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The East is a Podcast

A critical lens on the history of the present on West Asia and North Africa. Interviews with experts and archival mashups.

Created by Sina Rahmani (twitter: @urorientalist)

Islam Politics News Religion & Spirituality
Update frequency
every 5 days
Average duration
53 minutes
Episodes
556
Years Active
2018 - 2025
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On Edward Said's Culture and Imperialism (1994)

On Edward Said's Culture and Imperialism (1994)

I was invited to speak with some comrades at The Cadre Journal, a student-run Journal and Podcast on Anti-Imperialism and Communism, about a section of Edward Said's Culture and Imperialism (1993).

01:40:51  |   Mon 15 Aug 2022
(Preview) Bonus Episode 142 - Another Pink Tide? w/ Ben Norton

(Preview) Bonus Episode 142 - Another Pink Tide? w/ Ben Norton

A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level.  

Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) returns to the show to talk about the recen…

00:22:50  |   Wed 10 Aug 2022
Wag the Dog (1997) w/ Ben Norton

Wag the Dog (1997) w/ Ben Norton

*I was invited to friend of the show Ben Norton's Multipolarista to discuss Wag the Dog, an excellent, somewhat forgotten political satire of US media and war.*

The 1997 Hollywood film "Wag the Dog" …

01:27:06  |   Thu 28 Jul 2022
(Preview) Bonus Episode 141 - The Frankfurt School and the CIA w/ Gabriel Rockhill

(Preview) Bonus Episode 141 - The Frankfurt School and the CIA w/ Gabriel Rockhill

A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level.   Gabriel Rockhill  (@GabrielRockhill) is Professor of Philosophy at Villa…

00:28:56  |   Tue 26 Jul 2022
(Preview) Bonus Episode 140 - The rise of China's rural influencers w/ Amanda Yee

(Preview) Bonus Episode 140 - The rise of China's rural influencers w/ Amanda Yee

A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. 

Friend of the show Amanda Yee returns to talk about Chinese rural social m…

00:25:35  |   Mon 18 Jul 2022
(Preview)  What the Huck?! - Translation, Commodification and Hegemony w/  Sina Rahmani

(Preview) What the Huck?! - Translation, Commodification and Hegemony w/ Sina Rahmani

*I was invited to join What the Huck?! to talk translation, Eurocentrism, and the 3% problem.  This is roughly half of the conversation. Check out What the Huck?! on your podcatcher to download the e…

00:44:18  |   Thu 14 Jul 2022
(Preview) Bonus Episode 139 - The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy w/ Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt (Pt.1)

(Preview) Bonus Episode 139 - The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy w/ Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt (Pt.1)

Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt (@HunnicuttWolfe) is Associate Professor of History at California State University, Stanislaus.  Friend of the podcast Max Ajl (@maxajl) interviews him about his new book, The…

00:17:52  |   Sun 10 Jul 2022
AER 112: BDS Boston makes a map and chaos ensues

AER 112: BDS Boston makes a map and chaos ensues

*I was invited by friend of the podcast Justin Podur to discuss the very excellent work of the Mapping Project* In June 2022, a small activist group in Boston created mapliberation.org, a project ma…

00:59:53  |   Thu 07 Jul 2022
The Legacy of Castro In Africa (2016)

The Legacy of Castro In Africa (2016)

Part 1:   An interview with Isaac Saney on the relationship of Cuba, under Castro, and Africa. Isaac Saney is Director and Black Studies Senior Instructor, he holds a PhD in history from the School …
00:52:28  |   Thu 30 Jun 2022
Sovereignty is still the issue w/Bikrum Gill

Sovereignty is still the issue w/Bikrum Gill

Bikrum Gill (@bikrumsinghgill) teaches in the Department of Political Science at Virginia Tech.   Consider supporting the show  www.patreon.com/east_podcast
01:10:20  |   Tue 28 Jun 2022
(Preview) Psychoanalysis in Egypt: an interview with Dr. Neveen Zewar

(Preview) Psychoanalysis in Egypt: an interview with Dr. Neveen Zewar

Robert K. Beshara (@decolonialpsych) in conversation with Dr. Neveen Zewar. To learn more about the Arab Psychoanalytic Group in Cairo: sites.google.com/site/egypsa2

Listen to the entire episode 

h…

00:17:50  |   Sun 26 Jun 2022
The Troubles and the Irish Question (Pt.2) w/Chris Beausang

The Troubles and the Irish Question (Pt.2) w/Chris Beausang

Chris Beausang (@ilchinealach) is a writer and critic based in Dublin. His novel Tunnel of Toads is forthcoming from Marrowbone Books.  Supplementary readling:  https://analoguehumanist.wordpress.c…
00:57:32  |   Wed 15 Jun 2022
Red Power Hour - Riding the worm

Red Power Hour - Riding the worm

*I was invited to join the comrades at The Red Nation Podcast to discuss Dune (2021)*   Red Power Hour host Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) is joined by Sungmanitu (@BandsIsland) and Sina Rahmani (@uror…
01:01:37  |   Mon 13 Jun 2022
The Troubles and the Irish Question (Pt.1) w/Chris Beausang

The Troubles and the Irish Question (Pt.1) w/Chris Beausang

Chris Beausang (@ilchinealach) is a writer and critic based in Dublin. His novel Tunnel of Toads is forthcoming from Marrowbone Books.  Supplementary readling:  https://analoguehumanist.wordpress.c…

00:59:57  |   Mon 30 May 2022
(Preview) Bonus Episode 136 - FARC and the future of Colombia w/Ayesha Umaña Dajud

(Preview) Bonus Episode 136 - FARC and the future of Colombia w/Ayesha Umaña Dajud

Friend of the podcast Zeyad el Nabolsy (@ZNabolsy) returns to guest host this episode with Ayesha Umaña Dajud (@AyeshaUmanaD) on the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army (FARC) and th…

00:21:27  |   Sun 29 May 2022
(Preview) Radio Free Amanda #34 -  The Compatible Left and Information Warfare w/ Ben Norton

(Preview) Radio Free Amanda #34 - The Compatible Left and Information Warfare w/ Ben Norton

Friend of the podcast Amanda (@catcontentonly) in conversation with another friend of the podcast, journalist Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton):

"The Ukraine war is a government subsidy straight to the mi…

00:19:06  |   Wed 18 May 2022
Francis Boyle:

Francis Boyle: "Boycott, Divest, Sanction: Stopping Zionist Genocide Against the Palestinians" (2018)

Francis Boyle is a professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law.

Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G6uo7hLAq4&ab_channel=UPTV6

 

Special thanks to Ian Anderson (@…

01:12:46  |   Sun 15 May 2022
(Preview) Bonus Episode 135 - The Irish Reunification of 2022? w/ Chris Beausang

(Preview) Bonus Episode 135 - The Irish Reunification of 2022? w/ Chris Beausang

Chris Beausang (@ilchinealach) returns to the show to discuss the recent elections in Norther Ireland.   A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content b…
00:17:58  |   Wed 11 May 2022
Forget theory! w/ Gabriel Rockhill

Forget theory! w/ Gabriel Rockhill

Gabriel Rockhill  (@GabrielRockhill) is Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University.  Check out his episode on Anti-Empire Radio with Justin Podur, titled "Are your favorite academic theorists r…

01:27:34  |   Sun 08 May 2022
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