JL;DR SUMMARY The podcast episode discusses three main topics: the potential leadership role of Dina Dayan, an ultra-Orthodox woman from the Negev Desert, in the Israeli Labor Party; the controversy surrounding a proposed "Code of Ethics" to restrict political discussions by teachers in Israeli colleges and universities; and Israel's compliance with Russia's ban on allowing babies adopted from Russia to be placed with LGBTQ families. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.