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 123 - Just gimme that countryside w/ Turnip Greens Radio
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.
Friends of the show Kevin and Mo from Turnip Greens Radio (@GreensRadio…
James Connolly and Irish anticolonial resistance (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.
Check out his piece on Liberated Texts, "Ireland’s Struggle for …
(Preview) AER 101: China and Imperialist Media Strategies with Vijay Prashad
An excerpt from the latest episode of The Anti Empire Project hosted by friend of the show, Justin Podur
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Notes from the Great March of Return w/ Tarek Loubani
Tarek Loubani is a physician who splits his time between London, Ont and Gaza,Palestine.
Check out GLIA (https://glia.org/)
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"Untold facts of the 2006 Lebanon War" (2019)
A long interview with General Qasem Soleimani on the 2006 Lebanon war.
General Qasem Soleimani’s 2nd assassination anniversary
I was invited by The Communiqué with Richard Medhurst to share my reflections on the second anniversary of the assassination of Qasem Soleimani.
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James Connolly and Irish anticolonial resistance (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.
Check out his piece, "Ireland’s Struggle for Self-determination"…
(Preview) Rewatchability - A CHRISTMAS CAROL with Sina Rahmani
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This week we get into the Christmas spirit with literal Christmas spirits, yes we're talking about …
Forum: Is journalism dead?
A conversation on the state of contemporary professional news journalism featuring Justin Podur (@justinpodur) from the Anti-Empire Project, and co-hosts of The Brief Podcast (@thebriefpod) Nora Barr…
(Preview) AEP 100: Debriefing the Indian Farmers’ Victory with Navyug Gill
An excerpt from the latest episode of The Anti Empire Project hosted by friend of the podcast Justin Podur
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"An era of right and justice": the Vietnamese liberation struggle w/ Luna oi!
Luna oi! is a Vietnamese YouTuber based in Hanoi.
Check out her essay on life under US embargo
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The kidnapping of Alex Saab w/ Ricardo Vaz
Ricardo Vaz is a writer and editor with VenezuelAnalysis.com
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The modern history of Korea (pt.2) w/ Ju-Hyun Park
Ju-Hyun Park is a poet and essayist. Check out their essay, "Life During Wartime" Thanks for you supporting the show!
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(Preview) The End of Sport #89: The NLRB Memo with Jennifer Abruzzo
Friend of the podcast Nathan Kalman Lamb is co-host of The End of Sport Podcast. Please enjoy this short preview from their latest episode and subscribe to their amazing show on your podcatcher.
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The modern history of Korea (pt.1) w/ Ju-Hyun Park
Ju-Hyun Park is a poet and essayist and part of Nodutdol.
Check out their essay, "Life During Wartime"
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A century of Palestinian resistance: the legacy of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Friends of the podcast Zeyad el-Nabolsi and Yara Shoufani take up the legacy of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
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