0:00 Intro
2:07 Targeting Megaphone
5:40 A sign of success?
9:11 A divided movement
19:40 March 14
24:40 The Lebanese Forces
29:06 Two ways to address
35:17 Leftist movement
40:32 Diaspora
44:30 Megaphone & the digital age
49:14 Q&A
1:06:43 Why Lebanon fell apart
1:23:20 'Sectarian'
We're with Jean Kassir for Episode 357 of The Beirut Banyan, recorded live ... Show More
May 30
A Shifting Landscape with Sarah Yassine (Ep.444)
An episode covering the BIEL displaced encampment, public vs private property disputes, the former Normandy trash dump and Solidere's reconstruction efforts in retrospect. We also discuss missed opportunities and alternatives to Solidere, post-civil war urban landscape beyond the ... Show More
57m 31s
May 26
"It could have been a great story" with George Wardini (Ep.443)
An episode covering Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon on May 25, 2000, loosened state capture 26 years later despite Hezbollah's continued armament, diplomacy at play on multiple tracks, what a pending regional deal with Iran looks like and containment towards their regime means f ... Show More
57m 16s
Jun 2024
Another Take: What is the risk of wider conflict between Israel and Hezbollah?
<p><strong>Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on Oct 31, 2023. None of the dates or references from that time have been changed. </strong></p> <p>Since Hamas launched a surprise assault against Israel on October 7th, Lebanon’s Hezbollah mi ... Show More
21m 5s
Feb 2024
Commotion and a no confidence motion: What damage has the Commons Gaza row done?
The third largest party in the House of Commons, the SNP, says it doesn't have confidence in its Speaker, Lindsay Hoyle. The Speaker himself says he took decisions about how MPs debated and voted on calls for a ceasefire in Gaza because he wanted as broad a discussion as possible ... Show More
26m 14s
Feb 2024
Alexeï Navalny, de l'opposant numéro un au martyr russe
<p>Le 20 août 2020, Alexeï Navalny échappe de peu à la mort, après avoir été empoisonné par les services de renseignements russes. Après une longue période de convalescence en Allemagne, il revient en Russie le 17 janvier 2021, où il est arrêté dès sa descente de l’avion. Condamn ... Show More
31m 7s