Shows
The Upfront PodcastEitan Chitayat | Narrative & CounterpropagandaEitan Chitayat is a creative director, copywriter and brand-builder, and founder of the Natie Branding Agency in Tel Aviv. Eitan has been delivering branding campaigns for B2C and B2B clients for over 25 years. He has lived in Hong Kong, London, Tel Aviv, New York, and Boston, working with clients such as Google, Volkswagen, American Express, and Toyota, as well as Israeli companies like Amdocs, NICE, The Jewish Agency for Israel, and Taglit. In 2015, he created the viral video "I'm That Jew" which has been viewed over 15 million times on various platforms. He also gave a TED talk...2024-05-161h 19The Upfront PodcastYirmiyahu "That_Semite" | Intersectional Jewish AdvocacyMy guest today is the eloquent Yirmiyahu Danzig, known as @that_semite on social media. Yirmiyahu is an educator and activist for Jewish and indigenous rights. He holds a degree in Political Science, Homeland Security, and Public Diplomacy. Yirmiyahu will tell us how his own family background led to him inherently feeling and thinking more intersectional and realizing that there is a need for social justice and education overall. Today, we are talking about Jewish identity, values and visibility, our own personal feelings about the hate we are being subjected to as a people, the danger of a...2024-03-1455 minThe Upfront PodcastMatan Peretz | Comedian - Soldier - ActivistMy guest today is Matan Peretz, who makes a living as a comedian in Israel, and as an Israeli citizen he also serves in the IDF, the Israel Defense Forces, when called up for reserve duty. Matan has been using his platform to advocate for Israel, and against terrorism and will be sharing some important points of his activism and the social media information war. Based on his own experience, Matan will tell us about what life is like in Judea and Samaria, otherwise referred to as “settlements” in the West Bank, and how they have had to experience simi...2024-02-0851 minThe Upfront PodcastCécile Nebbot | Living In The Post-Truth EraCécile Nebbot is back for a deep dive into history. We are talking about ancient to recent historical events, covering the Jewish people, as well as some important events throughout Christian and Islamic history that would be crucial for people to know to be able to have a fact-based conversation about the war Israel is forced to fight on multiple fronts.Cécile and I are trying to find a logical reason for antisemitism and the ongoing persecution of one of the smallest minorities on earth and discuss Islamic lobbyism reaching Ivy League universities in the US...2024-01-251h 17The Upfront PodcastCécile Nebbot | Reawakened ZionismCécile Nebbot was born in Marseille, France in 1967 to liberal Jewish parents whose recent ancestors had been expelled from Spain, and then eventually from Tunisia and Algeria.She is an economist and communication expert with a background in brand content and strategic consulting. For two decades she has worked for leading consulting firms based in London, New York, and Paris. Cécile has a deep expertise in econometrics. In 2020, she cofounded an Institute for Art & Future Design based in Berlin to deal with contemporary art, future foresight, and the epochal shifts we live in. Amongst its ex...2023-12-211h 05The Upfront PodcastThe War on IsraelHave you ever wondered how 6 million Jews could be murdered by the Nazis in cold blood in the Holocaust while the world was silently watching? Let me tell you...On the morning of October 7, 2023, during the holiday of Simchat Torah, hundreds of Hamas terrorists infiltrated Israel by land, sea, and air, to commit the most vile, heinous, vicious, and brutal attacks on innocent Israeli civilians, and murdered over 1300 innocent civilians and taking hundreds of hostages, leading to the highest number of Jews murdered in one day since the holocaust.In response, Israel declared a state...2023-10-1623 minThe Upfront PodcastRaúl Krauthausen | Disability Exclusion in PoliticsMy guest today is Raul Krauthausen. He lives in Berlin, Germany, and is a well-known activist and author who advocates for the inclusion of disabled people, basing his work on his own life and experience because Raul was born with Osteogenesis imperfecta and is therefore using a wheelchair. Raul is a published author of several books about inclusion, disability, and activism, with his latest book being “Whoever wants inclusion, finds a way. Whoever doesn’t want it, will find excuses”. Raul and I are talking about his work as an activist, what parents should consider teaching their kids ab...2023-08-2425 minThe Upfront PodcastAinhoa Martinelli | The Climate EmergencyAinhoa Martinelli is from Switzerland and is 19 years old. She works in a Montessori school and will begin to study geography in the fall. Ainhoa started her activist work in her early teenage years with Fridays for Future. She is now an active part of various international climate movements such as the Global Climate Strike, Debt4Climate, and the Global Youth Biodiversity Network, making her the perfect person to talk to about the issues we will all have to face.Ainhoa and I will be talking about activist burnout, the dark side of volunteer tourism, what the...2023-08-101h 03The Upfront PodcastStephanie Horwitz | Managing Career ExpectationsStephanie Horwitz from the “What Should I Do With My Life” podcast is joining us today from Tel Aviv, Israel. Steph will tell us how we might have been misled since many people are figuring out that a career might not follow a one-and-done recipe.Steph and I will be discussing how different people have mastered their careers, what you can do to get recognition on the job, and how you can advocate for your work. We will also talk about the fact that women are often easily overlooked in the workplace, and we’ll get into sharin...2023-05-0441 minThe Upfront PodcastAlejandro Salas | Corruption UnpackedMy guest today is Alejandro Salas, the head of global movement at the global anti-corruption organization Transparency International. Alejandro is originally from Mexico and has studied political science. He now lives in Berlin, Germany. Alejandro will tell us about the dangers of corrupt politicians, what makes for an ethical society, and how impunity plays a crucial role. We are also talking about why giving government officials too much power can directly lead to the downfall of a democratic system and where we stand globally on whistleblower protection.Transparency International Website https://www.transparency.orgFor...2023-02-2359 minThe Upfront PodcastJolanda Spiess-Hegglin | Victim Blaming RhetoricMy guest today is Jolanda Spiess Hegglin, a journalist and former Swiss politician. One harrowing night, everything changed for her. In the aftermath, her name was extensively used in Swiss tabloid media in attempts to ruin her reputation and to victim blame, while Jolanda was trying to come to terms with what had happened to her and to seek legal accountability. Now, Jolanda is an activist against gender-based violence and has founded an NGO called netzcourage. Jolanda still, to this day, is receiving misogynist hatred, harassment, and threats, while she is working on vindicating her name and taking sole...2023-02-1647 minThe Upfront PodcastRabbi Akiva Weingarten | Leaving The Ultraorthodox LifeMy guest today is Rabbi Akiva Weingarten, born and raised in the Jewish ultraorthodox “Satmar” community in New York. He decided to leave the community, lived abroad for many years, then studied “Jewish Studies” in Germany and eventually became the Rabbi for two liberal Jewish communities in Switzerland and Germany. His own book by the title “Ultraorthodox,” has recently been published.We are talking about Judaism specifically, other religions, spirituality, and also what it was like for him to leave his old life behind. How he dealt with the struggles of entering a whole new world, redefining himself, and...2023-02-0957 minThe Upfront PodcastEnd of Year 2022For the final episode of the year, I am saying goodbye for now until we meet again in the new year!Send us a textSupport the showJoin the conversation and leave us your comments, remarks, and opinions on our Instagram or Facebook. Please subscribe and leave a review, which helps the podcast reach even more people.2022-12-1601 minThe Upfront PodcastVictoria Vlasenko | The War In UkraineOn February 24th, 2022 Russia invaded Ukraine and launched a full-scale war on the sovereign nation. My guest today is Victoria Vlasenko, who is coming to us directly from Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. We will be speaking about her own experience living through the war in Ukraine, with her job still demanding that she regularly works as if nothing out of the ordinary is happening, about her personal opinions on how this could possibly end, and what everyday life in Kyiv looks like.Find Victoria on:Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@victoriavlasenkoInstagram https://www...2022-12-0847 min