The Iran War - What’s Next?

Broadcast: April 23, 2026

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

Chuck Freilich

Former Deputy National Security Adviser, Israel

Professor, Columbia & Tel Aviv University

Roya Hakakian

Senior Correspondent, Middle East Broadcasting Network

Dr. Michael Drescher

Former Chair, Israel Association for Emergency Medicine

Former Chief, Emergency Medicine at Rabin Medical Center’s Bellinson Campus

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America’s Housing Crisis

Broadcast: March 26, 2026

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

Bess Freedman

CEO, Brown Harris Stevens

David Smith

Founder & Chairman, Affordable Housing Institute

Elena Patel

Co-Director, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, Brookings Institution

Boaz Abramson

Assistant Professor of Finance, Columbia University

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American Antisemitism Today

Broadcast: February 4, 2026

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

Abraham Foxman

National Director Emeritus, Anti-Defamation League

Jonathan D. Sarna

Professor American Jewish History, Brandeis University

Chief Historian, Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History

Chair, Academic Advisory & Editorial Board, American Jewish Archives

Rabbi David Saperstein

Director Emeritus, The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

Former United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom

Global Connections is presented by American Friends of Rabin Medical Center (AFRMC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization established in 1995 and located in New York City.

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Medical Innovations & Artificial Intelligence

Broadcast: January 21, 2026

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

Susan M. Domchek, MD, FASCO

Executive Director, Basser Center for BRCA

Director, MacDonald Cancer Risk Evaluation Center

Basser Professor in Oncology, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania

Eric Topol, MD

Chair, Department of Translational Medicine;

Director & Founder, Scripps Research Translational Institute

Dr. Leor Perl

Director, Interventional Cardiology Institute, Israel’s Rabin Medical Center

Dr. Michael Bahar

Director, Rehabilitation Department, Israel’s Rabin Medical Center

Global Connections is presented by American Friends of Rabin Medical Center (AFRMC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization established in 1995 and located in New York City.

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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

Global Connections is presented by American Friends of Rabin Medical Center (AFRMC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization established in 1995 and located in New York City.

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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

Global Connections is presented by American Friends of Rabin Medical Center (AFRMC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization established in 1995 and located in New York City.

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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

Global Connections is presented by American Friends of Rabin Medical Center (AFRMC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization established in 1995 and located in New York City.

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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

Global Connections is presented by American Friends of Rabin Medical Center (AFRMC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization established in 1995 and located in New York City.

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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

Global Connections is presented by American Friends of Rabin Medical Center (AFRMC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization established in 1995 and located in New York City.

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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

Global Connections is presented by American Friends of Rabin Medical Center (AFRMC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization established in 1995 and located in New York City.

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