# Ask Haviv Anything Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561.md RSS feed: https://anchor.fm/s/100cf5c64/podcast/rss Official site: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ask-haviv-anything Author: Haviv Rettig Gur Episodes: 138 ## Resource "Ask Haviv Anything" is a podcast about history, a podcast you, dear listener, will help to shape and direct, focusing not just on what I want to talk about but on what you want to learn and discuss. Nothing is off limits. We're going to talk about big and painful things, and also beautiful and fascinating things, wars and identities and painful history. And also more light-hearted things. Humor matters, especially when facing tough subjects. Join me on this journey. A podcast by Haviv Rettig Gur ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ask-haviv-anything-7201561 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561.md ## Episodes - [133: Mamdani and America’s new left, with Reihan Salam](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/133-mamdani-and-america-s-new-left-with-reihan-salam) — 2026-07-20T11:53:20+00:00 - [132: What is happening now in Gaza? With Dr. Shira Efron](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/132-what-is-happening-now-in-gaza-with-dr-shira-efron) — 2026-07-17T07:26:58+00:00 - [131: Why Christians are disappearing from the Middle East, with Amb. George Deek](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/131-why-christians-are-disappearing-from-the-middle-east-with-amb-george-deek) — 2026-07-14T12:40:48+00:00 - [130: Here's to the next 250 years](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/130-here-s-to-the-next-250-years) — 2026-07-10T11:46:09+00:00 - [129: Iran is closer to freedom than you think, with Armin Navabi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/129-iran-is-closer-to-freedom-than-you-think-with-armin-navabi) — 2026-07-08T12:06:28+00:00 - [128: Iran, Gaza and the new American right, with Sohrab Ahmari](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/128-iran-gaza-and-the-new-american-right-with-sohrab-ahmari) — 2026-07-03T15:33:57+00:00 - [127: Does Islam hate Jews? With Prof. Meir Litvak](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/127-does-islam-hate-jews-with-prof-meir-litvak) — 2026-06-30T19:15:51+00:00 - [126: Will your kid's best friend be a robot? With Dr. Micah Goodman](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/126-will-your-kid-s-best-friend-be-a-robot-with-dr-micah-goodman) — 2026-06-25T08:15:25+00:00 - [125: Did Netanyahu misread Trump? With Ross Douthat](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/125-did-netanyahu-misread-trump-with-ross-douthat) — 2026-06-21T15:29:25+00:00 - [124: Vance, Iran and the fight inside Trumpworld, with Matt Continetti](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/124-vance-iran-and-the-fight-inside-trumpworld-with-matt-continetti) — 2026-06-17T09:49:41+00:00 - [123: Batya Ungar-Sargon on why the left turned on the Jews](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/123-batya-ungar-sargon-on-why-the-left-turned-on-the-jews) — 2026-06-14T14:07:27+00:00 - [122: When will the war with Iran end?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/122-when-will-the-war-with-iran-end) — 2026-06-08T20:10:17+00:00 - [121: Who blinks first? The battle for Hormuz, with Rich Goldberg](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/121-who-blinks-first-the-battle-for-hormuz-with-rich-goldberg) — 2026-06-07T12:45:46+00:00 - [120: Sam Harris on tribalism, religion, and what actually saves us](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/120-sam-harris-on-tribalism-religion-and-what-actually-saves-us) — 2026-06-01T18:36:37+00:00 - [119: Canada’s Jewish reckoning, with Prof. Gil Troy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/119-canada-s-jewish-reckoning-with-prof-gil-troy) — 2026-05-30T18:06:14+00:00 - [118: Is Israel a settler-colonial state? A historian’s honest answer, with Alex Yakobson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/118-is-israel-a-settler-colonial-state-a-historian-s-honest-answer-with-alex-yakobson) — 2026-05-25T11:58:17+00:00 - [117: The Palestinian insider who thinks Hamas is losing, with Samer Sinijlawi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/117-the-palestinian-insider-who-thinks-hamas-is-losing-with-samer-sinijlawi) — 2026-05-20T11:24:32+00:00 - [116: Simon Sebag Montefiore on the History — and Future — of British Jews](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/116-simon-sebag-montefiore-on-the-history-and-future-of-british-jews) — 2026-05-17T13:57:22+00:00 - [115: Is Nicholas Kristof right?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/115-is-nicholas-kristof-right) — 2026-05-12T13:20:41+00:00 - [114: Why don’t we talk about Egypt?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/114-why-don-t-we-talk-about-egypt) — 2026-05-11T07:00:00+00:00 - [113: Will dumping Israel backfire on the Democrats? A conversation with Hussein Mansour](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/113-will-dumping-israel-backfire-on-the-democrats-a-conversation-with-hussein-mansour) — 2026-05-07T14:01:23+00:00 - [112: Why the world Is obsessed with Zionism, with Alana Newhouse](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/112-why-the-world-is-obsessed-with-zionism-with-alana-newhouse) — 2026-05-03T15:17:37+00:00 - [111: How Somaliland and Israel became fast friends, with Amb. Mohamed Hagi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/111-how-somaliland-and-israel-became-fast-friends-with-amb-mohamed-hagi) — 2026-04-29T12:14:26+00:00 - [110: Van Jones on what broke the Black-Jewish alliance](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/110-van-jones-on-what-broke-the-black-jewish-alliance) — 2026-04-26T15:19:37+00:00 - [109: The crisis no one is talking about in Canada, with Dr. Casey Babb](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/109-the-crisis-no-one-is-talking-about-in-canada-with-dr-casey-babb) — 2026-04-23T13:01:18+00:00 - [108: How personal grief built a nation](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/108-how-personal-grief-built-a-nation) — 2026-04-20T15:51:42+00:00 - [107: What does Ezra Klein get wrong?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-haviv-anything-7201561/107-what-does-ezra-klein-get-wrong) — 2026-04-16T13:54:01+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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