On this week's episode of the podcast, political scientist Shadi Hamid joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss why Osama bin Laden got exactly the overreaction he wanted from 9/11, how 25 years of the war on terror reshaped America and the Middle East, and why he believes a more secular America has become a more polarized one, as set out in his new book with Matthe ... Show More
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Why Every Conflict Is Also a Love Story
On this week's episode of the podcast, journalist and author Sally Hayden joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss reporting on the artificial families formed by Rwandan genocide survivors, secret weddings under Islamic State rule in Iraq, reporting on the ongoing war in Lebanon — and wh ... Show More
39m 47s
Aug 31
Why We’re in a New Age of Conquest
On this week's episode of the podcast, Guardian senior international correspondent Luke Harding joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss the war Europe is already fighting but won't admit to, the North Korean soldiers dying in the fields of western Russia, and why Trump's second term mar ... Show More
42m 28s
Oct 2024
War in West Asia: When A Dying Settler Colony Lashes Out
Alyson and Breht discuss the unfolding regional war between Israel and literally all of its neighbors, the restrained Iranian response to Israeli aggression, US complicity and contributions to the fascist mass murder campaign, Hezbollah and Lebanon, Russia and Syria, the decrepit ... Show More
1h 33m
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/RamiKhouri" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Rami Khouri</a>, a Palestinian American journalist and scholar, analyzes the war in Gaza. <a href="https://populismblog.wordpress.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Evelyn McDonnell</a>, author of ... Show More
