Don't Know Much About with Naya Lekht
Don't Know Much About is a show devoted to unpacking contentious topics--to clarify the complex and empower people to understand historical and political events.
Podcasting since 2025 • 33 episodes
Don't Know Much About with Naya Lekht
Latest Episodes
From Law to Culture: Where the Real Battle Is Being Fought
On this episode of Don’t Know Much About, Dr. Naya Lekht shifts the conversation from law to culture, arguing that while legal frameworks may lag behind, culture is where meaning is made, narratives are shaped, and ultimately, where battle...
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'You Started With a Tough Case:" Jews and Anti-Discrimination Law with Rona Kaufman
On this episode of Don't Know Much About, Dr. Naya Lekht sits down with Professor Rona Kaufman, co-founder of the Center for Jewish Legal Studies.Naya opens with a case study: a campus speaker who deploys libels against Israel. ...
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Propaganda in the USSR, Virtue in the USA: Antizionism
On this episode of Don’t Know Much About, Dr. Naya Lekht examines a troubling paradox: why is antizionism in the West more dangerous than in the Soviet Union, the regime that invented it? Beginning with a personal observation from her ...
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25 Years of Campus Antizionism: An Investigative Report
On this episode of Don’t Know Much About, Dr. Naya Lekht traces how antizionism took root on American campuses, beginning with student activism in the early 2000s and becoming institutionalized through recurring campaigns such as Israe...
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Cold War Ghosts: The American Afterlife of Soviet Antizionism with Shaul Kelner
Antizionism has been described as a hate movement, as a form of anti-Jewish bigotry, and, as I argue, the third era of Jew-hatred. But it can also be understood as one of the most powerful social movements of our time. Powerful not only in its ...
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