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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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Remember Bloody Sunday (1992)

Remember Bloody Sunday (1992)

00:49:59  |   Sat 30 Jan 2021
Epidemic Empire w/ Anjuli Raza Kolb

Epidemic Empire w/ Anjuli Raza Kolb

Anjuli Raza Kolb teaches at the University of Toronto

Get the book through the publisher's website and use code UCPLIT for 20% off.

 

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01:12:13  |   Tue 26 Jan 2021
Old Sheldon w/ Dan Cohen

Old Sheldon w/ Dan Cohen

Dan Cohen is a journalist based in DC with Behind the Headlines and director of Killing Gaza.

 

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01:10:43  |   Tue 19 Jan 2021
On NYT's

On NYT's "Caliphate" Podcast w/ Ambereen Dadabhoy

Ambereen Dadabhoy is an Assistant Professor of Literature at Harvey Mudd College in California.  Check out her article 

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01:01:22  |   Mon 11 Jan 2021
Alfred McCoy: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power (2017)

Alfred McCoy: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power (2017)

Q&A available from source

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00:50:15  |   Thu 07 Jan 2021
War is hell (pt.2) w/Christopher Helali

War is hell (pt.2) w/Christopher Helali

Christopher Helali fought in Syria with the International Freedom Battalion.

P. S. A lot of acronyms thrown around in this one:

PKK: Kurdistan Workers’ Party YPG: People’s Protection Units SDF: Syria…

01:02:24  |   Fri 01 Jan 2021
War is hell (pt.1) w/Christopher Helali

War is hell (pt.1) w/Christopher Helali

Christopher Helali fought in Syria with the International Freedom Battalion.

P. S. A lot of acronyms thrown around in this one:

PKK: Kurdistan Workers’ Party YPG: People’s Protection Units SDF: Syria…

01:16:52  |   Sun 27 Dec 2020
Anti-imperialism, policing and decolonization after the Trump presidency

Anti-imperialism, policing and decolonization after the Trump presidency

Organized by the Committee of Anti-Imperialists in Solidarity with Iran Speakers: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Nick Estes Toussaint Losier Navid Farnia Zhun Xu

Moderator: Suzanne Adely

Recorded Dec 14. If …

02:13:34  |   Mon 14 Dec 2020
(Preview) The Anti Empire Project #76: Punjab Farmer’s Movement Confronts the Modi Juggernaut

(Preview) The Anti Empire Project #76: Punjab Farmer’s Movement Confronts the Modi Juggernaut

An excerpt from a recent episode of Justin Podur's fantastic podcast, The Anti Empire Project. Subscribe today on your podcatcher!

https://podur.org/2020/12/09/aep-76-punjab-farmers-movement-confron…

00:30:40  |   Sun 13 Dec 2020
(Preview) Bonus Episode 83 - Amir Taha on the Iraqi PMU

(Preview) Bonus Episode 83 - Amir Taha on the Iraqi PMU

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.  

You can donate directly through Gofundme, and PayPal/Venmo as well. Links…

00:06:38  |   Wed 09 Dec 2020
The Paul Robeson Mixtape (Vol. 2)

The Paul Robeson Mixtape (Vol. 2)

Paul Robeson was a singer, activist, and open Communist during the heyday of McCarthyite America.

Great thanks to Hami Bahadori  for putting this amazing mix together. Check out volume 1 if you misse…

00:26:40  |   Sat 05 Dec 2020
Resisting Saddam w/ Amir Taha

Resisting Saddam w/ Amir Taha

Amir Taha is a PhD student at the University of Amsterdam. Check out his article

Please consider supporting the show and help me hit my goal of $1500 a month. I have a Patreon and Gofundme.

You can …

01:01:18  |   Mon 30 Nov 2020
Asfuriyyeh: the Lebanon Hospital for the Insane w/Joelle M. Abi-Rached

Asfuriyyeh: the Lebanon Hospital for the Insane w/Joelle M. Abi-Rached

Joelle Abi-Rached is an invited researcher at the École normale supérieure. Check out her book

Please consider supporting the show and help me hit my goal of $1500 a month. I have a Patreon and Gofun…

00:55:10  |   Fri 27 Nov 2020
The Bruce Lee Mixtape

The Bruce Lee Mixtape

Bruce Lee gave relatively few interviews in English during his lifetime. I've compiled a few of them into an episode.

Please consider supporting the show and help me hit my goal of $1500 a month. I h…

00:44:57  |   Sun 22 Nov 2020
(Preview)  Fascism, Spectacle, and Politics with Maximillian Alvarez and Sina Rahmani

(Preview) Fascism, Spectacle, and Politics with Maximillian Alvarez and Sina Rahmani

I went on The End of Sport to talk about the American election, sports, and fascism.  This is the first half (!) of the conversation.

To listen to the entire episode, subscribe to The End of Sport on…

00:45:51  |   Tue 17 Nov 2020
Yemen can't wait w/ Shireen Al-Adeimi

Yemen can't wait w/ Shireen Al-Adeimi

Shireen Al-Adeimi is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University 

Donate here to Yemen's reconstruction

 

00:44:46  |   Sun 15 Nov 2020
Sanctions against liberation: a conversation on Zimbabwe today

Sanctions against liberation: a conversation on Zimbabwe today

Guest hosted by Paris Yeros

Grasian Mkodzongi @Hondo1973 is a researcher whose work is focused on the political economy of land and natural resources in the Southern African sub-region.

Richard R Run…

01:42:12  |   Tue 10 Nov 2020
A user's guide to Monopsony Capitalism w/ Ashok Kumar

A user's guide to Monopsony Capitalism w/ Ashok Kumar

Ashok Kumar is Lecturer in International Political at Birkbeck and author of Monopsony Capitalism: Power and Production in Twilight of the Sweatshop Age (2020) 

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00:53:29  |   Mon 09 Nov 2020
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