The Deep Dive with Andy Heintz
The Deep Dive with Andy Heintz
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The Deep Dive with Andy Heintz is a podcast about global politics that features news analysis, opinion and interviews with intellectuals, academics, civil-society leaders and activists in different countries. The Deep Dive seeks to center the lived experiences of people on the ground rather than solely focusing on great power geopolitical intrigue from above. It seeks to promote universalism, democracy, human rights and grassroots democracy from the below. The Deep Dive seeks to plumb the depths rather than skimming the surface of issues. It strives to embrace complexity with humility.
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The show delves into themes of democracy, human rights, and grassroots movements, with episodes featuring discussion on immigration policies, refugee issues, and the impact of nationalism. Notable episodes include interviews about refugee experiences in Iowa and the dynamics of the immigration debate in the U.S., as well as examinations of social movements in Sudan and Latin American politics.
The Deep Dive with Andy Heintz is a podcast about global politics that features news analysis, opinion and interviews with intellectuals, academics, civil-society leaders and activists in different countries. The Deep Dive seeks to center the lived experiences of people on the ground rather than solely focusing on great power geopolitical intrigue from above. It seeks to promote universalism, democracy, human rights and grassroots democracy from the below. The Deep Dive seeks to plumb the depths rather than skimming the surface of issues. It strives to embrace complexity with humility.
This episode was recorded on May 4, 2025, and it features an interview I conducted with writer, author and intellectual Michael Walzer on September 8, 2024. Michael discusses his views on the war in Gaza, and his critique of human rights organizations and prominent individuals who have accused the Israeli government of apartheid in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and within its borders. Michael also discusses the origins of the rise of the Israeli Far Right and the decline of the Israeli Left, and why recent events offer a window of opportunity for the Left to regain a foothold in Israeli politics. Michael and I also discuss the history of within-group disagreement in the Zionist movement regarding how Zionism should be interpreted and lived out in people's actual lives. Michael and I also discuss whether US military aid to Israel should ever be suspended or conditioned because of Israel's occupation of Gaza. I also share my position on the the war in Gaza including why I consider the Israeli government's actions to be genocide. I also discuss the importance of opposing this genocide, while also strongly denouncing both actual antisemitism — it is on the rise which should disturb us all –and the weaponization of antisemitism by bad-faith actors within the US and Israeli governments.
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