# Jonny Gould

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199: Eduard Shyfrin: The journey from Soviet steelworks to faith, purpose and Jewish identity

Help Jonny continues to make his podcasts by ⁠supporting him here⁠. Born to a family who lived in a one-bedroom basement apartment in Soviet Ukraine, denied opportunity because he was Jewish, and starting out at the bottom of a steel mill, Eduard Shyfrin went on to build a vast business empire — b…

200: Young Podcaster of the Year treads the boards: Jason Isaacs and Nathan Trochet

Find all of Jonny's writing and podcasts on his Substack. It’s year four of our Schools Podcaster of the Year Award, presented by Dangoor Education — a project close to my heart because it’s about encouraging the next generation to think seriously about journalism, storytelling, and the power of a…

BONUS EPISODE: Israel Situational Update with Lt. Col (Ret.) Jonathan Conricus

Find all of Jonny's podcasts and articles via his Substack channel. You can support him by buying a coffee here. With thanks to the Anglo-Israel Association and ELNET UK, it was a pleasure to hear Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Jonathan Conricus. A former international spokesperson for the Israel Defen…

203: Surviving Hostage: Almog Meir Jan, 246 days in Gaza, the courageous IDF rescue and the loss of his father as he came home

Find the rest of Jonny's podcasts and articles via his Substack channel. Support his efforts by buying him a coffee here. Our guest today is Almog Meir Jan — one of the Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7 attacks. Almog was taken from where he hid in woods near the Nova Music…

205: Daniel Taub: What is it to be an ambassador and why? The Young Podcaster of the Year returns

Find more of Jonny's podcasts and articles on his Substack. Our Young Podcaster of the Year series is presented in partnership with Dangoor Education. This is now the fourth year of the competition, and each year I’m reminded of one of the most valuable resources we have – the next generation. I…

206: "Menachem Begin's memory is being suppressed by Left-leaning academia and media", Herzl Makov, CEO of the Menachem Begin Heritage Center

Find the rest of Jonny's podcasts and articles on his Substack. Menachem Begin remains one of the least understood giants of the twentieth century. A freedom fighter, a terrorist, a liberator of Jewish people, his own and subsequent generations, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, a champion of Jewish di…

207: David Bolchover's new book, Digging Deep: what eleven murdered footballers in the Holocaust tells us about identity, belonging and Israel.

Ever wondered why Europe looks the way it does today? What it might have looked like without World War II. What might have been had the holocaust not happened? What incalculable loss to the continent has the murder of 6 million Jews left? Scientists, artists, business people, industrialists – and…

209: Nova on October 7: Aner Shapiro BDE, the young man who kept throwing live hand grenades back at the Hamas murderers. His parents Moshe and Shira Shapiro remember him

Find all of Jonny's 200+ podcasts recorded from 2018 to the present day on his Substack. It is the privilege of my journalistic life to bring you stories of courage, resilience and extraordinary bravery that have emerged from the atrocities of October 7th—the day that changed Israel and the Jewis…

210: Or Yissachar: "Israel needs a National Security Doctrine to define what kind of nation it should be in the world"

Find all of Jonny's latest articles and over 220 podcast interviews recorded over seven years via his ⁠Substack⁠. What should Israel’s long-term security strategy actually look like? For nearly 80 years, Israel has fought wars, responded to terror and dealt with one existential threat after anoth…

BONUS EPISODE: Israel Election Special, Bibi at the abyss or another victory

Is Benjamin Netanyahu approaching the end of his extraordinary political career — or is Israel’s longest-serving prime minister about to pull off yet another remarkable comeback? With Israel heading towards a defining election, the stakes could scarcely be higher. The shadow of October 7th, the co…