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Unorthodox Presents: Israel Story: King of the Hill

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Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2018

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

We're bringing you a special treat in our feed, a taste of our sister podcast, Israel Story.  First, we talk to the creator of Israel Story, and then we share one of our favorite episodes, King of the Hill. From the top of Tell El-Ful, an abandoned hilltop in East Jerusalem, you can see all the way from Amman to Tel Aviv, from Jerusalem to Ramallah. And you can also travel back and forth in time, moving between the biblical King Saul and the bearded King Hussein. Along the way, we'll hear tales of brutalized concubines, murderous tribesmen, biblical archeology, royal families and devastating wars. We're pretty sure that once you're done, you'll want to subscribe to their show as well.  Buy an Unorthodox shirt! Click here and use the coupon code UnorthodoxLaunch2018. Our next live show is Wednesday, March 21 at the JCC Manhattan. Buy tickets here. Want more Unorthodox in your life? Join our Facebook group to chat with the hosts and see what happens behind-the-scenes! Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. We love hearing from our listeners! Email us or leave a message at our listener line: 914-570-4869. We may share your note on the air.

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0:00.0

Hey J crew, it's Josh, a producer here at Unorthodox.

0:03.4

This is a special item in our feed.

0:05.2

Today we're bringing you an episode of Israel Story, our sister podcast a tablet.

0:09.0

We'll start with a brief conversation with Meishi Harmon, creator of Israel Israel story and then we'll jump right

0:13.2

into the episode called King of the Hill. This is actually one of my favorite

0:16.4

episodes they've done and it tells some incredible stories about a place in

0:19.2

Jerusalem even most locals didn't know about. Oh and, uh, sedity warning. Sometimes some people might say some dirty words. Okay, state your name for the record.

0:36.2

Hello, I am Nishi Harmon.

0:37.9

I'm the host of Israel Story.

0:39.6

I say that other than being the host of a show we all love dearly you also have the best hair in radio

0:46.4

I think it's like Howard Stern then you and this is a painful thing for me to listen to because I often am teased for having some of the finest hair in American podcast.

0:56.0

But you don't have his volume.

0:58.0

But I don't have your volume. No. Yeah. Do you use product, Mishi?

1:01.0

I do not use products. in fact devote almost zero time to my

1:07.0

hair but I am willing to give up all my secrets.

1:12.8

Maybe he's born that way, maybe it's Israel's story.

1:15.2

So Meishi, tell us a little bit about yourself,

1:16.9

and can you give a quick intro to Israel's story

1:19.6

to our listeners who tragically might not already listen to it.

1:22.6

So basically the way we always used to introduce Israel's story early on was to say that

1:27.1

Israel's story is the Israeli, this American life, and I think Ira also said that at some point.

1:33.2

And you got the official Ira glass approval of use of that statement.

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