Media Featuring Jodi

Documentaries

• Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury (CNN 2021) 
• NOVA: The Dead Sea Scroll Detectives (PBS 2019) 
• The Real Jesus of Nazareth with Robert Powell (Smithsonian Channel 2017) 
• The Story of God with Morgan Freeman Season 1 (National Geographic 2016)  
• Siege of Masada (Smithsonian Channel 2015) 
• Jerusalem the Movie (National Geographic Giant Screen Film 2013)
• Bible Secrets Revealed: The Real Jesus (2013)
• The Jewish People, A Story of Survival (PBS 2008)
• Herod’s Lost Tomb (National Geographic 2008)
• NOVA: The Bible’s Buried Secrets (PBS 2008)
• The Jewish People (2008)
• Science of the Bible (National Geographic 2005)
• Battlefield Detectives: The Siege of Masada (2002)

Television, Podcasts, and Radio Interviews

• The Hedgehog and the Fox: “Three Books” (podcast in Hebrew) audio, video (7/16/2025)
• The Ancients: “Hanukkah & the Maccabees” (12/8/2024)
• Tangible: Theology Learned and Lived: “Jerusalem at the Time of Jesus” (10/30/2024)
• Long Shot Leaders: “Her Authentic Journey into the Field of Archaeology…” (10/18/2024)
• Science History Podcast: “Jerusalem Archeology: Jodi Magness” (9/11/2024)
• Biblical Time Machine: “The Ancient History of Jerusalem” (9/9/2024)
• History Hit Podcast: The Ancients: “Petra: Ancient Wonder of the World” (8/29/2024)
• SeforimChatter: “Jerusalem Through the Ages: From its Beginnings to the Crusades” (8/4/2024) spotify link, apple podcasts link
• National Review: “The Dead Sea Scrolls” (6/25/2024)
• The Times of Israel: “What Matters Now to Archaeologist Jodi Magness: Ever-changing, Eternal Jerusalem” (6/7/2024)
• The Book & the Spade: “Jerusalem Through the Ages” part 1, part 2, part 3 (5/3/2024)
• Finding Genius Podcast: “Digging Through History & Unearthing Ancient Wonders” (4/28/2024)
• Ancient Heroes Podcast: “History’s Holiest City” (3/31/2024)
• The Intangible: “The Intangible with Jodi Magness” (1/16/2024)
• The Virtual Voyage: “Magnificent Mosaics Inside an Ancient Synagogue: A Tour of Huqoq with Dr. Jodi Magness” (11/3/2023)
• Cápsulas de Teología: “El EntrevistAZO. Los Manuscritos de Qumran” (9/29/2023)
• Biblical Time Machine: “The Nasty, Yucky, Funky World of the 1st Century” (9/11/2023)
• Paulogia: “Why Christianity Framed Herod as a Baby Killer” (9/1/2023)
• Seforim Chatter: “A Discussion on the History of Masada” (7/23/2023)
• Soul Searching: “The Dead Sea Scrolls” (6/12/23)
• Sparks of History: “Masada: From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth” (5/19/2023)
• Relevant Radio: “Beauty and Truth” (4/24/2023)
• From the Desk: “Did Herod the Great Claim to Be the Messiah?” (3/1/2023)
• Insight Podcast: “History of Early Judaism” (2/12/23)
• ChapelBoro.com: “Who’s Talking” (9/24/2022)
• Pholoso Ministries: “The Jesus of Archaeology” (8/17/2022)
• The Ancients: “The Origins of Jerusalem” (8/18/2022)
• Urbs & Polis: “Masada: A Discussion with Professor Jodi Magness” (5/11/2022)
• Times Will Tell: “What does archaeology say about the location of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre?” (4/15/2022)

• Constant Wonder: “Sprouting a Seed That Survived the Roman Siege” (4/6/2022)
• The Ancients: “King Herod” (12/19/2021)
• The Virtual Voyage: “Answering Questions: Exploring the Excavations at Qumran with Dr. Jodi Magness” (04/28/2021)
• The Ancients: “Jewish Burial at the Time of Jesus” (04/04/2021)
• The Ancients: “Myths of Masada” (02/18/2021)
• The Ancients: “Besieging Masada” (02/18/2020)
• Jewish History Matters: “Masada—From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth, with Jodi Magness” (10/25/2020)
• Monacle and Spade: “Herod, Second Temple Judaism & Archaeology with Prof. Jodi Magness – Episode #5” (10/20/2020)
• UNC TV: “NC Bookwatch: Jodi Magness, Masada (08/09/2020)
• Chapelboro: “‘Who’s Talking’ Interview with Jodi Magness” (8/3/2019)
• Israel Bible Center: “Jodi Magness: ‘Reshaping the way we think about Judaism'” (7/3/2019)
• Good Times Radio: “Unearthing the World of Jesus” (10/15/18)
• The Not Old – Better Show: “The Rise of the Synagogue in Jewish Life” (1/30/18)
• UNC: “UNC Chancellor Folt Discusses Huqoq during Commencement Speech” (5/14/17)
• BYU Radio: “Jerusalem Movie, Spiritual Capital, Obesity” (12/07/15)

Newspaper and Magazine Interviews

• Ancient Jew Review: “Jodi Magness: Retrospective for The Ancient Jew Review” (3/4/2026)
• History Channel: “What Do These Nine Artifacts Reveal About the Bible?” (4/10/2025)
• The Local Reporter: “The Archaeologist’s World: Jodi Magness and Her Ancient Discoveries” (4/1/2025)
• Jodi Lane: “Conversation about Masada with Professor Jodi Magness” (2/26/2023)
• AFP Fact Check: “Discovery Claim of Biblical Scroll in Iran is Fake” (4/21/2022)
• Live Science: “Is This Really the Biblical City Where Jesus Walked on Water?” (12/03/2021)
• The Jerusalem Post: “Dead Sea Scrolls scholar flushes out mystery” (06/07/2021)

• Live Science: “Dance floor where John the Baptist was condemned to death discovered, archaeologist says” (01/04/2021)
• UNC: “Working on Women in Science: Jodi Magness (10/01/2020)
• BYU From the Desk: “10 Questions with Jodi Magness” (2/11/2020)
• The Jerusalem Report: “Masada and Jewish Heroism: A New Perspective” (12/23/2019)
• National Geographic: “Road built by biblical villain uncovered in Jerusalem” (10/20/2019)
• Times of Israel: “On an ancient road to the Temple, archaeological innovation, mystery and dispute” (10/17/2019)
• Carolina Center for Jewish Studies: “Professor Magness Inducted into American Academy of the Arts and Sciences” (10/14/2019)
• Zman Israel:“Dismantling Masada (Hebrew)” (10/8/2019)
• The Well: “2019 A&S Academy members to be inducted Oct. 12” (10/7/2019)
• Times of Israel: “Maybe there was no mass suicide at Masada? Top archaeologist questions a legend” (10/4/2019)
• Mosaic: “What Really Happened at Masada?” (8/2019)
• Blue Ridge Now: “We could have had Herod the Great” (8/15/2019)
• UNC Media Hub: “Jodi Magness: Reshaping the way we think about Judaism'” (7/3/2019)
• BYU: “The Tales from Galilee” (Spring 2019)
• UNC: “Three from UNC-Chapel Hill elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences” (4/17/19)
• AIA: “AIA President Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences ” (4/17/19)
• AMAS: “New 2019 Academy Members Announced” (4/17/19)
• Live Science: “‘Holy Stairs’ Opened for 1st Time in Nearly 300 Years. But Did Jesus Really Climb Them?” (4/16/19)
• Far & Wide: “Amazing Religious Destinations Around the World” (4/15/19)
• PBS: “1,500-Year-Old Trash Piles Hint at a Byzantine City’s Collapse” (3/25/19)
• WUWF: “Archaeologist Unveils Mosaic Art Hidden In Ancient Israel Synagogue” (2/15/19)
• Times of Israel: “ToI asks the experts: What are the most important finds of Israeli archaeology?” (4/19/18)
• Arab News: “Gazan unearths ancient graves in vegetable patch” (1/27/18)
• The News and Observer: “How can you be Christian without caring for the poor?” (12/22/17)
• LA Times: “How can you be Christian without caring for the poor?” (12/21/17)
• Science: “Can the Museum of the Bible overcome the sins of the past?” (10/16/17)
• Times of Israel: “The Real Story Behind the “House of Jesus’ Apostles” Discovery” (8/7/17)
• Times of Israel: “Earliest mosaic of Jonah and the whale found in Galilee synagogue” (7/7/17)
• The Herald-Sun: “Stunners in Galilee: Archaeologists shed new light on daily life in 5th century” (7/6/17)
• UNC: “Excavations by UNC-Chapel Hill archaeologist continue to yield stunning mosaics in ancient Galilean synagogue” (7/6/17)
• Daily Tarheel: “Full-time archaeologist Jodi Magness digs into teaching religion at UNC” (1/27/17)
• UNC Archaeology: “Magness Honored by Board of Trustees for Role in ‘Story of God with Morgan Freeman'” (1/26/17)
• Fox News: “Christ’s Tomb Uncovered: This is what Experts Discovered” (10/31/16)
• National Geographic: “Unsealing of Christ’s Reputed Tomb Turns Up New Revelations” (10/31/16)
• Fox News: “Rare Discovery: Ancient Synagogue Mosaic May Depict Alexander the Great” (9/12/16)
• Society for Classical Studies: NEH Awards Grants to Six Classically-Themed Projects(9/2/16)
• PaleoJudaica.com: “NEH Grant for Magness” (9/1/16)
• NPR Boston: “Without Lights, Tinsel Or Leisure – A Look At Life In Ancient Bethlehem” (12/18/15)
• NPR: “The Magdala Stone May Be A Portal To Early Religion” (12/17/15)
• KPBS: “Jerusalem Documentary Takes San Diego On Eye-Opening Tour” (11/18/15)
• Washington Post: “Experts dismiss Carson’s belief pyramids used to store grain” (11/05/15)
• CBC: “Ben Carson, U.S. presidential hopeful, thinks pyramids are ancient grain silos” (11/05/15)
• Yahoo: “Experts dismiss Carson’s belief pyramids used to store grain” (11/05/15)
• New York Times: “The Temple Mount in Jerusalem” (10/13/15)
• Free Beacon: “Scholar Rips NYT for Disputing Jewishness of Temple Mount” (10/12/15)
• New York Times: “Historical Certainty Proves Elusive at Jerusalem’s Holiest Place” (10/08/15)
• Worcester Magazine: “The Dead Sea Scrolls: Worcester West Side Secret” (8/13/15)
• WNCN: “UNC professor finds treasures buried in Israel” (4/13/15)
• WUNC: “NC Archaeologist Has Find-Of-A-Lifetime, 3 Years In A Row” (7/15/2014)
• SKY News: “UNESCO Wades Into Jesus’ River Baptism Spot Row” (07/13/15)
• The Daily Beast: “Oops! Jesus’ Last Steps Are in the Wrong Place” (01/06/15)
• Washington Post: “Jerusalem Tomb Houses Some of Jesus’s Earliest Followers, Filmmaker Says” (4/5/2012)
• USA Today: “‘James Ossuary’ Verdict Adds to Burial Box Furor” (3/18/2012)

photo credit: Jim Haberman