The East is a Podcast

Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)
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Apr 29, 2021 • 40min

Losing Hindustan (Pt. 2) w/ Manan Ahmed Asif

Justin Podur and I teamed up to interview Columbia University historian Manan Ahmed on his fantastic new book, The Loss of Hindustan. This is the second half of the conversation. Subscribe to the Anti-Empire project and download the first!
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Apr 21, 2021 • 13min

(Preview) Bonus Episode 93 - The Problem of Othello w/ Ambereen Dadabhoy

A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. You can donate directly through Gofundme, and PayPal/Venmo as well. Links to the latter on my (almost up-to-date) website, eastpodcast.com Ambereen Dadabhoy is Associate Professor of Literature at Harvey Mudd College in California.
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Apr 19, 2021 • 1h 21min

Stephan Weissman: The Lumumba Assassination and CIA Accountability (2013)

A lecture hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Center in 2013. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhZsPIrpYI4&ab_channel=WoodrowWilsonCenter
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Apr 14, 2021 • 48min

Samir Amin: Neoliberalism and the Decline of the Bandung Project (1975-2000)

The second part of a three-part lecture series hosted by the SOAS titled "Six Decades of Development Debate" in 2013. (The first part is available on this feed as well, released back in September last year) Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq8OK4BUyM&ab_channel=SOASUniversityofLondon
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Apr 5, 2021 • 1h 8min

Marielle Tsukamoto on Japanese Internment (2013)

"First-Hand Accounts of the Japanese American Internment Experience. It is our hope that these stories will build on the work and legacy of the late Mary Tsukamoto, who devoted her life to promoting social justice for all, regardless of race, creed, or ethnicity." Learn more about the Time Remembrance Project Source
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Apr 3, 2021 • 1h 3min

Iran-China Deal: Don't buy the hype? w/ Arash Joblaghi

Arash Joblaghi is a Strategic Adviser and the creator of the Iran Military Review Full text of Joint Statement on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between I.R. Iran, P.R. China Consider supporting the podcast
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Mar 29, 2021 • 1h 5min

Tunisia's Unfinished Revolution? w/ Fadil Aliriza

Fadil Aliriza is a journalist based in Tunis and the founder & editor-in-chief of Meshkal. Support the podcast on patreon
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Mar 26, 2021 • 28min

(Unlocked) Bonus Episode 96 - Salman Abu Sitta "Eleven Wars against Palestinians"

A reading of Dr. Salman Abu Sitta's article "Eleven Wars against Palestinians: How Palestinians are coping with their Elimination" Read by Nyla Matuk Unlocked from behind the paywall. Sign up for the bonus feed at Patreon.com/east_podcast to get great bonus content and help sustain the show.
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Mar 18, 2021 • 48min

Lebanon's economic freefall w/ Ehsani

Friend of the podcast Ehsani returns to discuss Lebanon's worsening cash crisis. Link to sign up for the MATCH4SARA Campaign Consider supporting podcast on Patreon or go to Eastpodcast.com for links to GofundMe, Paypal, and merch store.
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Mar 14, 2021 • 1h 1min

Abdel Razzaq Takriti: "Kurdistan, Palestine, and the Politics and Poetics of Solidarity"

A talk by Abdel Razzaq Takriti for the Global Middle East Seminar Series at Goldsmiths Centre for Postcolonial Studies. Introduction by friend of the show, Eskandar Sadeghi

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