logo
episode-header-image
Mar 2024
57m 51s

The Shoah After Gaza

THE LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS
About this episode

Pankaj Mishra joins Adam Shatz to discuss his recent LRB Winter Lecture, in which he explores Israel’s instrumentalisation of the Holocaust. He expands on his readings of Jean Améry and Primo Levi, the crisis as understood by the Global South and Zionism’s appeal for Hindu nationalists.


Find further reading on the episode page: lrb.me/aftergazapod

Watch the lecture on YouTube: lrb.me/mishrayt


LRB Audio

Discover the LRB's subscription podcast, Close Readings, and audiobooks: https://lrb.me/audiopod



Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Up next
Aug 20
Close Readings: 'Our Mutual Friend' by Charles Dickens
'Our Mutual Friend' was Dickens’s last completed novel, published in serial form in 1864-65. The story begins with a body being dredged from the ooze and slime of the Thames, then opens out to follow a wide array of characters through the dust heaps, paper mills, public houses an ... Show More
35m 43s
Aug 13
The Psychology of Tennis
As well as raw talent and incredible athleticism, professional tennis ‘requires extraordinary psychological capacities’, Edmund Gordon wrote recently in the LRB: ‘obsessive focus, epic self-belief’. Edmund – whose son is a rising star on the London under-nine circuit – joins Tom ... Show More
46m 12s
Aug 6
Why you should care about golf
With the world's most famous amateur golfer now in charge of the 'free world', the sport has never been more important in the lives of non-golfers. When Donald Trump was spotted cheating recently on a course in Scotland, it was recognised by enthusiasts and sportswriters as a maj ... Show More
55m 56s
Recommended Episodes
Jun 4
The New Arab Events: Palestine in a World on Fire
What does it mean to stand with Palestine in a world on fire?In this special live episode, recorded at Reference Point in London, Benjamin Ashraf of The New Arab chairs a powerful conversation with historian Ilan Pappé, scholar Katherine Natanel, and legal academic Nadine El-Enan ... Show More
1h 26m
Sep 2024
Israel Kills 40 Palestinians in Refugee Camp: Kalam Digest 5
In this week's news summary, Edgar and Sam discuss the latest deadly airstrikes on Gaza, follow up on the Polio vaccine and the conditions for back to school season in Gaza. In other news, a Jordanian truck driver gunned down three Israeli border police and the culture wars in Is ... Show More
20m 8s
Jul 28
Tankie Group Therapy #34 - Gaza defends our humanity
Tankie Group Therapy is back! Sina, Alex, Nora, and Jay get together for another session to discuss the latest news from the Gaza Holocaust. Support Palestinians in Gaza through their fundraisers Watch the video edition on the East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting ... Show More
1h 34m
Jan 2024
Holocaust history
Historians continue to unearth documents, interpret new records accounts and reinterpret old ones in their light. In doing so they expand our understanding of unfolding antisemitism and the holocaust. Anne McElvoy speaks to Barbara Warnock the senior curator of the Wiener Holocau ... Show More
45m 23s
Aug 2024
166/ Israel-Palestine After Zionism w/ Ahmed Moor & Antony Loewenstein
For episode 166, Dana & Elia are joined by Ahmed Moor & Antony Loewenstein, co-editors of the book "After Zionism: One State for Israel and Palestine" to talk about the ongoing genocide in Gaza and whether there is any hope for the One State Solution. Support us: The best way to ... Show More
41m 48s
May 29
111: Never Again For Anyone, with Holocaust Survivor Stephen Kapos
Matt and Daniel are joined by survivor of the Nazi Holocaust Stephen Kapos, for a wide ranging discussion of Stephen’s escape from Transylvania, the parallels he sees between his own ordeal and the Palestinians’, and the current political climate in his home country of England.Pl ... Show More
1h 41m
Mar 2024
Israel’s Descent Into Madness & the Holocaust Comparison, w/ Tarik Cyril Amar
Rania Khalek was joined by Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany and associate professor at Koc University in Istanbul, to discuss Israel’s descent into genocidal fascism. Prof. Amar addresses whether it’s useful to make Holocaust and Nazi comparisons and the real reason beh ... Show More
38m 49s
Jun 2024
Andrew Feinstein | Nelson Mandela, apartheid, Gaza & unseating Keir Starmer | BB #131
In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dillt Hussain speaks with the former South African member of parliament, anti-apartheid activist and investigative author, Andrew Feinstein.    Topics of discussion include: Apartheid South Africa, the ANC, and Andrew's family backgr ... Show More
1h 12m