Don't Know Much About is a podcast hosted by Dr. Naya Lekht, a scholar and educator with a PhD from UCLA in Russian Literature. Each episode unpacks a contentious topic — from antizionism and Soviet history to Jewish identity and contemporary geopolitics — through rigorous research, personal stories, and candid conversations with leading thinkers. Clarifying the complex, one conversation at a time.
"The Church Fathers' Trick, 2000 Year Later" with Kile B. Jones
What happens when a scholar of religion turns his critical eye on the very ideas he once championed? On this episode of Don't Know Much About, Naya Lekht sits down with writer Kile B. Jones, a man who once embraced the ideologies that fuel modern antizionism, and who has since became one of the clearest voices writing and speaking against it. Kile holds two master's degrees in Religious Studies from Boston University. A longtime bridge-builder, he has created interfaith programs and projects ...
1 Jul 2026
The Wrong Analogy: Rethinking Zionism, Nationalism, and the Middle East with Olga Kirschbaum-Shirazki
In this episode of Don't Know Much About, Naya Lekht sits down with historian Dr. Olga Kirschbaum-Shirazki to dismantle one of the most pervasive arguments used against the Jewish state: that Zionism is a 19th-century European settler-colonial project with no historical legitimacy. Drawing on her new book, a collection of essays examining nationalism, empire, and the intellectual roots of antizionism, Dr. Kirschbaum-Shirazki offers a rigorous comparative framework — situating Zionism alongsid...
23 Jun 2026
The Woke Right, Chrislam, and the Soul of MAGA with Karys Rhea
In this episode of Don't Know Much About, Naya Lekht sits down with political commentator and writer Karys Rhea to examine one of the most alarming developments in contemporary American politics: the emergence of the "Woke Right." Long before it became a topic of mainstream conservative concern, Rhea was tracking the identitarian, conspiratorial, and antisemitic currents quietly taking root within parts of the America First movement — and sounding the alarm. This conversation is essential lis...
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