The East is a Podcast

Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)
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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)

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    Iran's History and Geopolitical Relations w/Prof. David N. Yaghoubian

    This is a preview of a recent episode of The Adnan Husain Show. The conversation continued for another full hour! Subscribe to Adnan's show on your podcatcher to listen to the full episode or watch it on YouTube linked below. Prof. Adnan Husain discusses the modern history of Iran from the late nineteenth century to contemporary relations with the US with friend and colleague Prof. David N. Yaghoubian of California State University-San Bernardino. We discuss Iran's traditions of statecraft and geopolitical relations with imperial powers, Russia and Britain, until the Cold War, when Iran became a pillar of US hegemony in the Middle East after subverting and overthrowing the nationalist government of Mossadegh. Prof. Yaghoubian shares his analysis of the current Iranian state's alliances with Russia and China to evade unremitting US sanctions as one of "grievances" rather than "interests" created by aggressive US policy. A wide-ranging conversation benefiting from Prof. Yaghoubian's thorough historical knowledge and trenchant political analysis. Dr. David N. Yaghoubian is Professor of Modern west Asian and Islamic History at California State University-San Bernardino and author of "Ethnicity, Identity, and the Development of Nationalism in Iran" (Syracuse, 2014) and co-editor of "Struggle and Survival in the Modern Middle East" (3rd edition forthcoming).  Please subscribe, share, and support this channel: https://adnanahusain.substack.com/ https://www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanhusain.org/

    57 min

  2. 23 FEB

    The tallest trees in the forest: Indigenous resistance and martyrdom w/ Nick Estes and Ali Alizadeh

    Longtime friends of the show and host of The Red Nation Podcast Nick Estes (@nickwestes) and Ali Alizadeh (@Ali7adeh) from Jedaal to look at the history of the Party of God and its martyred leaders against the wider backdrop of Indigenous resistance to settler colonialism. Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Check out the documentary, Hezbollah: The Untold Story and subscribe to Jedaal English Nick's latest piece for his substack, "A prayer for Leonard Peltier" Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

    1h 17m

  3. 13 FEB

    Canada vs. Mexico: Two models of anti-sovereignty

    *Producer's note: I put the audio of the final 15 mins of this conversation behind the paywall.  You can listen to that portion of the conversation by signing up for $5 a month at patreon.com/east_podcast or you can watch the entire episode for free on the EIAP YouTube channel linked below* A roundtable discussion featuring Tankie Group Therapy stalwarts Alex and Joe as well as Adnan Husain, who recently launched his own channel, to discuss the recent trade war threats from the Trump regime to his two largest trading partners. Watch the full conversation on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

    1 hr
  4. Gaza is Unconquered, Palestine is STILL the Issue w/ Sina Rahmani

    9 FEB

    Gaza is Unconquered, Palestine is STILL the Issue w/ Sina Rahmani

    *I have been helping friend of the show Adnan Husain with his new media project.  This episode we recorded after our previous episode was lost (albeit temporarily) by our recording software. That episode is now available behind the paywall on my patreon and Adnan's linked below*  Professor Adnan Husain and Sina Rahmani (The East is a Podcast) discuss the political lessons and implications of the Gaza ceasefire agreement for the cause of Palestine, regional and geopolitics of resistance against US/Western empire, and on the direction of the anti-imperial solidarity movements across Europe and North America. Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel Subscribe to the podcast feed here Please subscribe, share, and support this channel: https://adnanahusain.substack.com/ https://www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanhusain.org

    1h 3m

  5. 29 JAN

    Refaat Alareer's voice from the archives

    *Friend of the show Nora Barrows-Friedman collected some of Refaat's audio archive.* In a special audio podcast episode dedicated to the voice and the words of Dr. Refaat Alareer, we weave together five separate interviews we conducted between 2014 and 2018. Alareer was a beloved professor, poet and mentor who helped sharpen countless young minds and who still inspires people all over the world. He was murdered by Israel on 6 December, 2023, along with six other members of his family in Gaza.  Read more:  https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/...

    1h 39m

  6. 19 JAN

    Never again? Germany and the Gaza Holocaust w/ Dror Dayan (pt.2)

    **A preview of the latest bonus episode: the second half of my conversation with Dror Dayan about Germany's role in the Axis of Genocide. Subscribe on Patreon to access hundreds of bonus episodes and help support the show. Alternatively, you can watch the episode for free on YouTube**  Dror Dayan (@DrorDayan) is a filmmaker, political activist and film scholar based in Berlin and Liverpool.  Make sure to check out the first half of this conversation, posted on the main feed Check out "Not Just Your Picture: The Story of the Kilani Family" https://notjustyourpicture.com/ Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

    10 min

  7. 19 JAN

    Tankie Group Therapy #30: They will never break them (or us)

    Lara Sheehi joins as our therapist with Jon Elmer(successfully pressured by your comments on the Day 467 Sit Rep), Nora, Mikey, Alex, and Joe. Hours before the ceasefire is set to go into effect, we debrief our worry, our awe and pride in the Palestinians, our rage at genocide, why we did this series of so-called "tankie therapy" and why some of us had to avoid it sometimes over the past 15 months. Will this be the last one? Watch the episode on The Anti-Empire Project YouTube channel   Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

    1h 5m
  8. Tankie Group Therapy #29: No disclaimers necessary

    14 JAN

    Tankie Group Therapy #29: No disclaimers necessary

    Two beloved members of the Tankie Group Therapy crew (Joe and Matteo) return after long absences to join Alex, Nora, and Sina to discuss some of the recent (not so very good) news. Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel Check out Joe's essay, "My Health Ordeal of 2024" Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

    1h 9m
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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)

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  • Creator
    Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2025
  • Episodes
    532
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    The East is a Podcast

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