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, comradeship, … Continue reading →

“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 →

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 Settlements. “Can I just ask … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 Sahour … Continue reading →

“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.org) and former … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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? Disrespectful Western meddling? … Continue reading →

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 impassioned two-part … Continue reading →