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On the Nose

Jewish Currents
Fortnightly podcast. Next episode on Wednesday, May 7.
On the Nose is a biweekly podcast by Jewish Currents, a magazine of the Jewish left founded in 1946. The editorial staff discusses the politics, culture, and questions that animate today’s Jewish left.
103 episodes  •  0 archived  •  
E103
Zohran Mamdani’s Moral Stand
E103·
April 23
April 23
38 mins
E102
Debating Zionist Realism
E102·
April 9
April 9
51 mins
E101
Higher Ed Under Attack
E101·
March 27
March 27
39 mins
E100
The Jewish Institutional Reaction to Mahmoud Khalil's Abduction
E100·
March 13
March 13
43 mins
E99
Assessing Trump’s Gaza Expulsion Fantasy
E99·
March 6
March 6
41 mins
E98
An Unproductive Ambiguity
E98·
February 20
February 20
49 mins
E97
Israel’s Ever-Expanding War on the West Bank
E97·
February 6
February 6
38 mins
E96
Scrutinizing the Gaza Ceasefire Deal
E96·
January 22
January 22
31 mins
E95
Voices from Gaza
E95·
January 10
January 10
41 mins
E94
Preparing for Trump’s Repression
E94·
Dec 19, 2024
Dec 19, 2024
51 mins
E93
Jesse Eisenberg's Holocaust Road Trip
E93·
Dec 5, 2024
Dec 5, 2024
39 mins
E92
Volatile Emotions
E92·
Nov 14, 2024
Nov 14, 2024
48 mins
E91
Bipartisan Empire: Foreign Policy, Regional War, and the 2024 Election
E91·
Nov 5, 2024
Nov 5, 2024
1h 13m
E90
The Other ADLs
E90·
Oct 31, 2024
Oct 31, 2024
43 mins
E89
What Ta-Nehisi Coates Saw
E89·
Oct 17, 2024
Oct 17, 2024
40 mins
E88
Palestinian Liberation After the Destruction of Gaza
E88·
Oct 10, 2024
Oct 10, 2024
1h 1m
E87
"Between the Covers" Live: Dionne Brand and Adania Shibli
E87·
Oct 2, 2024
Oct 2, 2024
1h 8m
E86
"The Dig" Live: Internationalism After Third Worldism
E86·
Sep 26, 2024
Sep 26, 2024
1h 31m
E85
Talking About Antisemitism
E85·
Sep 5, 2024
Sep 5, 2024
1 hr
E84
The Killing of Ismail Haniyeh
E84·
Aug 9, 2024
Aug 9, 2024
31 mins
E83
The Escalating Regional War
E83·
Aug 7, 2024
Aug 7, 2024
48 mins
E82
Chevruta: Voting
E82·
Aug 1, 2024
Aug 1, 2024
33 mins
E81
J.D. Vance’s Foreign Policy Vision
E81·
Jul 25, 2024
Jul 25, 2024
40 mins
E80
The Fraught Promise of Arab-Jewish Identity
E80·
Jul 10, 2024
Jul 10, 2024
49 mins
E79
Jamaal Bowman’s Primary Loss
E79·
Jul 5, 2024
Jul 5, 2024
27 mins
E78
“Beyond the Capacity of English to See”
E78·
Jun 20, 2024
Jun 20, 2024
27 mins
E77
Synagogue Struggles
E77·
Jun 13, 2024
Jun 13, 2024
51 mins
E76
Religion, Secularism, and the Jewish Left
E76·
Jun 6, 2024
Jun 6, 2024
46 mins
E75
The End of "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
E75·
May 23, 2024
May 23, 2024
52 mins
E74
On Zionism and Anti-Zionism
E74·
May 16, 2024
May 16, 2024
50 mins
E73
Controversy at the Contemporary Jewish Museum
E73·
May 2, 2024
May 2, 2024
33 mins
E72
Chevruta: Understanding Aaron Bushnell’s Sacrifice
E72·
Apr 26, 2024
Apr 26, 2024
38 mins
E71
Jewish Organizing at Columbia’s Encampment
E71·
Apr 25, 2024
Apr 25, 2024
41 mins
E70
Unpacking the Campus Antisemitism Narrative
E70·
Apr 11, 2024
Apr 11, 2024
42 mins
E69
Campus Politics Takes the Stage in "The Ally"
E69·
Mar 28, 2024
Mar 28, 2024
38 mins
E68
Language, the Media, and Palestine
E68·
Mar 14, 2024
Mar 14, 2024
34 mins
E67
Hindu Nationalism’s New Temple
E67·
Feb 22, 2024
Feb 22, 2024
33 mins
E66
Israel’s Emerging Religious Left
E66·
Feb 8, 2024
Feb 8, 2024
30 mins
E65
Charging Israel with Genocide
E65·
Feb 1, 2024
Feb 1, 2024
38 mins
E64
Labor’s Palestine Paradox
E64·
Jan 3, 2024
Jan 3, 2024
39 mins
E63
Bonus Episode: Mailbag
E63·
Dec 28, 2023
Dec 28, 2023
42 mins
E62
Hamas: Past, Present, and Future
E62·
Dec 21, 2023
Dec 21, 2023
33 mins
E61
Talking to Our Families
E61·
Dec 8, 2023
Dec 8, 2023
50 mins
E60
Naomi Klein on Israel’s “Doppelganger Politics”
E60·
Nov 16, 2023
Nov 16, 2023
52 mins
E59
Cori Bush’s Ceasefire Plea
E59·
Nov 9, 2023
Nov 9, 2023
25 mins
E58
A Surge in American Jewish Left Organizing
E58·
Oct 31, 2023
Oct 31, 2023
41 mins
E57
The Loneliness of the Israeli Left
E57·
Oct 26, 2023
Oct 26, 2023
37 mins
E56
"Unsettled" After October 7th
E56·
Oct 19, 2023
Oct 19, 2023
51 mins
E55
Elon Musk, the Jews, and the ADL, with "Know Your Enemy"
E55·
Sep 28, 2023
Sep 28, 2023
1h 5m
E54
Trans Halakha
E54·
Sep 14, 2023
Sep 14, 2023
44 mins
E53
Nosegate
E53·
Aug 31, 2023
Aug 31, 2023
28 mins
E52
The Jewishness of “Oppenheimer”
E52·
Aug 17, 2023
Aug 17, 2023
47 mins
E51
Camp Kinderland at 100
E51·
Aug 3, 2023
Aug 3, 2023
57 mins
E50
Chevruta: Be Fruitful and Multiply?
E50·
Jul 20, 2023
Jul 20, 2023
30 mins
E49
What Indian Ethnonationalists Learned From Israel Advocates
E49·
Jul 6, 2023
Jul 6, 2023
35 mins
E48
The Struggle to Stop Cop City
E48·
Jun 22, 2023
Jun 22, 2023
38 mins
E47
The Plight of Masafer Yatta
E47·
Jun 8, 2023
Jun 8, 2023
26 mins
E46
The Agony and the Ecstasy of "Jewish Matchmaking"
E46·
May 25, 2023
May 25, 2023
47 mins
E45
Still No Justice for Shireen Abu Akleh
E45·
May 11, 2023
May 11, 2023
25 mins
E44
Fighting Anti-Trans Legislation in Missouri
E44·
Apr 27, 2023
Apr 27, 2023
38 mins
E43
The Politics of "The Last of Us"
E43·
Apr 13, 2023
Apr 13, 2023
37 mins
E42
Unpacking Israel’s Political Crisis
E42·
Mar 30, 2023
Mar 30, 2023
46 mins
E41
Two Paths for the Jewish Bachelor Contestant
E41·
Mar 23, 2023
Mar 23, 2023
32 mins
E40
The Trouble with Germany, Part II
E40·
Mar 9, 2023
Mar 9, 2023
40 mins
E39
Representation and Exclusion at Israel’s Anti-Government Protests
E39·
Feb 23, 2023
Feb 23, 2023
33 mins
E38
You People
E38·
Feb 9, 2023
Feb 9, 2023
33 mins
E37
Fables and Lies
E37·
Jan 26, 2023
Jan 26, 2023
43 mins
E36
Chevruta: Debt
E36·
Jan 11, 2023
Jan 11, 2023
41 mins
E35
Who Is Tom Stoppard’s “Jewish Play” For?
E35·
Dec 21, 2022
Dec 21, 2022
44 mins
E34
The Meaning of Apartheid
E34·
Dec 8, 2022
Dec 8, 2022
33 mins
E33
“The Jews”
E33·
Nov 23, 2022
Nov 23, 2022
53 mins
E32
Victory for Netanyahu’s Far-Right Alliance
E32·
Nov 8, 2022
Nov 8, 2022
26 mins
E31
Ye
E31·
Oct 20, 2022
Oct 20, 2022
35 mins
E30
Gaza Under Blockade
E30·
Oct 13, 2022
Oct 13, 2022
55 mins
E29
Yeshiva Education
E29·
Sep 29, 2022
Sep 29, 2022
38 mins
E28
Mom Save America
E28·
Sep 15, 2022
Sep 15, 2022
33 mins
E27
Documenting the Struggle
E27·
Aug 25, 2022
Aug 25, 2022
41 mins
E26
The Scream Clarifies an Elsewhere
E26·
Aug 11, 2022
Aug 11, 2022
1h 3m
E25
The Trouble with Germany, Part 1
E25·
Jul 28, 2022
Jul 28, 2022
1h 6m
E24
¡Inquilinos Unidos, Jamás Serán Vencidos!
E24·
Jul 14, 2022
Jul 14, 2022
51 mins
E23
The Mapping Project
E23·
Jun 30, 2022
Jun 30, 2022
53 mins
E22
The Age of No Revolutions
E22·
Jun 16, 2022
Jun 16, 2022
49 mins
E21
The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh
E21·
May 26, 2022
May 26, 2022
51 mins
E20
Campus Wars
E20·
May 5, 2022
May 5, 2022
54 mins
E19
A Surge of Violence in Israel/Palestine
E19·
Apr 20, 2022
Apr 20, 2022
36 mins
E18
Volodymyr Zelensky and Post-Soviet Jewishness
E18·
Apr 1, 2022
Apr 1, 2022
56 mins
E17
The Assault on Trans and Reproductive Rights
E17·
Mar 17, 2022
Mar 17, 2022
58 mins
E16
I Want to Believe
E16·
Mar 3, 2022
Mar 3, 2022
54 mins
E15
The Black-Jewish Relations Industrial Complex
E15·
Feb 17, 2022
Feb 17, 2022
59 mins
E14
Whose West Side Story?
E14·
Feb 3, 2022
Feb 3, 2022
1h 2m
E13
After Colleyville
E13·
Jan 20, 2022
Jan 20, 2022
43 mins
E12
Jamaal Bowman and DSA
E12·
Dec 16, 2021
Dec 16, 2021
43 mins
E11
What Does the Record Show?
E11·
Dec 2, 2021
Dec 2, 2021
57 mins
E10
Israel's Attack on Palestinian Civil Society
E10·
Nov 18, 2021
Nov 18, 2021
23 mins
E9
Sunrise, Sunset
E9·
Nov 4, 2021
Nov 4, 2021
1 hr
E8
West Bank Politics
E8·
Oct 22, 2021
Oct 22, 2021
51 mins
E7
The Use and Abuse of “Jewish Peoplehood”
E7·
Oct 8, 2021
Oct 8, 2021
1h 10m
E6
Political Depression
E6·
Aug 10, 2021
Aug 10, 2021
1h 6m
E5
Rallies, Surveys, and Ice Cream
E5·
Jul 27, 2021
Jul 27, 2021
1h 29m
E4
Couples Therapy
E4·
Jul 13, 2021
Jul 13, 2021
1h 25m
E3
Jewish Feelings
E3·
Jun 29, 2021
Jun 29, 2021
54 mins
E2
In This Moment & Tough Conversations
E2·
May 20, 2021
May 20, 2021
1h 17m
E1
On the Nose
E1·
Apr 9, 2021
Apr 9, 2021
41 mins