The Johann Hari podcast

Johann Hari is one of Britain's most award-winning journalists, and his new podcast will feature his global reporting, interviews and arguments about everything from how David Cameron is screwing up Britain, to the war in the Congo, to the time the Dalai Lama called Johann fat. Podcast produced by Dotpod.

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Episode 2 - An interview with Israel's most hated man - and the most heroic

Gideon Levy is the most hated man in Israel – and perhaps the most heroic. This patriotic Israeli has been shot at repeatedly by the Israeli Defence Force, been threatened with being “beaten to a pulp” on the country’s streets, and faced demands from government ministers that he be tightly monitored as “a security risk.” This is because he has done something very simple, and something that almost no other Israeli has done. Nearly every week for three decades, he has travelled to the Occupied Territories and described what he sees, plainly and without propaganda. “My modest mission,” he says, “is to prevent a situation in which many Israelis will be able to say, ‘We didn’t know.’” And for that, many people want him silenced.

In the latest edition of his podcast, Johann Hari interviews Levy about his life, his work, and the real way to achieve peace in the Middle East.

Episode 1 - The Dalai Lama Called Me Fat

In the first of the series, Johann talks about the most embarrassing moments in his journalistic career - including, yes, the time the Dalai Lama called him fat.

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