In this fascinating and highly informative interview, Dr. Saleh El Machnouk صالح المشنوق (Harvard/Cambridge graduate, activist and academic) speaks about the powerful intersection of politics and psychology. Dr. El Machnouk discusses how politicians manipulate us into voting for them, the difference between Lebanese/Arab politicians and other politicians, as ... Show More
Oct 20
The Pill Debate: When Is Medication the Answer?
Join us for a candid and insightful discussion with two leading experts: Dr. Christina Riachi, a clinical psychologist, and Dr. Fady Maalouf, psychiatrist and Chairperson at AUBMC. They'll demystify the use of psychiatric medications, exploring the pros, cons, and crucial convers ... Show More
24m 14s
Mar 2024
The Political Science of the Middle East and The Uprisings of Gaza (S.13, Ep. 21)
On this week's episode of the podcast, Alexander Cooley of Barnard College joins Marc Lynch to discuss Cooley's review essay, The Uprisings of Gaza: How Geopolitical Crises Have Reshaped Academic Communities from Tahrir to Kyiv. This essay reflects upon the contributions of Marc ... Show More
54m 33s
Sep 2022
The psychology of political messaging, with Drew Westen, PhD
Psychologists’ research has found that it’s not the nuances of policy debates that drive voter behavior but instead how voters feel about candidates and political parties -- and whom they trust to share their values. Drew Westen, PhD, of Emory University, talks about how emotions ... Show More
42m 15s
Nov 2016
Arguing Islam after the Revival of Arab Politics: Book discussion with Nathan Brown (S. 5, Ep. 20)
Yesterday, POMEPS held a dynamic conversation with Nathan Brown about his latest book— out this week— Arguing Islam after the Revival of Arab Politics. Brown was joined by Jocelyne Cesari, a senior fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and associate ... Show More
52m 39s
Feb 2021
Political Economies of MENA & Politics of Teaching IR in the Arab World (S. 10, Ep. 7)
Robert Springborg of the Naval Postgraduate School talks about his latest book, Political Economies of the Middle East and North Africa, with Marc Lynch on this week's podcast. In the book, he discusses the economic future of the [MENA] region by examining the national and region ... Show More
1h 6m
Sep 2023
FADI BARDAWIL | Arab Marxism, the New Left & Political Realities | Conversations
<p>Learn about Arab Marxism, radical patriarchal politics, and Lebanon’s political economy over the last century in this conversation with professor Fadi Bardawil from Duke University. Starting with his book “Revolution and Disenchantment: Arab Marxism and the Binds of Emancipati ... Show More
1h 6m
Nov 2017
In the Eye of the Storm: The History of Lebanon Revisited
Speaker: Fawwaz Traboulsi, American University of Beirut
Chair: Fawaz Gerges, LSE
With few comprehensive histories of Lebanon, Professor Fawwaz Traboulsi's 'A History of Modern Lebanon, which weaves together more than five centuries of the country's social, political, cultural an ... Show More
1h 38m
Oct 2020
7: The Electoral College, Faithless Electors, and Polarization with Lawrence Lessig
<p>This episode is with Harvard Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig in which we talk about the Electoral College, the recent faithless electors Supreme Court case that Prof. Lessig argued, and the current polarization in our country. Professor Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Profe ... Show More
47m 56s