Vanishing Memory | With Yardena Schwartz
May 05, 2026