As we experience one of the worst pandemics in modern times, in addition to the ongoing climate emergency and a plethora of urgent problems facing our species, a number of questions should be raised about our current economic and political par

Hari Prasad and Aman Madan on India's anti-CAA/NRC protests

Jan 25th, 2020 57m 26s

As India commemorates the 70th anniversary of its Republic Day, the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect in 1950, on January 26th, we sat down with researcher Hari Prasad and journalist-academic Aman Madan to talk about the

Musa Okwonga on brexit, fear and our future

Dec 19th, 2019 47m 48s

I spoke to Musa Okwonga (@Okwonga) to speak about the 2019 UK Elections, Brexit, Fear, Empire, Englishness, Race, Nationalism, the Youth Movement, Intersectionality and everything in between.Further reads:The lopsided centre: Why is the Med

Andrew Arsan on Lebanon, our painfully ordinary country

Nov 6th, 2019 52m 5s

To Dr Andrew Arsan, Lebanon is "a microcosm of the contemporary world. His book "Lebanon: A Country in Fragments" deals with the events of 2005 to 2018. In those thirteen years, Lebanon had thirty-four months without a president; a war which le

Danny Postel and William Mazzarella on populism, trumpism and the left

Jun 9th, 2019 54m 10s

Danny Postel and Dr. William Mazzarella speak about "Populism, Trumpism and the Left" at the Open University of the Left, on May 25th, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.You can watch the whole talk on the YouTube page of the Open University of the Le

Sarah Hunaidi on Samira Al Khalil and the #douma4

Dec 10th, 2018 30m 32s

In this third episode, Joey speaks with Sarah Hunaidi, our co-host and the translator of Samira Al-Khalil's diaries into English.Samira Al-Khalil is a Syrian dissident who was first arrested by the Assad regime and imprisoned from 1987 to 199

Mesewat's Sami on Lebanon's Kafala system

Aug 14th, 2018 52m 17s

In this second episode, we explore the 'Kafala' sponsorship system which governs the lives of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers in Lebanon.To that end, Joey Ayoub went to the Migrant Community Center in Beirut and spoke with Sami, an E

Intro: the personal as political

Apr 22nd, 2018 1h 9m

In this first episode, Sarah Hunaidi and Joey Ayoub look at 'the personal as political' and reflect on the Syrian revolution, being a migrant or refugee and the right to narrate.The associated blogpost can be found here https://hummusforthoug

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