The East is a Podcast

Nora, Matteo, Rania, and Alex are gathered to talk about what we're seeing and trying to make sense of on Israel's War on Gaza after 8 weeks, a couple of days after the end of the "humanitarian pause". We open with a discussion of the five premature babies left to die in Al-Nasr hospital when doctors and parents were forced out of the hospital at gunpoint by the Israeli military. We conclude with...

Lie down on the couch and prepare yourself for another session of Tankie Group Therapy featuring friend of the podcast Bikrum Gill (@bikrumsinghgill ) and hosted by Matteo "Super Mario" Capasso ( @capassomat ).   Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

This is only 65% of the conversation. Subscribe to the East is a Podcast on Patreon to listen to the rest of the episode .) Mary Turfah  (@maryturfah)  is a physician and writer.  Check out her amazing piece on Mondoweiss, "Before the light goes out"   Adam Horowitz (@mondowitz ) is the  Executive Editor at @Mondoweiss Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Miriam and Naye from the Palestinian Youth Movement do a deep dive into the modern history of Gaza and what role it plays in the Palestinian people's liberation struggle.     Check out their teach-in at the People's Forum in NYC   Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast  

The alliance between the East is a Podcast, the Brief, and the Anti-Empire Project continues as we discuss the Gaza War six weeks in (since October 7, 2023). Structured as group therapy (the fourth in the series) we cover some of the news, the dynamic of aggression and resistance, military analysis of guerrilla war, the painful search for historical analogies to help us understand the moment, and...

*This is a preview of the latest bonus episode.  The conversation continued for another 45 minutes in which Ali discusses the current war in Gaza and its significance to global capitalism. Please subscribe to the show for as little as $5 a month to get access to this and hundreds of hours of great bonus content.*   Ali Kadri is the author of numerous books including Arab Development Denied: Dynami...

Amal Saad (@amalsaad_lb)  is Lecturer in the School of Law and Politics at Cardiff University and one of the world's leading experts on Lebanon's Hizbullah movement. Guest hosted by long time friend of the show Louis Allday (@Louis_Allday) , Founding Editor of  Liberated Texts .  Consider supporting the podcast www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Another round of group therapy featuring Justin Podur ( @justinpodur ) from The Anti-Empire Project, Nora Barrows-Friedman ( @norabf ) and Jon Elmer ( @jonelmer ) from The Electronic Intifada, and Nick Estes ( @nickwestes ) from The Red Nation.   Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast  

*Editor's note: A glitch in the recording software used for this episode abruptly cut off the last couple of minutes of the conversation.* Charlotte Kates ( @charlottekates ) is International Coordinator with Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network Guest hosted by longtime friend of the show Max Ajl ( @maxajl )   Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Ali Jezzini ( @Aly_jezzini ) is a producer for Al Mayadeen English based in Beirut. Check out his  very good thread on the limitations of missile defense.  Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

The second round of group therapy featuring friends of the podcast Nora Barrows-Friedman ( @norabf ) and Justin Podur ( @justinpodur ) Check out Justin's latest piece, "Gaza: The Combined West opts for genocide" Nora's author page at Electronic Intifada Support  www.patreon.com/east_podcast  

A conversation about the recent developments in Palestine with MAKC's Jared Ware ( @jaybeware)   and Josh Briond ( @queersocialism ), and friend of the podcast Frances Hasso (@nasawiyya) Co-published with Milenials are Killing Capitalism , which you can support on Patreon . Consider supporting the podcast www.patreon.com/east_podcast

*This episode is divided into two parts; the full conversation clocks in at almost two hours! You can listen to the second half by becoming a patron of the podcast $5 level on Patreon.com or you can watch for free on the East is a Podcast YouTube channel *   Friend of the podcast Frances Hasso ( @nasawiyya ) guest hosts an extra-long conversation with Professor Rashid Khalidi , Edward Said Profess...

**Trying out something new and recorded a livestreamed episode with friend of the podcast Jared Ware.  We recorded a live episode and plan to do more in the coming weeks.  When we record next, I will promo it on the show beforehand and put it on the podcast socials. I hope you enjoy this episode and join us in the future! It was a lot of fun to interact live with listeners for the first time** Jar...

Justin Boldaji is an artist and children's book author based in Seattle. Check out his designs for The East is a Podcast merch store! *This is a preview of the latest bonus episode. Sign up for $5 a month to access the entire conversation and help keep the show going!*    

*Note: This is roughly 75% of the conversation. To listen to the entire episode, subscribe to the show on Patreon for as little as $5 a month* Friend of the podcast Frances Hasso (@nasawiyya) and Minoo Moallem , a professor at UC Berkeley, had a conversation about Persian carpets as commodities and more than commodities, Iran, Islamophobia, diasporic loss, feminism, patriarchy, culture, and the ma...

Friends of the show Justin Podur (@justinpodur) , Nora Barrows-Friedman ( @norabf ), and Matteo Capasso ( @capassomat) joined me for a discussion about the ideological hellscape in which we are incarcerated. Watch the video edition of The East is a Podcast YouTube channel .   Consider supporting the podcast www.patreon.com/east_podcast

*This is a preview of the latest bonus episode. Sign up for $5 a month to access  the entire conversation and help keep the show going!* Morgan Artyukhina (@LavenderNRed) is a historian, teacher, and writer. Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Kai Bosworth (@ kaibosworth ) teaches at Virginia Commonwealth University and is the author of Pipeline Populism: Affective Infrastructures of Grassroots Environmentalism in the 21st Century (2022)   Consider supporting the podcast www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Kyle Ferrana ( @KyleTrainEmoji )is a writer based in Portland, Oregon.  Check out his amazing thread on China's rapid advances in renewable energy and infrastructure. Watch the video edition of the episode on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the podcast.  www.patreon.com/east_podcast

*This is a preview of the latest bonus episode. Sign up for $5 a month to access the entire conversation and help keep the show going!* Matteo Capasso (@capassomat) recently joined me for a two-part episode ("Lessons from the end of the Libyan Arab Jamāhīriyyah") , and I wanted to have him back to elaborate on some of the threads we didn't pick up on in our initial talk.  This is roughly 50% of ou...

Friend of the podcast Chris Beausang ( @ilchinealach ) returns to the show to explore the life and legacy of Roger Casement. Subscribe to Chris' fantastic podcast,  Politics and Letters Check out his earlier episodes on the podcast James Connolly and Irish anticolonial resistance (Pt.1)  The Troubles and the Irish Question (Pt.1)   Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast    

*This is a preview of the latest bonus episode. Sign up for $5 a month to  access  the entire conversation and help keep the show going!* Cindy Li is a DJ based in Toronto. She is currently on tour, and you can check out her recent set in Berlin .

*This is a preview of the latest bonus episode. Sign up for $5 a month to access the entire conversation and help keep the show going!*   The second half of my conversation with Matteo Capasso ( @capassomat) , author of the new book,   E v e r y d a y P o l i t i c s i n t h e L i b y a n A r a b J a m a h i r i y a ( 2 0 2 3 ) .      

**This episode contains roughly 60% of our conversation.  To listen to the second half, subscribe to the show on Patreon and help keep the show going** Matteo Capasso ( @capassomat) is the author of  Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (2023) Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast