The East is a Podcast

Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)
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Aug 31, 2019 • 51min

"Postcolonialism? Have they left?" w/ Nick Estes

Nick Estes (Kul Wicasa, a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe) is Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico. He is the author of Our History is the Future: Standing Rock versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance (2019). An appeal: Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make less than a third of that and it's unsustainable. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com
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Aug 31, 2019 • 41min

Nick Estes on Indigenous Resistance and Standing Rock (March 2019)

Nick Estes in conversation with Professor Hayden King, Anishinaabe from Beausoleil First Nation. Hosted by the Toronto Public Library as part of their "On Civil Society" series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbWDSzRljiE
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Aug 28, 2019 • 8min

(PREVIEW) Bonus Episode 32 - Ather Zia

Sign up today for access to this and other great bonus content. Keep this podcast alive by giving anything you can! You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make less than a third of that and it's unsustainable. I am also a very talented editor and translator, so consider commissioning me!
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Aug 27, 2019 • 29min

Kebab Shop Confidential w/ Daniel Rád

Daniel Rád is a journalist and co-founder of Bourse & Bazaar (@BourseBazaar) An appeal: Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make less than a third of that and it's unsustainable. I am also a very talented editor and translator, so consider commissioning me! You can visit eastpodcast.com for all the links to the Patreon, Venmo, PayPal. I hate to beg but beating around the bush isn't working.
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Aug 21, 2019 • 1h 7min

The Kashmiri Intifada w/ Ather Zia

Ather Zia is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Northern Colorado Check out her co-written piece An appeal: Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make less than a third of that and it's unsustainable. I am also a very talented editor and translator, so consider commissioning me! You can visit my website eastpodcast.com for all the links to the Patreon, Venmo, PayPal. I hate to beg but beating around the bush isn't working.
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Aug 15, 2019 • 54min

The Edward Said Mixtape (Vol. 5) - "Exiles: Edward Said" (1988)

Christopher Sykes' moving documentary on Edward Said, first produced for the BBC more than three decades ago. Watch it here
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Aug 14, 2019 • 19min

*UNLOCKED* Bonus Episode 16 - Star Wars and Orientalism

An appeal: Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make less than a third of that and it's unsustainable. I am also a very talented editor and translator, so consider commissioning me! You can visit my website eastpodcast.com for all the links to the Patreon, Venmo, PayPal. I hate to beg but beating around the bush isn't working. Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope!
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Aug 11, 2019 • 26min

Sina Rahmani "Wrestling with the Revolution" (2007) - Part 1

A recording of an article I wrote almost 14 years ago. I cringe at some of the prose. Part two will be behind the paywall. An appeal: Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make less than a third of that and it's unsustainable. I am also a very talented editor and translator, so consider commissioning me! You can visit my website eastpodcast.com for all the links to the Patreon, Venmo, PayPal. I hate to beg but beating around the bush isn't working. Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope!
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Aug 8, 2019 • 24min

The Young Lords w/ Jorge Juan Rodríguez V

Jorge Juan Rodríguez V is a Historian of Religion pursuing a PhD at Union Theological Seminary. The archival audio is extracted from the 50th anniversary celebration of the Young Lord's held in NYC in July 2019 features Martha Aguello, Olguie Robles-Toro, and Minerva Solla sharing the 13-Point Program. Throughout the rest of the year the New York Young Lords will host events celebrating their 50th anniversary. You can follow those events through Website: https://younglordsny.org Hashtag: #YoungLords50NY Twitter: @YoungLords50NY Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/YoungLords50NY Instagram: @younglords50ny
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Aug 6, 2019 • 33min

Toni Morrison's Nobel Lecture (1993)

RIP Toni Morrison

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