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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Mar 4, 2019 • 1h 5min
Regime Change Inc. (pt.2) w/ Ben Norton and Ali Alizadeh
Ben Norton is a journalist based in New York. He is the co-host of Moderate Rebels. Ali Alizadeh is an independent political analyst based in London. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
Mar 3, 2019 • 1h 23min
Yuri Kochiyama on internment, radical activism, and her relationship with Malcolm X
Yuri Kochiyama was a Japanese-American human rights activist, and is notable as one of the few prominent non-black Black separatists. A few years before her death in 2014, she sat down with Megan Asaka in Oakland to speak about her life and work. Produced by Densho, an organization dedicated to preserving the story of the mass incarceration of Japanese-Americans in WWII.
Feb 28, 2019 • 43min
White liberal feminism does not spark joy w/ Amy Wong
Amy Wong is Assistant Professor at Dominican University of California. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
Feb 26, 2019 • 39min
Rocking the Boat w/ Vidyaratha Kissoon
Vidyaratha Kissoon lives in Guyana. He has been involved in the work to promote gender equality, child protection and LGBT equality. He blogs at http://churchroadman.blogspot.com/ He agreed to do this podcast because he was able to get a coffee in Georgetown from one of Sina's friends. Acknowledgments to Poonam Singh and her song "Guyana" Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
Feb 24, 2019 • 1h 12min
Walter Rodney on Race and Class in Guyanese Politics (1978)
Walter Rodney was a prominent Guyanese historian, political activist and academic. This is a recording of a lecture he gave in 1978, lightly edited for sound quality. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
Feb 16, 2019 • 29min
"Human Rights in El Salvador" (1991) *GRAPHIC CONTENT*
"Human Rights in El Salvador" (1991), a report produced by Susan de Brava for Santa Barbara-based Behind the Headlines. Extremely graphic content, including descriptions of violence, sexual assault, torture, etc. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
Feb 15, 2019 • 43min
Peasants, food riots, and the violence of industrial agriculture w/Max Ajl
Max Ajl is a doctoral student in Development Sociology at Cornell University. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
Feb 12, 2019 • 54min
Regime Change Inc. (pt.1) w/ Ben Norton and Ali Alizadeh
Ben Norton is a journalist based in New York. He is the co-host of Moderate Rebels. Ali Alizadeh is an independent political analyst based in London. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
Feb 10, 2019 • 17min
(UNLOCKED) Bonus Episode 6 - Fatima Bhutto
*UNLOCKED* Bonus Episode 6 - Fatima Bhutto Fatima Bhutto's new novel is called The Runaways. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
Feb 8, 2019 • 34min
Váyanse al carajo, yanquis de mierda (Hands off Venezuela) w/ Max Ajl
Max Ajl is a doctoral student in Development Sociology at Cornell University. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
