#212 - Fact Checker By Day, Comedian By Night (Yoav Rabinovitz)

Two Nice Jewish Boys

Eytan and Naor

Society & Culture

1.7 • 804 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Humanity, in general, can be divided into two main groups: those who watch the news, and those who live a happy and prosperous life. But if you’re a sucker for news and politics like us, you’re doomed to cope with an endless stream of spins, fake news and manipulations, that it’s hard to sometimes really know what the hell’s going on. Fortunately there are good people who take upon them the burdensome job of fact-checking, sifting through dusty archives, watching hours upon hours of materials, in the quest for a slippery thing called The Truth. Yoav Rabinovitz, our guest today, is one of those people. By day, he’s the chief-editor of the super influential TV show “The Other Side with Guy Zohar”, which deconstructs news items and political speeches, and confronts them with the facts. And by night, Yoav takes off his suit and becomes a stand-up comedian, the wittiest tweeter in the Middle East, and a guy that can dance as if he’s the love child of Michael Jackson and Mick Jagger. 2NJB is happy to have Yoav Rabinovitz to talk about these turbulent times in Israeli politics, the justice system, and above all - why he thinks Aroma, the Israeli coffee chain, is the best place in the world. Exclusive subscription offer for podcast listeners: Get 6 months of The Forward for only $10 — that’s 67% off: forward.com/2njb

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0:00.0	That's the weirdest part. I need to, you talk about me and I simply need to sit here.
0:05.2	Yeah. Ready for it? That's like when your parents come to school. Okay. I'm going to look at the camera while you do it.
0:10.5	He has so much potential, but he's just not living up to it. That's what they always say.
0:16.5	No potential. That's what they say. Yeah, go for it. This is Aiton Weinstein.
0:22.2	And I'm Naor Meninger,
0:25.2	and you're listening to Two Nice Jewish Boys.
0:34.0	This podcast is sponsored by The Forward.
0:38.7	Stay up to date with unlimited access to news, culture, and opinion all through a Jewish lens. And for our listeners, for 2NJB listeners, get six months of the Forward for
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0:57.7	Also in collaboration with Arutzheva, IsraelNationalNews.com.
1:02.2	And last but not least, in collaboration with Australian Jewish News, check them out at
1:08.1	a.j.n.d.timesof Israel.com.
1:20.3	Humanity in general can be divided into two main groups, those who watch the news, and those who live
1:26.2	a happy and prosperous life. But if you're
1:28.7	a sucker for news and politics like us, you're doomed to cope with an endless stream of spins,
1:34.2	fake news, and manipulations that it's hard to sometimes really know what the hell's going on.
1:40.2	Fortunately, there are good people in this world who take upon themselves the burdensome job of fact-checking, sifting through dusty archives, watching hours upon hours of materials in the quest for a slippery thing called the truth.
1:55.7	Yoav Rabinovich, our guest today, is one of those people.
1:59.7	Wow.
2:00.1	By day, he's the chief editor of the super influential TV show The Other Side with Guy Zohal,
2:06.2	which deconstructs news items and political speeches and confronts them with the facts.
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