About this episode

The episode discusses various topics including Zionism, cultural practices, and media narratives surrounding antisemitism and global events.

Participants: John Steppling, Brecht Jonkers, Hiroyuki Hamada, and Dennis Riches. Topics covered: Zionist sadism, how Israel is worse than apartheid, questionable calls by referees in the 2026 World Cup, Israel calls out antisemitism everywhere but Ukraine—not a word about its glorification of Nazi collaborators, earthquakes on the same day in Venezuela and Japan, the media’s go-to explanation of crimes is antisemitism, was the Iran peace deal designed to moderate both Iran and Zionism? the decline of film criticism, the loss of cultural practices and education, Soviet and Chinese film archives on YouTube, Music track: “It Had to Be You” by Marion Harris (public domain).

More episodes of Aesthetic Resistance Podcast

• PODCAST 217 · July 12, 2026 · 1h 44m
• PODCAST 216 · July 4, 2026 · 1h 26m
• PODCAST 214 · June 20, 2026 · 1h 28m
• A Conversation on Theatre with John Steppling & Guy Zimmerman (Part Five)(Lecture 13) · June 18, 2026 · 1h 11m
• PODCAST 213 · June 13, 2026 · 1h 16m

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Aesthetic Resistance Podcast podcast page.