Reground

Antony Loewenstein is an Australian journalist, filmmaker and author of the book The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation to the World. For over 20 years he has been documenting Israeli policy, arms trade and global digital surveillance. In this episode we talk about: – what "The Palestine Laboratory" is — how the occupied territories became a global testing ground...

In this episode, Dr. Ewa Górska sits down with Dr. Mark Griffiths, a political geographer whose work focuses on military ecologies, weapons supply chains, and colonial space in Palestine and Iraq. We discuss his latest book, 'Checkpoint 300: Colonial Space in Palestine', published in 2025 by University of Minnesota Press. Checkpoint 300 is a large border crossing between Bethlehem and Jerusalem th...

In this episode, dr. Ewa Górska sits down with Professor Irus Braverman from the University at Buffalo to discuss her book, 'Settling Nature: The Conservation Regime in Palestine/Israel'. We talk about how settler colonialism operates through nature, not just politics and society. Nearly 25 percent of Israel's land has been designated as nature reserves or national parks – and these protected area...

In this episode, Dr. Ewa Górska, the host of the show, sits down with a special guest, Professor Maurits Berger from Leiden University. They talk about Professor Berger's life story, exploring how a Dutchman came to study law and Arabic, and how his passion for the so-called Middle East developed. They also discuss the reasons why a European lawyer would choose to study Islamic law in the so-calle...

Hello. I’m Ewa Górska, a researcher and scholar based in Poland. For years, I’ve been fascinated by the invisible lines that shape our world—lines drawn by law, by power, by history. The borders that divide us, the stereotypes that ‘other’ us, the land that’s taken or reclaimed, and the systems that make it all possible. That’s why I created Reground—a podcast where I sit down with researchers, sc...