Israel Defense Forces
combined military forces of Israel
Episodes
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#5662: Right of Reply: What the Rulebook Actually SaysThe IDF's 10-page rebuttal to NAZA bundles a valid procedural complaint with an invalid one. Here's what journalism codes actually require.Main topic -
#5659: The Ethics of Anonymous Testimony in DocumentaryA new IDF response to a Venice-winning film raises a sharp question: what do documentarians owe when sources stay truly anonymous?Main topic -
#5820: Hebraizing the Jewish Name: Ivrut's Rise and CostA booklet, five methods, and 17,000 name changes in a single year — how Israel turned Diaspora surnames into Hebrew ones. -
#5747: Jamming Drones: The Physics of the Wearable Skylock KitHow does a vest-sized jammer take on frequency-hopping drones? The inverse-square law, spread spectrum, and why jamming reaches farther than detect... -
#5731: Inside the FlyDubai Cockpit Axe InterrogationA co-pilot, an axe, and a 14,000-foot dive. What actually happens in the interrogation room — and why the calm matters. -
#5646: Who Wakes the Prime Minister?The nuclear football, the duty clerk, the biscuit in the dry cleaning — how leaders stay reachable 24/7, and what that means for October 7th. -
#5644: Scrambled Jets and the Hijack Code: What Really HappensA 737 squawks 7500 over Saudi airspace and Israel scrambles fighters. What those jets can actually do — and why "escort" isn't the right word. -
#5619: Why Does Israel Need Six Submarines?Israel's newest submarine, the Drakon, just arrived in Haifa. What does a six-boat fleet actually buy a country the size of New Jersey? -
#5515: Who Owns What in Intelligence?Armies built spy agencies first — half a century before Mossad. How military and civilian intelligence divide the work, and who enforces the line. -
#5496: Taking Down Jerusalem's 7km Border, Street by StreetBarbed wire, minefields, and a wax-pencil line: how Jerusalem's seven-kilometre border was physically torn down after 1967. -
#5445: Israel's Periphery: Why It's Not About DistanceWhat "peripheria" really means in Israel — and why a $10B Intel fab sits in a town that still tops unemployment. -
#5314: Private Cyber Skills vs. Government OpsWhat actually changes when a cybersecurity operator crosses from protecting a company to protecting a state? -
#5240: Guns That Never Entered the SystemIsrael's gun leakage runs through three channels the licensing debate never touches — and one of them can't be sealed, audited, or bombed away. -
#5151: Why Dry Heat Is a Different AnimalDry heat at 45°C can be survivable while humid 35°C kills. The physics of sweat, the limits of acclimatization, and what Bedouin trackers see in sand. -
#5109: Inside Israel's Snap Drills: Rehearsing the Worst DayWhat actually happens when a country rehearses its own worst day? Inside the surprise, the planning, and the October 7 lessons reshaping Israeli dr... -
#5108: How to Identify Anything in the Sky: A Jerusalem Drone Case StudyA reader saw a green strobe hovering over Jerusalem. Here's how to think like an educated guesser. -
#5548: Hasbara: Explanation or Policy Problem?Israel's Foreign Minister says embassy moves matter as much as the battlefield. A listener in Jerusalem says the problem isn't PR — it's policy. -
#5494: How Ancient Jerusalem Outgrew Its Own WallsJerusalem's Old City walls are Ottoman, not ancient — and the original city sits outside them. Tracing 4,000 years of expansion and contraction.