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Being Jewish with Jonah Platt

Jonah Platt

Jewish Heritage, Being Jewish, Cultural Exploration, Diversity Of Judaism, Jewish Athletes, Personal Journeys, Religion & Spirituality, Faith And Spirituality, Judaism, Jewish Experience, Jonah Platt, Jewish Identity, Jewish Culture, Non-jewish Allies, Celebrity Interviews, Faith Conversations, Society & Culture, Jewish Food And Politics, Art And Judaism Sports

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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News anchor Dana Bash is the face of CNN’s biggest political nights, a trusted voice in American journalism—and deeply, proudly Jewish. In this powerful episode of Being Jewish with Jonah Platt, Jonah and Dana sit down for an unfiltered conversation about media, politics, identity, and what it means to show up as a Jew.

Dana shares the harrowing true story of her grandparents' survival during the Holocaust, revealing the deep personal history that shapes her today. She also opens up about what it was like reporting live on October 7th, 2023, and how the weight of the moment impacted her both professionally and personally.

Dana dishes on the infamous 2024 presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden that changed the course of American history, and offers her assessment of today’s Democrat and Republican parties. Plus, Dana offers a candid look at how Fox News changed the public’s trust in the media, reshaping the landscape of broadcast journalism, and shares the inspiring story of how she got her start at CNN — from the tape library to one of the most trusted faces in news today.

If you're interested in Jewish identity, Holocaust stories, journalism, media trust, or behind-the-scenes moments at CNN, this episode is a must-listen!

Watch this episode on YouTube @BeingJewishPodcast on YouTube! https://youtu.be/Fo5fFkBni-s

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Host & Production Team

Host: Jonah Platt; Produced by Rainbow Creative (Executive Producer: Matthew Jones; Story Producer: Sean Leviashvili; Editor: Mike O' Brien); Consulting Producer: Bethany Mandel; Research Associate: Samantha Greenwald; Executive Assistant: Josie Rothschild; Creative Associate: Rachel Stern; Social Media Manager: Yuval Yosha; Graphic Designer Noah Bell

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0:00.0	Shalom, Kavarim, Banot, and welcome to another very special episode of the world's number one Jewish podcast.
0:08.1	I have to ask for a small favor.
0:10.4	As an independent show, we don't have a massive marketing machine behind us.
0:14.6	Our growth is purely organic, fueled by dedicated viewers and listeners like you.
0:19.5	So if you would be so kind, please take 30 seconds,
0:24.0	head over to Apple Podcasts and Spotify, find this show, and leave me a five-star rating and a short
0:30.0	written review. I love seeing all of your thoughtful and generous feedback. Some of it has even
0:35.0	made it onto the show and may again. And as of this recording,
0:38.7	we are just eight ratings away from hitting 500 on Apple. Crossing that threshold would be a huge
0:44.3	milestone for us. It's a small mitzvah on your part, but it really is the fuel that allows us to
0:50.0	keep these amazing conversations going. So thank you in advance.
0:57.4	Unless you don't leave a rating, in which case you're a butthead.
1:00.6	A couple of weeks ago, something happened to me.
1:02.9	Maybe you read about it, maybe you didn't.
1:04.1	I'm not going to get into it.
1:09.6	But what I will get into is how that experience granted me the opportunity to analyze literally thousands of hateful messages and try to
1:13.1	draw some conclusions from them. With this mountain of data, I was able to distinguish certain
1:18.0	unique patterns in behavioral norms online, the sociology of a certain kind of social media
1:23.2	user, and most interestingly to me, the root of some of the most common anti-Jewish racism
1:28.9	being spewed on our screens. Now, some of the hate I got was your tired run-of-the-mill
1:34.1	racism. The K-word, what size oven fits your head, which was a weird way to phrase that.
1:40.7	You people are an effing cancer on Earth, et cetera, et cetera. Not so interesting. Also got a lot of
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