The Deprogram Episode 221 - Israel at Home (Ft. Bad Hasbara)
Feb 20, 2026
Matt Lieb, an anti‑Zionist Jewish comedian and podcaster, offers sharp comedic takes and political commentary. He dives into how occupation tactics migrate home, the manufacture of threats and dehumanization, the interplay of comedy and political branding, and online platform power struggles. Conversation skips anecdotes and lands on propaganda, policing, and why people fail to connect the dots.
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October 7th Is A Personal Birthday Tradition
- Matt Lieb celebrates his daughter's birthday on October 7th every year with big activities like a bounce house and paragliding plans.
- He joked the date precedes political meanings since his daughter was born October 7th, 2023.
Becoming A Parent Brings Chronic Sickness
- Matt Lieb described getting pneumonia after his daughter's birth and joked about the constant sickness that comes with having young kids.
- Hosts and guest traded stories about children making parents sick and changing how they view babies.
Online Extremism Can Be Engineered
- The hosts and Matt argue that parts of the alt-right and 4chan-era movements may have been intentionally engineered as psyops.
- That manufacturing of extremist echo chambers explains how identitarian narratives scaled online.