Middle East map in global satellite photo, flat view of part of world from space. Detailed physical map of Turkey, Syria, Israel, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.

The Makings of Today’s Middle East, Part 3 of 3 | March 22, 2025

The Middle East is a mess! As Israel battles terrorists, we’re taking time to track how this conflict came about. This week, in the conclusion of our three-part series on the makings of the Middle East, we’ll analyze Israel’s watershed moment of the 21st century: Hamas’s October 7, 2023 massacre and kidnapping of Israeli civilians and the ensuing war Israel …

Middle East map in global satellite photo, flat view of part of world from space. Detailed physical map of Turkey, Syria, Israel, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.

The Makings of Today’s Middle East, Part 2 of 3 | March 15, 2025

How did the Middle East become the focus of global attention it is today? Settle in for the story on this week’s broadcast! Chris tells the remarkable story of the 45 young men and women of Kibbutz Hill who spent years secretly producing the bullets Israel’s soldiers would use to fight their War for Independence in 1948. Though heavily outnumbered, …