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
Beirut Ground Zero w/ Jana Nakhal and Ashraf Mtaweh
Jana Nakhal is a Marxist feminist organizer, urban activist and member of the Lebanese Communist Party's central committee
Ashraf Mtaweh is a Lebanese artist and filmmaker.
(Preview) Red Power Hour: The Washington Skinwalkers w/ Amanda Blackhorse
A preview of a new podcast from The Red Nation. Subscribe on your podcatcher!
Melanie , Andrew , and Nick talk with Diné activist and social worker Amanda Blackhorse
(Unlocked) Bonus Episode 42 - Karim Makdisi on Lebanese politics
Unlocked from behind the paywall! Please enjoy this episode with AUB professor Karim Makdisi originally recorded in November 2019
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Japan Panic, White Terror: Vincent Chin and anti-Asian Racism in the US
(Content Warning: brutal violence described graphically)
Thank you to Benjamin Bartu for putting this mix together.
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(Preview) Uproar in the Studio: Sky Hunter (2017)
I was invited to talk with Uproar in the Studio (@ChinaFilmPod on Twitter) about the Chinese military film Sky Hunter (2017). Subscribe to their podcast on your podcatcher.
Link to the full episod…
Russiagate, Douma, and the failure of the US media class w/Aaron Maté
Aaron Maté is a journalist based in NYC. Check out his podcast, Pushback.
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"Canceling the College Football Season Isn’t Enough" (2020)
The DR Congo and the struggle for postcolonial liberation w/ Justin Podur
Friend of the podcast Justin Podur (https://www.podur.org/) returns to talk about his new book, America's Wars on Democracy in Rwanda and the DR Congo.
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The Paul Robeson Mixtape
Paul Robeson was a singer, activist, and open Communist during the heyday of McCarthyist America.
Great thanks to Hami Bahadori for putting this amazing mix together.
Reel Bad Arabs: Jack G. Shaheen on How Hollywood Vilifies Arabs (2004)
Almost two decades ago, author and scholar Jack G. Shaheen gave this lecture about Hollywood's vilification of Arabs and Muslims based on his book, Reel Bad Arabs.
Link to the original
Team America: World Police (2004)
[I went back on one of my favourite podcasts, Rewatchability, to talk about Team America : World Police. Enjoy!]
Happy Birthday America! In celebration we light up some fireworks with TEAM AMERICA: W…
(Preview) Justin Podur and Carl Zha on recent tensions between China and India
A 30-min preview of the latest episode of The Anti-Empire Podcast with Justin Podur (https://twitter.com/justinpodur) and Carl Zha (https://twitter.com/CarlZha)
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(Preview) Bonus Episode 64 - Kailas Nath Kaul and the story of the first Indian botanist at Kew Gardens
Saving face: Saudi Arabia's quagmire in Yemen w/ Nasser Arrabyee
Nasser Arrabyee returns to the podcast to talk about the Saudi exit strategy in Yemen.
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The Century of Humiliation w/Carl Zha
Carl Zha is the host of the Silk and Steel podcast.
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