May 14, 2021

Unrest is happening outside of Gaza too, with clashes breaking out in the occupied West Bank, as well as violence erupting in some mixed cities inside Israel between Arab and Jewish neighbors. Reporter Ben Wedeman joins the program from Jerusalem with the latest.

Robi Damelin lost her son David to a Palestinian sniper, while David served in the Israeli army, and Bassam Aramin lost his daughter Abir when she was 10 years old, shot with a rubber bullet by Israeli border police. And yet they have rejected revenge and chosen instead to join in spreading the message that “enemies” must talk to each other, or the cycle of violence will continue.

Oscar-winning actor and producer Matthew McConaughey rose to Hollywood stardom in romantic comedies before pivoting to heftier roles, starring in blockbuster hits like “Interstellar,” “The Wolf of Wall Street” and HBO smash hit “True Detective.” Now he’s put pen to paper, as he raids decades of diaries for his frank memoir “Greenlights.” He joins the show from Austin, Texas to discuss.

Jory Fleming first made headlines as the University of South Carolina student with near-perfect grades, and he’s just completed his Master’s at Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He speaks with Walter Isaacson about his new book “How to Be Human: An Autistic Man’s Guide to Life” and the profound value in what some regard as a disability.