Matti Friedman on Leonard Cohen and the Yom Kippur War

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🗓️ 6 June 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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In October 1973, an unhappy Leonard Cohen was listening to the radio on his Greek island home when he heard that Israel was at war. He headed to Tel Aviv, exchanging a personal and creative crisis for a national one. Absent a plan and even a guitar, Cohen wound up serenading Israeli soldiers at the front. Journalist Matti Friedman talks about his book Who by Fire with EconTalk host Russ Roberts and explains how a songwriter and a nation were transformed in the crucible of war.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, Conversations for the Curious, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.
0:07.8	I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford University's Hoover
0:12.7	Institution.
0:13.7	Go to econtalk.org where you can subscribe, comment on this episode and find links down
0:18.6	the information related to today's conversation.
0:21.4	You'll also find our archives, with every episode we've done going back to 2006.
0:26.8	Our email address is mail at econtalk.org.
0:30.3	We'd love to hear from you.
0:37.8	Today is May 4, 2022.
0:39.7	I'm, I guess, his journalist and author, Mati Friedman.
0:43.2	His latest book, which is our subject for today, is Who By Fire?
0:48.4	Leonard Cohen in the Sinai.
0:50.3	I want to let listeners know that today's conversation may contain adult themes.
0:55.3	Thank you.
0:56.3	Welcome to econtalk.
0:57.3	Thanks so much for having me.
0:59.5	This is an amazing book.
1:00.9	It's a small masterpiece.
1:02.6	It's not very long.
1:03.6	It's under 200 pages.
1:05.7	It's about Leonard Cohen.
1:07.2	It's about Israel.
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