The East is a Podcast

A conversation with returning guest Chris (aka Babylonian Bolshevik) on the recent invasion of Syria by Turkish armed forces.    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 bit more than a third of that and it's unsustainable. I have a  P...

Yousef K. Baker ( @YousefKB ) is Assistant Professor of International Studies at California State University, Long Beach. Please consider  supporting  the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

Isa Blumi returns to talk about the latest developments in Yemen. Thanks to Adem Ferizaj for making this happen.     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 bit more than a third of that and it's unsustainable. I have a  Patreon  and ...

Bernard Bavarian has worked in the oil industry for over four decades.   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....

Fatima Bhutto 's most recent book is called New Kings of the World: Dispatches from Bollywood, Dizi, and K-Pop       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 ca...

Devyn Springer  is an Atlanta-based writer, editor, artist, and author. He is the host of  Groundings   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...

Happy to share with an episode of Some Noise , a fantastic podcast you should subscribe to. Some Noise is an independent documentary podcast that unpacks many of life's contradictions, one topic at a time. It started in 2015 and has covered stories that range from the life and times of an immigrant Muslim community miles away from the Pentagon, a working-class fishing community in the Hamptons and...

Devyn Springer is an Atlanta-based writer, editor, artist, and author. He is the host of the Groundings   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 dona...

A quick preview of the bonus episode with Nick Estes. There are dozens of episodes behind the paywall. Sign up today to help sustain the show. (If you have already donated via GoFundMe or cash apps, write to me and I will send you the RSS feed to the bonus material)

Abdel Razzaq Takriti is Associate Professor and the inaugural holder of the Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Arab History at the University of Houston.  Original video here from the Friends of Birzeit University- Subscribe to their channel! Original video here

Louis Allday  is an academic and researcher 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.  Links o...

Edward Said interviewed by Michaël Zeeman for the Dutch television programme Leven en Werken, VPRO Video available here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=676fB7ExZys   Consider supporting the show! Go to Eastpodcast.com for links.

Louis Allday is an academic and researcher 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 less than a third of that and it's unsustainable. I have a Patreon and  Gofundme You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. ...

Hrag Vartanian is the Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Hyperallergic    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 a third of that and it's unsustainable. I also have a Gofundme You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal....

Martha Mundy teaches at the London School of Economics.    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 a third of that and it's unsustainable. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal.  Links on the homepage,  eastpodcast...

Nick Estes (Kul Wicasa, a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe) is  Assistant Professor of American Studies  at the University of New Mexico. He is the author of  Our History is the Future: Standing Rock versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance  (2019). An appeal: Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least...

Nick Estes in conversation with Professor Hayden King, Anishinaabe from Beausoleil First Nation. Hosted by the Toronto Public Library as part of their "On Civil Society" series.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbWDSzRljiE

Sign up  today for access to this and other great bonus content. Keep this podcast alive by giving anything you can! You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal.  Links on the  homepage     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...

Daniel Rád is a journalist and co-founder of Bourse & Bazaar (@BourseBazaar)   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 a third of that and it's unsustainable. I am also a very talented editor and translator, so consider commi...

Ather Zia is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Northern Colorado Check out her co-written piece 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 a third of that and it's unsustainable. I am also a very talented...

Christopher Sykes ' moving documentary on Edward Said, first produced for the BBC more than three decades ago. Watch it 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 less than a third of that and it's unsustainable. I am also a very talented editor and translator, so consider commissioning me! You can visit my website eastpodcast.com for all the links to the...

A recording of an article I wrote almost 14 years ago. I cringe at some of the prose. Part two will be behind the paywall. 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 a third of that and it's unsustainable. I am also a very talen...

Jorge Juan Rodríguez V is a Historian of Religion pursuing a PhD at Union Theological Seminary. The archival audio is extracted from the 50th anniversary celebration of the Young Lord's held in NYC in July 2019 features Martha Aguello, Olguie Robles-Toro, and Minerva Solla sharing the 13-Point Program. Throughout the rest of the year the New York Young Lords will host events celebrating their 50th...

RIP Toni Morrison