The East is a Podcast

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] www.eastpodcast.com

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 this podcast because he was able to get a coffee in Georgetown from one of Sina's friends. Acknowledgments to Poonam Singh and her song "Guyana" Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

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. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

"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, torture, etc. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

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) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

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

*UNLOCKED* Bonus Episode 6 - Fatima Bhutto Fatima Bhutto's new novel is called The Runaways. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

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) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

A conversation with my friend and co-founder of "Two Brown Men with Four Green Thumbs Landscaping," Nasser Mufti. For $5+ Patrons only. Sign up here to get access today to all bonus content. created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

From C. L. R. James in conversation with Stuart Hall (1984). Directed by Mike Gibb, produced originally for Channel 4. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

Fatima Bhutto's new novel is called The Runaways. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

Ronjaunee Chatterjee is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Concordia University. She co-organized a roundtable at the 2019 annual convention of the Modern Language Association on "Critical Race Theory and New Directions for Victorian Studies." Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

Nasser Mufti is Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

*UNLOCKED* Bonus Episode 4 - Ali Shariati, Close-up w/ Arash Davari Arash Davari Arash Davari (@adavari21) is Assistant Professor of Politics at Whitman College. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

A compilation of folk, pop, and experimental songs from Morocco to India. Track list available here Curated by Moloq (@moloqmusic) Check out Moloq at https://www.moloqmusic.com. New album available on February 15th. Please support the show! Sign up here to get access today to all bonus content. created by Sina Rahmani (urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

A conversation with my mentor and friend, Saree Makdisi. You can get his books here. For $5+ Patrons only. Sign up here to get access today to all bonus content. created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

Saree Makdisi is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at UCLA. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

*Preview: unlock full episode by subscribing* Patrick Higgins is a Ph.D candidate in the Department of History at the University of Houston. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

Ali Alizadeh is an independent journalist and political analyst based in London. https://www.eastpodcast.com/#/episode23/ *** Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

*Unlocked* Patrick Higgins is a Ph.D candidate in the Department of History at the University of Houston. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

An archival tour through some of Hollywood's worst representations of South Asians in the last few decades. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

Another unabridged interview from the archives of Alternative Views, the legendary cable access show based in Austin, TX. Recorded on Sept. 19, 1990, Said is being interviewed by Douglas Kellner and the late Barbara Harlow. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

Ali Alizadeh is an independent journalist and political analyst based in London. https://www.eastpodcast.com/#/episode20/ *** Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

In 1969, Leila Khaled's face became etched into the global political imaginary as one of the leading militants of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). She visited South Africa in 2015 and reflected on her experiences. https://www.eastpodcast.com/#/episode19/ *** Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

Patrick Higgins is a Ph.D candidate in the Department of History at the University of Houston. *Discussion of US withdrawal from Syria begins roughly halfway through the episode* https://www.eastpodcast.com/#/episode18/ ***** Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

Dr. Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford. Original article available here: https://ajammc.com/2017/03/06/ann-lambton-in-iran/ Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] https://twitter.com/east_podcast

William Blum was one of the most critical voices in the US media sphere. After leaving behind a lucrative career with the State Dept in 1967, he began writing about the disastrous consequences of US foreign policy. Here is a short conversation with radio host David Swanson from a few years ago, preceded by a short intro. Blum speaks about his career, his frustrations with the corporate media, and the Obama administration. created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] https://twitter.com/east_podcast

Nikkie Hessel is Associate Professor School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Her most recent book is Romantic Literature and the Colonised World: Lessons from Indigenous Translations (Palgrave, 2018). created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] https://twitter.com/east_podcast

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's reign was profoundly connected to the Western news media. The mainstream press played an active role in the ousting of his rival Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953, and spent the next two decades lavishing him with the kind of praise that only paid off toadies could provide. But the relationship soured in the 1970s. As the pressures on his regime increased internally, Western journalists were beginning to do their jobs. Foolishly, the last monarch of Iran let his narcissism get the best of him and chose to accept interview after interview, allowing himself to be pestered with questions about torture, beatings, and the opposition to his authoritarian rule. I've collected a bunch of interviews from mostly his later years, preceded by a brief introduction on the imperialist birthday party he threw for himself in 1971. created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] https://twitter.com/east_podcast

Isa Blumi is Associate Professor in the Department of Asian, Middle Eastern, and Turkish Studies at Stockholm University. He holds a PhD in History and Middle Eastern/Islamic Studies from New York University and a Master of Political Science and Historical Studies from The New School for Social Research, New York. Please send all comments and suggestions to [email protected] or reach us through Twitter https://twitter.com/east_podcast Podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)

A interview with legendary English journalist Robert Fisk from 2015 produced by Vancouver's Redeye Collective. The talk was titled: "Goodbye, Mr Sykes! Adieu, Monsieur Picot!" How the ISIS 'caliphate' frightens the Middle East – and us." For more on Redeye, please consult their archive here. Please send all comments and suggestions to [email protected] or reach us through Twitter https://twitter.com/east_podcast Podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)

This is the story of the now largely forgotten "dark night" of October 17, 1961, "the bloodiest act of state repression of street protest in Western Europe in modern history". Adapted from Sina Rahmani, "It's when there's more than one that there are problems" For more on Yasmina Adi's film, click here ***Trigger Warning: realistic sounds of violence are included between minute 5-8.*** Please send all comments and suggestions to [email protected] or reach us through Twitter https://twitter.com/east_podcast Podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)

While they may not be household names, Bernard Lewis and Samuel Huntington can justifiably count themselves among the most influential academics of the last few decades. As the Cold War was winding down, the two men helped manufacture one of the biggest intellectual frauds in recent memory: "The Clash of Civilizations." These two men, with the help of countless media appearances and glowing write ups, peddled the dumb but marketable idea that "Christendom" and "Islam," two entirely fictional entities woven solely out of words, were on track for a final showdown. Edward Said, who speaks here in selections from two different lectures I've edited lightly, was one of the brave few who took on this hoax and exposed it for what it was. Please send all comments and suggestions to [email protected] or reach us through Twitter https://twitter.com/east_podcast Podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)

Sara Salem is Assistant Professor in Sociology at the London School of Economics. Sara's research interests include political sociology, postcolonial studies, Marxist theory, feminist theory, and global histories of empire and imperialism. Please send all comments and suggestions to [email protected] or reach us through Twitter https://twitter.com/east_podcast Podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)

Manu Samriti Chander is Associate Professor of English at Rutgers University-Newark. He holds an MFA from the University of Michigan and a PhD from Brown University. His first monograph, Brown Romantics: Poetry and Nationalism in the Global Nineteenth Century (Bucknell, 2017), examined the appropriation of British Romantic tropes by colonial poets throughout the nineteenth century. Please send all comments and suggestions to [email protected] or reach us through Twitter https://twitter.com/east_podcast Podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)

An interview with Gayatri Spivak fom the archives of Alternative Views, the legendary public access TV show based in Austin created and hosted by Douglas Kellner and Frank Morrow. In the episode, the hosts ask Spivak about her experiences teaching in the KSA. Interview begins around 5:00. Please send all comments and suggestions to [email protected] or reach us through Twitter https://twitter.com/east_podcast Podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)

Turkey has for decades been one of the most important allies of the Western powers. The rise of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan--a charismatic nationalist and polarizing figure who survived a coup attempt in July 2016--has stirred up consternation among the establishment about his loyalty to the geopolitical status quo. This episode revisits the Western media's love affair with a Turkish strongman who didn't offend the fickle tastes of the Anglo-American foreign policy elite. In 1958, CBS produced a made-for-TV documentary "The Incredible Turk" about Mustafa Kemal Ataturk-- narrated by none other than Walter Cronkite. I have included the entire documentary (lightly edited for time) and a short preamble from contemporary commentators who long for the return of our man in Ankara. Please send all comments and suggestions to [email protected] or reach us through Twitter https://twitter.com/east_podcast Podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)

In April 1964, Malcolm X traveled to Saudi Arabia to complete the Hajj. Upon his return, he gave a press conference and explained what lessons his experiences abroad had taught him about the problems facing African-Americans. Please send all comments and suggestions to [email protected] or reach us through Twitter https://twitter.com/east_podcast Podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)

Recorded at the University of Colorado, Boulder on October 12, 1998, Eqbal Ahmad speaks about the dangers and dishonesty of the rhetoric of terrorism. For more on Ahmad's remarkable life: https://www.hampshire.edu/critical-social-inquiry/biography-of-eqbal-ahmad Please send all comments and suggestions to [email protected] or reach us through Twitter https://twitter.com/east_podcast Podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)

Edward Said on his close and intimate relationship with revolutionary political scientist and activist Eqbal Ahmad. Please send all comments and suggestions to [email protected] or reach us through Twitter https://twitter.com/east_podcast Podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)

Emran Feroz is an Austro-Afghan journalist and author based in Stuttgart. He is the author "Tod per Knopfdruck" [Death at the Push of a Button] published by Westend in Oct 2017. His work has appeared with The New York Times, Al Jazeera, The Atlantic, The Hindu, Alternet and several other media outlets. He is also a regular contributor to German-language newspapers and magazines. https://twitter.com/Emran_Feroz Please send all comments and suggestions to [email protected] or reach us through Twitter https://twitter.com/east_podcast Podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)

Dr. Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford. https://twitter.com/EskandarSadeghi/ Please send all comments and suggestions to [email protected] or reach us through Twitter https://twitter.com/east_podcast Podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)