An Impromptu Podcast
As you know, I'm here in Israel on an Act for Israel media fellowship. So are Seth Mandel and Tim Mak.
Act for Israel has done quite an astonishing job of getting us access to government officials and filling our schedule with meetings. They've done such an astonishing job of this that sadly, I haven't had time today to write anything about Israel. In fact, I haven't even had time to transcribe my notes. And I'm thinking I'll probably be transcribing mine until the year 2015.
So I was sitting here with Seth and Tim wondering just what to do about this--it didn't seem right not to write about any of this--until I realized we could just call the Blue Yeti and do a quick podcast. Because, as we explained to the Israeli Foreign Ministry today, that's what new media's about: rapid response and flexibility.
Although it may be, as Tim points out, that the Israeli Foreign Ministry is a lot more rapid in its response and flexible than we thought. I mean, how is it that we had access to their spokesmen for that long and wasted that much time talking about new media.
P.S. We had to split this into two parts as YouTube only allows videos of 15 minutes or less. It's about 22 minutes long in total.
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Feb '11
Re: An Impromptu Podcast
Well, we all know now that the Israeli Foreign Ministry has much to learn, but for dozens of years we have heard that from all directions.
Nice idea, the podcast.
Dec '10
Re: An Impromptu Podcast
Fantastic Claire! Thanks!
May '10
Re: An Impromptu Podcast
Claire, this was so interesting. Thank you for finding a creative way to keep us updated in your crazy packed schedule.
May '10
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Thanks.
Don't Israeli citizens play a big role in their own security? As I recall, Israel has motorcycle cops who are trained to quickly respond to citizen tips.
Israel's cultural heritage is among the most international in the world, right? After WWII, Jews came to Israel from all over. How noticeable is that? And what challenges does that present? How culturally unified is Israel? I think this is another way in which Israel and the U.S. are similar.
By the way, folks, his name is spelled Danny "Ayalon". In Claire's video the other day, it sounded like "Elon". Here's his blog.
May '10
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Is there an MP3 link for downloading that I'm missing? Or is it only available by streaming?