From the Yarra River to the Mediterranean Sea
This podcast seeks to be a conversation starter for those who seek to break beyond the binaries and labels of pro-Israel and pro-Palestine, exploring what it means to be pro-peace. Ultimately, it seeks to comfort the troubled and trouble the comfortable.
Season 1 of From the Yarra was hosted by Hannah Baker and Ittay Flescher, a conversation between two Jews in Melbourne and Jerusalem about war and peace. It was recorded between December 2023 - October 2024.
Season 2 of 'From the Yarra' is coming soon, featuring exclusive conversations with Ittay Flescher about his new book, 'The Holy and the Broken.'
From the Yarra River to the Mediterranean Sea
Episode 8: Strong Opinions, Weakly Held with Elica Le Bon
It’s the episode we know many of you have been waiting for.
Welcome to episode 8 of From the Yarra River to the Mediterranean Sea: “Strong Opinions, Weakly Held with Elica Le Bon”.
Elica is an Iranian attorney, activist and artist who is currently living in LA. She has over 150,000 followers on Instagram which is where we discovered her in the weeks following October 7 sharing content from “both sides”.
In this conversation, we explore Elica’s experience of looking through the current war through the eyes of an Iranian who wants justice, freedom and equality for all. We also discuss identity politics, the Truth vs Harmony spectrum and social media activism.
We want to acknowledge that Hannah recorded this podcast episode on unceded Wurundjeri land and we pay our deepest respect to elders, past and present.
RESOURCES:
Dr Emily - Truth Vs Harmony on the Imperfects podcast
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7iXjJ8EO9jsDk17biWHV5m?si=-Xrg9Vp7QKGYx79ip33oKg
Questions and feedback are welcome via email to fromtheyarra@gmail.com or on Instragram @fromtheyarra
Elica can be found on Instagram @elicalebon