Hebrew
37 episodes
#5851: The Earbud Assistant Problem Nobody Solves
The AI model is solved. So why does the assistant in your ear still fail? The answer is the unglamorous plumbing nobody demos.
#5820: Hebraizing the Jewish Name: Ivrut's Rise and Cost
A booklet, five methods, and 17,000 name changes in a single year — how Israel turned Diaspora surnames into Hebrew ones.
#5466: Hebrew Words Hidden in English Text
Daniel wants a classifier that spots Hebrew written in Latin letters — and it turns out nobody's built one.
#5461: TTS Can't Pronounce Hebrew Inside English
Your TTS reads Hebrew words with English phonetics. Here's why — and why the obvious fix doesn't work yet.
#5228: Why Israeli Road Signs Still Spell It "Tiqwa
Israel's Academy of the Hebrew Language is finally standardizing how place names get written in English — but the Q on the signs has survived every...
#5227: Who Decides What Hebrew Words Mean?
Israel's Academy of the Hebrew Language can coin words the state must use — but it can't make anyone say them. Why 10 million speakers might be the...
#5171: Yiddish Was Never a Pidgin
Yiddish isn't a pidgin or corrupted German — it's a four-component fusion language, and its story is more political than you'd think.
#5170: How Many Languages Sit in the Middle?
Roughly 250 of the world's 7,000 languages have 100,000+ speakers. What's it like living in one of them?
#4372: When Patriotism Meets Criticism: Israel's Hasbara Dilemma
Can you love your country and still call out its flaws? One patriot's struggle with the line between critique and betrayal.
#3785: Standalone GPON ONTs: Your Fiber Upgrade Guide
Fiber-to-fiber SFP sticks vs traditional ONT bridges — what works, what doesn't, and why your ISP might block you.
#3698: Can You Really Escape the Anglo Bubble?
Most English-speaking olim want to leave the bubble—but few actually do. Here's why.
#3664: Build Your Own Language Dictionary: Beyond Standard Definitions
Ditch standard dictionaries and build your own curated vocabulary from real encounters with native speakers.
#3476: When Hebrew Became a Living Language Again
The strange in-between period when a dead language was being invented in real time by children on playgrounds.
#3322: Desk Pets: Local AI on Your Desktop
Are desk pets useful tools or expensive Tamagotchis? We break down the local AI, privacy tradeoffs, and psychology behind these devices.
#3237: The Scribes Who Count Every Letter
Inside the ancient craft of Soferut, where every letter in a Torah scroll must be perfect.
#2856: How Paleo-Hebrew Evolved Over Six Centuries
The Paleo-Hebrew script evolved through distinct phases over 600 years—here’s how scholars trace its development.
#2855: How Medieval Hebrew Became Israel's Handwriting
The surprising 800-year history of how Ashkenazi cursive became the handwriting taught in Israeli schools today.
#2787: Mapping Israel's Ideological Think Tanks
Van Leer, IDI, INSS, Kohelet, JCPA — what these institutes actually do, who funds them, and how they shape policy.
#2734: How Hebrew Printing Defied Book Burnings
The first Hebrew printed book dates to 1475 — and it was Rashi’s commentary, not the Bible.
#2643: How Stenographers Type 300 Words Per Minute
Court reporters don’t type letters—they chord syllables at 300 words per minute. Here’s how it works and why AI can’t replace them yet.
#2574: Why You're Not "Too Old" to Learn a Language
Age isn't the barrier you think. What actually determines success—and how AI can help.
#1984: The Suspicion Gap: When Fluency Breeds Distrust
Why fluency in Arabic can make you a suspect in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
#1982: The Impossible Task of Controlling a Living Language
How a government board tries to standardize Hebrew while the public invents words on the fly.
#1833: The Kosher Coffee Machine Rebellion
A Tel Aviv hotel's coffee machine sparked a legal battle over who gets to say your food is kosher.