The War We Never Wanted (with Elisa Albert)

Prevail with Greg Olear

Greg Olear & MSW Media

Politics, News, News Commentary

5.0 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In October, the novelist Elisa Albert went with her mother on a trip to Israel, to attend the installation of the Codex Sassoon, the oldest known copy of the Hebrew Bible, at the ANU Museum of the Jewish People. She was anticipating a fun, festive vacation. Hamas had other plans. Greg Olear talks to her about her experience being in Israel on the night of the October 7 terrorist attacks, the subsequent Hamas War, the intricacies of the situation, and the response in the United States. Plus: a new app.

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0:00.0	M.SW Media
0:04.0	Preveal, this is a week's program about politics.
0:10.0	History, the Security National.
0:13.0	Crimin organized, money, soo,
0:15.0	global group, and to be a
0:18.0	for democracy.
0:20.0	And now.
0:21.6	And now?
0:23.6	And now?
0:24.2	With you, your opinion,
0:26.2	Regonard.
0:27.8	Regon.
0:28.3	Regon.
0:28.3	Regon.
0:28.4	Thank you. Welcome to the fight.
0:39.9	This time I know our side will win.
0:43.1	I'm Greg Oliar. This is Prevail. Welcome to the program. We've got a great show.
0:49.6	Alisa Albert is here. Elisa is a novelist, a writer of short stories and essays and has taught
0:58.4	creative writing at the College of St. Rose and at Columbia. She's a very accomplished novelist.
1:05.4	Her most recent novel, Human Blues, was named by Publishers Weekly, one of the top 10 works of fiction published in
1:13.0	2022.
1:15.0	Yeah, you know, she's good.
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