The Comedy Cellar: Live from the Table

By Comedy Cellar Network

For 30 years, New York's legendary Comedy Cellar has served as the launching pad for greatest stand up comedians in the world. Colin Quinn, Dave Chappelle, Ray Romano, Dave Attell, Chris Rock, Jon Ste... more

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December 01, 2025 Epstein, Moral Panic and Racism with Richard Hanania
Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by Richard Hanania. Hanania writes a newsletter about American politics, ethics, international relations and culture. He is the author of Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy and The Origins of Woke. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, The Economist, and other publications. His book, Kakistocracy: Why Populism Ends in Disaster, is forthcoming.
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1h 10min
November 21, 2025 Live from the Table: Former Spokesman for the State of Israel Eylon Levy
Noam Dworman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by former spokesman for the State of Israel, Eylon Levy. They discuss anti Zionism, anti Semitism, what Hamas really wants and Levy's hope for the future of Israel and Gaza.
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1h 8min
November 14, 2025 Atlantic Writer Helen Lewis on The Riyadh Comedy Festival and Hero Worship
While Noam Dworman is away, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by The Atlantic's Helen Lewis. They discuss The Riyadh Comedy Festival, Lewis's book, The Genius Myth and The Beatles. Then Sheba Mason drops by to talk about her play about her late father, The Jackie Mason Musical.
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1h 26min
November 07, 2025 Exposing the “Clean Break” Myth: Israel Was Not Behind the Iraq War - With Dr. David Wurmser
Were the Jews Really Behind the Iraq War? David Wurmser Responds.
Dr. David Wurmser, former senior advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney and co-author of the infamous “Clean Break” memo, gives us a first-hand account.
Wurmser addresses the persistent claim that Israel and “neocon Jews” manipulated the Bush administration into invading Iraq. The discussion expands to include Dick Cheney’s character, the psychology of 9/11, the myth of dual loyalty, and the new wave of anti-Semitism being mainstreamed by voices like Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, and John Mearsheimer.
0:00 Intro – Who is David Wurmser?
1:18 Remembering Dick Cheney: The Real Man Behind the Myths
5:59 Israel, Iraq, and the Origins of the “Clean Break” Memo
8:21 Was the Iraq War Fought for Israel?
15:16 The Strategic Case for Israel as America’s Ally
17:19 Forgetting the Cold War: How the West Lost Context
22:05 Israel’s Strategic Genius and America’s Dependence
26:00 What the “Clean Break” Memo Actually Said
33:28 Sharon Warned Against the Iraq War—Why No One Listened
38:12 Were Jewish Advisors Too Influential?
43:25 9/11, Fear, and the Psychology of the Iraq War
50:05 WMDs and What the Bush Administration Really Believed
57:27 Why the Middle East Couldn’t Stay “Over There”
1:01:15 Dual Loyalty and American Jewish Patriotism
1:06:00 John Mearsheimer and the New Conspiracy Culture
1:14:00 The “Friendly Fire” Lie About October 7th
1:20:00 Israel’s Role in Protecting the West
1:26:00 Was Iraq a Mistake—or Just Done Wrong?
1:28:20 The Mainstreaming of Anti-Semitism
1:35:00 Why Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism Are Converging
1:47:00 Closing Thoughts: Gratitude, Patriotism, and Reality
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1h 51min
October 31, 2025 Bonus Episode: Free Will, Originality in Comedy and The Riyadh Comedy Festival
While Noam is away, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand discuss free will (do we have it?), The Riyadh Comedy Festival, originality in comedy, trans girls and how Jewish is too Jewish when it comes to comedy shows.
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1h
October 23, 2025 While Israel Slept – How Complacency Led to Catastrophe - Yaakov Katz ( No, there was no conspiracy)
Former Jerusalem Post editor-in-chief Yaakov Katz joins Noam Dworman and Dan Naturman to dissect the failures behind October 7, the moral and strategic crises of modern Israel, and the political culture that allowed catastrophe to take root. Based on his new book While Israel Slept, Katz lays out how a nation of elite intelligence, defense technology, and Iron Dome confidence was blindsided by its own assumptions.
Buy Yaakov Katz’s book — While Israel Slept — on Amazon: http://bit.ly/4o3b7XE
He addresses:
Whether Israeli journalism should expose government failures during wartime
The growing rift between American and Israeli public opinion
Why Israel misread Hamas for decades
Netanyahu’s political survival and the myth that Israel “built up” Hamas
How AI is used in IDF targeting and whether it saves or costs civilian lives
The accusations of an Israeli “stand-down” on October 7
The uncomfortable moral math of urban warfare in Gaza
Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction
01:10 – Journalism in wartime Israel: Patriotism vs Accountability
04:40 – Why Israelis didn’t see Gaza’s destruction
08:10 – Media bias and trauma after October 7
13:00 – AI targeting, 972 Magazine, and how truth gets distorted
21:10 – “While Israel Slept” – The Premise and Title’s Origin
22:30 – Israel’s strategic blindness: Containment and Complacency
26:50 – The myth that Israel “wanted” Hamas
30:00 – Netanyahu, Qatar, and paying for quiet
34:00 – The failure of imagination on October 6
35:10 – Hezbollah and the deterrence paradox
38:20 – Can Israel learn from this? Preemption vs Occupation
40:50 – The Right, the Left, and the Gray Zone
44:00 – Morality, civilian deaths, and propaganda math
50:00 – The antisemitism question and media narratives
56:00 – Netanyahu’s communications failure
57:20 – Conspiracy theories: the “stand-down” myth
01:00:00 – Friendly fire and the Hannibal Directive
01:03:20 – Why Israel must investigate itself
01:06:10 – Closing thoughts and the future of Israeli democracy
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1h 9min
October 23, 2025 Moumen al-Natour. LIVE from Gaza: Hunger, Torture, and Hope — We Want Peace, Not Hamas
A Live Interview from Inside Gaza.
In this exclusive Live From the Table conversation, we speak directly with Moumen Al-Natour, the Gazan lawyer and founder of the We Want to Live movement.
Al-Natour describes daily life under Hamas rule, the corruption of aid, hunger during the war, and his escape from repeated torture.
An unfiltered account of courage, suffering, and the fight for a peaceful future.
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41min
October 21, 2025 Did Israel Win in Gaza? “Yes — Emphatically, and Tragically, No.” Ambassador Michael Oren.
With his son Yoav Oren (former IDF special‑forces soldier) Ambassador Michael Oren (historian; former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S.) sits down for anunvarnished assessment of the war what “victory” actually means.
Highlights:
Psychology of war & the IDF: A deep dive into moral erosion under prolonged combat; how rage, fear, and fatigue are managed; why some units choose capture‑over‑kill in close quarters; and the IDF practice of embedding psychologists with frontline units during Gaza operations to stabilize judgment in real time.
Oren’s two‑line verdict: “Emphatically yes” on military success; “tragically no” because the fight mutates if Hamas retains weapons and cover.
The “Hezbollah model” in Gaza: why a foreign peacekeeping shield + undisbursed weapons equals a forever threat.
Hostages, Doha, and leverage: what actually forced movement — and what happens next if disarmament stalls.
Gaza casualty math, explained from Oren’s perspective (the 1:1 claim and why the numbers are contested).
How Hamas turns humanitarian aid into a war economy; the logistics and the alleged skimming.
On restraint under fire: Yoav’s close‑quarters firefight, triage under fire, and the decision to capture, not kill.
Anti‑Semitism’s uncensored return in the West — and why, according to Oren, arguments and “hasbara” often misfire.
USS Liberty: Oren’s step‑by‑step rebuttal to the “deliberate attack” narrative.
The strategic endgame: surgical strikes, cutting aid diversion, and whether disarmament is possible without a full re‑invasion.
00:00 Intro
01:50 Did Israel “win”?
04:30 Gaza’s tunnels and the unique urban fight
06:10 Multi‑front picture (Hezbollah, Iran, Houthis)
07:45 From battlefield gains to regional diplomacy
08:50 Hostages and the “diplomatic shield”
12:50 Why Hamas released hostages (and why it mattered)
15:10 Will Israelis accept another ground push?
15:40 Surgical strikes vs. re‑invasion
16:30 Aid diversion and UN logistics
23:00 Doha strike debate
32:10 IDF conduct under fire; Yoav’s firefight
41:00 Rules of engagement, restraint, and misinformation
55:20 Psych support embedded with IDF units
59:00 USS Liberty — the case against conspiracy
1:09:10 Closing thoughts: victory, vigilance, and what comes next
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1h 13min
October 16, 2025 The Babylon Bee's Seth Dillon Speaks His Mind on Today’s Right—and Refuses to Flinch
Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon joins Live From The Table to talk about the emerging splits on the political right—Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA, anti-Semitism, and the responsibilities that come with free speech.
Topics (AI gleaned):
The Babylon Bee and modern satire
Trans debates and free speech
Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, and Turning Point
Anti-Semitism and cowardice on the right
Religion, truth, and respect in public debate
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1h 21min
October 09, 2025 Has the War in Israel Become a War on Jews? | Bret Stephens, Coleman Hughes & Michael Moynihan
Two years after October 7th, the Comedy Cellar hosts Bret Stephens (New York Times), Coleman Hughes (The Free Press), and Michael Moynihan (The Fifth Column) for a discussion of how the Hamas war against Israel ignited something larger — and perhaps more enduring.
The panel explores:
How sympathy for Israel inverted almost overnight into hostility toward Jews.
The emergence of “October 8th Jews” and the new sense of isolation in America.
The Plight of the Long Suffering Palestinians
Double Standards
The rise of conspiratorial right-wing rhetoric and the failure of moderates to confront it.
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1h 40min

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