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The Marc Steiner Show meets you at the intersection of politics and culture. We produce dynamic conversations and visual productions with activists, actors, artists and authors to creatively get to the root of the social, political and cultural issues that we and our world face. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-marc-steiner-show--4661751/support.

9H AGO

Ghada Karmi: How Gaza Shattered the Myth of Coexistence

Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has shattered long-held hopes for Palestinian-Israeli coexistence and exposed the global systems sustaining the decades-long destruction of Palestine and the dispossession of Palestinians. In this special edition of the The Marc Steiner Show, commemorating the solemn anniversary of the Nakba, Marc speaks with world-renowned author and physician Ghada Karmi about the destruction of Gaza, the collapse of faith in a political solution, and the deepening despair felt by many Palestinians and Israelis alike today. Guests: Ghada Karmi was born in Jerusalem. Forced from her home during the Nakba, she later trained as a Doctor of Medicine at Bristol University. She established the first British-Palestinian medical charity in 1972 and was an Associate Fellow at the Royal Institute for International Affairs. She is the author of numerous books, including the best-selling memoir In Search of Fatima and One State: The Only Democratic Future for Palestine-Israel. Credits: Producer: Rosette SewaliStudio Production: Cameron GranadinoAudio Post-Production: Stephen Frank Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-marc-steiner-show--4661751/support. Follow The Marc Steiner Show on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Help us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer. Sign up for our newsletter Follow us on Bluesky Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Donate to support this podcast

30 min
1D AGO

Oren Ziv: Israel Is Erasing the West Bank’s Boundaries

While the world’s focus has shifted to the war in Iran, Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians has continued, and Israeli settlers are rapidly and violently expanding illegal land seizures across the occupied West Bank, with the full backing of the Israeli government, military, and police. In this episode of The Marc Steiner Show, Marc speaks with award-winning Israeli journalist, political commentator, and photographer Oren Ziv about how settler violence, land seizures, and the dismantling of the Oslo Accords-era boundaries are accelerating Israel’s efforts to permanently confine Palestinians and erase the possibility of a Palestinian state. Guests: Oren Ziv is an award-winning Israeli journalist, political commentator, photographer, and reporter for Local Call and +972 Magazine. Ziv the co-founder of The Activestills Collective. Additional links/info: Oren Ziv & Ariel Caine, +972 Magazine, “‘Erasing the lines’: How settler outposts are seizing new regions of the West Bank” Credits: Producer: Rosette SewaliStudio Production: David HebdenAudio Post-Production: Stephen Frank Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-marc-steiner-show--4661751/support. Follow The Marc Steiner Show on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Help us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer. Sign up for our newsletter Follow us on Bluesky Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Donate to support this podcast

32 min
MAY 5

Peter Beinart: What Does It Mean to Be Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza?

Amid Israel’s ongoing destruction of Gaza, its illegal annexation of land in the Occupied West Bank, and belligerent warmaking in Iran and Lebanon, antisemitism around the globe is rising—but so is an international chorus of anti-Zionist Jews speaking out against Israel’s crimes. In this episode of The Marc Steiner Show, Marc speaks with renowned author and commentator Peter Beinart about his new book, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza, and about the “civil war” within the Jewish world over Israel. Guests: Peter Beinart is a renowned author, professor, and analyst whose commentary regularly appears in The New York Times and MSNBC. Beinart is a professor of journalism and political science at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, and he is the editor at large of Jewish Currents. Beinart is the author of numerous books, including his most recent work, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning. He lives with his family in New York City and writes regularly for his Substack, The Beinart Notebook. Credits: Producer: Rosette SewaliStudio Production: David HebdenAudio Post-Production: Stephen Frank Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-marc-steiner-show--4661751/support. Follow The Marc Steiner Show on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Help us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer. Sign up for our newsletter Follow us on Bluesky Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Donate to support this podcast

19 min
APR 28

Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Documenting Israel’s (Ongoing) War Crimes in Gaza and Lebanon

Award-winning journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous has reported from war zones and disaster areas across the world—from Egypt, Syria, and Libya, to Iraq, Algeria, Haiti, and the United States—but nothing compares to what he’s seen in Gaza. In this episode of The Marc Steiner Show, Marc speaks with Abdel Kouddous about the impossible task of documenting the full scale of devastation Israel has wrought on Gaza and, increasingly, on Lebanon. Guests: Sharif Abdel Kouddous is a journalist and editor for DropSite News based in New York and Cairo. He has reported from across the Arab world, including Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Iraq, Bahrain, and Algeria as well from across the United States and internationally. He received a George Polk Award for his investigation into the killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, an Emmy award for his coverage of the Trump administration’s Muslim travel ban, and an Izzy Award for his coverage of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Additional links/info: Sharif Abdel Kouddous, DropSite author pageKavitha Chekuru & Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Fault Lines, “The Night Won’t End: Biden’s War on Gaza” Credits: Producer: Rosette SewaliStudio Production: Cameron GranadinoAudio Post-Production: Stephen Frank Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-marc-steiner-show--4661751/support. Follow The Marc Steiner Show on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Help us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer. Sign up for our newsletter Follow us on Bluesky Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Donate to support this podcast

24 min
APR 14

Everyone Knows Israel is Sabotaging the Iran Ceasefire—Even the Trump Administration

Hours after a temporary ceasefire deal between the US and Iran was announced last week, Israel unleashed a massive, deadly bombing campaign on Lebanon. In this episode of The Marc Steiner Show, Marc speaks with award-winning Iranian-Canadian journalist Samira Mohyeddin about the reality that Israel is a rogue state intent on pursuing more war, not diplomacy or peace, and that the US-Israeli war on Iran was never about nuclear threats but about weakening Iran’s economic and regional power—at devastating costs to civilians. Guests: Samira Mohyeddin is an award winning producer and broadcaster based in Toronto. For nearly a decade, she was a producer and host at Canada’s National Broadcaster, CBC Radio. Mohyeddin is the founder of On The Line Mediaand she was the 2024 - 2025 journalism fellow at the Women and Gender Studies Institute at the University of Toronto Additional links/info: Qassam Muaddi, Mondoweiss / TRNN, “As U.S. and Iran agree to a temporary ceasefire, Israel launches ‘massacre’ in Lebanon, threatening entire deal”Jake Johnson, Common Dreams / TRNN, “Iran’s top diplomat says Trump team sabotaged talks with deal ‘inches away’” Credits: Producer: Rosette SewaliStudio Production: Cameron GranadinoAudio Post-Production: Stephen Frank Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-marc-steiner-show--4661751/support. Follow The Marc Steiner Show on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Help us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer. Sign up for our newsletter Follow us on Bluesky Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Donate to support this podcast

21 min
MAR 24

Norman Solomon: How Democrats Helped Clear Trump’s Path Back to Power

The Democratic Party has lost to Donald Trump and MAGA twice, and is continuing to lose working-class voters by clinging to corporate power, militarism, and a leadership class increasingly disconnected from its base. In this episode of The Marc Steiner Show, Marc speaks with Norman Solomon about his new book, The Blue Road to Trump Hell, and the reality that the right can only be stopped by both confronting Democratic failures and rebuilding a grassroots politics rooted in class, peace, and social movements. Guests Norman Solomon is the cofounder of RootsAction.org, executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, and the author of numerous books, including War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death; War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of the Military Machine; and The Blue Road to Trump Hell: How Corporate Democrats Paved the Way for Autocracy.Credits Producer: Rosette SewaliStudio Production: David HebdenAudio Post-Production: Stephen Frank Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-marc-steiner-show--4661751/support. Follow The Marc Steiner Show on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Help us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer. Sign up for our newsletter Follow us on Bluesky Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Donate to support this podcast

28 min
MAR 17

Medea Benjamin: ‘It’s a very dire situation in Cuba right now’

With Cuba’s electric grid collapsing this week, the inhumane results of the Trump administration’s oil blockade continue to pile up and strangle Cuba and its people. In this urgent episode of The Marc Steiner Show, Marc speaks with American activist and co-founder of CODEPINK Medea Benjamin about her latest trip to Cuba, the extent of the devastation caused by the US-imposed blockade, and the twisted motivations behind it. Medea Benjamin will be sailing to bring humanitarian aid to Cuba with the Nuestra América Flotilla on March 21, 2026. Guests: Medea Benjamin is co-founder of Global Exchange and CODEPINK: Women for Peace. She is the author or co-author of numerous books, including: War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict; Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran; and Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control. Additional links/info: Democracy Now!, “Report from Havana as Trump threatens to “take” Cuba & pushes for ouster of Cuban leader”Michael Fox, Under the Shadow / TRNN, “Trump’s war on Cuba: Crisis made in the USA | Under the Shadow S2E7”Marc Steiner, The Marc Steiner Show / TRNN, “SOS: The US is manufacturing a humanitarian crisis in Cuba” Credits: Producer: Rosette SewaliStudio Production: David HebdenAudio Post-Production: Stephen Frank Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-marc-steiner-show--4661751/support. Follow The Marc Steiner Show on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Help us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer. Sign up for our newsletter Follow us on Bluesky Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Donate to support this podcast

25 min
MAR 10

Afghanistan War Vet Blasts Trump’s “Pathetic and Horrific” War with Iran

President Trump’s catastrophic decision to plunge the US into a war with Iran is following a depressingly familiar playbook to those who lived through—and those who served in—the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In this episode of The Marc Steiner Show, Marc speaks with military veteran, author, and peace activist Rory Fanning—who served two tours in combat as an Army Ranger in Afghanistan—about the reality of what the US military has done in the Middle East, and about the veterans who are speaking out against the US-Israeli war with Iran. Guests: Rory Fanning is a war resister, military counter recruiter, and writer living in Chicago, IL. Fanning served two deployments with the Second Army Ranger Battalion in Afghanistan, and he is the author of Worth Fighting For: An Army Ranger's Journey Out of the Military and Across America. Credits: Producer: Rosette SewaliStudio Production: David HebdenAudio Post-Production: Stephen Frank Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-marc-steiner-show--4661751/support. Follow The Marc Steiner Show on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Help us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer. Sign up for our newsletter Follow us on Bluesky Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Donate to support this podcast

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09/27/2023

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Good to hear that reasoned discussion still exists even if this intelligent podcast may only be a case of preaching to the choir while elsewhere it’s howling lunacy or, at best, the sound of crickets.

The Marc Steiner Show meets you at the intersection of politics and culture. We produce dynamic conversations and visual productions with activists, actors, artists and authors to creatively get to the root of the social, political and cultural issues that we and our world face. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-marc-steiner-show--4661751/support.