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Ashamed to Admit hosts Tami Sussman and Dashiel Lawrence
Published: 20 June 2025
Last updated: 20 June 2025
In a special episode of our Ashamed to Admit podcast we examine the escalating tensions between Israel and Iran.
Iran expert Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a former detainee of the IRGC, shares her insights on how the Iranian regime is responding to what may be its greatest challenge to power since the 1979 revolution.
Gideon Cohen and Hannah Moshinsky, two young Australians currently in Israel, bring listeners firsthand accounts from the ground.
Dr Dashiel Lawrence is the Executive Director of TJI. A graduate of the Jewish Studies program at the University of Melbourne, he has been writing about Australia's Jewish diaspora for 15 years. His books include Australia and Israel: A Diasporic, Political and Cultural Relationship (2015) and People of the Boot: The Triumphs and Tragedy of Australian Jews in Sport (2018). Tami Sussman writes for children and adults and is the author of the novel 'So That Happened … But Maybe You Already Knew That'. She's also one half of the TJI Podcast 'Ashamed to Admit'.
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