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Turbulence is a podcast about the end of the American empire, or the end of the world—whichever comes first. Join Dylan Saba, Séamus Malekafzali, and M Ceniza as they navigate the geopolitical chaos of a world-system in flux. turbulencepod.substack.com

  1. BONUS: Unity of Fronts

    1 DAY AGO

    BONUS: Unity of Fronts

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We continue our coverage of the Iran war with a discussion of shifting US and Israeli strategies, attacks on energy infrastructure, the assassination of Ali Larijani, and Israel’s invasion of southern Lebanon. Please consider donating to support families displaced from southern Lebanon here, here, here, and here. We’re committed to independence and will n…

    5 min
  2. Episode 17: Settler Empire w/ Darryl Li

    3 DAYS AGO

    Episode 17: Settler Empire w/ Darryl Li

    Darryl Li joins us to assess the post-October 7 conjuncture, the US-Israel relationship, and the new regional order emerging out of the Iran war. This is the first part of a two part conversation. Part 2, where we discuss Darryl’s work deconstructing the concept of the “foreign fighter,” will be available as an exclusive for paid subscribers on April 3. Texts mentioned: Arghiri Emmanuel, White-Settler Colonialism and the Myth of Investment Imperialism. Darryl Li is an anthropologist and legal scholar thinking mostly about questions of war, law, migration, empire, and racialization in the currents between the Middle East, South Asia, and the Balkans. He is the author of The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity (Stanford University Press, 2020), an ethnographic and archival study of “jihadist foreign fighters” in the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. We’re committed to independence and will never run ads or take money from institutions. That means Turbulence is entirely listener-funded. For $5 a month, paid subscribers gain access to weekly news analysis bonus episodes, where we respond to events as they unfold, follow up on previous discussions, and draw connections across the conflicts shaping our world. Most importantly, paid subscriptions make it possible for us to keep doing this work independently, week after week. Subscribe today at turbulencepod.substack.com Follow along on Twitter/X and Instagram @turbulence_pod Theme: Eye for an Eye, Haram (2017) Art: Vivek Venkatraman This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit turbulencepod.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 5m
  3. BONUS: Operation Epic Mistake

    12 MAR

    BONUS: Operation Epic Mistake

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We continue our coverage of the Iran war with a discussion of the new Supreme Leader, Iranian and American strategic narratives, the Axis of Resistance, and the war’s global economic fallout. We’re committed to independence and will never run ads or take money from institutions. That means Turbulence is entirely listener-funded. For $5 a month, paid subsc…

    4 min
  4. Episode 16: Cuba, Defiant w/ Helen Yaffe

    11 MAR

    Episode 16: Cuba, Defiant w/ Helen Yaffe

    Helen Yaffe joins us to discuss the Trump administration’s escalating attacks on Cuba, the country’s history of medical internationalism, and Che Guevara’s developmentalist socialism. Helen Yaffe is a Professor of Latin American Political Economy at the University of Glasgow, specialising on Cuba. Since 1995, she has spent time living and researching in Cuba. She is the author of Che Guevara: The Economics of Revolution (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009) and We Are Cuba! How a Revolutionary People Have Survived in a Post-Soviet World (Yale, 2020). She co-hosts Cuba Analysis podcast https://linktr.ee/cuba.analysis and has co-produced three documentaries, including Cuba & Covid-19: Public Health, Science, and Solidarity (2020) and Cuba’s Life Task: Combatting Climate Change (2021). Twitter/X: @HelenYaffe People from around the world can support or join the Nuestra América Convoy, for which people will travel to Havana by land, air and sea, for a mass mobilization on March 21. Fundraising links: * Let Cuba Live is purchasing solar panels * Saving Lives Campaign and Global Health Partners are procuring medical equipment * The Hatuey Project provides cancer medicines for Cuban children We’re committed to independence and will never run ads or take money from institutions. That means Turbulence is entirely listener-funded. For $5 a month, paid subscribers gain access to weekly news analysis bonus episodes, where we respond to events as they unfold, follow up on previous discussions, and draw connections across the conflicts shaping our world. Most importantly, paid subscriptions make it possible for us to keep doing this work independently, week after week. Subscribe today at turbulencepod.substack.com Follow along on Twitter/X and Instagram @turbulence_pod Theme: Eye for an Eye, Haram (2017) Art: Vivek Venkatraman This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit turbulencepod.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 9m
  5. BONUS: Escalation Dominance

    6 MAR

    BONUS: Escalation Dominance

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss the rapidly expanding scope, duration, and intensity of the Iran war. Please consider donating to support families displaced from southern Lebanon here, here, here, and here. We’re committed to independence and will never run ads or take money from institutions. That means Turbulence is entirely listener-funded. For $5 a month, paid subscribers gain access to weekly news analysis bonus episodes, where we respond to events as they unfold, follow up on previous discussions, and draw connections across the conflicts shaping our world. Most importantly, paid subscriptions make it possible for us to keep doing this work independently, week after week. Subscribe today at turbulencepod.substack.com Follow along on Twitter/X and Instagram @turbulence_pod Theme: Eye for an Eye, Haram (2017) Art: Vivek Venkatraman

    5 min
  6. BONUS: State of the Union

    27 FEB

    BONUS: State of the Union

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss the killing of “El Mencho” in Jalisco, an attempted gusano infiltration of Cuba, a looming war with Iran, SCOTUS knocking down Trump’s tariffs, cases against the Prairieland 19 in Texas and Pal Action in the UK, and Snowgazi in New York City. We’re committed to independence and will never run ads or take money from institutions. That means Turbulence is entirely listener-funded. For $5 a month, paid subscribers gain access to weekly news analysis bonus episodes, where we respond to events as they unfold, follow up on previous discussions, and draw connections across the conflicts shaping our world. Most importantly, paid subscriptions make it possible for us to keep doing this work independently, week after week. Subscribe today at turbulencepod.substack.com Follow along on Twitter/X and Instagram @turbulence_pod Theme: Eye for an Eye, Haram (2017) Art: Vivek Venkatraman

    3 min
  7. Episode 0: Introducing Turbulence

    24/10/2025

    Episode 0: Introducing Turbulence

    Audio: George Habash speaks on U.S. role in Palestine and Lebanon, January 1979. Theme: Eye for an Eye, Haram (2017) Art: Vivek Venkatraman The American Century is ending. So far, the world order emerging in its wake has been defined by geopolitical chaos and rolling, interconnected crises—in a word: Turbulence. Whether these crises ultimately produce a new superpower, a new multipolar world, or simply more and more chaos remains open to the forces of historical contingency. This podcast is our attempt to make sense of a world in flux. What is going on? What fresh hells await us? And what the f**k, if anything, can we do about it? These are the questions we seek to answer. In the long tail of the so-called Global War on Terror—and particularly in the post October 7 world—much of these questions will lead us to the Middle East. But we’ll be going elsewhere in the periphery, and will certainly be coming back home to the core. The situation is bad, and is sure to get worse. But if there is a way out, we’ll be trying to find it. We hope you’ll join us. We’re committed to independence and will never run ads or have institutional affiliations. That means we’re entirely listener funded. For $5, paid subscribers will get an early release of our intro episode, access to a launch day live stream on 10/28 with special guests, and more bonus content to come. Subscribe today at turbulencepod.substack.com Follow along on Twitter/X and Instagram @turbulence_pod This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit turbulencepod.substack.com/subscribe

    14 min
  8. TEASER: Turbulence (Premiering October 28, 2025)

    18/10/2025

    TEASER: Turbulence (Premiering October 28, 2025)

    Audio: George Habash speaks on U.S. role in Palestine and Lebanon, January 1979. Theme: Eye for an Eye, Haram (2017) The American Century is ending. So far, the world order emerging in its wake has been defined by geopolitical chaos and rolling, interconnected crises—in a word: Turbulence. Whether these crises ultimately produce a new superpower, a new multipolar world, or simply more and more chaos remains open to the forces of historical contingency. This podcast is our attempt to make sense of a world in flux. What is going on? What fresh hells await us? And what the f**k, if anything, can we do about it? These are the questions we seek to answer. In the long tail of the so-called Global War on Terror—and particularly in the post October 7 world—much of these questions will lead us to the Middle East. But we’ll be going elsewhere in the periphery, and will certainly be coming back home to the core. The situation is bad, and is sure to get worse. But if there is a way out, we’ll be trying to find it. We hope you’ll join us. We’re committed to independence and will never run ads or have institutional affiliations. That means we’re entirely listener funded. For $5, paid subscribers will get an early release of our intro episode, access to a launch day live stream on 10/28 with special guests, and more bonus content to come. Subscribe today at turbulencepod.substack.com Follow along on Twitter/X and Instagram @turbulence_pod This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit turbulencepod.substack.com/subscribe

    2 min
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Turbulence is a podcast about the end of the American empire, or the end of the world—whichever comes first. Join Dylan Saba, Séamus Malekafzali, and M Ceniza as they navigate the geopolitical chaos of a world-system in flux. turbulencepod.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Turbulence
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    37
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Turbulence
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