Behind The Headlines
Behind The Headlines
Behind The Headlines is your gateway to the untold stories and real issues facing Israel, the Jewish community in Australia and around the world. Hosted by Adam Slonim, the show invites guests from across the globe to explore the background, facts, and complexities behind the headlines, giving listeners a deeper insight and understanding of the challenges and opportunities that shape Israel and Je…Social links:
EP85. 3 Wars Part 2 with Mike Kelly - America Owns the Skies but Iran Owns the Clock
In Part Two of One Dangerous World, Three Wars, Colonel (Ret.) and former Defence Materiel Minister Dr Mike Kelly strips away the propaganda surrounding the US–Iran war. From the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s surviving nuclear ambitions to $4 million missiles chasing $50,000 drones, Kelly exposes a b…
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EP 84. Three Wars , One Dangerous New World: Part One
In the opening episode of the three-part podcast triptych Three Wars, One Dangerous New World, Mike Kelly draws on his extraordinary experience as a soldier, strategist, parliamentarian and national-security adviser to expose the larger war hiding behind the daily headlines. He argues that China, R…
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EP83. How Did We Get Here? Henry Ergas on the World After 7 October
In this powerful address and Q&A, historian and The Australian columnist Henry Ergas reaches back through his own Sephardic family history, the Holocaust and Hannah Arendt to ask two urgent questions: how did Australia get here, and how do we get out of it? His central warning is unsettling: the er…
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EP82. After the War: Can Israel Change Itself?
Israel has demonstrated that it can strike its enemies, but can it shape what comes next? In a wide-ranging and unusually candid conversation, former IDF spokesman Peter Lerner examines the violent settler rampages in the West Bank and a government he says has “empowered extremism”; the failure to …
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EP81. Into the Arena: Mikaela Stafrace on Service, Politics and Hope
Why would a successful lawyer, mother and long-time advocate for Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation choose now to enter politics and contest one of Victoria's most politically and emotionally charged electorates? Behind The Headlines sits down with Labor candidate for Caulfield Mikaela Stafrace for…
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EP.80 The challenge Col (ret) Michael Scott asks of us
When your own house is in flames, what are you going to do about it. This compelling conversation with Colonel (ret) Michael Scott and co-interviewer Gary Max, explores antisemitism and its impact on our society. Because we each have agency, Michael asks, am I contributing to a better tomorrow, or…
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EP79. Beyond the Platform: Josh Burns on Labor, Israel & Australia
The debate over Labor's National Conference has focused almost entirely on the Platform. But is that where the real story lies? In this special edition of Behind the Headlines, Adam Slonim sits down with Labor MP Josh Burns to explore the deeper questions confronting both Australia and the Labor Pa…
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EP78. There was No Word for what Hamas did to Families so it had to be Created: Kinocide.
Dr Cochav Elkayam-Levy, recipient of Israel's highest civilian honour and founder of the Civil Commission on the October 7 Crimes by Hamas Against Women and Children, takes us inside one of the most confronting investigations of our time. As her team examined thousands of images, videos and survivo…
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Episode77. Can We Still Live Together? Archbishop Peter Comensoli on Truth, Faith and the Fight for Australia's Soul
What happens to a society when truth becomes relative, empathy is replaced by outrage, and communities retreat into competing identities? In one of the most thoughtful Behind The Headlines interviews to date, Archbishop Peter Comensoli joins me and Rabbi Ralph Genende to discuss why the surge in an…
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Ep.76 They Imprisoned My Family Because I Spoke Out in Australia
What happens when a dictatorship reaches into Australia to silence its critics? Iranian-Australian activist Nos Hosseini shares a deeply personal story of courage, repression and the forgotten struggle of the Iranian people. Nos challenges the West to see beyond the headlines that dominate Western …
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