Episode 5 - The Politics of Sound and the Ara...

In this episode, Ezra Karmel speaks with Prof. F Gregory Gause III. The discussion focuses on current developments in the Middle East (including the recent conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States) and considers how Gause's analytical framework helps us understand c ...  Show more

In this episode, Ezra Karmel speaks with Sean Yom and Pete Moore about their recent special issue in MELG, "Reconceptualizing Security and Political Economy in the Modern Middle East," which includes articles on Syria and Yemen. We focus on their own contribution in the issue, wh ...  Show more

في حلقة هذا الأسبوع، تستضيف كارول أبي غانم عالمة الاجتماع والخبيرة في العمل اللاعنفي الدكتورة أوغاريت يونان للحديث عن مقاربتها للتنظيم السياسي، استراتيجيات النضال المختلفة، انتفاضة ١٧ تشرين، ولاستخلاص دروس من تجارب تاريخية أخرى في العالم.

In this week's episode, Carol A ...

Discussion of public spaces and urban activism begins at 09:30. Nizar is joined by Mona Harb, professor of urban studies, planning, and politics at the American University of Beirut to talk about the fracturing of Beirut's public space, its social consequences, and how urban acti ...  Show more

Michelle talks with her husband about the current moment and our responsibilities to our communities, our country, and each other. Find the episode transcript here: http://spoti.fi/TMOP_transcripts See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at h ...  Show more

On the sixth episode, Nadim El Kak is joined by sociologist and LCPS Fellow Dr Rima Majed to discuss recent political developments following the Beirut explosion including reemerging protests, alternative resistance strategies, geopolitics, government resignation, state violen ...