What Next | Why Antisemitism Is Everywhere

About this episode

The episode discusses the resurgence of antisemitism and its manifestation on social media.

It’s not that antisemitism ever went away, but it’s still jarring to watch people spread its oldest and most vile tropes on social media in a way that would’ve been unthinkable ten years ago. Guest: Isaac Saul, politics reporter in Bucks County, Penn., author of the Tangle newsletter Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Isaac Saul

Topics covered

• antisemitism
• social media
• politics

Keywords

• tropes
• Bucks County
• Tangle newsletter

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Places: Bucks County, Penn.

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