Ayhan Kaya, Professor of Politics and Jean Monnet Chair at the Department of International Relations at Istanbul Bilgi University, on “Turkish Origin Migrants and Their Descendants: Hyphenated Identities in Transnational Space” (Palgrave Macmillan).
Particularly looking at migration from Turkey to Europe since the 1960s, Kaya argues that home and host coun ... Show More
Feb 17
Murat Yıldız on the Ottoman world of sports, modernisation and minorities
Murat Yıldız, associate professor of history at Skidmore College, on “The Ottoman World of Sports: Refashioning Bodies, Men, and Communities in Late Imperial Istanbul” (University of Texas Press) Please support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substack. Supporters get a 35% discoun ... Show More
42m 19s
Feb 2024
Alp Yenen and Erik-Jan Zürcher, "A Hundred Years of Republican Turkey: A History in a Hundred Fragments" (Leiden UP, 2023)
The Republic of Turkey was founded a hundred years ago on 29 October 1923. Turkey holds a unique position between Europe and the Middle East. It continues to captivate international attention, evoking hopes and fears in the hearts and minds of contemporary observers. As a critica ... Show More
57m 26s
Feb 2024
Zelensky says 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed in war so far & reflections on reporting on the occupied territories
Day 730. Today, Dom Nicholls is joined by Francis Farrell, a journalist with the Kyiv Independent, who talks us through a series of press conferences yesterday in the Ukrainian capital as someone who was in the room.Plus David Knowles chats with another reporter from The Kyiv Ind ... Show More
1h 8m
Oct 2023
Video: Tommy Lee | Club Random with Bill Maher
Tommy Lee’s wild stories about staying sober as a rock star, the senses that evoke memories, the psychology of being a drummer, the insanity of Motley Crue not being in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the unbelievable pounding the human body can take, Tommy’s full body scan, the ... Show More
1h 42m
May 2025
The Emergency Alert System Played A Message That Wasn't For Us
As emergency alerts flood the nation and a White House broadcast ends in blood, two women wrestle with paranoia, supernatural theories, and a chilling message commanding one unthinkable act: kill the one you love most. Author: Jake Bible * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This ep ... Show More
37m 48s