Best Occident Podcasts (2024)

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"Landscape of deathmaking": The Palestine/Mexico Border w/ Taylor Miller 1:10:01

2h ago1:10:01

1:10:01

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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"The commando who never fired a gun": Lessons from the life of Ghassan Kanafani w/ Louis Allday 1:08:24

8d ago1:08:24

1:08:24

[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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Nicholas Roerich, Artist of Spiritual Power (Content Minded Ep. 65). 1:48:57

10d ago1:48:57

1:48:57

Strap in for a deep dive into the life, art, politics and spiritual eschatology of Nicholas Roerich, a true man of history in the 20th century. I explore his various travels through Asia, the coming of a new city of Shambala, and the power of art in a secular world. There are also discussions of so-called concepts around "Right wing art", Deleuze a…

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Digital Archipelago # 93: Three Leafs and a Steer (Reupload). 3:03:19

10d ago3:03:19

3:03:19

The lost episode of Dig Arc with Blood Satellite podcast is up now! We talk with the boys about various issues from current Canadian politics, immigration, critiquing a Walt Bismarck article on new Right strategies, and more. It's funny, it's insightful, enjoy!support and listen to Blood Satellite here: https://bloodsatellite.ca/Plz FOLLOW and SUPP…

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Tankie Group Therapy #19: Running Amok 1:09:12

12d ago1:09:12

1:09:12

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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Poetry for Liberation: From Haiti to Palestine 1:38:28

23d ago1:38:28

1:38:28

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 11:34

25d ago11:34

11:34

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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Indigenous solidarity in the time of genocide: Standing against settler colonialism from the Turtle Island to Palestine w/ Madonna Thunder Hawk 1:20:37

29d ago1:20:37

1:20:37

Walaa Alqaisiya (@walqaisiya) is a Palestinian academic born and raised in Hebron in the West Bank. She is a Marie Curie Fellow based at the University of Venice, Italy. Walaa's work draws on anti-imperialist, anti-colonialist, and feminist approaches to highlight the deeply gendered and ecocidal nature of Zionist settler colonialism and US-led imp…

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Imperial scheming and the "humanitarian pier" in Gaza w/ Ahmed Alqarout 1:18:58

30d ago1:18:58

1:18:58

The US regime has spent over 300 million USD constructing a port on the Gaza coast and is calling it a "humanitarian pier". Ahmed Alqarout (@MENAUnleashed), a political economist from Gaza based in the UK, explores the darker motivations behind the construction of the port. Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider s…

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Tankie Group Therapy #18: Tank you for being a friend 1:05:33

1M ago1:05:33

1:05:33

We're back for another round of group therapy talking about the latest developments in the Gaza genocide with a small group of Tankie therapees: Sina (@UrOrientalist), Rob (@robrousseau) and Mikey (@karaokecomputer). Sadly, our comrade Joe Emersburger was on the call but his file didn't upload so we sometimes reference his contribution. Please send…

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The End of Sport #141: Protest Politics w/Robin D. G. Kelley 1:21:27

1M ago1:21:27

1:21:27

[The latest episode of The End of Sport podcast co-hosted by my old friend Nathan Kalman-Lamb, Johanna Mellis, and Derek SIlva.] In this episode, Derek and Nathan are immensely privileged to be joined by UCLA historian Robin D. G. Kelley for a discussion of the remarkable and obscene events that took place at the UCLA anti-genocide encampment and a…

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Julia Cohen & Devi Mays, "Global Threads: An Alternative History of Fin-de-Siecle Parisian Fashion" 17:33

2M ago17:33

17:33

The history of European fashion typically focuses on singular, Christian European geniuses who conjured bold designs and created cutting-edge garments. But in Paris in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Jews from the Middle East and North Africa played important roles in shaping European tastes in fashion.In this episode, Devi Mays, an associa…

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Tankie Group Therapy #17: An Assault on Our Minds 1:05:09

1M ago1:05:09

1:05:09

Our regular therapy session debriefing the events of the week. Rob Rousseau (@robrousseau), Alex Avina (@Alexander_Avina), Joe Emersberger (@rosendo_joe), Nora Barrows Friedman (https://x.com/norabf) all join. Hosted by Justin Podur (@justinpodur) Watch the episode on The Anti-Empire Project YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.…

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Kowloon Walled City, from Meatspace to Online Dreams (Content Minded Ep. 64). 2:11:36

2M ago2:11:36

2:11:36

On this special edition of Content Minded, I cover the history, legacy, theories, politics and imaginations around what was known as Kowloon Walled city, or the "city of darkness" in the middle of Hong Kong until it's demolition in the early 90s. I discuss it's significance in the realm of political ideas, the concept of the living "megastructure",…

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The Art of Boycott: Delinking, Zionism, and the Agrarian Question فن المقاطعة: فك الارتباط، الصهيونية والقضية الزراعية؟ 2:03:52

1M ago2:03:52

2:03:52

**The Arabic half of the conversation begins around minute 72** Essam Elkorgle (@elkorgle) guesthosts a special dual-language episode with Tunis-based sociologist Haithem Gasmi (@HaithemGasmii) on the sociocultural dimensions of the Zionist boycott and the wider question of delinking from the neocolonial world system. Check out the short video disc…

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Tankie Group Therapy #16: Apocalypse, now! 54:43

2M ago54:43

54:43

Get out your most painful traumies cause it's that time again. A smaller helping of Tankie Group Therapy featuring Justin, Joe, and Sina. Watch the episode on The Anti-Empire Project YouTube channel Consider supporting the podcast www.patreon.com/east_podcast

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Mr. Dee, A Life in Images (Content Minded Ep. 63). 2:03:54

2M ago2:03:54

2:03:54

Strap in for an incredible episode of Content Minded. Mr. Dee graces us with his presence and deep knowledge of all things art and aesthetics. We cover various topics from modern art, the contemporary art world, Andy Warhol, his earliest artistic influences, Richard Serra, and more! The full 3 hours at Patreon and Substack also include an extensive…

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(Preview) World War Civ 40: How Britain Took Palestine in 1917 29:24

2M ago29:24

29:24

(A preview of the latest episode of Justin Podur's World War Civ series on his very excellent Anti-Empire Project podcast) General Allenby, Sharif Hussein and his son Feisal, and their handler TE Lawrence array the forces of the British Empire and the Arab Revolt against the Turco-German forces in Palestine. The battle starts in Gaza and ends with …

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Up in the Air (2009), Man without a Place (Giantart Reviews). 1:16:38

2M ago1:16:38

1:16:38

On this edition of Giantart Reviews, I cover the Jason Reitman film starring George Clooney. Based on the original Walter Kirn book of the same name, "Up in the Air" (2009) explores the changing nature of corporate life in post-2008 America, a comedy drama exploration of postmodern transient man who finds a strange sense of belonging in global non-…

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Tankie Group Therapy #15: Segregationist Methuselah and the fading US Empire 1:15:19

2M ago1:15:19

1:15:19

Nora (@norabf), Sina (@UrOrientalist), Rob (@robrousseau), and Alex (@Alexander_Avina) are back on the couch for another session of Tankie Group Therapy. Watch the episode on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

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Those who could not hear the Music (Content Minded Ep. 62). 2:01:00

2M ago2:01:00

2:01:00

On this jam-packed episode of Content Minded, I talk about many things music related, such as a defence of Nu-metal, the band Cream and the decline of the West, as well as a letter I found describing a Buddhist view of cyclical decay and end times written after 9/11. The paid version on Patreon and Substack includes an exploration of the idea of "a…

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Tankie Group Therapy #14: Too much democracy! 1:33:44

3M ago1:33:44

1:33:44

An extra large helping of Tankie Therapy featuring a big crowd of patients crammed together on the digital couch: Nora, Rob, Mikey, Arama, Justin, Alex, Joe, and Sina chaotically trying to host. We discussed the very irrational response on the part of the university administrators across the West to the encampments in solidarity with Palestinians s…

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Buying Back Our Things: One Man’s Mission to Reclaim Somali Material Culture w/ Aziz Faarah 1:14:32

3M ago1:14:32

1:14:32

Guest host and writer Amal Nura (@amaalnuura) interviews Aziz Faarah (@azizfaarah), independent archivist and collector of Somali artifacts. They discuss his auction adventures and encounters with vendors including one who spent a few weeks in Somali jails in the 1970s https://twitter.com/azizfaarah/status/1736547727821943090. Their conversation to…

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Fantastic Planet, Dystopian Psychedelia (Giantart Reviews). 1:01:55

3M ago1:01:55

1:01:55

Another paid film review is in! On this week's episode of Giantart Reviews, I tackle and give an in depth analysis of the French 70s animation film "Fantastic Planet". There are many rich themes of class, racial and planetary divides, colonialism, spirituality, meditation, futurism, and eroticism as a form of control that make the film a pinnacle o…

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The Martyrdom of Walid Daqqa w/ Rana Barakat and Abdaljawad Omar 1:41:59

3M ago1:41:59

1:41:59

Rana Barakat is associate professor of history at Birzeit University in Palestine and director of the BZU Museum (@bzu.museum). Abduljawad Omar (@HHamayel2) is a lecturer at Birzeit University. Check out the article, "The parallel human: Walid Daqqah on the 1948 Palestinian political prisoners" by Abdul-Rahim Al-Shaikh An archive of Walid Daqqa's w…

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Tankie Group Therapy #13: We consider the matter closed 1:05:53

3M ago1:05:53

1:05:53

On Day 191 the tankie therapy group convenes (Joe Emersberger (@rosendo_joe), Rob Rousseau (@robrousseau), Mikey Inouye (@karaokecomputer), Sina Rahmani (@UrOrientalist), Alex Aviña (@Alexander_Avina) but for an analytical discussion about Iran's missiles hitting Israeli airbases the day before. A summary of what happened, a media roundup, Jordan's…

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Deserted Cities of the Heart (Content Minded Ep. 61). 2:34:26

3M ago2:34:26

2:34:26

Content Minded is BACK with a variety of key topics and high energy. The free version focuses on reading of James Howard Kunstler's "the Geography of Nowhere" about the history of American urban planning, the movement of populations, and the political implications of suburbia and the urban landscape. as well as bit about Jung's gnostic model of the…

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The Mass Hannibal Event of October 7th w/ William Van Wagenen 1:11:03

3M ago1:11:03

1:11:03

Investigative journalist William Van Wagenen (@WVanwagenen) from The Cradle returns to the podcast to discuss his deep dive into what really happened on Oct 7th. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/PP7ZBzTJFmU Check out the article, "What Really Happened on October 7?" https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/what-really-hap…

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Digital Archipelago #83: Spandrell's Bloody Mud Shovel. 3:16:14

3M ago3:16:14

3:16:14

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Digital Archipelago #81: America's Virtual Landscape. 3:22:09

3M ago3:22:09

3:22:09

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Podcasts Worth a Listen

Occident Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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The East is a Podcast

Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)

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Content Minded Podcast

giantartproductions

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Frankely Judaic: Explorations in Jewish Studies

University of Michigan Frankel Center for Judaic Studies

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"Landscape of deathmaking": The Palestine/Mexico Border w/ Taylor Miller 1:10:01

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"The commando who never fired a gun": Lessons from the life of Ghassan Kanafani w/ Louis Allday 1:08:24

1
Nicholas Roerich, Artist of Spiritual Power (Content Minded Ep. 65). 1:48:57

1
Digital Archipelago # 93: Three Leafs and a Steer (Reupload). 3:03:19

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Tankie Group Therapy #19: Running Amok 1:09:12

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Poetry for Liberation: From Haiti to Palestine 1:38:28

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Bonus Episode 182 - Palestine and the right to defensive violence w/ Alex Avina 11:34

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Indigenous solidarity in the time of genocide: Standing against settler colonialism from the Turtle Island to Palestine w/ Madonna Thunder Hawk 1:20:37

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Imperial scheming and the "humanitarian pier" in Gaza w/ Ahmed Alqarout 1:18:58

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Tankie Group Therapy #18: Tank you for being a friend 1:05:33

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The End of Sport #141: Protest Politics w/Robin D. G. Kelley 1:21:27

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Julia Cohen & Devi Mays, "Global Threads: An Alternative History of Fin-de-Siecle Parisian Fashion" 17:33

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Tankie Group Therapy #17: An Assault on Our Minds 1:05:09

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Kowloon Walled City, from Meatspace to Online Dreams (Content Minded Ep. 64). 2:11:36

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The Art of Boycott: Delinking, Zionism, and the Agrarian Question فن المقاطعة: فك الارتباط، الصهيونية والقضية الزراعية؟ 2:03:52

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Tankie Group Therapy #16: Apocalypse, now! 54:43

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Mr. Dee, A Life in Images (Content Minded Ep. 63). 2:03:54

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(Preview) World War Civ 40: How Britain Took Palestine in 1917 29:24

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Up in the Air (2009), Man without a Place (Giantart Reviews). 1:16:38

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Tankie Group Therapy #15: Segregationist Methuselah and the fading US Empire 1:15:19

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Those who could not hear the Music (Content Minded Ep. 62). 2:01:00

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Tankie Group Therapy #14: Too much democracy! 1:33:44

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Buying Back Our Things: One Man’s Mission to Reclaim Somali Material Culture w/ Aziz Faarah 1:14:32

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Fantastic Planet, Dystopian Psychedelia (Giantart Reviews). 1:01:55

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The Martyrdom of Walid Daqqa w/ Rana Barakat and Abdaljawad Omar 1:41:59

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Tankie Group Therapy #13: We consider the matter closed 1:05:53

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Deserted Cities of the Heart (Content Minded Ep. 61). 2:34:26

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The Mass Hannibal Event of October 7th w/ William Van Wagenen 1:11:03

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Digital Archipelago #83: Spandrell's Bloody Mud Shovel. 3:16:14

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Digital Archipelago #81: America's Virtual Landscape. 3:22:09

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