The East is a Podcast

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Special series on the Iraqi revolts by guest host Yousef K. Baker   Shamiran Mako is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. 

Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi interviews his Goldsmiths colleague Martina Tazzioli. Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300).  I have a  Patreon  and  Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal.  Links on the homepage,  eastpodcast.com      

Ehsani returns to discuss Lebanon's spiraling financial crisis.    Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300).  I have a  Patreon  and  Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal.  Links on the homepage,  eastpodcast.com    

Isa Blumi in conversation with Adem Ferizaj on the question of Albanian identity.     Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300).  I have a  Patreon  and  Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal.  Links on the homepage,  eastpodcast.com  

*Apologies for the sound quality*   Mfalme Sikivu is an incarcerated scholar and mentor. He is fighting the carceral state from the inside and needs outside support. Mfalme and a team of outside supporters are pushing Governor Cuomo of NY to grant him clemency in 2019.   Mfalme has three cases pending against DOCCS; one which urges DOCCS to organize his mentoring organization, Ujamaa Fraternal Dyn...

Jared Ware is an abolitionist and host of Millennials are Killing Capitalism   An appeal Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300).  I have a Patreon  and  Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal.  Links on the homepage,  eastpodcast.com  

Special series on the Iraqi revolts by guest host Yousef K. Baker.     Zahra Ali is a sociologist and Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University, she is the author of Women and Gender in Iraq: between Nation-building and Fragmentation (2018)      

Olivia Giovetti is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, NPR, VAN Magazine and other venues. We discuss this article Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300).  I have a  Patreon  and  Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or...

Karim Makdisi is Associate Professor of International Politics at the  American University of Beirut.  An appeal Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300).  I have a Patreon  and  Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal.  Links on the homepage,  e...

  Tim Anderson is an academic based in Australia and the author of the forthcoming book, Axis of Resistance: Towards an Independent Middle East . Thanks to Nazanin Zarepour for arranging and conducting this interview.  An appeal Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $3...

Ali Alizadeh is a political analyst and media activist based in London.   An appeal Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make a third of that and it's unsustainable. I have a  Patreon  and  Gofundme You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal...

Louis Allday  is an academic and researcher based in London.  Read the piece here An appeal Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make a third of that and it's unsustainable. I have a  Patreon  and  Gofundme You can also donate directly with Venmo o...

Assal Rad is a Research Fellow at the National Iranian American Council.  Check out her article .

Federico Fuentes is a political analyst and writer based in Australia.    An appeal Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make just over half of that and it's unsustainable. I have a  Patreon  and  Gofundme.  You can also donate directly with Venmo...

  Suchitra Vijayan   is the founder and Executive Director of the Polis Project. An appeal Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make just over half of that and it's unsustainable. I have a  Patreon  and  Gofundme.  You can also donate directly with...

Unlocked from behind the paywall Here is a short archival mashup exploring the widely-held belief in Hollywood liberalism and ways in which women/PoC actors are often conscripted into gender/racewashing the not-so-pretty parts of US pop culture history.   Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, has long been lauded as some kind of firebrand radical who pushed the boundaries of the respectable....

One year ago today we launched our first show. It's been a lot of fun-- and a lot of work.  I hope you have been enjoying the show. Please consider donating to keep my work going. You can sign up on Patreon  or give a one time donation on Gofundme   Thank you to everyone who has listened, promoted, supported, or been on the show.  

Three generations of the Turfah family narrate the story of Salha, a Palestinian Shi'a village ethnically cleansed in 1948.   An appeal Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make just over half of that and it's unsustainable. I have a  Patreon  and ...

A conversation with Syria analyst and blogger Ehsani   An appeal Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make just over half of that and it's unsustainable. I have a  Patreon  and  Gofundme.  You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal.  Links o...

Ali Kourani is a grad student and political analyst based in Lebanon.    An appeal Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make just over half of that and it's unsustainable. I have a  Patreon  and  Gofundme.  You can also donate directly with Venmo o...

Ben Ehrenreich is an author and journalist. He recently spent time working on a migrant rescue boat. Read his article here .   An appeal Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make just over half of that and it's unsustainable. I have a  Patreon  and...

Jana Nakhal is an urban planner, Marxist feminist organizer, and member of the Central Committee of the Lebanese Communist Party.    An appeal Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make less than half of that and it's unsustainable. I have a  Patreo...

Dimitri Lascaris is a lawyer, journalist and activist.    An appeal Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make less than half of that and it's unsustainable. I have a  Patreon  and  Gofundme You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal.  Links...

A preview of the first episode of the newly revamped podcast for the Red Nation.  Three episodes are dropping today on their feed, so please make sure you subscribe on your favourite podcatcher.