Anand Gopal
Award-winning journalist and author of Days of Love and Rage, known for in-depth reporting on Afghanistan and Syria and for immersive narrative histories based on firsthand interviews and field research.
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Apr 2, 2026 • 1h 7min
Why Freedom Failed in Syria
Anand Gopal, award-winning journalist and author known for immersive reporting on Afghanistan and Syria. He explores Manbij as a mirror of Syrian modernity. They discuss how local society, economic pressures, and liberal experiments collapsed. Conversation traces personal journeys, insurgency dynamics, ISIS’s political tactics, and the limits of Baathist redistribution.
Mar 22, 2026 • 15min
Civil War in Iran Would Be 'Tenfold as Deadly' as Syria, Journalist Explains
Anand Gopal, Middle East journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist who wrote Days of Love and Rage, discusses Syria’s messy democratic experiment in Manbij. He compares Syria and Iran, warns foreign interventions can deepen chaos, and explains why a civil war in Iran would be far more deadly and destabilizing. He also examines regional power plays and the long, uncertain path of political change.
