The East is a Podcast
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Escaping the Nation? w/ Alina Sajed and Timothy Seidel
Alina Sajed is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at McMaster University. Timothy Seidel is Assistant Professor in the Center for Justice & Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University. Check out their co-edited issue of Interventions Please consider supporting the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
The Long Walk of the Indigenous Peoples w/ Albert Brent Chase
Albert Brent Chase is a member of the Diné (Navajo) nation and leader of the Pollen Trail Dancers. Audio on the "Long Walk" taken from this video
Land of the Free? w/ David Puckett
David Puckett is a human being currently incarcerated by the US state. Through his pen pal, he passes a long a message about life in the land of the free. You can write David personally (he welcomes any letter) or send him books (preferably Sci-Fi/Fantasy). He passes on these books to other incarcerated human beings. His address is David Puckett #1081033 Polunsky Unit 3872 FM 3505 Livingston, TX 77351 Make sure you include all this information in any correspondence. For more info, please visit www.blackandpink.com/penpal-sign-up Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ft9iuZu0AI
Shervin Malekzadeh "What It Means to Be Iranian in America" (2019)
Shervin Malekzadeh is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Colgate University where he is completing a book manuscript on post-revolutionary schooling in Iran from the perspective of ordinary families and local officials tasked with educating "the New Islamic Citizen." Check out the article
The Online World of British Muslims w/Hussein Kesvani
Hussein Kesvani is UK/Europe editor with Mel Magazine. He is the author of Follow Me, Akhi: The Online World of British Muslims. Please consider supporting the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
Islamic Republic of Seinfeld feat. Sina Rahmani (Trashfuture)
I recently went on the podcast Trashfuture and spoke about the Iran invasion plans floated by the B-team. I hope you enjoy the short extract! The entire episode is available from Trashfuture's main feed.
(PREVIEW) Bonus Episode 26 - Reza Zia-Ebrahimi on the Fall of Pahlavis
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We Refugees w/ Neda Maghbouleh
Neda Maghbouleh is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. She is Principal Investigator and lead researcher of the RISE (Refugee Integration, Stress, and Equity) Team. Please consider supporting the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
The Hamdi Ulukaya Mixtape (World Refugee Day 2019)
Hamdi Ulukaya is the CEO of Chobani. Audio taken from this and this video.
(Preview) Bonus Episode 25 - Nathan Kalman Lamb
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Basketball, Race, and Neoliberalism: a conversation with Nathan Kalman Lamb
Nathan Kalman-Lamb is author of Game Misconduct: Injury, Fandom, and the Business of Sport (Fernwood Publishing) and co-author of Out of Left Field: Social Inequality and Sports (with Gamal Abdel-Shehid). He is a Lecturing Fellow at Duke University, where he teaches on social inequality and sports. Please consider supporting the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
Deal of the Century w/ Tamara Nassar
Tamara Nassar is an assistant editor at The Electronic Intifada Please consider supporting the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
There is no civil war in Yemen w/ Nasser Arrabyee
Nasser Arrabyee is a Yemeni Journalist, filmmaker, and founding Director of Yemen Alaan (Yemen Now) in Sanaa. Please consider supporting the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
(Preview) Bonus Episode 23 - Ilan Pappé on the Future of Zionism
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I'm going going, back back, to Kabul, Kabul w/ Ali M. Latifi
Ali Latifi is a journalist based in Kabul. Please consider supporting the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
*Unlocked* Bonus Episode 13- Nations and Nationalisms w/Nasser Mufti
Unlocked from behind the paywall! A conversation with my friend and comrade Nasser Mufti on the lingering questions of nationalism. Please consider supporting the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
"Racism on TV: A British Example" (Alternative Views, 1984)
From the archives of Alternative Views "TV/film producer-director Chris Thomas brings with him an insightful documentary which he made showing the nature and extent of racism on English television, using clips from documentaries, panel discussions, interviews and entertainment programs. The program, which was shown on the BBC's public access hour, created a furor, resulting in threats of lawsuits, an unusual disclaimer by the BBC and attempts by the BBC to prevent further public showings of the program." Video available here
(Preview) Bonus Episode 21 - Culture and Imperialism and Aladdin
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Mo Salah, Baby! w/ Jacob Klusmeier, Sam Huston, Willie Klemmer
Another very special episode produced by three students at Whitman College as part of Arash Davari's Middle East Politics course. This episode explores the strange case of "good immigrant" Mohamed Salah. Thank you to Arash Davari and Whitman's Politics Department for their support of this experimental project. If you are an educator and want to try teaching your students about podcasting, please feel free to get in touch. Please consider supporting the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
"We can't fit all these people in jails" w/ Ilan Pappé
Ilan Pappé is Professor of History and Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter. Please consider supporting the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
Playing with the Lion's Tail
A short mashup on the Millennium Challenge 2002. #nowarwithIran Please consider supporting the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
The Abbas Kiaorostami Mixtape
It's been almost three years since the death of Abbas Kiarostami, one of the titans of modern cinema. Included in this episode is a tribute by Martin Scorsese as well as a portion of a long sit-down interview with Kiarostami at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2016.
The Edward Said Mixtape (Vol. 4) - The Nakba
Edward Said sharing his memories of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine (Nakba, catastrophe), marked annually by people around the world on May 15th. Music Credits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiRcMrcMHTk
This is a not a podcast w/ Celeste Barry, Scout Hutchinson, Caleb Sherman
A very special episode produced by three students at Whitman College as part of Arash Davari's Middle East Politics course. This episode explores both the overwhelmingly negative portrayal of Iranians in American pop culture/news media and how to undo it by engaging Iranians both as individuals and a national culture. Thank you to Arash Davari and Whitman's Politics Department for their support of this experimental project. If you are an educator and want to try teaching your students about podcasting, please feel free to get in touch. Please consider supporting the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
Isa Blumi - "Yemen: Beyond the Mainstream" (2018)
Dr. Isa Blumi is Associate Professor in the Department of Asian, Middle Eastern, and Turkish Studies at Stockholm University. This talk was given at a public event at the University of Copenhagen organized by The Turban Times in May 2018
(Preview) Bonus Episode 19 - Reza Zia-Ebrahimi
A sneak preview of Reza Zia-Ebrahimi'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 (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
Citizen of Nowhere w/Reza Zia-Ebrahimi
Reza Zia-Ebrahimi is Senior Lecturer in History at King's College, London. Please consider supporting the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
A seminar on the Franklin Book Program w/ Levi Thompson
This episode of The East Is A Podcast is brought to you by students from Levi Thompson's University of Colorado Boulder course Representing Islam. In it, they cover the operations of the Franklin Book Program, an American book-publishing and translation initiative that operated in the Middle East from 1953 to 1979. Levi and his students examine the program as an instance of American soft power within the context of Cold War cultural imperialism and give listeners a number of bibliographical notes for further investigation. https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
Ilan Pappé on Apartheid Israel and settler colonialism (January 2019)
Ilan Pappé is one of the world's leading historians of Israel and the Zionist colonization of Palestine. With an introduction by Dima Khalidi. Lecture organized by the Lannan Foundation from January 2019
(Preview) Bonus Episode 17 - Paul A. Bové on Edward Said
A sneak preview of Paul Bové'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 (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
Malcolm X on the murder of Ronald Stokes (1962)
Ronald Stokes was an activist and community leader connected to the Nation of Islam. He was murdered by the Los Angeles Police Department on April 27, 1962. Malcolm X gave a powerful eulogy, a long sample of which is included in this episode. Please support the show.
(Preview) Bonus Episode 16 - Star Wars and Orientalism
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Saudi Arabia crucified a man yesterday 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] www.eastpodcast.com
Political Prisoners and the American Carceral State w/ Chase Madar
Chase Madar is an attorney, author, and journalist in New York. He is the author of The Passion of [Chelsea] Manning: The Story Behind the WikiLeaks Whistleblower (Verso, 2013) and part-time faculty at NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Please support the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
Indians and Cowboys w/ Sonja Thomas
Sonja M. Thomas is Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Colby College. Please support the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
The Task of the Critic in the Era of Austerity w/Paul A. Bové
Paul A. Bové is distinguished professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh and editor of boundary 2, published by Duke University Press. Please support the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
(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 (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
(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 (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
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 the foundations of nationhood, placing the idea of 'invention' above race, religion, and language.
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. Support his work and check out these two tracks from Moloq's latest album. Buy their album Moloqmusic.com Follow Moloq: @moloqmusic Twitter & Instagram Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
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 Please support the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
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 created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
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 (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
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 out the band's second full length album, Moloq, this February. Moloqmusic.com @moloqmusic Twitter & Instagram. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
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 created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
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 created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
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/
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] www.eastpodcast.com
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.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com
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 Asaka in Oakland to speak about her life and work. Produced by Densho, an organization dedicated to preserving the story of the mass incarceration of Japanese-Americans in WWII.