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Nim Shapira: Torn Between Empathy and Erasure

The Gist

Mike Pesca

News, Politics, Arts, Daily News

4.43.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Filmmaker Nim Shapira discusses Torn, his documentary on the hostage posters put up—and torn down—across New York after October 7th. He reflects on free speech, empathy, and why erasing someone else’s pain won’t shorten a war. Also: a protest in Nepal over a social media ban topples the prime minister. Plus: Israel’s strikes on Hamas leaders in Qatar, where trust craters—and Israel puts its trust in craters.

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1:06.7

2025 from Peachfish Productions. It's the gist. I'm Mike Peska. A protest in Nepal over the ban

1:13.4

of social media has resulted in the resignation of the Nepalese prime minister, but not before

1:18.4

police opened fire on protesters, killing 19. At issue, well, you hate to think of these protesters

1:25.9

in Nepal dying in the name of social media as we in the West experience it.

1:31.4

To have given your life, they died attempting to discern which of the nine squares was a crosswalk or a motorcycle.

1:38.3

But that is not exactly what's going on.

1:41.1

The economy is terrible in Nepal.

1:42.7

There is little opportunity for most

1:44.1

young people while the children of the wealthy lead somewhat luxurious lifestyles. And social media

1:50.1

to the Nepalese is simply the means of delivery for almost all information. The protest is a bit

1:55.7

odd in that what Nepal's government is doing with social media, forcing websites to register

2:01.9

with the government, is exactly what other governments seen as even more progressive than

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