@noam_dworman@havivrettiggur I chose those words carefully! Haviv is the GOAT in offering the Israeli history, psyche, context, depth, and moral framing. But in seeking truth via debate and iterative, reflexive questioning of one’s own ‘side’ you take that gold medal. Anyway, thanks again - keep it going!
@noam_dworman What an incredible episode. How you’ve become the leading voice/place on thoughtful I/P internet discourse is something unreal to have witnessed (I’ve watched every episode). כל הכבוד.
@EconTalker This year it was very hard, more than in the past, to pick just 5! I guess it’s a sign of how strong these episodes were. Thanks for another fantastic year. Maybe it’s time to change the official name from EconTalk to the subtitle “Conversations for the Curious”
@cowenconvos@tylercowen@Jeff_Holmes I must know, is the average listener making it thru 2/3, then dropping? What’s the shape of the distribution? If it’s half listen to ~all and half are tourists listening to just a bit, okay. But devoted fans actually quitting 2/3 in?? Makes no sense to me (as a devoted fan).
@noam_dworman More insightful than French/Isgur at Advisory Opinion (lead law pod). You made a solid case for Roberts protecting us from prosecuting-former-pres snowball & the ironic strength of ambiguity, even if I favor Ankush.
Freudian slip at end calling Ami Ayalon former head of KGB? 😅
@noam_dworman You were a gracious interviewer; his honorable career merits it. I found solving 2 states parts disappointing. You asked thoughtful q’s on how there hasn’t been a good-faith other side. The we-don’t-understand-their-view answers treated P’s w/ a soft bigotry of low expectations.
@noam_dworman@briebriejoy I must admit, it’s been difficult suppressing my instinctive schadenfreude, even feelings of justice in her case, after watching that interview. But your take is as thoughtful as it is rare. I suspect it stems more from your existing free speech absolutism, but wise nonetheless.
@EconTalker What a fantastic episode. Dwayne has so much soul. Loved those eloquent full quotes read aloud. Inspired me to closely read the Letter (for the first time).
@noam_dworman@PhilKlay@TheAtlantic@noam, among your best IL/Gaza interviews. Curious why you don’t laser-in on best-guess combatant-to-civilian ratios, Gaza v Mosul? 1.5:1 v 4:1+. Not intended callously, but such imperfect #s are more telling than subjective “greatest devastation” claims or your 2k bomb debate.