Just World Podcasts

Helena Cobban
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Just World Podcasts is an innovative podcast series on international affairs. In October 2025, we launched a new series titled "Gaza & the World." This series of public conversations hosted by Just World Ed president Helena Cobban explores the many intersections of the continuing Gaza crisis and the current deep shifts in the global balance.JWP is run by the non-profit foundation Just World Educational.

  1. 9H AGO

    The Iran Crisis #11: Indi Samarajiva and Helena discuss the short-term & longterm impact of the week's tumultuous events

    In a week that started with Pres. Trump's outrageous genocidal threats against Iran, then saw him apparently agree to a ceasefire while Israel unleashed a torrent of violence against Lebanon... JWE president Helena Cobban was happy to be able to assess the broader impact of these events with Sri Lankan analyst Indi Samarajiva.  Indi's main writing platform is indi.ca. This was latest episode in our continuing series on the Iran Crisis. Find the multimedia records of this episode and all its others at this Online Learning Hub on our website. Support the show

    51 min

  2. APR 1

    The Iran Crisis #10: Amb. Chas Freeman on the China-Pakistan peace intiative

    In this April 1 conversation with JWE president Helena Cobban, Amb. Chas W. Freeman, Jr., discussed the impact and relevance of the 5-point peace initiative for the Iran conflict that China and Pakistan jointly announced on March 31. You can find more background about Amb. Freeman and about this new peace initiative at this post on JWE's Substack. Support the show

    41 min

  3. MAR 24

    The Iran Crisis #9: Vijay Prashad on linkages of Iran war with Gaza, Lebanon, and globally

    In this March 24 convo with Helena Cobban, Vijay Prashad, the director Tricontinental, drew on his extensive experience of the affairs of the Global South to assess the extent and roots of Iran's achievements in resisting the attack that the U.S.-Israeli alliance started on February 28.  Prashad and Cobban also discussed the ties between Iran's achievements in their war against the alliance and the prospects for the movements in Gaza, the rest of Palestine, and Lebanon that are also facing fierce onslaughts from the alliance, and the impacts of this war on the global balance more generally.  This conversation is the ninth in JWE's ongoing "Iran Crisis" series, which is a follow-on to the "Gaza, and the World" project that we launched in Fall 2025. The multimedia records of all the conversations in this series can be found at this portal page on our website. Check back at our website www.justworldeducational.org, or with our Substack justworlded.substack.org for other news of this series. Support the show

    54 min

  4. MAR 20

    The Iran Crisis #8: Thoughts from Helena Cobban on Day 21 of the War

    In this March 20 talk, Just World Ed president Helena Cobban assessed the current state of the Israeli-US War on Iran at  Day 21, and lessons that antiwar activists-- particularly those in the United States-- should take from what has happened until now. She focused on:  the depravity of the rampages Israel has been committing in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon in addition, to those in Iranthe intense degree to which the U.S. military and government are actively complicit in all of Israel's rampages, including those regarding which Pres. Trump has expressed some mild (or even joking) reservationsthe impotence of the United Nations regarding Palestine, Lebanon, and the globe-wide economic crisis sparked by the warthe responsibility of U.S. citizens to take concrete actions to end the war and to build a sustainable peace-- including by pulling all U.S. military bases out of the Gulf.This conversation is the eighth in JWE's ongoing "Iran Crisis" series, which is a follow-on to the "Gaza, and the World" project that we launched in Fall 2025. The multimedia records of all the conversations in this series can be found at this portal page on our website. Check back at our website www.justworldeducational.org or our Substack justworlded.substack.com for news of our further programming in this series. Support the show

    28 min

  5. MAR 5

    The Iran Crisis #7: Barbara Slavin on Iran's durability, Israeli-U.S. war goals, and more

    In this March 5 convo with Helena Cobban, longtime Iran specialist Barbara Slavin noted the survival of Iran's central governance structures even after the early assassination by the Israeli and U.S. war machine of the Supreme Leader and numerous other figures in the country's military and political leadership, and surmised that its government is not likely soon either to crumble or to "capitulate." Slavin, who is a Distinguished Fellow at Washington DC's Stimson Institute, mocked many of the assertions by Pres. Trump and cabinet members like Secretary of War Pete Hegseth that Tehran was about to cave. She and Cobban also surveyed the still-spreading consequences of the war for the West Asia region, the global economy, and also  the U.S. political system. This conversation is the seventh in JWE's ongoing "Iran Crisis" series, which is a follow-on to the "Gaza, and the World" project that we launched in Fall 2025. The multimedia records of all the conversations in this series can be found at this portal page on our website. Check back at our website www.justworldeducational.org for news of our further programming in this series. Support the show

    52 min

  6. MAR 4

    The Iran Crisis #6: Amb. Chas Freeman defines Iran's war objectives, prospects for West Asia, global, and U.S. politics

    In this March 4 convo with Helena Cobban, the veteran U.S. diplomatist Amb. Chas W. Freeman, Jr.  assessed Iran's objectives in the defensive war it is now waging in response to the massive Israeli-U.S. aggression of February 28, and its likelihood of achieving them. He also assessed a range of other topics including the impact that Iran's actions is having on economies around the world; the policies adopted by various European government; the possible and likely impact of the war on U.S. domestic politics; and the effects the Israeli-U.S. aggression is having on global institutions. This conversation is the sixth in JWE's ongoing "Iran Crisis" series, which is a follow-on to the "Gaza, and the World" project that we launched in Fall 2025. Tomorrow (March 5) we will round out this week's offerings with a convo with the Iranian-affairs expert Barbara Slavin. Check back at our website www.justworldeducational.org for updates  on other upcoming episodes. Support the show

    57 min

  7. MAR 3

    The Iran Crisis #5: Rami G. Khouri on the regional and global impact of the U.S.-Israeli war

    In this March 3 convo with Helena Cobban, JWE's board member the veteran analyst and thinker Rami G. Khouri discussed the sizeable impact that Iran's response to the U.S.-Israeli war of aggression is already having on Arab Gulf states, the broader region of West Asia-- and the world.  The two agreed that Iran's resilience and its ability to inflict real pain on the aggressors and  other actors worldwide are both notable, and started to place these factors in their deep historical context This conversation is the fifth in JWE's ongoing "Iran Crisis" series, which is follow-on to the "Gaza, and the World" project that we launched in Fall 2025. New episodes are being released at Noon ET on each week-day in both video and audio format. Here is the schedule of guests who are already confirmed for the rest of this week: March 4 ~ Amb. Chas FreemanMarch 5 ~ Barbara SlavinCheck back at our website www.justworldeducational.org for updates  on other upcoming episodes. Support the show

    48 min

  8. MAR 2

    The Iran Crisis, #4: Elijah Magnier assess the impact of the war's first 60 hours, across West Asia and the world

    In this March 2 convo with Helena Cobban, strategic analyst Elijah Magnier assessed the impact that the U.S.-Israeli aggression against Iran has been having within the Gulf region, in the rest of West Asia, and worldwide. His main conclusions were that the survival and the demonstrated, continuing competence of Iran's military and other governing structures already constitute a significant achievement and that the U.S.-Israeli aggressors can expect no quick or clean victory. Magnier explored the significant differences between the goals that Pres. Trump and PM Netanyahu hope to achieve in the war. While both men are using this war for their own electoral purposes, Trump doesn't necessarily seek the destruction. of Iran's central governance capabilities, while for Netanyahu that is a much more central goal. This conversation is the fourth in JWE's ongoing "Iran Crisis" series, which is follow-on to the "Gaza, and the World" project that we launched in Fall 2025. This new series will be quite fast-paced, with new episodes being released at Noon ET on each week-day in both video and audio format. Here is the schedule of guests who are already confirmed for the rest of this week: March 3 ~ Rami G. KhouriMarch 4 ~ Amb. Chas FreemanMarch 5 ~ Barbara SlavinCheck back at our website www.justworldeducational.org for updates  on other upcoming episodes. Support the show

    41 min
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Just World Podcasts is an innovative podcast series on international affairs. In October 2025, we launched a new series titled "Gaza & the World." This series of public conversations hosted by Just World Ed president Helena Cobban explores the many intersections of the continuing Gaza crisis and the current deep shifts in the global balance.JWP is run by the non-profit foundation Just World Educational.

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  • Creator
    Helena Cobban
  • Years Active
    2010 - 2026
  • Episodes
    126
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Just World Podcasts
  • Show Website
    Just World Podcasts

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