Bonus: The Queen Rania Tree, Revisited
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Israel Story
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
As a special Hanukkah treat, and just before we enter the final stretch of the season, we travel back in time to revisit - and update - one of our all-time favorite episodes, “The Queen Rania Tree.”
The original story was reported, produced and scored by Shoshi Shmuluvitz, with music from Podington Bear. The update was produced by Skyler Inman, Yoshi Fields and Marie Röder. The end song, “Seen,” is by Tzachi Halevi and Lucy Aharish. It was written and composed by Diane Warren and produced by Tal Forer.
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| 0:00.0 | May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get |
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| 0:16.5 | Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. You're listening to this podcast, so I know you care about the war in Israel right now. |
| 0:30.0 | And you've been reading the headlines, Massacre and Gaza, genocide perpetrated by Hamas, no by Israel. |
| 0:38.0 | But if you've been listening to this podcast long enough, you know one thing. This stuff seems complicated and honestly |
| 0:46.1 | you shouldn't just pick aside or decide your opinion without really learning, |
| 0:50.3 | without really knowing what you're talking about. |
| 0:54.0 | And that's where this podcast comes in. |
| 0:57.0 | Check out unpacking Israeli history. |
| 1:00.0 | They have episodes with topics ranging from what is Hamas anyway to whether Israel should ransom |
| 1:06.5 | captured soldiers and the history of Israel and its disengagement from Gaza in 2005. Unpacking Israeli history cuts through the noise |
| 1:16.9 | and helps you understand Israel's present through understanding Israel's |
| 1:20.5 | history. So educate yourself. Learn the history behind the headlines. |
| 1:27.0 | Find unpacking Israeli history wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:40.0 | Hey guys, it's me she. We'll be back soon with another new Israel's story episode, but in the meantime we wanted to share |
| 1:46.6 | an update one of our all-time favorite stories, the Queen Ragnetri. Back in the early months of the pandemic, we ran a series of live update interviews with some |
| 1:59.9 | of the most memorable people who've appeared on the show over the years. |
| 2:04.6 | These events took place on our members only Facebook community, which if you haven't |
| 2:09.5 | yet done so, I really hope you'll join. In any event many many Israel Story fans tuned into these live interviews and got to ask their questions directly. |
| 2:20.0 | But since we are a podcast after all, we also wanted to share some highlights of these updates with all of you, our listeners. |
| 2:28.0 | So today we're going to play the original story, followed by an edited and shortened version of the update event we held. |
| 2:35.6 | If you've never heard this story or haven't heard it in years, we hope you listen and enjoy. |
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