Trump’s Anti-antisemitism Crusade (Robert Wright & Ron Kampeas)

Robert Wright's Nonzero

Nonzero

News & Politics, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.7 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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0:28 Ron violates retirement dress code 2:25 Trump’s “antisemitism crackdown" 14:28 Is the Israel lobby bad for American Jews? 21:53 The disturbing Tufts detention case 28:59 Why don’t more progressive Jews call out the Israel lobby? 34:24 How bad journalism makes antisemitism worse 45:53 Heading to Overtime

Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Ron Kampeas (https://ronkampeas.substack.com, Jewish Telegraphic Agency). Recorded April 17, 2025.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Robert Wright's Non-Zero Podcast.
0:29.3	Hi, Ron.
0:31.0	Hey, Bob.
0:32.2	How you doing?
0:33.6	Good.
0:33.8	How are you?
0:35.5	I am not complaining.
0:38.2	Let me introduce this.
0:39.7	I'm Robert Wright, editor-in-chief of the Non-Zero Newsletter, to which everyone should subscribe.
0:45.8	This is a non-Zero podcast, to which everyone should subscribe.
0:50.3	And you are on Campius, a repeat visitor to this venue, long-time journalist.
0:58.9	You were with the Associated Press for a long time in bureaus like New York, Jerusalem, London.
1:08.3	And you've also reported from Afghanistan, Bosnia, West Africa.
1:12.9	And you've worked for the Jerusalem Post.
1:15.8	Most recently, you were Washington Bureau Chief at JTA, which originally said for Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
1:24.6	Although these days, I think they use a different technology to disseminate their content.
1:32.3	But anyway, now, as a few months ago, you are retired.
1:36.2	Yeah.
1:36.5	I am.
1:37.9	You're still dressing as if you weren't retired.
1:40.5	Like, are you having trouble with the transition?
1:42.2	You've got lapels.
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