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Behind the Hamline University Incident — with Erika Lopez Prater, Christiane Gruber and Rasha Elass
A Tunisia Without Ennahda? — with Monica Marks and Erin Clare Brown
The Nomad State — with Marie Favereau and Faisal Al Yafai
How 2022 Changed the World (and What to Expect From 2023)
When Reality Is a Lie — with Lea Ypi and Faisal Al Yafai [Rebroadcast]
How Christmas Conquered the World
Exposing Corruption in Putin’s Russia — with Bill Browder and Amie Ferris Rotman
Zimbabwe’s Not-So-Secret Dictatorship — with Tsitsi Dangarembga
The Cold War Afterlife of Nazi Spies — with Danny Orbach and Faisal Al Yafai
Truth, Lies and Democracy — with Sophia Rosenfeld and Faisal Al Yafai
A Tourist’s Guide to the Middle Ages — with Amira Bennison and Lydia Wilson
The Meaning of the Midterms — with Robert Evans and Lydia Wilson
Deciphering the Deep State — with Josef Burton and Joshua Martin
How Strongmen Crush Democracies — with Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Faisal Al Yafai
Breaking News, Breaking Taboos — with Karl Sharro and Faisal Al Yafai
History’s Long Afterlife — with Priyamvada Gopal and Lydia Wilson
Moscow in Exile — with Julia Ioffe and Amie Ferris-Rotman
How Nomads Changed the World — with Anthony Sattin and Faisal Al Yafai
Can Africa Solve Ethiopia’s War? — with Chris Maroleng, Adeoye Akinola, Tedla Asfaw & Kwangu Liwewe
Moon Knight Rises — with Hayat Aljowaily, Ola Salem and Anthony Elghossain
After Queen Elizabeth II — with Lydia Wilson, Amie Ferris-Rotman and Kwangu Liwewe
A Deadly Showdown in Iraq — with Rasha Al Aqeedi and Faisal Al Yafai
The Rumor That Toppled Egypt’s King — with Chloe Bordewich and Lydia Wilson
Tunisia’s New Autocrat — with Mohamed-Dhia Hammami and Lydia Wilson
One Year After the Fall of Kabul — with Fazelminallah Qazizai, Nazila Jamshidi & Chris Sands
When Reality Is a Lie — with Lea Ypi and Faisal Al Yafai
Love, Lust and Literature — with Selma Dabbagh and Lydia Wilson
The Rise of the House of Osman — with Marc David Baer and Faisal Al Yafai
License to Laugh — with Maz Jobrani and Anthony Elghossain
A Poet’s Take on Language, the Sea and Abortion — with Zeina Hashem Beck and Rasha Elass
Turning Russian Oligarchs into London Aristocrats — with Oliver Bullough and Faisal Al Yafai
Retranslating the Poetry of Ibn Arabi — with Yasmine Seale, Robin Moger and Lydia Wilson
Imperial Folly After the Ottomans — with James Barr and Faisal Al Yafai
Arab History Through Medieval Spanish Eyes — with Aymenn Al-Tamimi and Lydia Wilson
America’s Great Experiment — with Yascha Mounk and Faisal Al Yafai
Catfishing a Killer — with Uğur Ümit Üngör, Annsar Shahhoud and Rasha Elass
Bedouin Poetry and Culture Through the Ages — with Marcel Kurpershoek and Kevin Blankinship
The Last Days of the Ottomans — with Eugene Rogan and Faisal Al Yafai
A Life in Translation — with William Hutchins and Kevin Blankinship
An Arab Renaissance in the Age of Print — with Ahmed El Shamsy and Lydia Wilson
One Man’s Quest for Quiet — with Gordon Hempton and Rasha Elass
Orientalism, Salafism and Sci-Fi in the World of ‘Dune’ — with Haris Durrani and Faisal Al Yafai
The Politics of Storytelling — with Fatima Bhutto and Faisal Al Yafai
The Middle East in the Midst of the Ukraine War — with Suha Ma’ayeh and Amer Al Sabaileh
Arabic Literature in Translation — Reem Bassiouney, M Lynx Qualey, Lydia Wilson & Faisal Al Yafai
Putin’s Military Adventures, From Syria to Ukraine — with Anand Gopal and Faisal Al Yafai
Writing a Revolution: Ukraine’s Maidan Uprising — with Kalani Pickhart and Lydia Wilson
The Ukraine Invasion in an Age of ’New Wars’ — with Mary Kaldor and Lydia Wilson
Six Months After the Fall of Kabul — with Fazelminallah Qazizai, Pashtana Durrani and Emran Feroz
Food Fights and Hummus Wars — with Suna Çağaptay, Riada Asimovic Akyol and Kareem Shaheen
The Strange Amnesia of Lebanon’s Wars — with Elia Ayoub, Lydia Wilson and Faisal Al Yafai
Can Ethiopia End Its ‘Very Dirty War’? — with Zecharias Zelalem, Julia Steers and Faisal Al Yafai
Urban Futures in the Middle East — with Yasser Elsheshtawy, Mona Fawaz and Lydia Wilson
Reporting the Vanishing - with Janine di Giovanni and Lydia Wilson
Chasing the Shadow State - with Luke Harding and Faisal Al Yafai
The Islamists You’ve Never Heard Of - with Kamran Bohkari and Rasha Elass
[Rebroadcast] After the Fall of Kabul
The New Lines Christmas Show - with Ola Salem, Riada Asimovic Akyol and Kareem Shaheen
Inside Nigeria’s Bandit Crisis - with James Barnett and Rasha Elass
Why I Stopped Writing About Syria - with Asser Khattab and Kareem Shaheen
The Urgency of Now - with Ece Temelkuran and Faisal Al Yafai
The Allure of the Afghan Jihad - with Tam Hussein and Lydia Wilson
When Art and Archaeology Turn Political - with Olivia Snaije, Lydia Wilson and Faisal Al Yafai
The Wars Over the Horizon - with Kelsey D. Atherton and Faisal Al Yafai
Sudan at a Crossroads - with Isma’il Kushkush, Dallia Abdelmoniem and Faisal Al Yafai
Talking to Terrorists - with Jonathan Powell and Faisal Al Yafai
How to Survive the Disinformation Wars - with Nina Jankowicz, Natalia Antonova and Faisal Al Yafai
After the Taliban Takeover - with Farkhondeh Akbari, Andrew Watkins and Anthony Elghossain
Justice and Punishment in the Middle East - with David Kaye and Kareem Shaheen
After the Fall of Kabul
Satire, Censorship and Fake News with Isam Uraiqat and Faisal Al Yafai
After the Beirut Blast - with Luna Safwan, Anthony Elghossain and Faisal Al Yafai
Syria: The Bashar Years - with Rime Allaf and Faisal Al Yafai
Who is Iran’s New President? - with Arash Azizi, Cameron Khansarinia and Rasha Elass
Memory Wars - with Peter Pomerantsev, Idrees Ahmad and Faisal Al Yafai
The Psychology of Political Violence - with Nafees Hamid and Faisal Al Yafai
Telling a Syrian Fighter’s Story - with Nick Foretek, Idrees Ahmad and Faisal Al Yafai
Islam, Liberalism and Power - with Mustafa Akyol and Faisal Al Yafai
Palestine, Israel and the New Right - with Rula Jebreal, Lisa Goldman and Faisal Al Yafai
What is the Great Replacement? - with Jasmin Mujanović, Una Hajdari and Faisal Al Yafai
”Shut Up and Play Your Guitar” - with Alex Skolnick, Idrees Ahmad and Faisal Al Yafai