
The East is a Podcast
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Asfuriyyeh: the Lebanon Hospital for the Insane w/Joelle M. Abi-Rached
Joelle Abi-Rached is an invited researcher at the École normale supérieure. Check out her book Please consider supporting the show and help me hit my goal of $1500 a month. I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

The Bruce Lee Mixtape
Bruce Lee gave relatively few interviews in English during his lifetime. I've compiled a few of them into an episode. Please consider supporting the show and help me hit my goal of $1500 a month. I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

(Preview) Fascism, Spectacle, and Politics with Maximillian Alvarez and Sina Rahmani
I went on The End of Sport to talk about the American election, sports, and fascism. This is the first half (!) of the conversation. To listen to the entire episode, subscribe to The End of Sport on your podcatcher!

Yemen can't wait w/ Shireen Al-Adeimi
Shireen Al-Adeimi is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University Donate here to Yemen's reconstruction

Sanctions against liberation: a conversation on Zimbabwe today
Guest hosted by Paris Yeros Grasian Mkodzongi @Hondo1973 is a researcher whose work is focused on the political economy of land and natural resources in the Southern African sub-region. Richard R Runyararo @VaMahomva is a political scientist and Executive Coordinator of Leaders for Africa Network (LAN). Freedom Mawzi @FreedomMazwi is researcher at SMAIAS; his research is focused on political economy of land and agricultural financing. Paris Yeros is Professor at the Federal University of ABC (UFABC) in São Paulo, Brazil, Editor of Agrarian South, Research Associate of Sam Moyo African Institute for Agrarian Studies (SMAIAS) in Zimbabwe, and Coordinator of Novo Bandung Study Group at UFABC, the host of this conversation.

A user's guide to Monopsony Capitalism w/ Ashok Kumar
Ashok Kumar is Lecturer in International Political at Birkbeck and author of Monopsony Capitalism: Power and Production in Twilight of the Sweatshop Age (2020) Please consider supporting the show and help me hit my goal of $1500 a month. I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

Michael Parenti: Reflections on the Overthrow of Communism (2009)
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(Unlocked) Bonus Episode 78 - Steve Salaita "The Muslim Zionists"
Unlocked from behind the paywall. Sign up for the bonus feed at Patreon.com/east_podcast to get great bonus content and help sustain the show. Check out Steve's website for the source of this episode

Let the System Die w/ Justin Kaliebe of #PrisonsKIll
Justin Kaliebe is an incarcerated survivor of the so-called War on Terror, as one of 433 currently incarcerated or detained people charged with terrorism-related charges post 9/11 (according to the Intercept). The so-called War on Terror was a two-front assault on Muslims and those racialized as 'other' both within the US's colonial borders and western Asia. "Please write to Just at: Justin Kaliebe #81912-053 FCI Jesup 2680 301 South Jesup, GA 31599 You can follow #PrisonsKill on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/prisonskill You can read "#PrisonsKill" by Justin Kaliebe here - https://prisonskill.wordpress.com/2020/10/07/prisonskill/ You can read "Homegrown" by Justin Kaliebe here- https://prisonskill.wordpress.com/2020/10/09/homegrown/ You can read the whole catalog of #PrisonsKill pieces here- https://prisonskill.wordpress.com/

Evo Morales at the United Nations
Two speeches given by Evo Morales at the UN in 2018 and 2019 respectively. Music

Satine Iskandaryan on the outbreak of war between Armenia and Azerbaijan
From our friends at the Decolonized Buffalo Podcast: In this episode we speak to Satine about the current situation in the Armenia – Azerbaijan conflict, and the history which led to the current conflict. armeniafund.org Intro Music: Armenian War Dance Yarkhushta

(Preview) The Anti Empire Project: "1857 – India's War of Independence, pt1"
An excerpt from a recent episode of Justin Podur's fantastic podcast, The Anti Empire Project. If you like my show you will probably enjoy Justin's! https://podur.org/2020/10/10/civilizations-20a-1857-indias-war-of-independence-pt1/

Wagging the Dog in Syria w/ Ben Norton
Ben Norton is a journalist and writer with the Grayzone. Check out his article on the recent leaks. Please consider supporting the show and help me hit my goal of $1500 a month. I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

Seymour Hersh on Syria Disinformation (2013)
Seymour Hersh is one of the most respected and trusted investigative journalists in the US. However, he has all but disappeared from mainstream news venues for the last few years. A big reason for this is his refusal to accept the media hysteria around Syria and chemical weapons. I have compiled a series of clips from various interviews he gave on the question beginning in 2013 and through 2017.

(Preview) Bonus Episode 76 - The Memory of Salah Ben Youssef
A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. You can donate directly through Gofundme, and PayPal/Venmo as well. Links to the latter on my website, eastpodcast.com Nadia Ben Youssef interview her father about the legacy of her grandfather Salah Ben-Youssef.

"Bread, Freedom, Dignity" w/Nadia Ben Youssef and Nada Trigui
Nadia Ben-Youssef (@nadiaby) is Advocacy Director at the Center for Constitutional Rights. Nada Trigui (@TrNada) is a political economist based in Tunisia. Please consider supporting the show and help me hit my goal of $1500 a month. I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

Samir Amin: The Deployment of the Bandung Project (2013)
This lecture was given at SOAS, University of London on 25 April 2013 as part of the series "Samir Amin: Six Decades of Development Debate". Source

Anti-Imperialist Solidarity with Iran
The Committee of Anti-Imperialists in Solidarity with Iran (CASI) opposes U.S. imperialism against Iran, and is united against U.S. intervention in Iran, Iraq and throughout the world. We are a group of internationalist activists, Iranian and otherwise, located in the United States and Canada, and we consider ourselves part of the anti-imperialist and anti-war movements throughout the world. Speakers: Max Ajl Nina Farnia Vida Samiian Micol Savia More info available here https://solidarityiran.org/

(Unlocked) Bonus Episode 71 - Danny Haiphong on American Exceptionalism
Unlocked from behind the paywall. Sign up for the bonus feed at Patreon.com/east_podcast and get great bonus content! *** Danny Haiphong is Contributing Editor of Black Agenda Reporter and Co-Host of The Left Lens, He is the co-author of American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People's History of Fake News―From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror

(Preview) Bonus Episode 73 - Justin Podur on Planet of the Humans
A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. You can donate directly through Gofundme, and PayPal/Venmo as well. Links to the latter on my website, eastpodcast.com Friend and patron of the podcast Justin Podur reviews Planet of the Humans (2020). Check out Justin's blog

Maurice Bishop Speaks to U.S. Working People
Maurice Bishop Speaks to U.S. Working People, 5 June 1983, Hunter College, New York City Source

"The world is full of men whose hearts are broken" w/ Fatima Bhutto
Fatima Bhutto returns to the show to talk about her most recent novel, The Runaways Please consider supporting the show and help me hit my goal of $1500 a month. I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

Neoliberal White Saviourism w/ David Jefferess
David Jefferess teaches English and Cultural Studies at UBC Okanagan. Please consider supporting the show and help me hit my goal of $1500 a month. I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

The Kwame Nkrumah Mixtape
Special thanks to Dehgani for putting this together. Sources: https://bit.ly/2ELwJHs https://bit.ly/3hF4XLg https://bit.ly/3gK33YH https://bit.ly/3gLE0Ei https://bit.ly/32FgqnT https://bit.ly/2QF9e5B https://bit.ly/3bcNCqu

The Chinese American Forum (Part 2)
Three previous guests of the show (Amanda Yee, Amy Wong, and Carl Zha), return to share their thoughts on Chinese American identity, race, language, and a whole lot more! Please consider supporting the show and help me hit my goal of $1500 a month. I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

The Chinese American Forum (Part 1)
Three previous guests of the show (Amanda Yee, Amy Wong, and Carl Zha), return to share their thoughts on Chinese American identity, race, language, and a whole lot more! Please consider supporting the show and help me hit my goal of $1500 a month. I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

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. Gofundme Link
(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 If you need more The East is a Podcast, there are dozens of episodes available to patrons of the show. Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast

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. Please consider supporting the show and help me hit my goal of $1500 a month. I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

(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 episode https://uproarinthestudio.home.blog/2020/07/21/bonus-sky-hunter/

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. Please consider supporting the show and help me hit my goal of $1500 a month. I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

"Canceling the College Football Season Isn't Enough" (2020)
Read by the authors. Link to original article (link). Check out The End of Sport if you haven't already!

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. Please consider supporting the show and help me hit my goal of $1500 a month. I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

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.

(Preview) Bonus Episode 69 - Amanda Yee
A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. You can donate directly through Gofundme, and PayPal/Venmo as well. Links to the latter on my website, eastpodcast.com One of my earliest patrons, Amanda Yee (@catcontentonly), makes her first appearance on the show to talk NYC protests, COVID, and a horrible article about the legacy of Edward Said.

Trouble in Caucasia w/ Cavid Ağa
Cavid Ağa is a journalist and translator based in Ankara. Please consider supporting the show and help me hit my goal of $1500 a month. I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnQND1g_y3Q

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: WORLD POLICE!

Lebanon's crisis worsens w/ Ehsani
Ehsani returns to discuss Lebanon's worsening financial crisis. Please consider supporting the show and help me hit my goal of $1500 a month. I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

(Preview) Bonus Episode 66 - Nick Estes on settler monuments
A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. You can donate directly through Gofundme, and PayPal/Venmo as well. Links to the latter on my website, eastpodcast.com Nick Estes returns to the podcast to talk about something really good: tearing down settler monuments.

Writing Revolutions: History and Theory between Ethiopia and Iran
Writing Revolutions: History and Theory between Ethiopia and Iran Conversation hosted by Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies Source Elleni Centime Zeleke (Bio) is Assistant Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University. Her book is available here Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi is Lecturer in Comparative Political Theory at Goldsmiths, University of London. Check his recent book. Conversation facilitated by Arash Davari

(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) Subscribe today wherever you get your podcasts or listen here https://archive.org/details/indiachinajune182020

(Preview) Bonus Episode 64 - Kailas Nath Kaul and the story of the first Indian botanist at Kew Gardens
A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. You can donate directly through Gofundme, and PayPal/Venmo as well. Links to the latter on my website, eastpodcast.com This is based on an book chapter I contributed to an edited collection published by U Toronto Press. Read by Alex Salamat

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. Consider supporting the show. Go to eastpodcast.com for links to Patreon, Gofundme, cash apps, and merch store.

The Century of Humiliation w/Carl Zha
Carl Zha is the host of the Silk and Steel podcast. Consider supporting the show. Go to eastpodcast.com for links to Patreon, Gofundme, cash apps, and merch store.

(Unlocked) Bonus Episode 63 - A story about my mistakes w/ Shepherd
Unlocked from behind the paywall. Check out Shepherd's farm and support at https://www.patreon.com/ManorofMixedBlessings If you need more The East is a Podcast, there are dozens of episodes available to patrons of the show. Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast

(Preview) The End of Sport: Racism and Resistance with Michael Bennett
My longtime friend and guest of the show Nathan Kalman-Lamb (@nkalamb) recently launched a podcast with Derek Silva (@DerekCrim). Enjoy this short clip from episode 15. Subscribe today wherever you get your podcasts.

Imperialism means I can't breathe w/ Andray Domise
Andray Domise is a Contributing Editor at Macleans magazine. #blackilvesmatter Consider supporting the show. Go to eastpodcast.com for links to Patreon, Gofundme, cash apps, and merch store.

Game Over w/ Sharmine Narwani
Sharmine Narwani is a freelance journalist based in London and Beirut Consider supporting the show. Go to eastpodcast.com for links to Patreon, Gofundme, cash apps, and merch store.