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The Chico Muya Podcast
by Chico Muya
Politics, history, culture, and the ideas shaping the future of the West.Writer and publisher Chico Muya explores the events, ideas, and historical forces shaping our world through independent analysis and long-form commentary.Read the essays and subscribe to the publication at chicomuya.com.
Episodes
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Why Iran Matters
Iran is at the centre of one of the most consequential geopolitical struggles of our time. But to understand what's truly at stake, we need to look beyond the headlines, the missiles and the war. In this episode, I explore Iran's extraordinary history, the Islamic Revolution of 1979, and how the...
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My Warning to Finland and the West | Speech in Helsinki
When I moved to Finland from South Africa in 2019, I had no idea just how profoundly this country would change my perspective on race, culture, and society. I discovered a country built on extraordinary levels of trust, safety, and social cohesion. But increasingly, I worry that Finland, like…
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Why Are We Defending Those Who Hate Us?
How did we reach a point where people living in some of the freest societies in human history have come to despise those societies, while defending ideologies and movements that would strip them of the very freedoms they enjoy? Across the West, institutions that protect our liberties are...
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When Propaganda Becomes "Truth"
Attempting to brand Israel's war against Hamas a “genocide,” while Israel fights an organisation that openly calls for its destruction, may go down as one of the most successful propaganda campaigns of our lifetime. But how do supposedly serious people—politicians, journalists, human rights...
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The UN Agency Keeping the Israel-Palestine Conflict Alive
For more than seven decades, a United Nations agency created as a temporary humanitarian organisation has become a permanent fixture of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But what if the institution established to help Palestinian refugees has also helped perpetuate the very problem it was…
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Why the Mob Turned on Ed Sheeran
When Ed Sheeran found himself facing backlash over his response to the war in Gaza, it revealed something deeply troubling about the movement demanding that celebrities "speak out for Palestine". Apparently, expressing concern for innocent people is no longer enough. You must condemn the right...
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What Happens When Islam Starts Shaping Society?
What happens when Islam begins to shape a society? We don't have to imagine the answer. We can look at societies where Islamic ideology has already become the foundation of political and social life. Across much of the Islamic world, the consequences are visible in restrictions on freedom of...
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The Silence on Iran Exposed Everything
For years, the “Free Palestine” movement has presented itself as a global struggle for justice, human rights, and the oppressed. But when the Iranian people rose against the Islamic regime, something remarkable happened: much of the outrage that had filled Western streets and social media…
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I'm a Black Slave to the Jews, Apparently
Apparently, being a Black man who supports Israel means I must be a slave to the Jews. That is the accusation levelled against me by people who cannot seem to comprehend that a Black African might think for himself, examine history, and arrive at conclusions they disagree with. But the accusation...
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"Free Palestine" Does Not Care About Palestinians
The “Free Palestine” movement presents itself as one of the great humanitarian causes of our time. But what if humanitarianism isn't what drives it? Why does the suffering of Palestinians inspire worldwide demonstrations while humanitarian catastrophes elsewhere attract a fraction of the…
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Politics, history, culture, and the ideas shaping the future of the West.Writer and publisher Chico Muya explores the events, ideas, and historical forces shaping our world through independent analysis and long-form commentary.Read the essays and subscribe to the publication at chicomuya.com.
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