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Paid Partnership with Chapter • Call 252-648-4970 • Or visit https://chapter.com/halper Katie talks to Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro and lawyer Eric Lee about Lee's client Yehonatan Ovadia, a Jewish Israeli who has been in ICE detention since August for protesting Israel. He now faces deportation. Then Katie talks to historian Daniel Bessner about the state of the world, the end of history and his new book "Imperialist Realism: Politics and Culture At The End The American Century." NEVER AGAIN — KATIE'S DOCUMENTARY Katie's film follows Holocaust survivors speaking out against Israel's actions in Gaza and insisting that "Never Again" must mean never again for everyone. Donate to the film through its fiscal sponsor, UnionDocs: https://donate.uniondocs.org/campaigns/never-again/ UnionDocs donations support the documentary; Patreon memberships support this show. SUPPORT THE SHOW Join Katie on Patreon for full interviews and bonus conversations: https://www.patreon.com/cw/thekatiehalpershow Watching live? Like, subscribe, share the stream, use YouTube Join or send a Super Chat. Merch: https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all ABOUT THE PAID PARTNERSHIP Chapter connects you with a licensed Medicare advisor to compare coverage where you live, using your doctors, prescriptions, and budget. Ask whether your current coverage still fits. The consultation is free, with no obligation to enroll. Call 252-648-4970 and say Katie sent you. Again: 252-648-4970. Chapter is a private insurance agency, not Medicare. It may receive commissions from insurers when people enroll through Chapter. Chapter says its advisors' pay does not depend on the plan they recommend. Chapter can search plans it does not offer; it contracts with many, but not all, insurers. Its current public disclosure says it represents 50 organizations offering 15,778 products nationwide. For information on all your options, visit Medicare.gov, call 1-800-MEDICARE, or contact your State Health Insurance Assistance Program. Yaakov Shapiro is an international speaker, author, and pulpit rabbi for over 30 years, now emeritus. After graduating high school at age 16, Rabbi Shapiro dedicated himself to full-time study of religion. At age 19 he published his first book, משפטי הבירורים, a collection of original expositions on rabbinic principles of tort adjudication. He has written several other books including, most recently, The Empty Wagon: Zionism’s Journey from Identity Crisis to Identity Theft (2018), a 1381-page treatise on the differences between Judaism and Zionism. Rabbi Shapiro is a recipient of the Community Leadership Award from Agudath Israel of America; the Keser Torah Award from Yeshiva Torah Vodaath; Harbotzas Torah award from Yeshiva Bais Yisroel; Parent of the Year Award from Bnos Yisroel; and a post-rabbinical scholarship award from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. Eric Lee is an immigration lawyer and federal litigator who served as lead counsel in Dep't of State v. Muñoz & argued the case before the U.S. Supreme Court in April 2024. He's represented numerous students & visa holders facing discipline for pro-Palestinian & socialist speech. He is the Recipient of American Immigration Lawyers Association's 2024 Jack Wasserman Award for excellence in litigation. Daniel Bessner is the Pyle Associate professor in American Foreign Policy in the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. He is the writer of the Imperialist Realism substack and the cohost of the podcast American Prestige. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

First, Human Rights Lawyer and former UN official Craig Mokhiber and Hind Rajab Foundation lawyer Jake Romm talk about how and why to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu. Then Garrison Lovely, journalist and author of Obsolete: The AI Industry’s Trillion-Dollar Race to Replace Us — and How to Stop It exposes what's really happening with AI. For the full discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow/posts/full-broadcast-170961643 Paid Partnership with Chapter • Call (252) 648-4970 or visit https://chapter.com/halper Chapter is the Medicare advisory company that makes comparing plans less overwhelming. Get free guidance based on your needs. Garrison Lovely is the author of Obsolete: The AI Industry's Trillion Dollar Race to Replace Us — and How to Stop It (Nation Books). Former Reporter in Residence at the Omidyar Network. In 2025, the Pulitzer Center named him an AI journalist worth following. Garrison's cover story in The Nation, "Confessions of a McKinsey Whistleblower," was the magazine's 4th most popular story in 2023. His Jacobin cover story, "Can Humanity Survive AI?," made rounds among staff members working for several U.S. senators and representatives. He studied Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, where he co-founded the Prison Reform and Education Project and volunteered as a teaching assistant in the Cornell Prison Education Program. **Please support The Katie Halper Show ** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Follow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalps Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthalps Follow Katie on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kthalps_ SUBSCRIBE TO MY FOREIGN LANGUAGE CHANNELS EVEN IF YOU DON'T SPEAK THEM! German — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperGerman2 French — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperFrench Spanish — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperSpanish Italian — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperItaliano Portuguese — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperPortuguese Russian — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperRussian Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Katie talks to veteran journalist Bob Scheer and USC instructor and organizer Kate Levin about academic freedom and labor. Then Moe Tkacik breaks down the Ed Sheeran Macklemore saga and exposes who Robert Kraft REALLY is. For the full discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow/posts/full-broadcast-170312351 Paid Partnership with Chapter • Call (252) 648-4970 or visit https://chapter.com/halper Chapter is the Medicare advisory company that makes comparing plans less overwhelming. Get free guidance based on your needs. Moe Tkacik is the investigations editor of the American Prospect. Earlier in her career she worked for the Wall Street Journal, co-founded the feminist site Jezebel and waited on Steve Miller and Steve Mnuchin's wife at various fine dining establishments. She lives in DC with her husband and 2 sons. Robert Scheer is the publisher of Scheer Post (https://scheerpost.com/). Scheer has written eight books, including two this decade: "The Great American Stickup: How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street while Mugging Main Street," and his newest book is "They Know Everything about You: How Data-Collecting Corporations and Snooping Government Agencies Are Destroying Democracy." He is a clinical professor of communications at the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at the University of Southern California. He has interviewed Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and others. Between 1964 and 1969 he was Vietnam correspondent, managing editor and editor in chief of Ramparts magazine. Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options. **Please support The Katie Halper Show ** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Follow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalps Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthalps Follow Katie on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kthalps_ SUBSCRIBE TO MY FOREIGN LANGUAGE CHANNELS EVEN IF YOU DON'T SPEAK THEM! German — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperGerman2 French — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperFrench Spanish — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperSpanish Italian — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperItaliano Portuguese — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperPortuguese Russian — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperRussian Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Belal Elsiesy of Palestinian Youth Movement talks to us about how and why United Airlines is secretly sending equipment and weapons to Israel on passenger flights, to be used by the IDF against Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. Then Kate Willett, a comedian and co-host of the Dystopia Now podcast, talks about what’s really happening in the AI world and what Big Tech CEOs are hiding. Finally, clinical psychologist Lara Sheehi talks about the PSYOPs which are still going on, psychic militancy, and her book "From Clinic to the Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures." For the full discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow/posts/full-broadcast-169668167 Belal Elsiesy is an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement and researcher for the People’s Embargo for Palestine campaign. Kate Willett (https://katewillett.com/) is the co-host of Dystopia Now podcast, where comedian Kate Willett and academic Emile Torres explore the philosophies and religions of Silicon Valley and tech billionaires shaping our country, our world, and our future. She is also the author of "Dirtbag Anthropology (https://www.audible.com/pd/Dirtbag-An.... Her 15 minute special premiered on Netflix’s “Comedy Lineup” in 2018 and her writing has appeared in Cosmopolitan and Elle. Lara Sheehi (pronounced Shee-high) is a President’s Fellow at UC Davis, a licensed clinical psychologist, and the host of the Psychic Militancy podcast. Lara’s work focuses on psychoanalysis, the psychic refusals central to liberation struggles and life-making in the Global South, the psychic dimensions of resistance and revolution, and critical Zionism studies. She is the author of From Clinic to the Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures and co-author with Stephen Sheehi of Psychoanalysis Under Occupation: Practicing Resistance in Palestine. Lara is a member of the founding collective for the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism (https://criticalzionismstudies.org/) and is on the advisory board for Forensic Architecture. **Please support The Katie Halper Show ** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Follow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalps Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthalps Follow Katie on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kthalps_ SUBSCRIBE TO MY FOREIGN LANGUAGE CHANNELS EVEN IF YOU DON'T SPEAK THEM! German — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperGerman2 French — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperFrench Spanish — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperSpanish Italian — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperItaliano Portuguese — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperPortuguese Russian — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperRussian Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Katie talks to Jacobin journalist Branko Marcetic about a bombshell report on Israel’s own role in October 7th, and why Establishment Democrats and the corporate media are whitewashing Iran war monger Mike Rogers, the Republicans running for senate against Abdul El Sayed; Aisha Farooqi, about her running for Congress in Michigan against Isreal Firster Jeremy Moss; and Al Jazeera’s Josh Rushing about his new documentary “Killing at Sea” on the Trump Admininstration’s murderous Operation Southern Spear. For the full discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow/posts/full-broadcast-169011149 **Please support The Katie Halper Show ** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Follow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalps Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthalps Follow Katie on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kthalps_ SUBSCRIBE TO MY FOREIGN LANGUAGE CHANNELS EVEN IF YOU DON'T SPEAK THEM! German — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperGerman2 French — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperFrench Spanish — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperSpanish Italian — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperItaliano Portuguese — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperPortuguese Russian — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperRussian Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy