The war between Israel and Hamas, which began on Oct. 7 when terrorists overran the Gaza frontier and killed more than 1,200 Israelis, is now more than six months old. More than 100 Israeli hostages are still being held in Gaza.

Israel, in return, has killed more than 30,000 Palestinians, with two thirds of that number likely to be civilians, including women and children. There are negotiations for a ceasefire going on—at least sporadically—but Dan Perry, former Associated Press bureau chief in the region, says that Hamas isn't playing by the same rules as Israel, or anyone else.

Hamas, according to Perry, welcomes the deaths of Palestinian civilians. Anyone and everyone can be a martyr for Hamas's cause, which is not peace, but a complete destruction of Israel. Whoever must be sacrificed in the process, well, other people's live are a price Hamas is willing to pay.

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A successful TV adaptation of the Fallout video game franchise has everyone excited about the post-apocalypse again so we thought it was a good time to finally do a bonus episode we’ve been threatening for a long time.

Cultural critic, journalist, and YouTuber Noah Caldwell-Gervais comes on this episode of Angry Planet to discuss all things Fallout. It’s a long episode, we dive into a lot of topics including

• Jason’s globe from 1937
• The peculiar pleasure of vacuum tube technology
• Cold War memories
• The anxiety of worrying about dying in a nuclear blast
• West Coast vs East Coast Fallout
• In defense of Fallout 76
• Power armor and Soviet Tanks
• Vault-Tec the ultimate villain
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Full spoiler warning for all of the Fallout video games and the entire TV show.

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Jane Perlez is a veteran foreign correspondent, the former Bejing Bureau Chief for The New York Times, and host of the new podcast “Face-Off.” She’s on Angry Planet today to talk to us about the show and her experiences reporting on China. “Face-Off” is all about America’s complicated relationship with China. Perlez says she started the show because she was tired of the hysterical conversations she hears about Beijing in Washington.

In this episode we learn …

• Why On the Beach is Perlez’s favorite nuclear war movie.

• What it’s like to visit China for the first time at the height of the Cultural Revolution.

• What “Communism” means in a country with a growing bourgeoisie.

• What it takes for someone to lead China.

When Mao and Khrushchev Went Swimming

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