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License to Laugh — with Maz Jobrani and Anthony Elghossain
45 mins; July 14, 2022
A Poet’s Take on Language, the Sea and Abortion — with Zeina Hashem Beck and Rasha Elass
57 mins; July 07, 2022
Turning Russian Oligarchs into London Aristocrats — with Oliver Bullough and Faisal Al Yafai
42 mins; June 30, 2022
Retranslating the Poetry of Ibn Arabi — with Yasmine Seale, Robin Moger and Lydia Wilson
25 mins; June 23, 2022
Imperial Folly After the Ottomans — with James Barr and Faisal Al Yafai
49 mins; June 16, 2022
Arab History Through Medieval Spanish Eyes — with Aymenn Al-Tamimi and Lydia Wilson
44 mins; June 09, 2022
America’s Great Experiment — with Yascha Mounk and Faisal Al Yafai
58 mins; June 02, 2022
Catfishing a Killer — with Uğur Ümit Üngör, Annsar Shahhoud and Rasha Elass
38 mins; May 26, 2022
Bedouin Poetry and Culture Through the Ages — with Marcel Kurpershoek and Kevin Blankinship
52 mins; May 19, 2022
The Last Days of the Ottomans — with Eugene Rogan and Faisal Al Yafai
47 mins; May 12, 2022
A Life in Translation — with William Hutchins and Kevin Blankinship
23 mins; May 05, 2022
An Arab Renaissance in the Age of Print — with Ahmed El Shamsy and Lydia Wilson
47 mins; April 28, 2022
One Man’s Quest for Quiet — with Gordon Hempton and Rasha Elass
52 mins; April 21, 2022
Orientalism, Salafism and Sci-Fi in the World of ‘Dune’ — with Haris Durrani and Faisal Al Yafai
46 mins; April 14, 2022
The Politics of Storytelling — with Fatima Bhutto and Faisal Al Yafai
56 mins; April 07, 2022
The Middle East in the Midst of the Ukraine War — with Suha Ma’ayeh and Amer Al Sabaileh
59 mins; March 31, 2022
Arabic Literature in Translation — Reem Bassiouney, M Lynx Qualey, Lydia Wilson & Faisal Al Yafai
47 mins; March 24, 2022
Putin’s Military Adventures, From Syria to Ukraine — with Anand Gopal and Faisal Al Yafai
41 mins; March 17, 2022
Writing a Revolution: Ukraine’s Maidan Uprising — with Kalani Pickhart and Lydia Wilson
22 mins; March 10, 2022
The Ukraine Invasion in an Age of ’New Wars’ — with Mary Kaldor and Lydia Wilson
30 mins; March 03, 2022
Six Months After the Fall of Kabul — with Fazelminallah Qazizai, Pashtana Durrani and Emran Feroz
80 hours 29 mins; February 24, 2022
Food Fights and Hummus Wars — with Suna Çağaptay, Riada Asimovic Akyol and Kareem Shaheen
53 mins; February 17, 2022
The Strange Amnesia of Lebanon’s Wars — with Elia Ayoub, Lydia Wilson and Faisal Al Yafai
70 hours 9 mins; February 10, 2022
Can Ethiopia End Its ‘Very Dirty War’? — with Zecharias Zelalem, Julia Steers and Faisal Al Yafai
53 mins; February 03, 2022
Urban Futures in the Middle East — with Yasser Elsheshtawy, Mona Fawaz and Lydia Wilson
42 mins; January 26, 2022
Reporting the Vanishing - with Janine di Giovanni and Lydia Wilson
47 mins; January 20, 2022
Chasing the Shadow State - with Luke Harding and Faisal Al Yafai
50 mins; January 13, 2022
The Islamists You’ve Never Heard Of - with Kamran Bohkari and Rasha Elass
51 mins; January 06, 2022
[Rebroadcast] After the Fall of Kabul
73 hours 15 mins; December 31, 2021
The New Lines Christmas Show - with Ola Salem, Riada Asimovic Akyol and Kareem Shaheen
53 mins; December 23, 2021
Inside Nigeria’s Bandit Crisis - with James Barnett and Rasha Elass
56 mins; December 16, 2021
Why I Stopped Writing About Syria - with Asser Khattab and Kareem Shaheen
51 mins; December 10, 2021
The Urgency of Now - with Ece Temelkuran and Faisal Al Yafai
44 mins; December 02, 2021
The Allure of the Afghan Jihad - with Tam Hussein and Lydia Wilson
32 mins; November 24, 2021
When Art and Archaeology Turn Political - with Olivia Snaije, Lydia Wilson and Faisal Al Yafai
42 mins; November 18, 2021
The Wars Over the Horizon - with Kelsey D. Atherton and Faisal Al Yafai
48 mins; November 11, 2021
Sudan at a Crossroads - with Isma’il Kushkush, Dallia Abdelmoniem and Faisal Al Yafai
31 mins; November 04, 2021
Talking to Terrorists - with Jonathan Powell and Faisal Al Yafai
54 mins; October 21, 2021
How to Survive the Disinformation Wars - with Nina Jankowicz, Natalia Antonova and Faisal Al Yafai
106 hours 9 mins; October 07, 2021
After the Taliban Takeover - with Farkhondeh Akbari, Andrew Watkins and Anthony Elghossain
110 hours 40 mins; September 23, 2021
Justice and Punishment in the Middle East - with David Kaye and Kareem Shaheen
55 mins; September 09, 2021
After the Fall of Kabul
72 hours 11 mins; August 26, 2021
Satire, Censorship and Fake News with Isam Uraiqat and Faisal Al Yafai
51 mins; August 12, 2021
After the Beirut Blast - with Luna Safwan, Anthony Elghossain and Faisal Al Yafai
65 hours 13 mins; July 29, 2021
Syria: The Bashar Years - with Rime Allaf and Faisal Al Yafai
57 mins; July 15, 2021
Who is Iran’s New President? - with Arash Azizi, Cameron Khansarinia and Rasha Elass
61 hours 34 mins; July 01, 2021
Memory Wars - with Peter Pomerantsev, Idrees Ahmad and Faisal Al Yafai
53 mins; June 17, 2021
The Psychology of Political Violence - with Nafees Hamid and Faisal Al Yafai
61 hours 10 mins; June 03, 2021
Telling a Syrian Fighter’s Story - with Nick Foretek, Idrees Ahmad and Faisal Al Yafai
59 mins; May 27, 2021
Islam, Liberalism and Power - with Mustafa Akyol and Faisal Al Yafai
76 hours 27 mins; May 20, 2021
Palestine, Israel and the New Right - with Rula Jebreal, Lisa Goldman and Faisal Al Yafai
57 mins; May 12, 2021
What is the Great Replacement? - with Jasmin Mujanović, Una Hajdari and Faisal Al Yafai
68 hours 39 mins; May 06, 2021
”Shut Up and Play Your Guitar” - with Alex Skolnick, Idrees Ahmad and Faisal Al Yafai