The "Stuck in the Middle With Who?" Edition

Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.

Hear the Extra-Special, Special Extra Segment on Patreon

—One Man's Extremist—

Prime Minister Yair Lapid says he'll form a government "without extremists." What could possibly be wrong with that?

—If I Can't Dance—

Is there a "joy disparity" between Israel's happy-go-luck right and its bummed-out left, our pusses perennially soured?

—Who Thought That Breaking Shariah Law Was a Good Idea?—

For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: A generally-considered-top-drawer-television-correspondent and Foreign Desk editor for prestigious Channel 13 nightly news, Gil Tamari, sneaks into Mecca for a "scoop" during the Haj, breaking Shariah Law, Saudi Law and the canons of human decency. What gives?

All this and the lovely Anat Moshkovski, in celebration of the birth of baby Adi!