The Promsied Podcast: Waiting for Gadot

PART 3: On whether the widespread fascination with Wonder Woman Gal Gadot’s IDF past and Israeli identity reflects some strange and unnerving psycho-sexual fetishization of Israeli Jewesses and power

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Gal Gadot in a scene from "Wonder Woman" in theaters on June 2.
'Despite Wonder Woman’s success, the superhero universe, from comics to fandom to movies, is still a man’s world.' Gal Gadot in a scene from "Wonder Woman". Clay Enos/Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP

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Noah, Don and Allison discuss whether the widespread fascination with Wonder Woman Gal Gadot’s IDF past and Israeli identity reflects some strange and unnerving psycho-sexual fetishization of Israeli Jewesses and power (Did we go to graduate school, or what?).

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The Promised Podcast is straight talk about Israeli politics, culture, society, economy, and all the rest, with passion, without propaganda, once a week. There's also some killer music by up-and-coming Israeli musicians thrown in for good measure! The show is hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman, and Noah Efron.

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