Accidental antisemitism

This week we welcome one of our favorite journaists of the moment, Olivia Reingold of The Free Press!

We discuss her Jewish roots, atheism, how she went from an NPR fangirl to working for (gasp!) Bari Weiss, what’s wrong with Gen Z, accidental antisemitism, reading each and every one of Zohran Mamdani’s tweets, Mahmoud Khalil, and at the end we get into a very heated argument about…podiatrists. That said, the most controversial thing Olivia says is that she watches gaming playthrough youtubes.

You can find Olivia on X (but be nice), Instagram, and of course read and watch everything she’s done at The Free Press.

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