A space for the idiots from Aeon and Tanky to share their podcasts to the world.
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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)
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Every week, Jim invites different friends to guest on Topic Lords and be excited about whatever they've been fixated on this week.
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Three leftists talking about current events, corrupt companies, and politics. Mostly, we talk crap about Elon Musk and the like. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leftinthevoid/support
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The Peabody Award-winning Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, from PRI, is a smart and surprising guide to what's happening in pop culture and the arts. Each week, Kurt introduces the people who are creating and shaping our culture. Life is busy – so let Studio 360 steer you to the must-see movie this weekend, the next book for your nightstand, or the song that will change your life. Produced in association with Slate.
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Tankie Group Therapy #23: What happened to us?
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Louis, Mikey, Nora, Sina, Alex, and Joe join for our usual therapy session. We talk about the developing Israel-Lebanon war, the difficulty performing everyday life, Macklemore's new song, Hinds Hall 2, and the historical changes we're living through. Watch the episode on the Anti-Empire Project YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patr…
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Lords: Mark https://mythcarver.bandcamp.com/ https://writhenhilt.bandcamp.com/album/ancient-sword-cult Dungeon Synth: https://fief.bandcamp.com/ https://auramerlin.bandcamp.com/ https://shadowknell.bandcamp.com/ https://hillsfar.bandcamp.com/ https://erang.bandcamp.com/ Shirley https://www.leuchtturm1917.us/some-lines-a-day.html Topics: Naming a hu…
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258. Only The Head Of The Deer Sparks Joy
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Lords: Cort Mark Topics: The best and worst thing you’ve ever found in the trash. Traveling with children & associated challenges/solutions Adventures with BB-8 Survey of Forms - Burma-Shave Sign, by Andrew Plotkin https://eblong.com/zarf/thod/58.html The useless superpowers game Does Mega Man ever suffer ennui? Microtopics: Dependable sources of g…
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"Bury us under every stone and house, we will not leave Palestine": The martyrdom of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah w/ Roqayah Chamseddine
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Roqayah Chamseddine (@roqchams) is a journalist and writer based in Lebanon and co-host of Delete Ur Account Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast
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(Unlocked) "Weaker than a spider's web": The ghosts of the 2006 Lebanon war w/ Karim Makdisi
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**Note 2: Given everything that's happened, I've unlocked this episode for the main feed** *Note: This is the part of my conversation with Karim. We continued for another 45 mins! To listen to the entire episode, join The East is a Podcast Patreon. Help keep the show going and access hundreds of hours of bonus content!* AUB professor and co-host of…
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Lords: Nathan https://store.steampowered.com/app/2976260/ChainStaff/ Tom Topics: During the summer olympics, France introduced breakdancing as an event, which was invented in America. They stole it from us! What new event should we steal from another country when the Olympics comes to LA in 2028? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izzy_(mascot) Getting …
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The Crusades and the origins of the West w/ Adnan Husain
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*Note: This is the part of my conversation with Adnan. We continued for another hour! To listen to the entire episode, join The East is a Podcast Patreon for $5 a month. Help keep the show going and access hundreds of hours of bonus content. Alternatively, you can watch the episode for free on our YouTube channel linked below* Adnan Husain (@adnana…
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Why the world needs China w/ Kyle Ferrana
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Kyle Ferrana (@KyleTrainEmoji) is a writer, software engineer, and tenant organizer. He is the author of Why the World Needs China: Development, Environmentalism, Conflict Resolution & Common Prosperity (2024) Check out his latest article,"The Occupation of East Asia" Watch the video edition on the East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider support…
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255. We're Truly On The Bleeding Edge Of Something
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Lords: Adam https://store.steampowered.com/app/2769410/Ash__Adams_GOBSMACKED/ Linker https://linker.itch.io/ Topics: Ways you've changed in the last 20 years that have surprised you Examples of x animal software running on y animal hardware (ie. fox being cat software on dog hardware) This argument about whether erasure poetry is poetry https://www…
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254. Help Me Get Over The Pervert Hump
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Lords: Ryan https://www.instagram.com/ryanikeaudio/ Alicia Topics: How do I ask people what they're into without sounding like a pervert? Arctic Expeditions and the stupid beauty of man's hubris Asterix Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_Astérix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK3Yr80lPOY I Won't Call You Pretty, by L.E. Bowman https://media24…
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253. A Unified Theory Of Hot Dog Preference
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Lords: Wacy https://www.youtube.com/@WacyandChris Chris https://twitter.com/mrchrislhall Topics: Difficulties with long term traveling Norway Why don't they have novelty whipped cream The Dirt Man Song, by Carter Vail https://genius.com/Carter-vail-dirt-man-lyrics Microtopics: Specialty pour over filter coffee. A very deep rabbit hole of discovery …
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Tankie Group Therapy #22: The Bad Guys
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Nora, Alex, Sina, Joe, and Mikey join for our normal therapy session just after Hizbollah's response and after a particularly rough week with the RNC and DNC disconnecting with multiple massacres in Gaza. We talk about our narrowing social circles and how we fend off the siren call of nihilism. Watch the episode on the Anti-Empire Project YouTube c…
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"The decolonization of Palestine is the liberation of the region" w/ Adnan Husain
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*Note: This is the first hour of my conversation with Adnan. We continued for another 45 mins! To listen to the entire episode, join The East is a Podcast Patreon for $5 a month. Help keep the show going and access hundreds of hours of bonus content. Alternatively, you can watch the episode for free on our YouTube channel linked below* Adnan Husain…
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Gaza Palestine Hearing: International People's Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism
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The International People’s Tribunal on US Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades and Economic Coercive Measures condemns the Israeli assassination of Yasser Adnan Ibrahim al-Derawi, 31 year old attorney from Gaza, Palestine. He served as an expert witness in our Gaza hearing on May 13, 2023. We recently learned of Yasser’s murder after local journalists…
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252. A Properly Functioning Bag Nose
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Lords: JohnB Kory Topics: I have become a vinyl record enjoyer Teaching myself C++, or "I learned C++ when I should've learned C, AMA" Forgetting things as a way of getting other things done I Sat Belonely by John Lennon https://silverbirchpress.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/i-sat-belonely-poem-by-john-lennon/ The vestigial organs of video games Microto…
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Lords: Erica Casey Topics: Isn't it great to have a coelom? Solving problems by waiting for another bigger problem to occur and override the previous problem Mammals learning to eat cephalopods https://crookedtimber.org/2024/03/16/occasional-paper-when-armor-met-lips/ A Narrow Fellow in the Grass, by Emily Dickinson https://www.poetryoutloud.org/po…
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Tankie Group Therapy #21 : Single Issue Empire
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The group gets together after two weeks of assassinations, literal mask-off moments, and massacres. The idea of the "single issue voter" arises - but perhaps it's a single-issue empire. Sina, Nora, Alex and Mikey all join for our therapy session. Watch the video edition on the Anti-Empire Project YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alYo…
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Zionism from the inside: a Palestinian view/ Fida Jiryis
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Friend of the show Louis Allday (@Louis_Allday) guest hosts a conversation with Fida Jiryis, author of Stranger in My Own Land: Palestine, Israel and One Family's Story of Home (2022) Read an excerpt of the book here https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/27/no-place-like-home-my-bitter-return-to-palestine Watch the episode on our YouTube chann…
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250. Almost Pickles: It's Just Cucumbers!
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Lords: Jenni Tyriq Topics: That mayochup and kranch Barry Topping Magic Shell Hot Sauce by Just James https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/hot_sauce_889972 Video games where you put toppings on things The temptation of bad ice cream toppings Microtopics: The game where you go into your uncle's nipple and find a tiny heart. Isles of Sea and Sky. A block …
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Lords: Ian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tEaI_bi-i8 Shannon https://www.oddityroadshow.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/struccimovies Topics: Official and unofficial remakes of Yojimbo Danny McBride shows, and how to balance character likability with dark comedy- examples of this done well vs poorly? I can't fix bad movie dialog mixing for everyon…
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248. The Ephemeral Nature Of Digital Fish Food
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Lords: Elena https://www.gouletpens.com/blogs/fountain-pen-blog/sailor-shikiori-tokiwa-matsu-ink-review Nathalie https://alienmelon.itch.io/ [cw:flashing lights] Topics: Fish-based screensavers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQpCcQhNfxM https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams Fire safety https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Th…
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Tankie Group Therapy #20: Yemen's Sacrifice
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Another session of Tankie Group Therapy featuring the old crew: @justinpodur, @norabf, @karaokecomputer, @rosendo_joe, @alexander_avina, and Urorientalist.The session seemed to revolve mostly around Ansarallah ("Houthis") statements after they attacked Tel Aviv and were bombed by Israeli F-35s. The disconnect between their response and Western soli…
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"Palestinians are the glue that holds Israel together" w/ Mary Turfah
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Founder of Liberated Texts and longtime supporter of the show Louis Allday (@Louis_Allday) returns to guest host an episode with Mary Turfah (@maryturfah) about her article on Zionist sadism. Watch the episode on our YouTube channel "Running Amok" https://thebaffler.com/latest/running-amok-turfah Liberated Texts https://liberatedtexts.com/ Consider…
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"Landscape of deathmaking": The Palestine/Mexico Border w/ Taylor Miller
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Friend of the show Alex Aviña guests hosts an episode with geographer Taylor Miller about the intertwined systems of carceral border control policing the US/Mexico border and Palestine. Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel "A Pause, On Possibility" https://www.averyreview.com/issues/65/a-pause-on-possibility The Universi…
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247. Fish That Scrutinize; Fish That Rubberneck
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Lords: Alex Shannon Topics: The less you spend on food, the better it tastes The jizz of a bird https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jizz_(birding) The Cosmic Call https://blog.plover.com/2024/04/15/ Line Fishing by Daniel Kahaulelio https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/rWuOwlpV.png How to order cof…
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"The commando who never fired a gun": Lessons from the life of Ghassan Kanafani w/ Louis Allday
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[Producer's note: My conversation with Louis went on for another 30 minutes so if you are interested in listening sign up for Patreon at $5 a month] Longtime friend of the show Louis Allday (@Louis_Allday) is back to discuss the 52nd anniversary of Ghassan Kanafani's martyrdom. Check out Anni Kanafani's Ghassan Kanafani which features Louis' fantas…
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246. Send An Envelope Of Guacamole For Analysis
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Lords: Jay Alex Topics: Mexican food outside San Diego (Having lived in Colorado, Ohio, and now Melbourne) Releasing my first commercial video game The being an uncle of camping Skyscrapers by Matt Haig https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/QM4hPodE.jpg Attempting to preserve 40 years' worth o…
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Tankie Group Therapy #19: Running Amok
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On June 18, The Baffler published an article by Mary Turfah called "Running Amok" in which Mary tried to understand the psychology underlying Israeli troops and citizens' production of trophy videos and photos we have been seeing during the war. Our therapy group (@justinpodur, @norabf, @karaokecomputer, @rosendo_joe, @louis_allday, @alexander_avin…
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Lords: Ben Nicholas Topics: Let me describe to you the Australian treats I sent my Canadian friend The UX of live sport is terrible Game jam idea! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_that_Buddha_would_not_play I Continue to Dream, by Langston Hughes https://mypoeticside.com/show-classic-poem-13632 Being overly patriotic and repping the nati…
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Join host Heather Freeman as she explores the secrets of America's rich magical tapestry. Each episode uncovers the fascinating magical practices, beliefs, and personal stories of America’s diverse cultural communities, both past and present. Discover the hidden realms of the United States, from religious remixing to enchanted beliefs and sorcerous…
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Lords: Daniel Andrew Topics: Hyperthymesia Animal Well Bad news for my google alerts: "Twinbeard" is the name of the Helldivers 2 community manager Twinbeard reacts! https://twitter.com/TheTwinbeard/status/1805711034281349388 Dean asks "I know there are many seniors who are looking to start a business during retirement. For those who haven't settle…
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Poetry for Liberation: From Haiti to Palestine
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On 10 May 2024, the Early Caribbean Society hosted a virtual, communal, poetry reading noting connections between Haiti, Sudan, DRC, Palestine, and Indigenous people on Turtle Island, facing invasion and genocide. Program available here https://earlycaribbeansociety.org/events/poetry-for-liberation-from-haiti-to-palestine/ Watch the video edition o…
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Bonus Episode 182 - Palestine and the right to defensive violence w/ Alex Avina
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This is a preview of the latest bonus episode. Sign up for $5 a month to access the entire conversation. Friend of the show Alex Aviña (@Alexander_Avina) joined me for an episode on the perennial questions of violence and self-defence. CBC Documentary about Palestinian resistance in Gaza https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J__Burgr8qU&t=312s&ab_channel…
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