Haifa
third-largest city in Israel
Episodes
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#5619: Why Does Israel Need Six Submarines?Israel's newest submarine, the Drakon, just arrived in Haifa. What does a six-boat fleet actually buy a country the size of New Jersey? -
#5199: Shell Companies Over Shell CompaniesWhy covert networks stack shell companies in layers — and why the structure itself is the weapon. -
#5190: How Iranian Rugs Reach Israeli ShelvesTunisian olive oil with French labels, Iranian rugs in Jerusalem shops — how goods actually move around sanctions and enemy-state bans. -
#5512: The Passenger Seat Never Got an Instrument PanelDedicated front-passenger screens exist across luxury cars — but they're built for TikTok, not for the co-pilot job. Here's why. -
#5499: Jerusalem's Russian Compound: 17 Acres, Three ChurchesA 68-dunam walled district in central Jerusalem has been a pilgrimage campus, a prison, and a city hall. Here's how it became Russian. -
#5451: Who Captures the Savings: Zoning Windfalls vs. Import MarginsA zoning windfall gets audited. A tariff cut doesn't. Why two public decisions that create private value are treated so differently. -
#5445: Israel's Periphery: Why It's Not About DistanceWhat "peripheria" really means in Israel — and why a $10B Intel fab sits in a town that still tops unemployment. -
#5396: Teaching a Small Model to Stop Spelling Out NumbersYour ASR pipeline is fine until someone dictates "three point two" and gets "three point two" spelled out. Here's how inverse text normalization ac... -
#5394: Why Waze Sends You Into a Jerusalem AlleyA listener's complaint about Waze turns into a tour of how routing apps actually work — graphs, shortcuts, and a map that's always slightly wrong. -
#5373: Why the Same Face Cream Costs 2.5x More in IsraelSame La Roche-Posay cream: $17 on Amazon, 160 shekels in Jerusalem. Here's where the markup actually happens. -
#5287: Does an Engraver's Practice Material Kit Exist?Hand engravers have practice plates. Designers have plastic sample sets. Nobody's combined them — here's how to build your own reference library. -
#5264: Why a $50 Dremel Warranty Costs 3 Hours of DrivingDaniel's Dremel only charges at one jiggle angle. What warranty service actually looks like in Israel, the EU, and the US. -
#5222: How to Fill a Room With People Who Remember YouIs there a rent-a-crowd industry, and can you use it to make a 41st birthday feel like being remembered? -
#5191: Marble in the Kitchen: Patina or Damage?Why Israeli stone suppliers say no to marble countertops and American designers say yes — and what the chemistry actually says. -
#5158: A Pulse Oximeter Said 97%. That Was the Problem.A reassuring oxygen reading can hide a child in respiratory distress. Here's what home devices actually tell you — and what they can't. -
#5156: Is Gaza One Place or Many?Gaza is 41 km long, but inside it: refugee camps, native towns, Bedouin tribes, and a fault line that runs through every city. -
#5133: Phantom Forms: When Bureaucracy Regulates NothingWhy do governments create rules even officials don't know about? We trace the lifecycle of phantom forms and what they cost. -
#5106: Why a Jackhammer Still Wins Against Acoustic WindowsA quiet room isn't quiet when the noise travels through the building itself. We break down why acoustic windows fail against low-frequency percussion.