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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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(PREVIEW) Bonus Episode 13 - Nations and Nationalisms w/ Nasser Mufti

(PREVIEW) Bonus Episode 13 - Nations and Nationalisms w/ Nasser Mufti

A sneak preview of Nasser Mufti's second bonus episode. Sign up for the Patreon to gain access to this and other great bonus content.  

https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast

created by Sina Rahmani (…

00:06:29  |   Tue 09 Apr 2019
(PREVIEW) Bonus Episode 11- Sara Salem

(PREVIEW) Bonus Episode 11- Sara Salem

A sneak preview of Sara Salem's bonus episode. Sign up for the Patreon to gain access to this and other great bonus content.  

https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast

created by Sina Rahmani (@urorient…

00:06:24  |   Sat 06 Apr 2019
Shlomo Sand

Shlomo Sand "On Nations and Nationhood" (2011)

From February 2011, Shlomo Sand speaks in London at an event organized by the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. 

Writer and historian Shlomo Sand interrogates th…

00:28:34  |   Sat 06 Apr 2019
Moloq Sampler :

Moloq Sampler : "Beau Village" + "Beau City"

Jake Aron is one half of Moloq and one of the earliest boosters of this podcast. I interviewed him recently ("No one is born angry") and we talked about Arabic, music, and American identity post-9/11…

00:04:13  |   Tue 02 Apr 2019
Fortress Eco-nationalism w/ Max Ajl

Fortress Eco-nationalism w/ Max Ajl

Max Ajl recently completed his doctorate in Development Sociology at Cornell University.

Read his article, Beyond the Green New Deal 

 

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00:45:26  |   Tue 02 Apr 2019
Palestine is still the issue w/Asa Winstanley

Palestine is still the issue w/Asa Winstanley

Asa Winstanley is an investigative journalist and podcaster with Electronic Intifada. 

 

Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast

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00:46:18  |   Thu 28 Mar 2019
Imaginary Asia w/Matt Dagher Margosian

Imaginary Asia w/Matt Dagher Margosian

Matt Dagher Margosian is the founder of Asia Art Tours based out of Taiwan and Seattle.

asiaartours.com

 

Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast

created by Sina Rahmani (@urorie…

01:00:19  |   Mon 25 Mar 2019
No one is born angry w/Jake Aron

No one is born angry w/Jake Aron

Jake Aron studied at Columbia’s Middle East South Asian and African Studies department. He is one half of Moloq, an Atlanta-based psychedelic pop duo he co-founded with Paul Stevens. They just put ou…

00:42:13  |   Fri 22 Mar 2019
Islamophobia is a helluva drug w/Maryyum Mehmood

Islamophobia is a helluva drug w/Maryyum Mehmood

 

Maryyum Mehmood is Research Associate at St Benet's Hall, University of Oxford.

 

Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast

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01:13:39  |   Sun 17 Mar 2019
Banning resistance is futile w/Edward Wastnidge

Banning resistance is futile w/Edward Wastnidge

Edward Wastnidge is a Lecturer in Politics and International Studies, Open University, UK.

 

Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast

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00:44:14  |   Wed 13 Mar 2019
Nawal El Saadawi: Creativity, Women and Dissidence  (2011)

Nawal El Saadawi: Creativity, Women and Dissidence (2011)

Revolution lecture by Egyptian author and activist Nawal El Saadawi at Folkteatern in Gothenburg, Sweden on October 12th, 2011.

Presented by the Clandestino Institut. http://clandestinoinstitut.org/

00:40:12  |   Fri 08 Mar 2019
Anger Management w/As'ad AbuKhalil

Anger Management w/As'ad AbuKhalil

As'ad AbuKhalil teaches at California State University, Stanislaus.  

 

 

Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast

created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected]

00:37:34  |   Wed 06 Mar 2019
Regime Change Inc. (pt.2) w/ Ben Norton and Ali Alizadeh

Regime Change Inc. (pt.2) w/ Ben Norton and Ali Alizadeh

Ben Norton is a journalist based in New York. He is the co-host of Moderate Rebels.

Ali Alizadeh is an independent political analyst based in London. 

 

Please support the show https://www.patreon.co…

01:04:38  |   Mon 04 Mar 2019
Yuri Kochiyama on internment, radical activism, and her relationship with Malcolm X

Yuri Kochiyama on internment, radical activism, and her relationship with Malcolm X

Yuri Kochiyama was a Japanese-American human rights activist, and is notable as one of the few prominent non-black Black separatists. A few years before her death in 2014, she sat down with Megan Asa…

01:23:08  |   Sun 03 Mar 2019
White liberal feminism does not spark joy w/ Amy Wong

White liberal feminism does not spark joy w/ Amy Wong

Amy Wong is Assistant Professor at Dominican University of California. 

 

Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast

created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected]

00:43:00  |   Thu 28 Feb 2019
Rocking the Boat  w/ Vidyaratha Kissoon

Rocking the Boat w/ Vidyaratha Kissoon

Vidyaratha Kissoon lives in Guyana. He has been involved in the work to promote gender equality, child protection and LGBT equality. 

He blogs at  http://churchroadman.blogspot.com/  He agreed to do …

00:38:59  |   Tue 26 Feb 2019
Walter Rodney on Race and Class in Guyanese Politics (1978)

Walter Rodney on Race and Class in Guyanese Politics (1978)

Walter Rodney was a prominent Guyanese historian, political activist and academic. 

This is a recording of a lecture he gave in 1978, lightly edited for sound quality.

 

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01:11:48  |   Sun 24 Feb 2019

"Human Rights in El Salvador" (1991) *GRAPHIC CONTENT*

"Human Rights in El Salvador" (1991), a report produced by Susan de Brava for Santa Barbara-based Behind the Headlines.  

Extremely graphic content, including descriptions of violence, sexual assault…

00:28:35  |   Sat 16 Feb 2019
Peasants, food riots, and the violence of industrial agriculture  w/Max Ajl

Peasants, food riots, and the violence of industrial agriculture w/Max Ajl

Max Ajl is a doctoral student in Development Sociology at Cornell University.

 

Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast

created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gm…

00:42:54  |   Fri 15 Feb 2019
Regime Change Inc. (pt.1) w/ Ben Norton and Ali Alizadeh

Regime Change Inc. (pt.1) w/ Ben Norton and Ali Alizadeh

Ben Norton is a journalist based in New York. He is the co-host of Moderate Rebels.

Ali Alizadeh is an independent political analyst based in London. 

 

Please support the show https://www.patreon.co…

00:53:30  |   Tue 12 Feb 2019
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