Israeli Life Will Never Be the Same
Slate News
Slate Podcasts
4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
A month after the October 7 attack by Hamas, how do Israelis view what happened, their country, neighbors, and the future?
Guest: Iris Zaki, Israeli filmmaker whose latest, ‘I Don’t Have That Empathy. It’s Not in Me Anymore.’ What Israeli Survivors Believe Now, was featured in the New York Times.
If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Do you hear that? It might sound like nothing to you, but it's actually the sound of nuclear, wind and solar energy. |
| 0:11.0 | At EDF, we're busy generating more British |
| 0:14.2 | zero carbon electricity than anyone to help keep future energy |
| 0:17.7 | cost down for everyone and help cut UK carbon emissions to nothing. |
| 0:21.8 | Sound good to you? Find out more about our |
| 0:24.9 | zero carbon generation at EDF Energy.com slash Help in Britain. |
| 0:28.8 | Just a heads up, there is a bit of strong language in this episode. |
| 0:37.0 | Iris, how are you doing? |
| 0:43.0 | You know, I want to say that, I don't know even what to answer to this question because things are very bad at the moment. |
| 0:59.0 | Iris Zaki is an Israeli filmmaker. I called her up to talk about a documentary |
| 1:06.3 | she just released with survivors of last month's Hamas attacks. But very |
| 1:11.8 | quickly our conversation became about Iris's own feelings. |
| 1:18.0 | You're in Tel Aviv now? |
| 1:19.0 | I'm in Tel Aviv. We have rocket sirens almost every day. There are drones above our heads and you know |
| 1:28.2 | helicopters. So everything is both crazy and kind of like a routine of this craziness. |
| 1:37.0 | But I'm very worried and very sad. |
| 1:43.0 | For a decade now, Iris has made these beautiful little films about Israeli life. |
| 1:49.0 | In one, she worked at an Arab hair salon in her mixed hometown, and she talked politics with her clients. |
| 1:56.4 | In another, she sought out very conservative Israelis, people she totally disagreed with, and tried to convince them to have coffee with her. |
| 2:04.8 | Her latest film is more straightforward, more gutting. |
| 2:09.4 | She goes to a Tel Aviv hotel that's full of survivors of the October 7th attacks, most from a single |
| 2:17.6 | cabots just beyond the Gaza fence. She speaks to them about how and if they're beginning to pick up the pieces. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Slate Podcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Slate Podcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

