Unsettled

About Unsettled

Unsettled is a podcast about Israel-Palestine and the Jewish diaspora. We're here to provide a space for the difficult conversations and diverse viewpoints that are all too rare in institutional American Jewish communities.

Publisher

Unsettled Podcast

Category

news · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Jun 2017

Latest episode

8 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

13 of 102 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   8 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Inside the Campaign to Block Israel’s War Ships

   ** This is a republished episode from Things That Go Boom. ** As violence continues in Gaza, a new strategy inside the Palestine solidarity movement is taking shape — one aimed not at city streets or college campuses, but at the arteries of the global economy. Around the world, dockworkers have refused to unload ships tied to Israel’s military supply chain. In Italy, Morocco, India, and Sweden, those refusals have sparked national strikes and port shutdowns. But in the United States — where 70% of Israel’s weapons originate — things look very different. This episode by Ilana Levinson dives into the complicated reality facing American activists trying to “block the boat”: a divided labor movement, powerful unions with clashing politics, and a military-industrial complex that shields its most sensitive logistics behind military bases and Air Force cargo planes.

2. 

   1 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT

   In Remembrance: Awdah Hathaleen

   In remembrance of Awdah Hathaleen, who was murdered by an Israeli settler on Monday, July 28th, Unsettled Podcast has created a compilation of our previous conversations with him. Awdah was a 31-year-old father of three young sons, a teacher, a tireless activist for Palestinian rights and a frequent guest on Unsettled.

3. 

   24 Dec 2024TRANSCRIPT

   An Ask from Unsettled

   Unsettled Producers Ilana Levinson and Emily Bell request listener support to sustain the show during a pivotal moment, ensuring its continued production of personal stories and expert interviews.

Inside a recent episode

Inside the Campaign to Block Israel’s War Ships

Published 8 Dec 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] In Oakland, California, pro-Palestine activists have responded by targeting ships carrying Israeli cargo. In both 2014 and 2021, protesters successfully blocked Israeli cargo ships at the Oakland port. And dock workers have been vital to those protests, refusing to work Israeli ships. These demonstrations were part of a pro-Palestine campaign called Block the Boat. Campaign organizer Lara Kaswani has been working with dock workers for over a decade. Our producer, Ilana, visited Lara in San Francisco to learn more about how Block the Boat got started. We have thousands of people in the streets, and we wanted to do something more. […]

Who has been a guest on Unsettled

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

• Ali Awad
• Maya Rosen
• Matt Duss
• Abby Stein
• Shahd Safi

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

112 ratings

Spotify

3.1 / 5

115 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100

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

Quality

71

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

94