In the Firing Line — With Joumana Haddad and Faisal Al Yafai

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How Europe’s Hinterlands Became Its Front Line

On this week's episode of the podcast, journalist Hannah Lucinda Smith joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss the rival geopolitical blocs reshaping the world, how Europe's margins — from Transnistria to the Balkans — became the front line of a conflict the West refuses to see, and her ...  Show more

How Revolutionary Iran Became a Mafia State

On this week's episode of the podcast, journalist Yeganeh Torbati joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss the multiple revolutions stolen from the Iranian people by their rulers, why the Islamic Republic has thrived under sanctions and survived war, how the United States has failed to u ...  Show more

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