Podcasts by Our Friend From Israel
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Episode 26: Mark Ivanir – Hollywood actor, Parisian circus performer, Israeli spy from 2020-08-19T17:53:50
Mark Ivanir wanted to be an actor since he was five-years-old, but he made several pitstops along the way.
First, he served as an Israeli spy who went undercover on a secret mission to res...
Episode 25: Mishy Harman, host of the popular 'Israel Story' podcast from 2020-07-21T15:54:27
Ira Glass single-handedly invented a radio genre with his audio documentary series "This American Life." Now in its 25th year, the show has more than 5 million weekly listeners.
They say i...
Episode 24: Hagar Ben-Ari, bass player for the band on the 'Late Late Show with James Corden' from 2020-06-18T17:16:34
Hagar Ben-Ari is an Israeli bass player who stumbled into one of the most sought-after gigs in television. As if that wasn't enough, she's also opened for Prince and the Rolling Stones. So how did ...
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Episode 23: Tamar Geller, celebrity dog trainer from 2018-11-19T17:13:58
If you ever watched Oprah, you know she's a dog lover. And one of the reasons Oprah loves her dogs so much? They're well behaved. And she has Tamar Geller to thank for it. Oprah calls Tamar a life ...
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Rebroadcast: Episode 7: Brian Blum, book author and business reporter from 2018-11-13T06:00:08
The California-born Brian Blum moved with his family to Israel in 1994. Once there, he merged his twin loves of technology and writing and became a business journalist, and his work appears through...
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Rebroadcast: Episode 1: Avi Loeb, alien hunter and chair of Harvard's astronomy department from 2018-11-06T06:00:27
Dr. Avi Loeb is the chair of Harvard's Astronomy Department. The Israeli-born theoretical physicist is a graduate of Jerusalem's Hebrew University, a school that was founded by one of his heroes, A...
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Episode 22: Ayelet Fishbach, popular psychology professor and expert on human behavior from 2018-10-30T05:00:43
In 2016, Dr. Ayelet Fishbach, a social scientist who researches human behavior, published a study that showed that people who eat the same food are more likely to get along. So if you're on a date,...
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Episode 21: Inna Braverman, named one of the most influential women of the 21st century from 2018-10-23T05:00:03
Inna Braverman was named one of "10 of the most influential women of the 21st century," alongside Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey." Her story starts in the Ukraine on April 11, 1986. Two weeks aft...
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Episode 20: Oz Pearlman, mentalist and 'America's Got Talent' finalist from 2018-10-16T05:00:19
Oz Pearlman is an Israel-born mentalist and magician. While he had some measure of success in the early part of his career, he became instantly famous during the 2015 season of "America's Got Talen...
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Rebroadcast: Episode 2: Michael Pasikov, classical pianist and cancer survivor from 2018-10-09T05:00:19
Michael Pasikov spent his childhood in Chicago and began playing the piano when he was just 5 years old. He started with Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 16, learning it by ear and eventually mastering it...
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Episode 19: Oded Brenner, chocolate mogul from 2018-10-02T05:00:19
Oded Brenner is a modern-day Willy Wonka. In 1996, he launched a small chocolate shop called Max Brenner in Israel. That one location was such a success, he eventually expanded the concept to dozen...
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Episode 18: Dean Kremer, first Israeli to be drafted into Major League Baseball from 2018-09-25T05:00:29
Dean Kremer is not just any pitcher. In June 2015, at 19 years old, he became the first Israeli to ever be drafted by a Major League Baseball team. This past summer, he made news again when he was ...
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Episode 17: Daniella Rudoff, professional matchmaker and relationship coach from 2018-09-17T18:20:46
Daniella Rudoff is a professional matchmaker and relationship coach based in Israel. In a world full of online dating apps, she offers a boutique service. She's worked with hundreds of singles with...
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Episode 16: Gil Hovav, TV host and food journalist from 2018-09-11T05:00:06
If you've been to Israel in the past few years, you already know Gil Hovav. That's his voice over the loudspeaker, welcoming you to Ben Gurion International Airport, and wishing you a pleasant stay...
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Episode 15: Niv Rabino, humanitarian relief worker from 2018-09-04T05:00:06
In the summer of 2017, Niv Rabino had just wrapped up a mission helping with the refugee crisis in Greece. He flew home to Israel, hoping to relax. But when he landed, news of Hurricane Harvey's de...
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Episode 14: Dan Ariely, world-renowned social scientist from 2018-08-28T05:00:26
Dan Ariely a tenured professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University. If an academic could be a rockstar, then Ariely is certainly one. His books – like "Predictably Irrational"...
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Rebroadcast: Episode 4: Eran Ben-Elia, professor who studies parking and traffic from 2018-08-21T14:19:11
Did you miss this hidden gem of an episode when it first aired? Now's your chance to hear it.
A geography professor at Ben-Gurion University in Israel, Dr. Eran Ben-Elia has devoted the bu...
Episode 13: Tal Ben-Shahar, professor of Harvard's most popular course from 2018-08-14T04:02:08
Tal Ben-Shahar, the professor of happiness, is famous for teaching the most popular course in the history of Harvard. It was called "Positive Psychology" and in it he teaches the secret to living a...
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Episode 12: Jon Medved, high-tech entrepreneur from 2018-08-07T05:39:57
High-tech entrepreneur Jon Medved is one of Israel's leading high-tech venture capitalists. He's the founder and CEO of OurCrowd, a company that has invested in more than 100 Israeli startups. What...
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Episode 11: Fashion designer Danit Peleg from 2018-07-31T04:10:11
Israeli fashion designer Danit Peleg, a graduate of Israel's Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, has created the world's first 3D printed fashion line without the use of a single sewing mach...
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Episode 10: Ron Ben-Israel, celebrity baker and TV judge from 2018-07-24T04:19:33
Ron Ben-Israel has appeared on "Good Morning America," David Letterman's show and has baked cakes for Oprah Winfrey and President Obama. He made a cake for the wedding of Robert Downey, Jr., Britne...
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Episode 9: Iris Bahr, comedian and actress from 2018-07-17T04:48:57
If you're a fan of the HBO hit "Curb Your Enthusiasm," you're likely familiar with actress Iris Bahr. The Israeli comedian has appeared on a number of episodes, including in a now-famous scene wher...
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Episode 8: Israel Hershkovitz, archaeologist from 2018-07-10T04:07:09
Dr. Israel Hershkovitz, a professor at Tel Aviv University, is one of Israel's leading archaeologists. More than that, he studies ancient bones with the eye of an anthropologist, hoping to discover...
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Episode 7: Brian Blum, book author and business reporter from 2018-07-03T04:13:50
The California-born Brian Blum moved with his family to Israel in 1994. Once there, he merged his twin loves of technology and writing and became a business journalist, and his work appears through...
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Episode 6: Sarah F. Berkowitz, Israeli food expert and recipe author from 2018-06-26T04:16:07
The Jerusalem-born Sarah Berkowitz is the resident chef at our Israeli Kitchen channel. Since 2015, she's been cooking up hundreds of recipes and sharing them with our readers. When she's not in th...
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Episode 5: Roni Grosz, curator of the Albert Einstein Archives from 2018-06-19T06:42:56
For more than a decade, Dr. Roni Grosz has served as curator of the Albert Einstein Archives, bequeathed by the Nobel Prize winner to Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In that capacity, Grosz oversee...
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Episode 4: Eran Ben-Elia, professor who studies parking and traffic from 2018-06-12T05:53:18
A geography professor at Ben-Gurion University in Israel, Dr. Eran Ben-Elia has devoted the bulk of his research to studying people's parking and traffic habits. A niche field, for sure. He has tur...
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Episode 3: Karni Ziv, Israeli television producer from 2018-06-05T07:26:13
Karni Ziv is the head of Drama and Comedy at Keshet Broadcasting. She is widely recognized as one of the most experienced women in the television industry. One of the show's that she shepherded to ...
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Episode 2: Michael Pasikov, classical pianist and cancer survivor from 2018-05-29T10:55:18
Michael Pasikov was a classically trained pianist with hopes of going to Juilliard. But instead, he chose a career in computer science. Then he was diagnosed with cancer and made a life-changing de...
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Episode 1: Avi Loeb, alien hunter and chair of Harvard's astronomy department from 2018-05-21T00:00
Dr. Loeb is the chair of the Breakthrough Starshot Advisory Committee. That's a $100 million project to find a new Earth for humans. The heavily funded group is actively searching for alien life wi...
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