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The Brief — 42 episodes

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Under Siege on the West Bank: A Palestinian Documents the Violence and Destruction

2

Why Trump's "Board of Peace" Won't Work for Gaza

3

Trump's "Predatory Hegemony" Defines 2025: Prof. Stephen Walt

4

Amb. John D. Feeley on U.S. Troops and "Gunboat Diplomacy"

5

Pollster Obada Shtaya Reveals What Gazans Really Want

6

A Harsh Deal: Palestinians Grapple with Trump’s Gaza Vision

7

Gaza Tests the World's Commitment to Human Rights

8

A Furious, Unflinching Critique of U.S. and Western Leadership

9

Harvard Versus Trump: The Battle for Academia's Soul

10

UNRWA Under Siege: Weaponized Aid and Refugee Rights

11

The Hidden Alliances: How Israel's Policies Shaped Hamas

12

The Complexities of Conflict w/ Fmr. Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert

13

Gaza's Struggle: Genocide, Resistance, and Holding Hope

14

Independent journalism in the face of U.S. foreign policy with Sam Husseini

15

Trump, Ukraine, and battling abusive governments

16

A cry from Gaza: we are not numbers w/ Ahmed Alnaouq

17

Immigration and International Relations During Trump 2.0

18

The ceasefire in Gaza is a “calculated pause" with Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

19

Tackling centuries-old conflicts in child-friendly ways with Reza Aslan

20

Can American Leadership End the Middle East Crisis?

21

The Fall of Assad: Winners, Losers and Regional Consequences

22

Netanyahu's Visit to America w/ Diana Buttu

23

The Journalists At The Center of The War in Gaza

24

Kenneth Roth on Human Rights in Gaza

25

Norman Finkelstein on President Biden's Ceasefire Plan

26

Emergence of Drones is Shifting the Balance on the Battlefields

27

Palestinian icon Hanan Ashrawi

28

Israel-Hamas Conflict: A Progressive Jewish Activist's View

29

Did October 7th Change Everything in The Middle East?

30

Securing your data on the Internet with Rich Truex

31

What is The Plan? A conversation with Ambassador Charles Freeman

32

Renowned Israeli hostage negotiator Gershon Baskin talks frankly with Jim Clancy

33

Foreign Affairs expert David Rothkopf on why supporting Netanyahu's government undermines Israel

34

Frank Sesno on the State of the U.S. Media.

35

The Gaza Crisis and International Humanitarian Law

36

Gaza: Bibi, Biden, and Blinken Don't Have a Plan with any Hope.

37

Dr Joaquim Goes:What invasive algae blooms can teach us about human driven climate change

38

Phyllis Bennis: Reverend Barber and the Poor People’s Campaign

39

Larry Wilkerson: The price of Empire and the military industrial complex

40

David Andelman: America’s shifting global status

41

Larry Wilkerson: Price of Empire

42

Suzanne Kelly: Inside view of U.S. national security priorities