Zaid Al-Tamimi is an expert on the history of media, communications and geopolitics. On this episode, he discusses the rise and fall of Western-media and the changing global narratives and spheres of influence. He explains how media has the power to shape public discourse, sway public opinion, and influence positive and negative change. The current state of ... Show More
Apr 18
Matthias Jaissle on His Career-Ending Injury to Coaching Success
0:00 Intro2:49 Career-Defining Injury5:00 From Player to Coach8:04 What Success Really Means10:42 Competing for the Title Challenges14:45 Player Insights: Mahrez, Toney, Ibanez Mendy17:01 Leadership Group Managing Players20:02 Starting Coaching Early23:43 Pressure, Fans Football’ ... Show More
1h 2m
Apr 12
From UNEMPLOYMENT to AFCON, UEFA & AFC Champion!! The Rise of Edouard Mendy.
From UNEMPLOYMENT to AFCON, UEFA & AFC Champion!! The Rise of Edouard Mendy. Édouard Mendy’s journey is one of resilience, rising from unemployment to the very top of world football. The episode opens with the intensity and emotion of the AFCON final, capturing the immense pressu ... Show More
2h 30m
Mar 18
The New Gulf Reality: Iran, America & What Comes Next | Prof. Bernard Haykel 177
In our first-ever virtual episode, Professor Bernard Haykel, Director of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, breaks down the powerful forces reshaping the Middle East today. From Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 transformation to the decline of ideological movements across th ... Show More
29m 37s
Mar 2024
Where Media in the Arab World Stands Today | Marwan Kraidy
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/MKraidy" target="_blank">Marwan Kraidy</a>, CEO and Dean of Northwestern Qatar and leading scholar of global communication and media, joins us on the afikra podcast to discuss media, truth, and journalism in the Arab world.</p><p>This episode dives ... Show More
54m 5s
Jan 2024
Christopher R. Martin, "No Longer Newsworthy: How the Mainstream Media Abandoned the Working Class" (Cornell UP, 2019)
Until the recent political shift pushed workers back into the media spotlight, the mainstream media had largely ignored this significant part of American society in favor of the moneyed upscale consumer for more than four decades. Christopher R. Martin now reveals why and how the ... Show More
47m 24s
Jan 2024
Christopher R. Martin, "No Longer Newsworthy: How the Mainstream Media Abandoned the Working Class" (Cornell UP, 2019)
Until the recent political shift pushed workers back into the media spotlight, the mainstream media had largely ignored this significant part of American society in favor of the moneyed upscale consumer for more than four decades. Christopher R. Martin now reveals why and how the ... Show More
51m 9s
Feb 2018
The Arab National Media: A Conversation with Fatima El-Issawi (S. 6, Ep. 13)
On this week's podcast, Fatima El-Issawi talks about her new book, Arab National Media and Political Change on the role of traditional media and journalists in the Arab spring.
"As an academic and former journalist, I was intrigued by the question of what would be the interplay b ... Show More
23m 57s
Jan 2024
Christopher R. Martin, "No Longer Newsworthy: How the Mainstream Media Abandoned the Working Class" (Cornell UP, 2019)
Until the recent political shift pushed workers back into the media spotlight, the mainstream media had largely ignored this significant part of American society in favor of the moneyed upscale consumer for more than four decades. Christopher R. Martin now reveals why and how the ... Show More
47m 24s
Dec 2023
IBRAHIM ABUSHARIF | Unlearning Western Bias in Journalism | afikra عفكرة Podcast #383
<p>As journalists on the ground in Gaza are targeted, the “truth” weaponized, and an information war for the ages unravels, we sat down with Professor Ibrahim Abusharif to discuss the construction of narratives, framing terminologies, and the ethics of journalism. Delving into qu ... Show More
43m 50s
Sep 2020
Yves Citton, "Mediarchy" (Polity Press, 2019)
We think that we live in democracies: in fact, we live in mediarchies. Our political regimes are based less on nations or citizens than on audiences shaped by the media. We assume that our social and political destinies are shaped by the will of the people without realizing that ... Show More
1h 6m
Apr 2024
S5E6: Media - Questioning Your Own Biases and Opinions
<p><strong>Summary<br></strong><br></p><p>In this episode, Kris and I discuss the media and the challenges of consuming information in today's world. We talk about biases in the media, the importance of fact-checking, and the need to be skeptical of information. We also touch o ... Show More
46m 57s