
"Straight Up" with Danny Seaman, former director of Israel’s Government Press Office, gives English speakers unfiltered access to the voices of Israeli journalists, analysts, and commentators rarely heard in Western media. Want to know what Israel’s conservative media is really saying? Start here.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 58 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | PoliticsNews CommentaryNews | |||

If you want to understand what's really driving events behind today's headlines from the Middle East, this is an episode you won't want to miss.
Learn how Hezbollah's actions, Iran's regional ambitions, Lebanon's struggle for sovereignty and the pres... more
Daniel Seaman takes viewers on an 85-year journey through some of the most pivotal dates in modern Jewish history from the Holocaust and the Farhud pogrom to the Six-Day War, the Osirak strike, Lebanon and the aftermath of October 7. Along the way, y... more
Daniel Seaman unpacks the political theater behind Gaza flotillas, Iran negotiations, Hezbollah escalation and media narratives that dominate global news cycles. Viewers will learn how public relations spectacles and selective reporting can shape per... more
Caroline Glick, International Affairs Advisor to PM Netanyahu, sits down with Former director of the Israeli Government Press Office, Danny Seaman, to reveal how Hezbollah’s new drone warfare tactics, copied from the Russia-Ukraine war, are reshaping... more
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Inspiring and incisive as always.
Passionate, articulate, analytical, conservative, Israeli public opinion and policy analysis. Excellent.
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A hard-edged geopolitical analysis podcast focused on Israel, Middle East security, and Western policy perspectives. Episodes center on Israel's strategic posture, US-Israel relations, Iranian threat dynamics, and global information wars, often presenting a pro-Israel, hard-narrative stance with emphasis on national resilience and moral clarity. A recurring strength is the host's direct, uncompromising commentary, frequently citing analysts and policy pivots to contextualize current events. The show is likely to appeal to listeners seeking a combative, opinionated take on geopolitics, security, and media narratives from an Israeli vantage point, with guests who provide in-depth geopolitical, defense, and political insight.
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Recent guests on Straight Up include:
1. Reza Pahlavi
2. Moshe Ashkenazi
3. Caroline Glick
4. Pierre Rehov
5. Amir Avivi
6. Erez Wiener
7. Jamie Micha Hancock
8. Zvi Yehezkeli
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