The East is a Podcast

*Unlocked*   Patrick Higgins is a Ph. D candidate in the Department of History at the University of Houston.   Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast   created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

An archival tour through some of Hollywood's worst representations of South Asians in the last few decades.   Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast   created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

Another unabridged interview from the archives of Alternative Views, the legendary cable access show based in Austin, TX. Recorded on Sept. 19, 1990, Said is being interviewed by Douglas Kellner and the late Barbara Harlow.  Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast   created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

Ali Alizadeh is an independent journalist and political analyst based in London.   https://www.eastpodcast.com/#/episode20/ *** Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com    

In 1969, Leila Khaled's face became etched into the global political imaginary as one of the leading militants of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine  (PFLP).   She visited South Africa in 2015 and reflected on her experiences. https://www.eastpodcast.com/#/episode19/ *** Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodc...

Patrick Higgins is a Ph. D candidate in the Department of History at the University of Houston.   *Discussion of US withdrawal from Syria begins roughly halfway through the episode* https://www.eastpodcast.com/#/episode18/   ***** Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

Dr. Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford.    Original article available here: https://ajammc.com/2017/03/06/ann-lambton-in-iran/ Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com https://twitter.com/east_podcast

William Blum was one of the most critical voices in the US media sphere. After leaving behind a lucrative career with the State Dept in 1967, he began writing about the disastrous consequences of US foreign policy.  Here is a short conversation with radio host David Swanson from a few years ago, preceded by a short intro. Blum speaks about his career, his frustrations with the corporate media, and...

Nikkie Hessel is Associate Professor School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Her most recent book is  Romantic Literature and the Colonised World: Lessons from Indigenous Translations (Palgrave, 2018).   created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com https://twitter.com/east_podcast

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's reign was profoundly connected to the Western news media. The mainstream press played an active role in the ousting of his rival Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953, and spent the next two decades lavishing him with the kind of praise that only paid off toadies could provide.  But the relationship soured in the 1970s. As the pressures on his regime increased internally, Western jour...

Isa Blumi is Associate Professor in the Department of Asian, Middle Eastern, and Turkish Studies at Stockholm University. He holds a PhD in History and Middle Eastern/Islamic Studies from New York University and a Master of  Political Science and Historical Studies from The New School for Social Research, New York. Please send all comments and suggestions  to  eastisapodcast@gmail.com or reach us...

A interview with legendary English journalist  Robert Fisk  from 2015 produced by Vancouver's  Redeye Collective. The talk was titled: "Goodbye, Mr Sykes! Adieu, Monsieur Picot!" How the ISIS 'caliphate' frightens the Middle East – and us." For more on Redeye, please consult their archive here .  Please send all comments and suggestions  to  eastisapodcast@gmail.com or reach us through Twitter htt...

This is the story of the now largely forgotten "dark night" of October 17, 1961, "the bloodiest act of state repression of street protest in Western Europe in modern history". Adapted from Sina Rahmani, "It's when there's more than one that there are problems "   For more on Yasmina Adi's film, click here ***Trigger Warning: realistic sounds of violence are included between minute 5-8.***   Please...

While they may not be household names, Bernard Lewis and Samuel Huntington can justifiably count themselves among the most influential academics of the last few decades. As the Cold War was winding down, the two men helped manufacture one of the biggest intellectual frauds in recent memory: "The Clash of Civilizations."  These two men, with the help of countless media appearances and glowing write...

Sara Salem is Assistant Professor in Sociology at the London School of Economics. Sara's research interests include political sociology, postcolonial studies, Marxist theory, feminist theory, and global histories of empire and imperialism.   Please send all comments and suggestions  to  eastisapodcast@gmail.com or reach us through Twitter https://twitter.com/east_podcast Podcast created by Sina Ra...

Manu Samriti Chander is Associate Professor of English at Rutgers University-Newark. He holds an MFA from the University of Michigan and a PhD from Brown University. His first monograph,  Brown Romantics: Poetry and Nationalism in the Global Nineteenth Century   (Bucknell, 2017), examined the appropriation of British Romantic tropes by colonial poets throughout the nineteenth century.    Please se...

An interview with Gayatri Spivak fom the archives of Alternative Views, the legendary public access TV show based in Austin created and hosted by Douglas Kellner and Frank Morrow. In the episode, the hosts ask Spivak about her experiences teaching in the KSA. Interview begins around 5:00.   Please send all comments and suggestions  to  eastisapodcast@gmail.com or reach us through Twitter https://t...

Turkey has for decades been one of the most important allies of the Western powers. The rise of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan--a charismatic nationalist and polarizing figure who survived a coup attempt in July 2016--has stirred up consternation among the establishment about his loyalty to the geopolitical status quo.   This episode revisits the Western media's love affair with a Turkish strongman who didn...

In April 1964, Malcolm X traveled to Saudi Arabia to complete the Hajj. Upon his return, he gave a press conference and explained what lessons his experiences abroad had taught him about the problems facing African-Americans.    Please send all comments and suggestions  to  eastisapodcast@gmail.com or reach us through Twitter https://twitter.com/east_podcast Podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urori...

Recorded at the University of Colorado, Boulder on October 12, 1998, Eqbal Ahmad speaks about the dangers and dishonesty of the rhetoric  of terrorism. For more on Ahmad's remarkable life: https://www.hampshire.edu/critical-social-inquiry/biography-of-eqbal-ahmad Please send all comments and suggestions  to  eastisapodcast@gmail.com or reach us through Twitter https://twitter.com/east_podcast Podc...

Edward Said on his close and intimate relationship with revolutionary political scientist and activist Eqbal Ahmad. Please send all comments and suggestions  to  eastisapodcast@gmail.com or reach us through Twitter https://twitter.com/east_podcast Podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)

Emran Feroz is an Austro-Afghan journalist and author based in Stuttgart.  He is the author "Tod per Knopfdruck" [Death at the Push of a Button] published by Westend in Oct 2017.  His work has appeared with The New York Times, Al Jazeera, The Atlantic, The Hindu, Alternet and several other media outlets. He is also a regular contributor to German-language newspapers and magazines. https://twitter....

  Dr. Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford.      https://twitter.com/EskandarSadeghi/ Please send all comments and suggestions  to  eastisapodcast@gmail.com or reach us through Twitter https://twitter.com/east_podcast Podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)