Henrik Melius and friends talk about events and topics that matter.
The conversations can be warm, inquisative or challenging, brave, serious, comical, or simply factual.
Episodes in English or Swedish depending on guest.
Music: Henrik Melius & Falah Sabbar
The Weaponization of Antisemitism with Hadas Emma Kedar & Elik Harpaz
This episode goes straight into territory that most politicians, journalists and plenty of ordinary people would rather avoid.
I sit down with Hadas and Elik, two Jewish anti-Zionist voices with very different backgrounds but a shared willingness to challenge the stories they grew up with. We talk about Germany's relationship with guilt and memory, the use of antisemitism as a political weapon, the growing gap between public opinion and political elites, and why so many people are starting to question narratives that only a few years ago seemed untouchable.
We also discuss something that is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore: how even left-wing parties in countries like Germany and Sweden can find themselves smeared as "antisemitic" simply for expressing support for Palestinian rights and stating facts about the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing. What happens to public debate when people become afraid to speak at all.
One of the most powerful parts of the conversation is hearing how fear is manufactured.
Hadas and Elik talk about growing up being afraid of Arabic and how learning the language became part of breaking that conditioning.
We discuss identity, propaganda, political myths, collective trauma, and what happens when people decide that truth matters more than belonging to the tribe.
We also get into the uncomfortable questions. Has criticism of Israel become easier? Is the accusation of antisemitism losing its power? Why are some of the strongest critics of Israeli policy Jewish themselves? What happens when people can no longer separate politics, religion, ethnicity and state power?
Hadas Emma Kedar is a Media Arts and Media Studies scholar, born in Haifa.
She used to volunteer as alternative news moderator in Tel Aviv. More recently, she coordinated the Jewish Anti Zionist Congress in Dublin (JAZIC).
She is a devoted activist in the Palestinian solidarity and liberation movement, publicly speaking, organising, and moderating.
She is working on an art-activism performance titled Together We Łose | Reflections amid Genocide, which is planned to premiere in Germany in May 2027.
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hadas.emma/
Elik Harpaz - Jewish Israeli musician, performance artist, podcaster, anti-Zionist activist music teacher, living in Occupied Palestine.
Find Elik here: https://www.instagram.com/elik_harpaz?stkn=MTFueXNrNnlrbXp4OA==
https://youtube.com/@elik_harpaz?si=Y9G_MGToAJfe2MAK
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4epi3kLnZpagAT5VX5ba1W?si=fgHboqcmS1683RHVZxbGdw
21 Sept 2026
An American in Cologne
In this episode of Seriously?, I sit down with my longtime friend Hiram, who left the United States for a new life in Cologne, Germany.
Our conversation moves through love, friendship, personal responsibility and the importance of respecting boundaries, before turning to race, identity, freedom of speech and Hiram's experiences as a Black American living between two cultures.
We also discuss Palestine, the shifting political consciousness about, censorship, activism and the responsibility of public figures to speak out against injustice and gen&side.
Later, we explore Michael Jackson's legacy, the darker side of the entertainment industry, and the theories and controversies that continue to surround his life and death, including discussions about powerful interests, exploitation and Epstein.
Above all, this is an honest conversation between two old friends who are willing to challenge one another, disagree openly and still meet with respect, humour and affection.
20 Apr 2026
The Future of Israel
If You Listen to Tucker, Candace or Brianna — This Episode Is for You
What happens when an Israeli‑born musician rejects Zionism from inside Israel — and says the quiet parts out loud?
In this episode, Elik, an anti‑Zionist Israeli living in Tel Aviv, takes on the questions most commentators avoid:
Is Zionism itself a form of antisemitism?
Why do spiritual and “mindfulness” communities stay silent — or worse, serve power?
What makes figures like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens threatening to parts of the left — even when they’re right on Israel?
And why do Israelis call equality “genocide” while supporting actual mass killing?
Elik doesn’t offer slogans. He explains how ideology works as a psychological filter — how ordinary people learn to see extermination as self‑defence, and dissent as betrayal. He argues that Zionism survives by needing antisemitism, not ending it — and collapses when that lie is exposed.
The conversation cuts straight through tired binaries:
Left vs right
Judaism vs Zionism
Spirituality vs ethics
Criticism vs conspiracy
No safe lanes. No tribal loyalty. Just a sober warning: when power shifts, stories change — and someone always tries to escape responsibility.
If you’ve followed Tucker’s break from consensus, Brianna’s pushback against ideological comfort zones, or Finkelstein’s unease with who is now telling the truth — this episode goes straight to the fault line.
Not comfortable. Not neutral. Hard to unhear.
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