Yochi Fischer and Loaay Wattad — On Seeing th...

From Krista: I'm on record bemoaning across the years that “love” is the most watered-down word in the English language. I know that invoking love feels very soft for our hard realms of politics and war. Yet it is an enduring truth that love is the only force as powerful in a hum ...  Show more

From Krista: I was longing for a deep dive on the radiant and common-sense hope that Jason Reynolds embodies after I interviewed him at a Georgetown event last year. I got my chance at the 2025 Aspen Ideas Festival. Jason’s perspective is so urgent for the world we've now walked ...  Show more

Author of "Edward Said: The Politics of an Oppositional Intellectual," professor Nubar Hovsepian joins us to delve into the nuanced legacy of Edward Said, exploring common misunderstandings of his work, the reception of "Orientalism" within academia, and Said's vision of the " ...

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome to our 100th episode of the Sounds of SAND podcast, marking two years since we launched on September 8, 2022.
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">As SAND grows and evolves with the changing times, we aim to integrate—not a ...

Palestinian doctor, scholar and research fellow Ghada Karmi offers powerful, truthful and hard-hitting words on Palestine's past, present and future. She sheds light on a common experience amongst Palestinian diaspora: that of blocked memories, suppressed as a result of trauma. S ...  Show more

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Disentangling Judaism from the Violence of Occupation</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">“The way to manifest your sacredness is to embody sacredness – to treat all life as sacred.”
– Rabbi Cat Zavis</span>