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Listen to the complete PBS NewsHour, specially formatted as a podcast. Published each night by 9 p.m., our full show includes every news segment, every interview, and every bit of analysis as our television broadcast. Is this not what you're looking for? Don't miss our other podcasts for our individual segments, Brooks and Capehart, Politics Monday, Brief but Spectacular, and more. Find them in iTunes or in your favorite podcasting app. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/news ...
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Middle East Monitor Conversations brings you lively discussions with prominent voices from the region and beyond as we delve deeper into issues shaping the Middle East and North Africa - from politics, to culture and the arts. For more: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/
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A weekly podcast focused on long-form interviews on history, pop culture and society affecting the MENA region and diaspora communities. It aims to inform and illuminate the region through a non-newsy lens, exploring the MENA region's past, present and future and its people. Each episode begins with a question and an introduction to an expert who will attempt to answer it.
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Israel Policy Pod

Israel Policy Forum

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A weekly podcast that goes beyond the headlines to bring you analysis from Israel Policy Forum experts and distinguished guests including policymakers, activists, and academics.
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Al-Monitor Senior Correspondent Amberin Zaman interviews newsmakers, journalists, and thought leaders from the US and Middle East about the latest news and trends in the region. Amberin travels the region for Al-Monitor, specializing in news and analysis in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and the Caucasus and writes the weekly Turkey Briefing newsletter. Prior to Al-Monitor, she covered Turkey, the Kurds, and conflicts in the region for The Washington Post, The Daily Telegraph, The Los Angeles Times an ...
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Don't have time for a full news hour? Listen to the PBS NewsHour, segment by segment. Our full coverage of politics, science, arts, health, national and international news is included in this feed in easy-to-digest 5 to 10 minute segments. Segments are published each night by 9 p.m. Is this not what you're looking for? Don't miss our other podcasts for our full show, Brooks and Capehart, Politics Monday, Brief but Spectacular, and more. Find them in iTunes or in your favorite podcasting app. ...
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An ex-Al Qaeda jihadi turned MI6 spy and a former monk turned filmmaker, have been embedded at the heart of conflicts in the Middle East. Together Aimen Dean and Thomas Small unpack the realities of war, fundamentalism and their global implications through first-hand experience.
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This Is Palestine

The Institute of Middle East Understanding

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'This Is Palestine' is a podcast that highlights people, issues, and events around Palestine. We bring you stories from the ground in Palestine, and we speak with experts and activists to bring you unique perspectives and analysis about Palestine from across the world. This podcast is a project of the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU).
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The John Batchelor Show is a hard news-analysis radio program on current events, world history, global politics and natural sciences. Based in New York City for two decades, the show has travelled widely to report, from the Middle East to the South Caucasus to the Arabian Peninsula and East Asia.
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Welcome to the LSE Middle East Centre's podcast feed. The MEC builds on LSE's long engagement with the Middle East and North Africa and provides a central hub for the wide range of research on the region carried out at LSE. Follow us and keep up to date with our latest event podcasts and interviews!
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Across the world, from Europe to Asia, the Americas to the Middle East, tensions are rising between nation states. Traditional alliances and alignments are constantly evolving in the 21st century. An understanding of defence and security policy and the tides of political, social and economic changes is crucial for any informed understanding of our world. 2024 sees war in Europe and Israel, and elections in major economies, including the US, the UK, Taiwan, South Africa, and many others. Insu ...
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KPFK - Middle East In Focus

Nagwa Ibrahim and Estee Chandler

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Middle East in Focus has been airing regularly on KPFK since 1980. It was launched by the News Department shortly after Iranian students began holding 63 Americans hostage in the US Embassy in Tehran. After the hostages were released a year later, MEIF continued broadcasting news and opinion about the so-called "Middle East." The area is actually southwestern Asia.
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Exploring threats to global stability from Ukraine to China to the Middle East with host Gavin Esler – former BBC News presenter, Washington correspondent and host of Newsnight – plus Ukraine-based war reporter Oz Katerji and independent conflict analyst Emma Beals. This Is Not A Drill dives deep into the dangers, corruption, conflicts, disinformation, rivalries and ruthless realpolitik that are making our world ever more dangerous. Support This Is Not A Drill on Patreon from just £3 per mon ...
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“A Muslim & A Jew Go There” is a brand new podcast produced by Instinct Productions, hosted by comedian David Baddiel (author of “Jews Don’t Count”) and politician Sayeeda Warsi (“Muslims Don’t Matter”) who will take on whatever controversy hits the headlines each week, providing context and discussion around current political and cultural events involving and affecting British Muslims and Jews. Covering topics from antisemitism in the Labour party and Islamophobia in the Conservative Party ...
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Kalam

Edgar Mannheimer

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Kalam is a podcast about the culture, history and politics of the Middle East. Hosted by seasoned radio journalist Edgar Mannheimer, Kalam aims to be a source of knowledge and understanding about a region of the world that is so often misunderstood.
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Babel: Translating the Middle East

Center for Strategic and International Studies

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Babel will take you beyond the headlines to discuss what’s really happening in the Middle East and North Africa. It features regional experts who explain what’s going on, provide context on pivotal developments, and highlight trends you may have missed. Jon Alterman, senior vice president, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, and director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies hosts the podcast along with his colleagues from ...
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Join WSP experts and industry thought leaders as we uncover unique perspectives on future trends, explore industry hot topics, challenge the status quo and Anticipate future solutions to complex problems.
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The one big story. Making sense of the news with our experts around the world. Insights you can trust, Monday to Friday, from the BBC. Episodes will be ready by 10:30 GMT. Host Katya Adler and our BBC teams guide you through one major global news story each episode. From Beijing to Boston, Baghdad to Bangalore, our unrivalled reach will take you beyond the headlines to help understand and explore what’s happening. The Global News Podcast brings you the latest updates and, on The Global Story ...
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The CUFI Minute is another way to enjoy CUFI's online news and analysis segment, the CUFI Weekly. Featuring host Kasim Hafeez, this microcast is a quick yet in-depth topical segment you can listen to while commuting to work or making your afternoon cup of coffee. In under 10 minutes a week, learn about the history behind many threats facing Israel, the significance of important holidays and anniversaries throughout the year, and what’s happening in Israel and the broader Middle East.
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Writer and art critic, Rahel Aima, who grew up and currently lives in Dubai, talks to us about living in the Gulf, a region rapidly developing itself as the place to be for smart cities and high-tech living. Rahel explores a concept she has been thinking about for some time, the Khaleeji Ideology, which meets at the intersection of technology, econ…
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After weeks of tit for tat strikes between Iran and Israel, the dust appears to be settling on a confrontation that the whole world has nervously observed. But both sides have crossed what was previously seen as a red line. The BBC’s Chief International Correspondent, Lyse Doucet, sits down with BBC Persian Journalist Parham Ghobadi to discuss whet…
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A decade ago, the world's eyes were focused nervously on West Africa when Ebola ravaged the region. It left 11,000 people dead in its wake. Now the epidemic is over, does the threat of its return loom and what lessons did the world learn? Arrival of vaccines are a game changer – but new strains can still pose a challenge. The BBC’s Africa Correspon…
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In this evocative, insightful memoir, a leading voice in Middle Eastern Studies revisits his childhood in war-torn Lebanon and his family’s fascinating history, coming to terms with trauma and desire. Water on Fire: A Memoir of War (Other Press, 2024) tells a story of immigration that starts in a Beirut devastated by the Lebanese Civil War (1975–90…
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The world has responded with stunning cynicism to the wave of coups d’etat across Central Africa – either ignoring the violence, suffering and the rise of military strongmen, or exploiting it for their own ends. From Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso to the bloody civil war and mass displacement in Sudan, Oz Katerji finds that the Sahel region isn’t on…
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The former US president Donald Trump denies falsifying business records to cover up a payment to a porn actress. Also: the Israeli military has rejected accusations that its forces buried the bodies of Palestinians at a medical compound in Gaza, and at what age do we become 'old'?By BBC World Service
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GOOD EVENING: The show begins at the Federal Reserve, searching for the fate of the three promised interest rate cuts in 2024 -- none of which are currently in sight. We then delve into memories of Perry Mason while reading about the Trump trial. Next, we move to Tehran, Isfahan, and Gaza, discussing the imminent Rafah Operation. We then visit Midl…
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#IRAN: #TURKIYE: Mullahs comprehend the Israeli retaliation. Erdogan offering Hamas refuge, Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/erdogan-meets-hamas-leader-turkiye-discusses-efforts-regional-peace-4280366 1928 TURKIYEBy John Batchelor
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2/2: #BERLIN: The rise and rise of Alternative for Deutschland. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin. https://carnegieeurope.eu/2024/04/18/germany-afd-blip-or-fixture-pub-92149 1936 NSDAP:By John Batchelor
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1/2: #BERLIN: The rise and rise of Alternative for Deutschland. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin. https://carnegieeurope.eu/2024/04/18/germany-afd-blip-or-fixture-pub-92149 1937 BERLINBy John Batchelor
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#StateThinking: Praising the confident education in Northwood University in Midland, Michigan. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc. https://www.northwood.edu 1945 MIDLAND MICHIGANBy John Batchelor
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#StateThinking: Predatory Regime & What is to be done? @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/04/22/iran-clerics-crippled-islamic-republic-economy-inflation/ 1307 PERSIABy John Batchelor
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PREVIEW: #ECONOMY: Excerpt from a conversation with colleague Liz Peek of The Hill and Fox News re the road ahead as viewed by the famous and far-sighted NFIB (National Association of Independent Businesses) --puzzling observations, both foreboding and yet still eager for workers. Details later. undated Anchorage Alaska…
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Tuesday on the NewsHour, hundreds are arrested as pro-Palestinian protests spread across college campuses. A key witness takes the stand in Donald Trump's hush money trial after the judge holds a hearing into whether the former president violated his gag order. Plus, with national elections underway, we examine the ethnic violence that has killed h…
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PREVIEW: CROWN: Conversation with colleague Grgeory Copley re Queen Camilla's visit, as the new colonel-in-chief, to the Royal Lancers -- har father Major Bruce Shand's regiment in the Second World War. Details tonight. 1941 Royal Lancers maneuvers at TidworthBy John Batchelor
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PREVIEW: #MICHIGAN: Excerpt of conversation with colleague Mary Kissel re her visit to Northwood University in Midland, Michigan, to visit with car dealers -- many of whom are graduates of the school -- devoted to entrepreneurship. Details later. https://www.northwood.edu/ 1930 Three Rivers, Michigan…
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Colleges in several parts of the country are struggling with where to draw the line between allowing protests and free speech and preventing antisemitism and intimidation. Columbia University's administration faces criticism for how it's handled protests and concerns about the safety of Jewish staff and students. Geoff Bennett has perspectives from…
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In our news wrap Tuesday, the Senate advanced a bill to send billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine, Israel ordered new evacuations of Northern Gaza as it carried out a wave of strikes throughout the strip, Norway called on international donors to resume payments to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees and a Moscow court rejected the latest appe…
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Former President Trump's hush money trial continued Tuesday. On the witness stand, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker described the relationship between Trump and the tabloid during the 2016 campaign, where it would squash negative stories about him and publish critical ones about his rivals. But as William Brangham reports, the judge …
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The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a key case that could have major implications for labor rights. The court looked at a challenge brought by Starbucks against a lower court decision to reinstate seven baristas in Memphis who were fired by the company after they announced plans to unionize. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Washingto…
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Indian Prime Minister Modi hopes to secure a third term in elections now underway. He's promising voters a rising, united India. But in India's northeast, a state is at war with itself. Hundreds are dead, tens of thousands displaced and the government is accused of looking the other way. Zeba Warsi reports with support from the Unity Productions Fo…
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TikTok might soon be banned or sold to new ownership in the U.S. with the Senate expected to approve legislation as part of a $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies. But TikTok doesn't plan to go down without a fight and says this is an unconstitutional violation of free speech. Lisa Desjardins discussed more with Davi…
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On August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie, one of the world's best-known writers, was attacked and nearly killed by a young man with a knife. Rushdie has written of that harrowing day and all that's followed in a new book. He discussed it with Jeffrey Brown for our arts and culture series, CANVAS. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshou…
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