Histadrut
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Episodes
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#5065: How a Standards Body Built a State Before the State ExistedThe Yishuv built a state before 1948 — and the British often helped. Cement specs were the tell. -
#2951: Herzl's Unbuilt Utopia: The Man Behind the DreamThe secular dandy who founded modern Zionism — and the state he imagined vs. what got built. -
#1389: The Architect of a Nation: Ben-Gurion’s Radical StatismExplore how David Ben-Gurion used radical austerity and the philosophy of Mamlachtiyut to forge a unified nation from the desert sand. -
#991: From Communes to Code: The Evolution of the Israeli KibbutzExplore how Israel transformed from a collective socialist experiment into a global tech powerhouse and the inequality left in its wake. -
#361: The Dual Economy: Israel's Tech Boom and Social BustIsrael’s tech success hides a growing economic divide. Herman and Corn discuss the shift from socialism to a "dual economy" and the housing crisis. -
#324: The AI Productivity Paradox: Why We’re Still OverworkedAI was supposed to save us time, but the "Review Tax" is keeping us busy. Herman and Corn explore why we’re working more in an age of automation.