What's next in Israel & the Middle East in 2026?

Broadcast: December 4, 2025

Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews:

Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Ghaith Al-Omari, Senior Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Ambassador Dennis Ross, William Davidson Distinguished Fellow, The Washington Institute

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What’s next in Washington DC in 2026

Broadcast: November 19, 2025

Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews:

Abby Joseph Cohen, Economist & Financial Analyst; Professor, Business, Columbia University

E.J. Dionne, W. Averell Harriman Chair & Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution

Tamara Keith, White House Correspondent, NPR

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Universities and the Federal Government

Broadcast: March 20, 2025

Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews:

Arjun Appadurai, Emeritus Professor of Media, Culture and Communication, New York University

Michael S. Roth, President, Wesleyan University

Stephen J. Trachtenberg, President Emeritus & University Professor Emeritus, George Washington University

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October 7: Survivor Stories & Trauma

Broadcast: March 10, 2025

Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews:

Lee Yaron, Haaretz Journalist, Author of 10/7: 100 Human Stories

Ruby Namdar, Author, The Ruined House

Dr. Michael Bahar, Director, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Dept. Israel's Rabin Medical Center

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Whats Next in DC?

Broadcast: January 29, 2025

Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews:

E.J. Dionne, Jr., W. Averell Harriman Chair & Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution

Tamara Keith, White House Correspondent, National Public Radio

Evan Osnos, Staff Reporter, The New Yorker

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Why Conspiracies?

Broadcast: November 26, 2024

Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews:

Jesselyn Cook, Reporter, Author, Nieman Fellow, Harvard University

Nancy L. Rosenblum, Senator Joseph Clark Research Professor, Ethics in Politics & Government, Harvard University, emerita

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How the Gaza War Changed The Middle East

Broadcast: September 18, 2024

Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews:

Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen, Director, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Program, The U.S. Institute of Peace

David Makovsky, Director, Near East Policy Project on the Middle East Peace Process, The Washington Institute

Ghaith Al-Omari, Senior Fellow, Irwin Levy Family Program on the U.S.-Israel Strategic Relationship, The Washington Institute

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Elections, Wars & The Media

Broadcast: May 15, 2024

Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews:

David Folkenflik, NPR Media Correspondent

Leonard Downie, Jr., Weil Professor of Journalism, Arizona State University, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism

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Is The Golden Age of American Jews Ending

Broadcast: April 30, 2024

Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews:

Franklin Foer, Journalist, National Correspondent The Atlantic

Pamela Nadell, Professor & Chair, Women’s & Gender History, Director, Jewish Studies Program American University

Leonard Saxe, Ph.D., Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies & Social Policy, Director, Steinhardt Social Research Institute & Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies Brandeis University

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The Middle East at War

Broadcast: March 19, 2024

Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews:

Ambassador Dennis Ross, Counselor & William Davidson Distinguished Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Natan Sachs, Director, Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution

Ghaith al-Omari, Gilbert Foundation Senior Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

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