Hour 3 - Rachel Goldberg-Polin

Mary Katharine Ham and Karol Markowicz are back with Normalish takes on crime, free speech, politics, pop culture — and why sometimes the secret to a happy marriage is simply being nice about the new bowls. First, they examine a series of criminal justice controversies, including ...  Show more

Karol Markowicz sits down with Wall Street Journal editorial board member Elliot Kaufman to discuss his new book, In the War Room: The Inside Story of Israel’s Fight Against Hamas and the Iranian Axis, co-authored with Jerusalem Post senior military analyst Yonah Jeremy Bob. The ...  Show more

Warning: This episode contains strong language and descriptions of violence.

When Hamas attacked Israel, they took two hundred hostages back with them into the Gaza Strip, including grandparents and children as young as nine months old. It was one of the largest m ...

On this week’s “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley are honored to welcome Rachel Goldberg, the mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, one of the hostages taken into Gaza following Hamas’s massacre at the Nova music festival in Southern Israel on Oct. 7. In the weeks since Hersh and 240 other h ...  Show more

This weekend will mark three months since Hamas attacked Israel. A painful ordeal continues for the families of more than 130 people still thought to be held hostage in Gaza. Prospects of another deal between Israel and Hamas to pause fighting are uncertain, despite a temporary t ...  Show more

Dr. Ayelet Levy Shachar’s daughter Naama is still held by hostage by Hamas. Her violent capture on October 7th was caught on camera by the attackers and released publicly. Dr. Levy Shachar describes the footage as beyond upsetting but says it’s critically important to see. She sp ...  Show more