Grief, Gaza (188)

<p>Ryan and Drew talk about the news of the moment coming out of the Middle East, the news industry&#39;s response and how social media has fueled hate in the wake of this intense conflict. We also talk about how we have responded to this moment and what people should do when absorbing verified, reliable information about what&#39;s happening.</p> <p>To read the books Ryan recommended, here are some links:</p> <p><a href="https://www.versobooks.com/products/1221-blaming-the-victims" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">&quot;Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question&quot;</a> — edited by Edward Said and Christopher Hitchens</p> <p><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/beyond-belief-the-american-press-and-the-coming-of-the-holocaust-1933-1945-deborah-e-lipstadt/7852607?ean=9780029191613" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">&quot;Beyond Belief: The American Press and the Coming of the Holocaust, 1933-1945&quot;</a> — Deborah Lipstadt</p> <p><a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Operation-Shylock-by-Philip-Roth/9780099307914" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">&quot;Operation Shylock: A Confession&quot;</a> — Philip Roth</p> <p><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-way-to-the-spring-life-and-death-in-palestine-ben-ehrenreich/11711144?ean=9780143110576" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">&quot;The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine&quot; </a>— Ben Ehrenreich</p> <p>Social media:</p> <p>Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram</p> <p>Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram)</p> <p>Andrew Martinez: @andrewomartinez (Twitter)</p> <p>Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart)</p> <p>&quot;Space X-plorers&quot; Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mars-on-life-show/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.