

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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Feb 16, 2020 • 7min
(Preview) Bonus Episode 51 - Feel the Bern? w/ Max Ajl
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. I do this show independently and get no sponsorships or advertising. It is my primary income and I'm hoping to make it sustainable. You can donate directly through Gofundme, and PayPal/Venmo as well. Links to the latter on my website, eastpodcast.com

Feb 12, 2020 • 30min
Iran is a normal country w/ Zahra Shafei
Zahra Shafei studies dentistry in Iran. Please consider supporting the show. Please help me hit my goal of $1500 a month on Patreon. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal and Gofundme. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

Feb 8, 2020 • 5min
(Preview) Bonus Episode 49 - Other Speculative Fictions w/ Nudrat Kamal
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. I do this show independently and get no sponsorships or advertising. It is my primary income and I'm hoping to make it sustainable. You can donate directly through Gofundme, and PayPal/Venmo as well. Links to the latter on my website, eastpodcast.com Guest hosted and produced by Mushba Said Nudrat Kamal is a professor of comparative literature at IBA in Karachi. She has also recently published a chapter titled ‘The Post Colonial Cyborg’ in Ethical Futures and Global Science Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan). Mushba Said is a writer, designer, and artist from Karachi who recently completed her undergrad in Communication Studies, double-minoring in Policy and Comparative Literature.

Feb 7, 2020 • 1h 8min
Schaffen wir das? - Das Foreigner Forum w/Maryam Aras, Denijal Jegić, and Adem Ferizaj
Had a great conversation with Maryam Aras, Denijal Jegić , and Adem Ferizaj. English-language conversation begins around min 39:00. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wir_schaffen_das Please consider supporting the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

Feb 3, 2020 • 37min
The sword and the neck: on the 'Deal of the Century' w/ Tamara Nassar
Tamara Nassar is an associate editor at The Electronic Intifada Please consider supporting the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

Jan 30, 2020 • 28min
Ilan Pappé: Don't call it a Nakba (2008)
Professor Ilan Pappé speaks in 2008 on the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. Source

Jan 29, 2020 • 1h 8min
Rewatchability Episode 411- ARGO featuring SINA RAHMANI
[I went on one of my favourite podcasts, Rewatchability, to talk about Argo. Enjoy!] With the Oscars approaching we take a look back at ARGO! Directed by and starring Ben Affleck, Argo beat out a crowded field to win Best Picture at the 2012 ceremony. But is it all CIA propaganda? @UrOrientalist joins us to extract the truth!

Jan 25, 2020 • 1h 15min
Hilbourne A. Watson on imperialism, theory, and capital (pt.2)
Hilbourne A. Watson is an Emeritus Professor at Bucknell University. Jeb Sprague is a Research Associate at the Institute for Research on World-Systems at the University of California, Riverside

Jan 20, 2020 • 57min
Hilbourne A. Watson on imperialism, theory, and capital (pt.1)
Hilbourne A. Watson is an Emeritus Professor at Bucknell University. Jeb Sprague is a Research Associate at the Institute for Research on World-Systems at the University of California, Riverside

Jan 18, 2020 • 46min
The East is a Podcast Radio (vol.2)
Curated by Moloq (@moloqmusic) Check out Moloq at https://www.moloqmusic.com.