The Scroll Podcast

For the latest episode of the Scroll podcast, Park MacDougald speaks with Andrew “Art” Arthur, the Resident Fellow in Law and Policy at the Center for Immigration Studies and a former immigration lawyer and immigration court judge. We discuss the nuts and bolts of U.S. immigration law, the roots of the current crisis at the southern border, and the Senate’s recent attempt to fix it, which Senate Republicans voted down on Wednesday. Listen on Apple and Spotify: Supplementary reading for today’s episode:“The Good—and a Lot of Bad—in the Senate Border ‘Deal,’” by Andrew R. Arthur “Biden, the Senate, and the border fiasco,” by Byron York This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thedailyscroll.substack.com

In this episode, Scroll senior writer Park MacDougald speaks with Tablet staff writer Armin Rosen about his recent profile of Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. We discuss Gallant’s career, Ariel Sharon and the “dream world” of the Oslo peace process, the failures and illusions that led Israel to October 7th, and where Israel goes from here.Read Armin’s profile, “Israel’s Man in Black,” here: https://www.tabletmag.com/feature/yoav-gallant-profile-armin-rosen This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thedailyscroll.substack.com

For the latest episode of The Scroll podcast, Scroll Senior Writer Park MacDougald speaks with Tablet News Editor and Levant Analyst Tony Badran about Lebanon. Questions addressed in this episode include: Is Lebanon a real country? Why should I care about it? And why do you people at Tablet keep talking about this 2022 maritime deal? And stick around to the end for a discussion on the Third Worldification of American politics. Listen on Spotify and Apple: Articles mentioned in this episode:In Lebanon, Israel and America Are on Opposite Sides, by Tony BadranThe New Herodians, by Tony BadranBlinken Builds a Palestinian Hezbollah in the West Bank, by Tony Badran This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thedailyscroll.substack.com

Investigative reporter Joseph Simonson joins Park MacDougald to talk about his recent article in the Washington Free Beacon, “How the Biden Administration Put Race at the Center of Government Spending.” Park and Joe discuss the administration’s Justice40 initiative, how “climate” spending came to cover roads and bridges, why race is a climate issue in the first place, and the progressive nonprofit industrial complex. Stick around to the end to hear about Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and the Genderbread Person.Articles discussed in this episode: https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/how-the-biden-administration-put-race-at-the-center-of-government-spending/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thedailyscroll.substack.com

Scroll Editor Jacob Siegel speaks with Scroll author Park MacDougald about the course of Israel’s war in Gaza, including the big question: Is Israel losing the war? Despite its overwhelming battlefield superiority, the IDF has made limited progress in killing Hamas’ senior leaders or pressuring the terrorist group into surrendering or negotiating a further release of hostages. Meanwhile, the clock is ticking on Israel’s “high-intensity” ground operation, which Israeli and U.S. sources agree is set to wrap up some time in January. Siegel and MacDougald discuss the progress of the war, Israel’s strategy and goals, the Gaza war’s place in the wider regional Cold War, and the all-important role of the United States. Writing referenced in this conversation:https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/iran-america-october-massacrehttps://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/america-leaves-israel-eyeless-in-gazahttps://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/end-american-aid-israel This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thedailyscroll.substack.com

Scroll editor Jacob Siegel speaks with the Egyptian-American writer Hussein Aboubakr Mansour about the strange career of the strident anti-zionist turned senior US diplomat, Robert Malley. Once the lead US negotiator with Iran under both the Obama and Biden White Houses, Malley was suspended from his government post in June of this year shortly before a blockbuster investigation revealed his close connections to an Iranian influence operation that penetrated the U.S. national security establishment. In their conversation, Siegel and Mansour discuss Malley’s intellectual formation and his role in translating anti-Zionist ideology into a more “respectable” liberal idiom that has made it increasingly influential inside the American ruling class. Writing referenced in the interview:https://www.meforum.org/64636/robert-malley-and-the-call-from-the-third-worldhttps://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/savage-nihilism-free-palestine This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thedailyscroll.substack.com