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The “Earmarks & Skidmarks” Edition

The “Earmarks & Skidmarks” Edition

FromThe Promised Podcast


The “Earmarks & Skidmarks” Edition

FromThe Promised Podcast

ratings:
Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Nov 4, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Allison Kaplan Sommer and Noah Efron discuss three two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. Listen to the Extra-Special, Special Extra Segment on Patreon   —You Say “Corruption” Like It Was a Bad Thing!— Should coalition members get to earmark millions for their favorite causes? —Death, Taxes & Traffic— The Knesset’s new “pigovian” congestion tax will make half a million people pay handsomely every time they drive into Tel Aviv. Isn’t it time that someone made Allison pay? —A Likud So Powerful That Even It Can’t Form a Government?— For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion, we try to make sense of a new poll finding that if elections were held today, the Likud would grow stronger – to 36 seats – but that neither today’s coalition nor today’s opposition would be able to form a government. What’s it augur? All that and the enchanting sounds of Tandu*! *With eternal gratitude to Reena Berenberg!
Released:
Nov 4, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

An inside view of how Israel can warm your heart and make your blood boil. It’s a show by a journalist, a professor and an NGO professional who live in and love Israel even though it drives them crazy, and who each week discuss the latest in Israeli politics, culture, and society.