The former chief of Israel's internal intelligence agency discusses all things Gaza, Hamas, Israel, peace talks, and more.

Buy his book Friendly Fire, How Israel Became its Own Worst Enemy: https://www.amazon.com/Friendly-Fire-Israel-Became-Future/dp/1586422588

In a remarkable and candid conversation, Glenn Loury discusses his new book "Late Admissions," and his amazing, checkered, erratic, inspirational, and dramatic life.

00:00:00 Introduction

00:04:37 Performing the book for Audible

00:05:04 Had to be Honest to be Believed

00:09:09 A Gifted Family

00:15:22 Understanding Slavery and History

00:20:07 Constant Self-Doubt and Inferiority Complex

00:26:11 Betraying a Best Friend

00:32:25 Decoding Glenn's Politics from His Life

00:32:57 Stealing a Car

00:38:54 A Child Is Born

00:39:54 Glenn's Son's Gift to His Father

00:47:34 Glenn's Heroic Father

00:49:05 Glenn feels Put Off by Middle-Class Blacks

00:57:13 Arrested

01:03:14 Modern Hypocrisy

01:05:29 Speaking in Tongues

01:09:33 Smoking Crack

01:20:21 Called the N-Word

01:24:00 Final Remarks on Humanity

Robert Pape is a professor of political science and founding director of the Chicago project on security and threats at the University of Chicago. He is an author and leading scholar of political violence and has been studying terrorism both internationally and domestically for over 20 years. His most recent publication is “Hamas is Winning,” in Foreign Affairs (June 2024).

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Noam made a mistake - At Ma'alot 105 children were taken hostage, 22 were killed. He carelessly read the page in front of him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%27alot_massacre#:~:text=The%20Ma'alot%20massacre%20was,hostages%20and%20six%20other%20civilians. Apoliges to professor Pape.

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The Times of Israel's Haviv Rettig Gur in a freewheeling conversation on Israel and related matters.

Co-hosted by Coleman Hughes

Did Netanyahu prop up Hamas?

Will peaceful Islam prevail?

Why are American Jews ignorant of their own history?

Why is America so bad at negotiating?

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LeClerc was featured at Just For Laughs Comedy Festival as one of the New Faces of Comedy. He has appeared on The Tonight Show w/Jimmy Fallon, as well as on NBC’s “Bring the Funny."

Nicole Gelinas is a columnist for the New York Post, a regularly quoted source for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, and a contributing editor to the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal. She has covered New York’s transportation issues for over a decade. Her book, Movement: New York's Long War to Take Back Its Streets from the Car if forthcoming.

Raanan Hershberg's multiple television appearances include: The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Late, Late Show with James Corden, and Comedy Central. His special, BRAVE, is available on YouTube. He is a regular at The Comedy Cellar.

Noam Dworman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by James Kirchick, journalist for the New York Times and bestselling author of Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington. 

Batya Ungar-Sargon is the opinion editor of Newsweek and author of Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women.

Warren Smith is a teacher, volunteer firefighter and founder of the Secret Scholars on YouTube. He was recently fired from his teaching position after he went viral for teaching his students to think critically.