Marina the Marathon Princess has run 76 marathons, finished multiple Ironmans, and walked the entire length of Israel. Her running joke, pun intended, is that she's one of the slowest people doing some of the hardest races in the world. Marina is an activism trendsetter who printed "Stand With Israel" on a race shirt years before October 7th.

What started as a couchsurfing trip to Tel Aviv with a giant backpack turned into a years-long love affair with Israel, the Hebrew language, and the runners who cheer her on at every kilometer. Learn from Marina about what it takes to do the hardest things with the biggest smile.

Follow Marina on Instagram @marathon.princess

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What We Discuss:

00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda

02:30 From investment banking to 76+ marathons

05:15 Willpower is overrated — systems and mental tricks for endurance

09:00 The Tinder match that turned into a love for Israel

12:45 Printing a "Stand With Israel" shirt and losing followers

15:30 Why people who visit Israel walk away changed

18:00 What people misunderstand about being Jewish

21:00 Reclaiming Zionism and reframing antisemitism as conspiracy theory

24:30 On Nice Jewish Runners

26:00 Closing Remarks

Brianna Wu is the voice of reason on the left. The video game developer turned political commentator turned Democratic insider has spent her career being first to name what other people are too scared to say out loud — and she brings that same clarity to one of the most uncomfortable conversations on the American left right now.

In this episode, Brianna talks about why democrat elites privately know better, why "respectability politics" are failing Jews, and what an actually effective information war would look like.

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**What We Discuss:**

00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda

02:45 Mississippi, the Democratic Party, and the long project against Jews

08:20 The Jews who showed up when Brianna transitioned

12:10 Regrets about supercharging the progressive movement

18:30 No panacea for antisemitism (or Jew hatred)

24:15 Stop the conferences, start the information warfare

30:40 What's actually happening to the trans community right now

37:20 Why "as a Jew" isn't a credential

43:50 Brianna's question for Margarita

46:30 Closing Remarks

Shay Khatiri grew up in an Iranian Communist household where his dad handed him Das Kapital at age 12 — and somehow ended up a neoconservative Persian researcher at CAMERA, fighting media bias against Israel. Shay knows more about Jewish life than most Jews, and will absolutely turn off your lights before leaving Shabbat dinner.

Shay breaks down why Iranians were cheering on Israeli fighter jets from their rooftops, the 2,500-year friendship between Persians and Jews that started with Cyrus the Great, and what the future for Iran may entail.

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What We Discuss:

00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda

03:15 Growing up in a Communist household in Iran

08:20 How the West misunderstands a society at war

12:40 Why Iranians cheered for Israeli fighter jets

18:30 What it will actually take to topple the regime

22:15 The 2,500-year friendship between Persians and Jews

30:00 Iranians today: the most pro-Israel nation after Israel itself

34:20 How Americans can actually help the Iranian people

38:45 The "as a Jew" problem and rebellion against immigrant parents

44:10 Closing Remarks