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For 11 years, Don has been co-host of TLV1’s The Promised Podcast, where his hilarious storytelling about his family and his life in Israel in the WhattaCountry segment has gained him a wide following. The Promised Podcast is a weekly review of politics and society in Israel with more than three million downloads. Don’s longer autobiographical comic and moving monologues can be heard on his performance podcast, Futterman’s One-Man Show. Don has been a columnist for Haaretz and The Daily Beast and has published two children’s books featuring his three actual kids. He’s also the founding Director of the Israel Center for Educational Innovation and the Director of the Moriah Fund in Israel. He grew up in Flushing, New York, has lived in Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, and Providence, and has lived in Israel since 1994.