Conversations
Podcasts, interviews, and public discussions — where the arguments get tested out loud rather than on the page.
Forthcoming
A conversation with Elhanan Yakira
A long exchange with the Israeli philosopher. Details to follow.
Recent
Bungacast #543: “Squeamish About Sex, Aroused By Identity”
On Abolish Queer Theory! — the argument put under sustained pushback.
When Everybody Is LGBT, Nobody Is
On identity, categories, and what happens to a movement once its category expands to cover everyone.
Return to Sodom
Where the Abolish Queer Theory! argument was first presented publicly.
Earlier
TheMarker: “I read the book by the commander of 8200”
On the military worship of technology and its part in the 7 October intelligence failure — recorded shortly after the American Affairs essay appeared. In Hebrew.
Geekonomy #648
Ran and his mother, Prof. Sybil Heilbrunn of Kinneret College, on their Telem essay about the Israeli high-tech industry and inequality.
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