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)
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 556
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
(Preview) Bonus Episode 133 - I wanna be like you w/ Aaron Thorpe
Aaron Thorpe (@borgposting) is a writer and podcaster with The Trillbillies and Everybody Loves Communism.
(Apologies for my poor sound quality! I selected the wrong mic!!!)
A preview of the latest b…
Stop the Bleed w/ Tarek Loubani
Friend of the podcast Tarek Loubani (@trklou) returns to the show to discuss the Stop the Bleed campaign.
(Apologies for the sound quality!)
Lord Elgin's loot w/ Manu Chander
Old friend of the podcast Manu Chander is Associate Professor of English at Rutgers University-Newark.
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(Unlocked) Bonus Episode 125 - Squid Game (2021) w/ Sam Yang
The Propaganda War Waged Over The Iraq Invasion (2003)
(Preview) Bonus Episode 131 - Hybrid warfare and sanctions w/ Vijay Prashad
*You're gonna be noticing more paywalled content going forward. As much as I want more people to listen for free, recent changes in my life require me to start pushing the Patreon more. Unfortunately…
(Preview) Bonus Episode 130 - Wheat is important w/ Max Ajl
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Dr. Salman Abu Sitta & Visualizing Palestine in Conversation (2019)
A conversation between Visualizing Palestine and Dr. Salman Abu Sitta, filmed at Dar El-Nimer for Arts & Culture, Beirut on 30 January 2019. The interview took place in the context of the exhibition …
The International People’s Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, and Economic Coercive Measures
In collaboration with international scholar activists and legal experts, the People’s Tribunal hosted an introductory webinar to discuss the urgent need to take legal action against U.S. sanctions an…
(Preview) Bonus Episode 128 - Revisiting Chavismo w/ Ricardo Vaz
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Permission to narrate w/ Ali Abunimah
Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) is Co-Founder and Director of The Electronic Intifada http://electronicintifada.net.
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KEEP: Stories from North Korea
Don't let Penn State Fire Dr. Baker!
A group of students at Penn State University have organized in solidarity with Dr. Oliver Baker, who is being unjustly threatened with termination by the university administration for protecting stud…
In defense of nativism w/ Muhammad Ali Mojaradi
Muhammad Ali Mojaradi (@sharqhzadeh) is the creator of Persian Poetics (@persianpoetics on Instagram)
Check out his video, "Debunking Fake Rumi"
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Bethune (1964)
Directed by Donald…
The people want the fall of the regime? w/ William Vanwagenen
William Vanwagenen (@WVanwagenen) is the author of "Salafis Throwing Bombs: How American and British Planners Partnered With Al-Qaeda Affiliated Groups At the Start of the Syrian Civil War" and "Cr…
The character assassination of Jeremy Corbyn w/ Asa Winstanley
(Preview) Radio Free Amanda #23 - What Should the Left Do About China??? w/ Jorge Rocha, Ron J, and Mirah
Friend of the podcast Amanda (@catcontentonly) has launched her own show. Gain access to this episode in its entirety by signing up at