Host Orli Matlow sits down with the incredibly cool teen Iddo Elam, who served prison time for refusing to serve in the Israeli military. They talk about Iddo’s journey as a conscientious objector, which includes putting on tefillin for the first time ever in military prison—and also Hannah Einbinder’s acceptance speech at the Emmys. Iddo provides encouragement to everyone around the world living under fascist vibes, making the case for its inevitable collapse. 

Follow Iddo:

https://www.instagram.com/iddo_elam/ 

https://x.com/iddoelam 

Support The Peace Partnership through the Center for Advancement of Peace Initiatives:

https://capi.org.il/the-peace-partnership/ 

https://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580500429 

Learn more and donate to the Refuser Solidarity Network:

https://www.refuser.org/ 

Follow Orli:

https://www.instagram.com/hiremeimfunny/  

https://www.tiktok.com/@hiremeimfunny 

Personal Fundraisers from Friends of Friends in Gaza: 

Support Majdy's family farm: http://givebutter.com/majdy  

Support Salah's family farm: http://givebutter.com/salah  

Support Moath's family & education initiative: http://givebutter.com/moaath  

A new NGO founded by doctors buying formula for babies and offering vital nutrition and education to children in Gaza:  https://www.thechildrensvillagegaza.org/  

Host Orli Matlow sits down with former Marine Lyle Jeremy Rubin, author of the memoir Pain is Weakness Leaving The Body: A Marine's Unbecoming, to talk everything from Afghanistan to The Music Man. Lyle opens up about his politics going into the military and his politics after, the accountability crisis in American politics (George W. Bush is not a cutie patootie!), and the theatricality of war and military culture. They cover such radical ideas as gun control, being thoughtful, and having empathy.

Lyle's book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/pain-is-weakness-leaving-the-body-a-marine-s-unbecoming-lyle-jeremy-rubin/39a2d54c496323ab

Bang-Bang Podcast: https://substack.com/@bangbangthepod 

Follow Orli: https://www.instagram.com/hiremeimfunny/ 

Personal Fundraisers from Friends of Friends in Gaza:

Support Majdy's family farm: http://givebutter.com/majdy 

Support Salah's family farm: http://givebutter.com/salah 

Support Moath's family & education initiative: http://givebutter.com/moaath 

A new NGO founded by doctors buying formula for babies and offering vital nutrition and education to children in Gaza: https://www.thechildrensvillagegaza.org/

A small NGO providing sanitary needs and shelter: https://www.cleanshelter.org/ 

Host Orli Matlow sits down with Jess Salomon (The Tonight Show, The Hague) for a wide-ranging conversation that includes the war crimes lawyer to comedian pipeline, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the Rwandan genocide, Zionist crashouts, and the future of the Jewish story.

Follow Jess:

https://www.instagram.com/jess_salomon/ 

https://salomonsays.substack.com/

Follow Orli:

https://www.instagram.com/hiremeimfunny  https://www.tiktok.com/@hiremeimfunny

Personal Fundraisers from Friends of Friends in Gaza: 

Support Majdy's family farm: http://givebutter.com/majdy   

Support Salah's family farm: http://givebutter.com/salah   

Support Moath's family & education initiative: http://givebutter.com/moaath   

A new NGO founded by doctors buying formula for babies and offering vital nutrition and education to children in Gaza:  https://www.thechildrensvillagegaza.org/   

A small NGO providing sanitary needs and shelter:  https://www.cleanshelter.org/ 

Host Orli Matlow sits down with comedian and host of The Vanquished podcast Freddy G to talk men, masculinity, and militarism. The wide-ranging conversation includes tea on Sigmund Freud (a man), wrestling (drag shows for straight men), Alexander the Great (a man…and a nepo baby), Kurt Vonnegut (a man), Barbie (a doll/woman), Taylor Swift (a woman) and Travis Kelce (a man), the pro-war candidacy of John Kerry (a man), the pro-war presidency of Joe Biden (a man) and the pro-war candidacy of Kamala Harris (a woman).

Correction: Beau Biden served in Iraq during the Iraq War, not the Gulf War. War is Stupid regrets this error!

Follow Freddy G:

https://www.instagram.com/orangefreddyg

https://www.tiktok.com/@orangefreddyg

Listen to The Vanquished:

https://www.patreon.com/TheVanquished  https://www.instagram.com/vanquished_pod  https://www.tiktok.com/@vanquishedpod

Follow Orli:

https://www.instagram.com/hiremeimfunny  https://www.tiktok.com/@hiremeimfunny

Personal Fundraisers from Friends of Friends in Gaza: 

Support Majdy's family farm: http://givebutter.com/majdy 

Support Salah's family farm: http://givebutter.com/salah 

Support Moath's family & education initiative: http://givebutter.com/moaath 

A new NGO founded by doctors buying formula for babies and offering vital nutrition and education to children in Gaza:  https://www.thechildrensvillagegaza.org/ 

A small NGO providing sanitary needs and shelter:  https://www.cleanshelter.org/ 

Host Orli Matlow sits down with Tamar Glezerman, co-founder of Israelis For Peace, to debunk the myth that war frees hostages—a myth that is promptly disproven by the numbers. They talk Israelis For Peace's work in New York and its hecklers, reflect on the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, spill tea about the Netanyahu crime family, and provide practical ways to help people in Gaza right now.

Follow Tamar:

https://www.instagram.com/tamar_glezerman/  https://x.com/TamarGlezerman

Follow Israelis For Peace: 

https://www.instagram.com/israelisforpeacenyc/  https://x.com/israelispeaceny 

https://linktr.ee/israelisforpeacenyc 

Follow Orli:

https://www.instagram.com/hiremeimfunny/  https://www.tiktok.com/@hiremeimfunny

Personal Fundraisers from Friends of Friends in Gaza: •   

 Support Saher and Salwa: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-saher-and-salwa-in-gaza    

Support Shahed and Abdullah’s family in Gaza: https://gofund.me/c0e35076

Support Khitam’s family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-khader-and-his-family-survive-after-war

Support Yousef's Legacy Fund:

http://givebutter.com/7P5GCX  •    Support Majdy's family farm: http://givebutter.com/majdy  •    Support Salah's family farm: http://givebutter.com/salah  •    Support Moath's family & education initiative: http://givebutter.com/moaath  •    Support Reham’s family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-appeal-help-evacuate-and-support-my-family  •    Support Baby Eileen and her parents: https://chuffed.org/project/135402-gaza-emergency-milk-diapers-meds-needed-for-newborn-baby-eileen  •    Support the Ahel Family:  https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-ahel-family-survive 

A Couple Known and Vetted NGOs:

A new NGO founded by doctors buying formula for babies and offering vital nutrition and education to children in Gaza: •    https://www.thechildrensvillagegaza.org/ 

A small NGO providing sanitary needs and shelter: •    https://www.cleanshelter.org/ 

Comedian Orli Matlow sits down with Danaka Katovich, National Co-Director of CODEPINK: Women For Peace. 

They break down the myth that war liberates women, covering Gaza, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Danaka shares her personal journey to activism, her experience heckling Joe Biden, and what the world could look like if America didn't spend a trillion dollars on weapons—with a cameo from the fighter jets of the Chicago Air and Water Show. 

Donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians: https://www.map.org.uk/

Follow Danaka:

Twitter

Substack

Follow CODEPINK:

Instagram

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Comedian Orli Matlow explores how the military is romanticized and sexualized, with a diversion ranking the Magic Mike Cinematic Universe. She is then joined by comedian and IDF dropout Penina Beede, whose solo show Slack Off: Losing My Pants In The Israeli Army is running this summer in New York City.

Donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians: https://www.map.org.uk/

Learn more about A Land For All: https://www.2s1h.org/en 

Follow Orli:

TikTok

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Follow Penina:

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TikTok

Slack Off show website

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Comedian Orli Matlow tackles the myth that launched a thousand Oscars: that World War 2 was a humanitarian war waged humanitarianly for humanitarian reasons. The way we talk about World War 2 comes more from Steven Spielberg than from soldiers and survivors.

Further reading:

"The Destruction of the European Jews" by Raul Hilberg

"The Good War" by Studs Terkel

"Looking For The Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness" by Elizabeth D. Samet 

"Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and Justice" by Howard Zinn

"Armageddon in Retrospect" and "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

Comedian Orli Matlow breaks down the myth that "war benefits the people" by exploring World War I—that time approximately 40 million people died because a bunch of cousins wanted to flex. 

Welcome to War is Stupid: An Anti-War Podcast About War. It's the ultimate true crime podcast, taking murder and killing to its largest possible scale. In this short intro episode, we meet host Orli Matlow and also the military-industrial complex.