The East is a Podcast

Louis Allday is an academic and researcher based in London. 

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Federico Fuentes is a political analyst and writer based in Australia. 

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 Suchitra Vijayan  is the founder and Executive Director of the Polis Project.

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Here is a short archival mashup exploring the widely-held belief in Hollywood liberalism and ways in which women/PoC actors are often conscripted into gender/racewash…

One year ago today we launched our first show. It's been a lot of fun-- and a lot of work.  I hope you have been enjoying the show. Please consider donating to keep my work going. You can sign up on …

Three generations of the Turfah family narrate the story of Salha, a Palestinian Shi'a village ethnically cleansed in 1948.

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A conversation with Syria analyst and blogger Ehsani

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Ali Kourani is a grad student and political analyst based in Lebanon. 

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Ben Ehrenreich is an author and journalist. He recently spent time working on a migrant rescue boat. Read his article here.

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Jana Nakhal is an urban planner, Marxist feminist organizer, and member of the Central Committee of the Lebanese Communist Party. 

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Dimitri Lascaris is a lawyer, journalist and activist. 

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A preview of the first episode of the newly revamped podcast for the Red Nation.  Three episodes are dropping today on their feed, so please make sure you subscribe on your favourite podcatcher.

A conversation with returning guest Chris (aka Babylonian Bolshevik) on the recent invasion of Syria by Turkish armed forces. 

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Yousef K. Baker (@YousefKB) is Assistant Professor of International Studies at California State University, Long Beach.

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Isa Blumi returns to talk about the latest developments in Yemen. Thanks to Adem Ferizaj for making this happen.  

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Bernard Bavarian has worked in the oil industry for over four decades.

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Fatima Bhutto's most recent book is called New Kings of the World: Dispatches from Bollywood, Dizi, and K-Pop  

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Devyn Springer is an Atlanta-based writer, editor, artist, and author. He is the host of Groundings

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