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)
Episodes
Join us for the first round of a new (recurring??) series on the podcast, co-published with Justin Podur's Anti-Empire Project substack. Nora, Justin, Mikey, Sina and Joe discuss the myriad ways opponents of genocide are silenced by Zionist and philosemitic strategies of intimidation.
Watch the livestream edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel
https://youtube.com/live/jNpqZW99sds
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Solidarity verboten: Germany and the attack on the Palestine Congress w/ Helena Zohdi and Dror Dayan
Dror Dayan returns to the show and is joined by Helena Zohdi, a socialist organizer in Berlin, to discuss the repression of the Palestine Congress.
You can access the material from the Congress recorded later here
https://palaestinakongress.de/video-documentation
H...
Hanna Eid returns to the show after his first appearance got nuked by our digital overlords to speak in broad strokes about the resistance in West Asia.
Check out his author page on Al Mayadeen
https://english.almayadeen.net/authors/hanna-eid
Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel
https://youtu.be/iJOMRqLlzVI
Consider supporting the show
www.patreon.com/east_podcast
PressTV reporter Hadi Hoteit reflects on the pain and terror being inflicted on South Lebanon and the complete silence of the mainstream press on the war crimes being committed by ZioAmerican forces.
Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel
https://youtu.be/sZ6wCT8lZn0
Follow Hadi on Twitter
https://x.com/HadiHtt
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www.pateron.com/east_podcast
***Adnan Husain invited me to join him and Rabab Abdulhadi for livestream conversation on the 25th anniversary of 9/11 WTC attacks. This is first hour! We continued for another hour plus! To listen to the entire episode subscribe on Patreon or watch the episode on the EIAP YouTube channel***
Friday is the 25th Anniversary of 9/11/2001 and all that followed from the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon: the launching of t...
Friend of the show Kit Klarenberg returns to the podcast to discuss the 25th anniversary of the WTC attacks.
Watch the livestream edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel
https://youtube.com/live/1sgbc8twLgk
Check out his article
https://thegrayzone.com/2023/04/18/9-11-hijackers-cia-recruits/
Follow Kit on Substack
https://substack.com/@kitklarenberg
Consider supporting the show
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[Note: This conversation continued for another 30 mins or so. You can listen to the entire episode by becoming a Patron or watch the episode on our YouTube channel linked below]
Ammar Ali Jan is a Pakistani political activist, academic, and author. He is founder and general secretary of Haqooq-e-Khalq Party, also a member of Progressive International.
Adeem Suhail is a Philadelphia-based college professor who teaches political ant...
***Producer's note: The guest host of this special episode recorded this during the weird 48-hour period where my YouTube channel was banned. It's unbanned now (at least as of today!). Unfortunately, the video recording of this episode got mangled, so I'm not able to post the entire episode on YouTube as video***
A special episode hosted by friend of the show Ambereen Dadabhoy with Sumun Pendakur on the media lynching of Jaso...
***The first half of an extra-long conversation I had with Adnan Husain on this channel. Check out the full episode on either of your channels or listen to the full audio on my Patreon!***
Join us for a special impromptu edition of Office Hours Sunday Aug 23rd to break down the infamous "Open Letter" addressed to "political prisoners" in the Islamic Republic of Iran signed by a number of promient left academics and activists ...
Some of you may know that around 48 hours ago, I received notice from YouTube that they were closing my account for violating their policy on "Violent Criminal Organizations." I appealed the ruling, and it was rejected. After a massive online campaign, I got notice this morning that my channel had been restored (with one video removed and a strike added to my account).
Jay from Millennials are Killing Capital...
Alexander Mckay and Kit Klarenberg are the hosts of Decline and Fall. available on Substack
https://dandf.substack.com/
Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel
https://youtu.be/bBHDMCmmvcY
Check out Kit's Substack
https://www.kitklarenberg.com/
Consider supporting the show
www.patreon.com/east_podcast
***Jay and I did a very long livestream, and I'm posting the first half of it here on the free feed. To listen to the entire episode, please consider joining the Patreon, watching the episode on YouTube, OR donating to a Gaza fundraiser! If you donate $25 or more to a fundraiser, I'll gift you a free year-long subscription to the podcast. Just send me an email at eastisapodcast@gmail.com with ...
I successfully bullied Justin from the Anti-Empire Project into a Saturday morning livestream!!! We talk, in a roundabout way, about ZIoAmerican regime change wars and what the defeat at the hands of Iran means for the future of the US empire.
Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast Youtube channel
https://youtu.be/9pqgROaVlWc
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This week's episode of Delete Your Account is a special collaboration with The East is a Podcast.
Kumars, Navid Zarrinnal and Sina Rahmani review bad takes on Iran by left-liberal academics and journalists in the Iranian diaspora.
Navid is now on Twitter @navidwahraman and Sina is still @UrOrientalist. Find East is a Podcast on YouTube and more of Navid's coverage on Instagram.
Watch the video edition of every episode of the Delete...
***I did an episode of the @penandmachete Livestream with comrades Navid and Diego***
Join AISC livestream producer Sina Rahmani along with AISC members Navid Farnia and Diego Alcalá for a conversation on the latest developments in the global anti-imperialist struggle.
Watch the video edition on the AISC YouTube channel
https://youtube.com/live/kTSftJUL87s?feature=share
Follow AISC
X (@penandmachete)
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Masha and Sardana are the Sakha scholars and co-hosts of the podcast TYMSYY, a multilingual podcast on global Indigenous topics produced by Red Media.
Subscribe to their show on your podcast app!
https://feeds.libsyn.com/580460/rss
Consider supporting the show
www.pa...
****This was supposed to be a bonus episode but since I haven't been posting I decided to unlock it. Apologies again for the long delay between episodes!!!***
Tehran-based Sara discusses some of her experiences during the war, the rage she feels for Iranians who advocated for bombing, and the different meaning of resistance.
You can follow Sara on Instagram
@Sarasg2026
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**Sorry for the long absence from the podcast. I am getting more content in the can! Here is a live episode of Lara Sheehi's show, Psychic Militancy**
I thought it was time to bring Sina from behind the scenes, to the limelight. Can you believe this is his first solo appearance on Psychic Militancy? This episode's graphic is Sina's brainchild, which should already tell you everything you need to know and have to look forward t...
Sina, Adnan, and Nora are back on the couch for another round of Tankie Group Therapy.
Please consider supporting Mohammed. He is trying to raise $1600 towards his laptop and tuition
https://chuffed.org/project/168100-mohammed-and-siblings-need-our-help
Lara Sheehi is helping a comrade to raise some money for a Palestinian family
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZidHejxHtH/
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