De-Influenced

About De-Influenced

The world since October 7th has been a rollercoaster of information, emotion, and conflict and social media has been no better. The time has come to set the record straight, to de-influence ourselves from our misconceptions about the situation in Israel and about those who are vocal about it.

Publisher

קול האוניברסיטה | AudioVersity

Category

government · news · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Feb 2025

Latest episode

31 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

16 of 16 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   31 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Spokespersons with Noam Elisha - Ep 16

   Host [Host Name] interviews Noam Elisha, former IDF Spokespersons Unit member, about Israeli Hasbara and diaspora engagement.

2. 

   31 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Live, Laugh, LEZM with Low Effort Zionist Memes - Ep 15

   Host [Host Name] interviews Low Effort Zionist Memes about the narratives of Zionism and hasbara infighting, offering insights into online discourse.

3. 

   31 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT

   University Antisemitism with Shai Davidai - Ep 14

   Host [Host Name] interviews Professor Shai Davidai about the pervasive nature of antisemitism within university curricula and campus politics.

4. 

   15 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Ep 13 - Holocaust Education with Dana Kraslow

   Journalist Dana Kraslow discusses Holocaust education in schools and with public figures in an interview, offering insights into effective teaching methods.

5. 

   8 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Ep 12 - Bunk 613 with Chloe Hechter

   Chloe Hechter discusses positive Jewish messaging and balancing comedy with sincerity in the online sphere, offering insights on authentic content creation; this is an interview.

6. 

   25 May 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Ep 11 - Checkpoint with Jonah and Amanda

   Hosts Jonah and Amanda revisit favorite moments and key lessons learned from previous guests, while also considering the future direction of the show.

7. 

   18 May 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Ep 10 - The Hasbara Games with Shifra Lindenberg

   Shifra Lindenberg discusses the extravagant world of Jewish influencers, including galas and donations, in an effort to improve the content people consume in this interview.

8. 

   11 May 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Ep 9 - Stand With(Out) Us with Charlotte Korchak

   Amanda and Jonah interview Charlotte Korchak, a Jewish educator, about the Jerusalem Education Institute and how education strengthens advocacy for Israel.

9. 

   4 May 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Ep 8 - Securing Our Community with Aaron Hadida

   Aaron Hadida shares insights on combating antisemitism, enhancing security within the Jewish community, and maintaining Jewish pride and safety in North America in this interview.

10. 

    6 Apr 2025TRANSCRIPT

    Ep 7 - 3 Jews, 4 Opinions with Jacob Falach

    Amanda and Jonah (mini Ben Shapiro) interview Jewish content creator Jacob Falach, who is also a writer and producer for The Daily Wire! We critique American attitudes surrounding the Jewish community and Israel, and clear up the causes and effects of this newfound political shift in the post-October 7th landscape.

11. 

    30 Mar 2025TRANSCRIPT

    Ep 6 - Freeing Social Media with Uri Cohen

    Talking and laughing with Uri Cohen, social media icon and leader of the movement to Free Petach Tikva, to discuss antisemitism, insider tea on the hasbara community, and the post October 7th landscape in the U.S and Canada

12. 

    23 Mar 2025TRANSCRIPT

    Ep 5 - Activism, Campus, and Controversy with Shabbos Kestenbaum

    Shabbos Kestenbaum, the ‘face’ of Jews on campus in the U.S, delves into Jewish political identity, the safety of Jews on campus, and the general misconceptions surrounding campus life for Jews in the U.S. *** Shabbos Kestenbaum, a leading voice for Jewish students on U.S. campuses, unpacks Jewish political identity, campus safety, and the realities behind common misconceptions about Jewish life in American universities. Shabbos Kestenbaum, a leading voice for Jewish students, delves into your voice has been such a strong force in speaking truth, in inspiring others to fight for their values, and in truly uniting the jewish community. jewish college students won last night, critical thinking won last night, and America won last night.

13. 

    16 Mar 2025TRANSCRIPT

    Ep 4 - Be a (role) Model with Danielle Yablonka

    A new era has begun - The lovely Danielle Yablonka joins us for our first zoom episode to discuss her journey from modeling to advocacy, staying classy on social media, and the deep sense of belonging we all feel in Israel!

14. 

    9 Mar 2025TRANSCRIPT

    Ep 3 - Olim and Us with Noa Barazani

    Today we sit down with Noa Barazani, co-founder of Olim in TLV, to dig into the biggest misconceptions of Olim in Israel, post-October 7th aliyah boom, and the biggest culture shocks the community faces.

15. 

    2 Mar 2025TRANSCRIPT

    Ep 2 - Finding Your Niche with Shachar Cohen

    In our interview with the iconic Shachar Cohen, we go behind the scenes of the influencer community, talking about adding value online, how to reach non-Israeli audiences, and a name reveal?!

16. 

    16 Feb 2025TRANSCRIPT

    Ep 1 - Jonah and Amanda

    Welcome to DE-influenced! Join us as we ramble about the how and why of this podcast, the misconceptions in the online Jewish community and the current state of hasbara!

Inside a recent episode

Spokespersons with Noam Elisha - Ep 16

Published 31 Aug 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Of course, so I started at the idea of news disk so basically we were the ones that really stopped operating the operational announcements both in Hebrew and English. So how an announcements begin? First of all, you receive information from the soldiers like on the ground, okay? An incident happens, maybe we hear about it first from journalists, sometimes they see it before us, you know, everything is so quick nowadays, they see everything on telegram and so many places. So first of all, it needs to be checked and verified, we need to understand what is going on. So there's an inquiry in the ground, like the senior commanders are being involved in this as well. […]

Who has been a guest on De-Influenced

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Noam Elisha
• Low Effort Zionist Memes
• Shai Davidai
• Dana Kraslow
• Chloe Hechter

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

2,666,694

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

72

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

0

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