25th Hour! It’s a Spike Lee joint. And we (Humble Mumbles & Never Forget Radio) once loved it. It’s the breathless epic/gritty tale/classic caper/New York torque of One Man’s Last Day of Freedom with all its existential reckoning, love, comrade

34. Penina on Souli : a joint Jewish-American / Palestinian book project

Nov 27th, 2018

“When I first met him, it was at my mom’s house in Minnesota… My mom is a rabbi.. He was giving a talk about his story and she loved him–as many middle-aged Jewish women do–he’s an incredibly charming person; that’s … Continue reading →

33. Walking with Maya through an Israeli settlement in the West Bank

Jul 2nd, 2018

In episode 3 of the ‘Foreigners in Palestine’ series, our rubbernecking wide-eyed war reporter travels to Hebron, where she meets the luminously seen-it-all Maya, a 19-year-old Danish woman working with the Palestinian group Youth Against Settl

32. Poppy and Lola in Nablus and Ramallah

Jun 29th, 2018

It’s a classic story. A sultry summer’s night: Two suave British students of Arabic and one flustered American activist talk about being Western women in Palestine. Rebecca: “So what’s it like traveling in the West Bank ?” Lola: “Sometimes it’s

31. Two Americans and a Frenchwoman in Palestine

Jun 27th, 2018

Welcome to the dubious ‘Foreigners in Palestine’ series! In this episode, we speak with three young people from The West: Alice, a French artist in Bethlehem, Lily, an American archaeologist in Jerusalem & Rebecca, an American layabout in Beit

30. Eitan Bronstein in Ramat Aviv

May 16th, 2018

“You know, me being Israeli, my very, very identity as Israeli, one of the most important components of being Israeli is being an occupier here” In this episode we speak with Eitan Bronstein Aparicio, co-creator of Decolonizer (www.de-colonizer

29. Bad Activist, Part II : Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2017

Nov 27th, 2017

Welcome to the (second part of the) second version of Bad Activist: Sex Politics, Palestine and YOU… or maybe version 2.5. A play, by Humble Mumbles Narrator: Who is this girl? [enter Bad Activist] I met her in Palestine but … Continue reading

28. Bad Activist, Part I : Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2017

Nov 27th, 2017

Welcome to the (first part of the) second version of Bad Activist: Sex Politics, Palestine and YOU… or maybe version 2.5. A play, by Humble Mumbles Narrator: Who is this girl? [enter Bad Activist] I met her in Palestine but … Continue reading →

27. Wisam Salsaa of Banksy’s Walled-Off Hotel

Nov 21st, 2017

In this episode our Humble Mumbles representative speaks with Wisam Salsaa, owner and manager of The Walled-Off Hotel (a play on Waldorf Hotel), the creation of renowned political art cipher Banksy. Is this hotel effective political satire? Dis

26. “The Occupation is a Manifestation of the Problem” : An Interview with Jonathan Cook, Part II

May 14th, 2017

Part II (Part I here : bit.ly/2ptW4gs) Are you looking for a gloriously compelling, coherent and comprehensive introduction to 20th century Palestine/Israel in the context of 19th century Europe and 21st century America? This is the clear and i

25. “A white privileged British person living in a racist Jewish state” : An Interview with Jonathan Cook, Part I

May 14th, 2017

Part I(Part II here : bit.ly/2qBoV2w) Are you looking for a gloriously compelling, coherent and comprehensive introduction to 20th century Palestine/Israel in the context of 19th century Europe and 21st century America? This is the clear and

24. How to Get From Bethlehem to Jerusalem to Ramallah to Hebron

Mar 11th, 2017

This episode is the combination of a virtual American travel tour of the West Bank, an actual travel tour of the West Bank, a bizarre experimental art splat and a few variations on that splat. Thanks so much to the Palestinians and Americans (

23. “Palestine is Not My Talent”: An Interview with Tamer Nafar of DAM

Feb 25th, 2017

“In the second verse I quote Mahmoud Darwish… Mahmoud Darwish says ‘we will only be free and independent when a male poet can describe a naked dancing girl.’ That’s what he says. But I think that we should take it further: we will become free o

1. A New Introduction : I think I may have misquoted Edward Said

Sep 19th, 2016

A new introduction to an old pod We’re still a queer/feminist/lay psych/overeager wonderment podcast, but now these helpful philosophical frames alight primarily on Palestine Many things have changed since the dawn of Humble Mumbles but our r

21. Oppression ! an imagined conversation / LIVE at the Philadelphia Podcast Festival

Sep 2nd, 2016

Oppression!It looks different in different places but affects people similarly based on various infrastructural factors! Which factors? This episode seeks to uncover the mystery/just kinda says it all very obviouslyThis episode features Briti

20. Mary in Ramallah : Part II

Apr 9th, 2016

Part IIYou met her previously in the American Anti-Zionism episode–now! Hear Mary (and Humble Mumbles) on the veranda of her apartment in Ramallah in August 2015. Mary is so cool–here she gives her thoughts on Palestinians and Jews pre-1948,

19. Mary in Ramallah : Part I

Apr 9th, 2016

Part IYou met her previously in the American Anti-Zionism episode–now! Hear Mary (and Humble Mumbles) on the veranda of her apartment in Ramallah in August 2015. Mary is so cool–here she gives her thoughts on Palestinians and Jews pre-1948, h

18. Resistance in Occupied France and Palestine : The Sorrow and the Pity, Part 2 (with Never Forget Radio)

Mar 12th, 2016

Part 2Can Marcel Ophuls’ 1969 documentary “The Sorrow and the Pity” about the French resistance in Occupied France (1940-1944) help us understand the occupation of Palestine (1967-present)? Sibling pods Humble Mumbles and Never Forget Radio i

17. Resistance in Occupied France and Palestine : The Sorrow and the Pity, Part 1 (with Never Forget Radio)

Mar 12th, 2016

Part 1Can Marcel Ophuls’ 1969 documentary “The Sorrow and the Pity” about the French resistance in Occupied France (1940-1944) help us understand the occupation of Palestine (1967-present)? Sibling pods Humble Mumbles and Never Forget Radio i

16. Unwinnable Masculinity for Everyone, a short pollyannaish play about power

Feb 10th, 2016

Mumbles LIVE ! On Feb 6, 2016 three Philadelphians enacted the following play-of-a-podcast at The A-Space for the gallery opening of Incite/Excite. The play proceeds as follows: Prologue : the ostensible hero returns!Act I : a sex/desire/ba

15. Bad Activist; Sex Politics; Palestine and YOU : LIVE at NIGHT KITCHEN

Dec 10th, 2015

Sex! Palestine! America! Responsibility? This meta-meta-meta episode features the words of Edward Said, the emotion of guilt, the sensation of lust, amends?, and the wildest sex muse romance mirror of an American Jew I ever met this summer in

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