
Noam Tibon on rescuing his family from Hamas in Barry Avrich’s ‘The Road Between Us’
The Business · KCRW
October 10, 202530m 1s
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Show Notes
<p dir="ltr">This week, Kim Masters speaks with The Road Between Us director Barry Avrich and retired Israeli General Noam Tibon, the latter of whom drove straight into the October 7 massacre to rescue his family. Despite the third-rail nature of anything involving Israel and Gaza, the pair hopes that the documentary can be viewed as a story about family. But politics were inescapable — the film was <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-road-between-us-oct-7-movie-toronto-award-2025-1236370364/">pulled</a> from the Toronto Film Festival, reinstated after protests, and then greeted with protests from the other side before going on to win the festival’s People’s Choice documentary prize.</p>
<p><strong id="docs-internal-guid-769cbd4e-7fff-f0f0-9828-87ed330ab00a"><br></strong>Plus, as <a href="https://www.kcrw.com/shows/the-business/stories/cbs-news-bari-weiss-late-show-colbert">predicted</a> on <a href="https://www.kcrw.com/shows/the-business/stories/brendan-carr-fcc-comcast">recent episodes</a> of The Business, Paramount has <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/cbs-news-bari-weiss-paramount-free-press-1236392243/">acquired</a> The Free Press and hired founder Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief of CBS News. Partners in banter Kim Masters and Matt Belloni break down the potential impact on news coverage at the network. </p>