228: Appetite for Construction, with Nathan J. Robinson

Matt and Daniel are joined by Columbia University Edward Said Professor Emeritus, Rashid Khalidi to discuss the possibility of unifying Palestinians splintered by Israel, major publishers’ nascent willingness to platform Palestinian liberation ideology, and the racism inherent in zionism.

With Matt in the wind, Daniel and Producer Adam welcome Shareef Safadi, joining from Haifa to talk Yoseph Haddad’s calisthenic debasement, the hilltop youth Gong Show on Israel’s Channel 14, and our guest’s willingness to talk to literally anyone off the street; even the lowly President of France.

In a record-breaking runtime, Matt and Daniel welcome UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese. They discuss the way 9/11 re-ordered the international diplomatic landscape, whether purported democracies should be judged by their professed values or their actions, and the Minions as the artistic manifestation of a smooth-domed evil man from the real world.

Matt and Daniel welcome Pulitzer Prize winning author Benjamin Moser to consider Herzl’s neurosis, the cult of zionism, and an AI abomination that would make Seth McFarlane wish he hadn’t overslept that fateful day, just to avoid seeing it. Please donate to Action Against Hunger: https://www.actionagainsthunger.org/ Join the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/badhasbara Subscribe to the Substack at https://badhasbara.substack.com/ Get a Youtube Membership at https://www.youtube.com/@Badhasbara/membership Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History, by Benjamin Moser: https://bookshop.org/p/books/anti-zionism-a-jewish-history-benjamin-moser/263b19b2bbb95d5a Middle School Mysteries: https://middleschoolmysteries.com/ Middle School Mysteries Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/79Qk5dGLT31Y7Jte40nmNB?si=USQ380kJRA2Zz1PL9j2_TA Middle School Mysteries Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/middle-school-mysteries-original-studio-cast-recording/6813827235 Middle School Mysteries IG: https://www.instagram.com/middleschoolmysteriesmusical/ TICKETS: Bassem Youssef with Matt Lieb October 10 in Los Angeles: https://www.ticketmaster.com/bassem-youssef-the-belly-of-the-los-angeles-california-10-10-2026/event/0900646CF90AFB88 TICKETS: Francesca Fiorentini and Matt Lieb October 13 in Philadelphia: https://www.ticketmaster.com/francesca-fiorentini-matt-lieb-philadelphia-pennsylvania-10-13-2026/event/020064D7D1615517 TICKETS: The Bitchuation Room with Francesca Fiorentini and guest Matt Lieb October 14 in Philadelphia: https://www.livenation.com/event/vvG1FZ_uLomA9S/francesca-fiorentini-the-bitchuation-room-live TICKETS: Matt Lieb and Francesca Fiorentini October 15 in Brooklyn, NY: https://bit.ly/octoberbellhouse Bad Hasbara Merch: https://estoymerchandise.com/collections/bad-hasbara-podcast What’s The Spin on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/50JoIqCvlxL3QSNj2BsdUR What’s The Spin: Part 2: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3rGDqmo1trC8qwobefELSt?si=e29b8594e17c47db What’s The Spin on Tidal: https://tidal.com/playlist/3cec7963-1fc5-42bc-ab7d-64fb420eb50e What’s The Spin Album List: https://bit.ly/whatsthespinlist Skad Skasbarska playlist: http://bit.ly/skadskasbarska Subscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get your podcasts. Spotify https://spoti.fi/3HgpxDm Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/4kizajt Substack https://substack.com/@badhasbara

Matt and Daniel welcome Drop Site Capitol Hill Reporter Julian Andreone to talk about whose walking talk walks the walk, and who’s all talk.