The Lede
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Living in a State of Hopelessness: On the Ground in Israel – With Lisa Goldman and Kwangu Liwewe
26 mins; April 26, 2024
On the Ground in Gaza — With Arwa Damon and Faisal Al Yafai
35 mins; April 19, 2024
A Portal to Another World: Translating Early Arabic Poetry — With James Montgomery and Lydia Wilson
53 mins; April 12, 2024
Rethinking Nasser: A New Look at One of the Arab World's Most Polarizing Figures — With Alex Rowell and Joshua Martin
36 mins; April 05, 2024
Democracy and Controversy in the World's Largest Elections — With Surbhi Gupta and Kwangu Liwewe
29 mins; March 29, 2024
In the Firing Line — With Joumana Haddad and Faisal Al Yafai
48 mins; March 22, 2024
One Day on TV: Israel's Media War — With Laliv Melamed and Lisa Goldman
51 mins; March 15, 2024
Women, Life, Freedom: Iran's Protest Movement Today — With Arash Azizi and Danny Postel
48 mins; March 08, 2024
A Century After the End of the Ottoman Caliphate — With Ryan Gingeras and Faisal Al Yafai
38 mins; March 01, 2024
South Africa-US Relations at a Crossroads
34 mins; February 27, 2024
More Than Meets the Eye: Looking Twice at the History of Eyeliner — With Zahra Hankir and Ola Salem
42 mins; February 23, 2024
The War on India’s Free Press — with Manisha Pande, Samar Halarnkar and Surbhi Gupta
52 mins; February 16, 2024
Africa Insights: South Sudan, Political Rivalries Fuel Conflict
29 mins; February 12, 2024
Dispatches from Forever Wars - with Nabih Bulos, Bel Trew and Faisal Al Yafai
46 mins; February 09, 2024
Gaza and the Ethics of Negotiation - with Pierre Hazan and Lydia Wilson
46 mins; February 02, 2024
Africa Insights: Toxic Masculinity Online in Kenya and South Africa
29 mins; January 29, 2024
India’s Political Hinduism — with Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay and Surbhi Gupta
44 mins; January 26, 2024
Past the Medieval Horizon — with Ian Mortimer and Lydia WIlson
40 mins; January 19, 2024
Africa Insights: Contesting Genocide Abroad, South Africa Also Contends With Xenophobia at Home
28 mins; January 16, 2024
Paris Syndrome — with Nabila Ramdani and Faisal Al Yafai
36 mins; January 12, 2024
Listen Again: Art, Music and Freedom in Iran — with Malu Halasa, Nahid Siamdoust and Danny Postel
52 mins; January 05, 2024
Africa Insights: An Era of Apology and Reckoning
30 mins; January 02, 2024
Listen Again: Prisoners of the Gaza War — with Sharone Lifschitz, Noga Tarnopolsky and Muzna Shihabi
48 mins; December 29, 2023
The Congressional Push for UAP Disclosure— with Daniel Sheehan and Rasha Elass
65 hours 30 mins; December 22, 2023
Africa Insights: UK-Rwanda Deal Still Falls Short
30 mins; December 19, 2023
Investigating the State — with ‘Kunle Adebajo, Lynzy Billing, Amie Ferris-Rotman and Erin Clare Brown
38 mins; December 15, 2023
Arabesque Reimagined — with Rayyane Tabet and Rasha Elass
52 mins; December 08, 2023
Africa Insights: South Africa’s Striking Divide
31 mins; December 05, 2023
Minor Detail, Major Implications — with Salma Dabbagh, Judith Gurewich, Katharine Halls and Lydia Wilson
38 mins; December 01, 2023
The Emotional Fog of War — with Arwa Damon and Faisal Al Yafai
46 mins; November 24, 2023
The Killings Return to Darfur — with Niemat Ahmadi, Gerrit Kurtz and Kwangu Liwewe
36 mins; November 17, 2023
Prisoners of the Gaza War — with Sharone Lifschitz, Noga Tarnopolsky and Muzna Shihabi
47 mins; November 10, 2023
Lebanon’s Trauma and the Myth of Resilience — with Dalal Mawad and Rasha Elass
46 mins; November 03, 2023
The Day After Hamas — with Gilbert Achcar and Faisal Al Yafai
24 mins; October 27, 2023
The Geopolitics of the Gaza War — with Ali Hashem, Mairav Zonszein and Aziz Alghashian
70 hours 46 mins; October 20, 2023
Hamas, Israel and the PA at War — with Jeroen Gunning, Dana El Kurd and Uriel Abulof
57 mins; October 13, 2023
The Yellow Wind of Damascus — with Benan Grams and Rasha Elass
59 mins; October 06, 2023
Identity, Liberalism and the New Left — with Yascha Mounk and Faisal Al Yafai
43 mins; September 29, 2023
Art, Music and Freedom in Iran — with Malu Halasa, Nahid Siamdoust and Danny Postel
51 mins; September 22, 2023
Behind the Abaya Ban — with Rim-Sarah Alouane, Rasha Al Aqeedi and Erin Clare Brown
48 mins; September 15, 2023
Somaliland’s Secession Struggle — with James Barnett and Joshua Martin
52 mins; September 08, 2023
Listen Again: The Age of Conspiracy Theories — with Gabriel Gatehouse and Faisal Al Yafai
52 mins; September 01, 2023
India’s Star Crossed Lovers — with Mansi Choksi and Surbhi Gupta
40 mins; August 25, 2023
The Sound of Struggle in Zimbabwe — with Thomas Mapfumo and Kwangu Liwewe
23 mins; August 18, 2023
The American Money Driving Official Homophobia in Africa — with Lydia Namubiru and Kwangu Liwewe
24 mins; August 11, 2023
Ukraine’s Cluster Bomb Dilemma — with Sera Koulabdara, Romeo Kokriatski and Danny Postel
45 mins; August 04, 2023
Reading Joyce in Kuwait — with Mai Al-Nakib and Lydia Wilson
32 mins; July 28, 2023
Statecraft and Storytelling — with Faisal Devji and Faisal Al Yafai
42 mins; July 20, 2023
The Republic Makes No Distinction Among Its Children — with Charazade Douah, Jean Beaman and Erin Clare Brown
42 mins; July 14, 2023
When Biden Met Modi — with Ravi Agrawal and Faisal Al Yafai
40 mins; July 07, 2023
Why the Far Right Seeks Islamist Allies — with Moustafa Ayad, Rasha Al Aqeedi and Lydia Wilson
55 mins; June 30, 2023
African Solutions for European Problems? — with Hopewell Chin’ono and Redi Tlhabi
35 mins; June 23, 2023
[Rebroadcast] Catfishing a Killer — with Ugur Umit Ungor, Annsar Shahhoud and Rasha Elass
38 mins; June 16, 2023
Why Erdogan Wins Elections — with Nicholas Danforth and Kareem Shaheen
41 mins; June 09, 2023
War on a Warming Planet — with Mike Martin and Lydia Wilson
25 mins; June 02, 2023
Sudan’s Democracy Deferred — with Nisrin Elamin, Khalid Mustafa Medani, Kwangu Liwewe and Danny Postel
48 mins; May 26, 2023
Rock, Rai and Royalty — with Tarik O’Regan and Lydia Wilson
48 mins; May 19, 2023
Beirut’s Scarred Heritage — with Nadine Panayot, Lydia Wilson and Joshua Martin
30 mins; May 11, 2023
Telling Stories of a Distant Homeland — with Heather Raffo
53 mins; May 04, 2023
Sudan’s House Divided — with Dallia Abdelmoniem, Sharath Srinivasan and Kwangu Liwewe
46 mins; April 27, 2023
Russia’s Ultranationalist Youth Army — with Ian Garner and Amie Ferris-Rotman
38 mins; April 21, 2023
Borders, Romance and Freedom — with Anna Lekas Miller and Joshua Martin
33 mins; April 13, 2023
Heidegger and the Far Right — with Richard Wolin and Danny Postel
45 mins; April 06, 2023
Silence and Memory in Eastern Europe — with Linda Kinstler and Amie Ferris-Rotman
35 mins; March 30, 2023
How America Fell Out of Love with War — with Samuel Moyn and Faisal Al Yafai
50 mins; March 24, 2023
Life and Loss in Occupied Iraq — with Noor Ghazi and Rasha Al Aqeedi
75 hours 7 mins; March 16, 2023
How Cyberpunk Lost its Edge — with JD Harlock, Elia Ayoub and Lydia Wilson
31 mins; March 09, 2023
The Age of Conspiracy Theories — with Gabriel Gatehouse and Faisal Al Yafai
51 mins; March 02, 2023
Examining Nigeria’s Elections — with Obiageli Ezekwesili and Kwangu Liwewe
43 mins; February 23, 2023
Ukraine’s Long War — with Olesya Khromeychuk and Amie Ferris-Rotman
34 mins; February 16, 2023
The Many Worlds of Indian Cinema — with Anupama Chopra and Surbhi Gupta
27 mins; February 09, 2023
The Fight for the Right — with David French and Faisal Al Yafai
51 mins; February 02, 2023
Behind the Hamline University Incident — with Erika Lopez Prater, Christiane Gruber and Rasha Elass
50 mins; January 26, 2023
A Tunisia Without Ennahda? — with Monica Marks and Erin Clare Brown
43 mins; January 19, 2023
The Nomad State — with Marie Favereau and Faisal Al Yafai
45 mins; January 12, 2023
How 2022 Changed the World (and What to Expect From 2023)
32 mins; January 06, 2023
When Reality Is a Lie — with Lea Ypi and Faisal Al Yafai [Rebroadcast]
61 hours 35 mins; December 29, 2022
How Christmas Conquered the World
36 mins; December 22, 2022
Exposing Corruption in Putin’s Russia ⁠— w⁠⁠ith Bill Browder and Amie Ferris Rotman
30 mins; December 15, 2022
Zimbabwe’s Not-So-Secret Dictatorship — with Tsitsi Dangarembga
47 mins; December 08, 2022
The Cold War Afterlife of Nazi Spies — with Danny Orbach and Faisal Al Yafai
45 mins; December 01, 2022
Truth, Lies and Democracy — with Sophia Rosenfeld and Faisal Al Yafai
51 mins; November 24, 2022
A Tourist’s Guide to the Middle Ages — with Amira Bennison and Lydia Wilson
27 mins; November 17, 2022
The Meaning of the Midterms — with Robert Evans and Lydia Wilson
39 mins; November 10, 2022
Deciphering the Deep State — with Josef Burton and Joshua Martin
35 mins; November 03, 2022
How Strongmen Crush Democracies — with Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Faisal Al Yafai
36 mins; October 27, 2022
Breaking News, Breaking Taboos — with Karl Sharro and Faisal Al Yafai
75 hours 22 mins; October 20, 2022
History’s Long Afterlife — with Priyamvada Gopal and Lydia Wilson
43 mins; October 13, 2022
Moscow in Exile — with Julia Ioffe and Amie Ferris-Rotman
49 mins; October 06, 2022
How Nomads Changed the World — with Anthony Sattin and Faisal Al Yafai
50 mins; September 29, 2022
Can Africa Solve Ethiopia’s War? — with Chris Maroleng, Adeoye Akinola, Tedla Asfaw & Kwangu Liwewe
22 mins; September 22, 2022
Moon Knight Rises — with Hayat Aljowaily, Ola Salem and Anthony Elghossain
37 mins; September 15, 2022
After Queen Elizabeth II — with Lydia Wilson, Amie Ferris-Rotman and Kwangu Liwewe
34 mins; September 09, 2022
A Deadly Showdown in Iraq — with Rasha Al Aqeedi and Faisal Al Yafai
41 mins; September 01, 2022
The Rumor That Toppled Egypt’s King — with Chloe Bordewich and Lydia Wilson
29 mins; August 25, 2022
Tunisia’s New Autocrat — with Mohamed-Dhia Hammami and Lydia Wilson
30 mins; August 18, 2022
One Year After the Fall of Kabul — with Fazelminallah Qazizai, Nazila Jamshidi & Chris Sands
46 mins; August 12, 2022
When Reality Is a Lie — with Lea Ypi and Faisal Al Yafai
61 hours 34 mins; August 04, 2022
Love, Lust and Literature — with Selma Dabbagh and Lydia Wilson
35 mins; July 28, 2022
The Rise of the House of Osman — with Marc David Baer and Faisal Al Yafai
52 mins; July 21, 2022