October 7th, One Year Later
Slate News
Slate Podcasts
4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
A year after the initial Hamas attack on Israel, tens of thousands are dead, bombs are still falling, a regional war is expanding, and there’s no end in sight. Two writers reflect on the destruction, loss, and death.
Guests: Peter Beinart is the Editor-at-Large at Jewish Currents and the author of “The Beinart Notebook” on Substack.
Mohammed R. Mhawish is Palestinian journalist who was evacuated from Rafah to Egypt in May.
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Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Slate Listeners, Mary Harris here host of What Next? |
| 0:03.4 | I've got some exciting news to share. |
| 0:05.6 | On Wednesday, October 16th, Slate is hosting a special election themed event |
| 0:10.3 | at the Bell House in Brooklyn. |
| 0:12.1 | We're calling it October surprise. |
| 0:14.0 | Ha ha! What next is going to be doing an exclusive live taping? |
| 0:18.0 | The night is also going to feature a fun game of political trivia and a live |
| 0:22.1 | taping of Slateates award-winning |
| 0:23.4 | podcast, Slowburn, with never before heard stories from the latest season, |
| 0:27.9 | the rise of Fox News. You are not going to want to miss this night of |
| 0:31.3 | politics and partying as we count down to election night. |
| 0:34.4 | I hope to see you there. The way to join is to go get tickets at slate.com |
| 0:38.3 | slash October surprise. It's a strange thing to think about marking the anniversary of October 7th. |
| 0:53.0 | In the years since Hamas invaded Israel, |
| 0:55.0 | killing more than 1,200 people, |
| 0:57.0 | it's undeniable that the world's changed. |
| 1:00.0 | We just don't know how yet. |
| 1:02.0 | Not really. I remember after 9-11, whenever I'd meet another New Yorker, |
| 1:10.0 | one of the first questions I'd ask was, where were you back when the towers fell? |
| 1:15.0 | It was just part of the routine, name, job, 9-11. |
| 1:20.0 | Everyone had a story, of course. |
| 1:23.0 | But I think there was more to my question than that. |
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