The Barbarians

Tablet editor-at-large Liel Leibovitz is joined by columnist Lee Smith, news editor Tony Badran, and Scroll senior writer Park MacDougald to discuss how a bunch of kick-ass Israelis stormed the cockpit of a FlyDubai flight and prevented another 9/11-style attack.

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Tablet editor-at-large Liel Leibovitz is joined by columnist Lee Smith, news editor Tony Badran, and Scroll senior writer Park MacDougald to Trump's UN speech, and whether it was courageous leadership or just more empty bluster.

Does talk about destroying Iran really move anyone anymore? And why take the time to travel uptown and pal around with NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani?

The Barbarians discuss all this, plus Ed Sheeran's disastrous dip into politics, Robert Kraft's capitulation to the "Palestine" bullies, and other pressing matters, speaking inconvenient truths to smug power and taking questions from subscribers who join us live.

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Tablet editor-at-large Liel Leibovitz was joined by columnist Lee Smith and Scroll senior writer Park MacDougald, along with special guest Laura Loomer.

The political activist talked to the Barbarians about why she changed her mind about the war in Ukraine, and how she went from sharing Russian propaganda to visiting Kyiv and supporting the Ukrainian cause. What must we do now to help Ukraine win? And is President Trump on the right track?

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Join us this Thursday, September 10th, at 10 a.m. Eastern, when the Barbarians are live on Zoom for our subscribers.Tablet editor-at-large Liel Leibovitz is joined by columnist Lee Smith, news editor Tony Badran, and Scroll senior writer Park MacDougald to commemorate a quarter of a century since the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Have we learned any lessons? Are we ready for a Mamdani speech at Ground Zero? And can we avoid making the same dumb policy mistakes of the last 25 years?

ALSO: Our Barbarians are hitting the road! On October 8th at noon, Liel, Lee, Tony, and Park will assemble in person at the Harbour Club in Charleston, South Carolina, for a live taping and light lunch with Tablet subscribers. They’ll be joined by Tablet’s Jacob Siegel to discuss his latest book, The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control, as well as whatever other political, cultural, and civilizational mayhem is on their minds.If you’d like to join us in Charleston and want to be on the guest list before invitations go out, let us know at [email protected].

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Tablet editor-at-large Liel Leibovitz is joined by columnist Lee Smith, news editor Tony Badran, and Scroll senior writer Park MacDougald to make sense of the Vice President's talk to the Republican Jewish Coalition and parse his strange statement about blood libels and antisemitism.

Did the Veep just make a silly mistake? Or was there something deeper and more sinister behind his statement?

As always, the Barbarians will riff on the stories everyone is talking about—including attacks on Iran, clueless Democrats in Michigan, and other pressing items—speaking inconvenient truths to smug power and taking questions from subscribers who join us live.

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This week, Tablet editor-at-large Liel Leibovitz is joined by columnist Lee Smith and news editor Tony Badran to make sense of another week of political freak shows, Middle Eastern maneuvering, and institutional cowardice.

What does Dan Bilzerian’s failed congressional run tell us about the online audience for antisemitic politics? Why is Israel bombing Syria again—and what do Turkey and America’s diplomatic clowns have to do with it? And when Jews are attacked in their own synagogues, what happens when “security” becomes a substitute for actually defending yourself?

Plus: Jared Kushner meets Hamas, Mike Huckabee falls for the settler-violence op, and the Barbarians announce plans to take the show on the road to Charleston.

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This week, Tablet editor-at-large Liel Leibovitz was joined by columnist Lee Smith, news editor Tony Badran, and Scroll senior writer Park MacDougald to discuss the third-world-ification of the United States.

Is New York really “Habibi City,” as a now-viral magazine cover claims? Is a hit-and-run homicide in Queens the harbinger of the new American Intifada? And can we finally talk about those Very Violent Settlers™ everyone blames for everything?

As always, the Barbarians riffed on these and other topics, speaking inconvenient truths to smug power and taking questions from our subscribers.

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This week, Tablet editor-at-large Liel Leibovitz was joined by columnist Lee Smith, news editor Tony Badran, and senior writer Park MacDougald to unpack another week in which Iran continues to dominate the headlines and midterm politics descend into further mayhem.

Is Trump negotiating the terms of American surrender over the Strait of Hormuz, abandoning the 80-year U.S. patrimony in the Gulf? What’s driving the Democratic reckoning in Michigan? And why is Israel being blamed for the Ceuta border crisis?

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On Tuesday, July 28 at 10 a.m. Eastern, we held a live recording of Tablet’s Barbarians podcast, an exclusive event for Tablet subscribers. This week, Tablet editor-at-large Liel Leibovitz was joined by columnist Lee Smith, news editor Tony Badran, and Scroll senior writer Park MacDougald to preview Bibi Netanyahu’s meeting in Washington, D.C., with Donald Trump.

Would the dynamic duo deliver a banger of a sequel in Iran? What’s up with the Saudis and the Bomb? And how should we make sense of another bloody week of confrontations between Jews and Palestinians in Judea and Samaria?

Listen and find out.

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On Thursday, July 16 at 10 a.m. Eastern we hosted a live recording of Tablet’s Barbarians podcast, an exclusive event for Tablet subscribers. This week, Tablet editor-at-large Liel Leibovitz were joined by columnist Lee Smith, news editor Tony Badran, and Scroll senior writer Park MacDougald, as well as special guest Gadi Taub, host of the Israel Update podcast, in a preview of Israel’s upcoming, chaotic, and crucial elections.

Should the Haredim serve in the army, and, if so, could the state actually make them? Who are the newcomers vying to replace Bibi Netanyahu, and which of them actually has a chance? And what’s going on with Israel’s judicial reform and the massive protest movement it helped spark?

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