On this month’s episode of Global Insights on The Lede, author and Caine Prize winner Tope Folarin and AI researcher Tuhin Chakrabarty join Kwangu Liwewe Agyei to discuss the AI accusations that have hit major literary prizes this year, why African writers feel pressure to tell the stories their editors in London and New York expect, and whether detection so ... Show More
Oct 19
A Death That Divided America
On this week’s episode of the podcast, author Anand Giridharadas joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss the divisive death of Jordan Neely on a New York subway train in 2023, why Americans across the political divide feel abandoned by the institutions meant to protect them, and what it ... Show More
39m 41s
Oct 12
How 1980s Lebanon Made Today’s Middle East
On the podcast this week, journalist and author Kim Ghattas joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss how the Beirut of the 1980s offers a prism through which to understand today’s regional rivalries, as set out in her new book, “The Best Kind of American: A True Story of Murder, War, and ... Show More
45m 30s
Oct 5
The Forgotten Moment That Decided Palestine’s Fate
On this week's episode of the podcast, historian Rashid Khalidi joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss why Western public opinion on Israel has shifted faster than at any point in a century, whether that shift will reach Washington, and what his conversations with the writer Tariq Ali ... Show More
55m 19s
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
