

The East is a Podcast
Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)
A critical lens on the history of the present on West Asia and North Africa. Interviews with experts and archival mashups.
Created by Sina Rahmani (twitter: @urorientalist)
Created by Sina Rahmani (twitter: @urorientalist)
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Aug 6, 2019 • 47min
Islam, democracy, and imperialism w/ Arash Davari and Yousef Baker
Arash Davari is Assistant Professor of Politics at Whitman College. Yousef Baker is Assistant Professor of International Studies at California State University, Long Beach. Please consider supporting the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

Jul 26, 2019 • 49min
Covering Iran (badly) w/ Pouya Alimagham
*Please forgive the poor sound quality* Pouya Alimagham is a historian of the modern Middle East based at MIT. Please consider supporting theshow created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

Jul 23, 2019 • 39min
*Unlocked* Bonus Episode 22 - Ilan Pappé
*Unlocked from behind the paywall* Please support the show. I do this show alone with no sponsorships or any kind of employment. If you can spare a few bucks a month, you can gain access to the bonus content. https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast Visit eastpodcast.com for links to Venmo, Paypal, and merch store. Any donation helps!

Jul 21, 2019 • 32min
Robert Fisk on Bosnia (1993) [Content Warning]
*Extremely Graphic* Fisk on his "From Beirut to Bosnia" documentary: "Back in 1993, I made a 3 part documentary film for the Discovery Channel in the United States, and also for Channel 4 in Britain. It was called Beirut to Bosnia and it attempted to find out why an increasing number of Muslims had come to hate the West. Indeed, the title was "Why Muslims Have Come to Hate the West." We filmed in Beirut, Southern Lebanon, Israel, the occupied West Bank and Gaza, Egypt, Bosnia and Croatia."

Jul 16, 2019 • 47min
C.L.R. James in conversation with Studs Terkel (1970)
C.L.R. James and Studs Terkel discuss the Black Jacobins on WFMT Chicago(1970).

Jul 14, 2019 • 34min
*Unlocked* The History of Ba'athism (pt.2) w/Patrick Higgins
*Unlocked from behind the paywall* Patrick Higgins is a Ph.D candidate in the Department of History at the University of Houston. Please support the show. I do this show alone with no sponsorships or any kind of employment. If you can spare a few bucks a month, you can gain access to the bonus content. https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Jul 12, 2019 • 51min
Escaping the Nation? w/ Alina Sajed and Timothy Seidel
Alina Sajed is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at McMaster University. Timothy Seidel is Assistant Professor in the Center for Justice & Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University. Check out their co-edited issue of Interventions Please consider supporting the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

Jul 6, 2019 • 24min
The Long Walk of the Indigenous Peoples w/ Albert Brent Chase
Albert Brent Chase is a member of the Diné (Navajo) nation and leader of the Pollen Trail Dancers. Audio on the "Long Walk" taken from this video

Jul 4, 2019 • 5min
Land of the Free? w/ David Puckett
David Puckett is a human being currently incarcerated by the US state. Through his pen pal, he passes a long a message about life in the land of the free. You can write David personally (he welcomes any letter) or send him books (preferably Sci-Fi/Fantasy). He passes on these books to other incarcerated human beings. His address is David Puckett #1081033 Polunsky Unit 3872 FM 3505 Livingston, TX 77351 Make sure you include all this information in any correspondence. For more info, please visit www.blackandpink.com/penpal-sign-up Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ft9iuZu0AI

Jul 2, 2019 • 17min
Shervin Malekzadeh "What It Means to Be Iranian in America" (2019)
Shervin Malekzadeh is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Colgate University where he is completing a book manuscript on post-revolutionary schooling in Iran from the perspective of ordinary families and local officials tasked with educating "the New Islamic Citizen." Check out the article


