Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCivilizations 36a: Islam & Imperialism pt3 – The First Anglo Afghan War aka the Invasion of Afghanistan
The British imperialists made much of the bad experiences they had invading and pillaging Afghanistan beginning in 1839, coining terms like the “Grav…
5 years, 5 months ago
AEP 83: Update on #ColombiaResiste with Manuel Rozental
An urgent update on the massive protests in Colombia andAn urgent update on the massive protests in Colombia and the criminal response by the regime,…
5 years, 6 months ago
AEP 82: A briefing on India’s COVID crisis
A briefing about India’s COVID-19 crisis – its immediate causes in the premature declaration of victory, and its longer-term causes in the privatized…
5 years, 6 months ago
Civilizations 35: Islam and Imperialism pt2 – Persia’s wars with Russia
Part 2 of our series on Islam and Imperialism in the 19th century: the Persian Empire’s struggles with the imperialists. In this period Persia was do…
5 years, 6 months ago
AEP 81: The Loss of Hindustan – with Manan Ahmed and Sina Rahmani
A podcast event! I teamed up with a co-host, Sina Rahmani of The East is a Podcast, to interview Manan Ahmed, author of The Loss of Hindustan – The I…
5 years, 6 months ago
Civilizations 34: Islam & Imperialism pt1 – The Ottoman Empire and “decline”
For however long the construct of “Modern Western Civilization” has existed, its Eastern foil has been the Ottoman Empire. And for as long as we’ve b…
5 years, 6 months ago
Civilizations 33c: How Racists rewrote History and Literature
Justin reads the Afrocentrists and makes a pitch; David hangs on to the universalist perspective, as we talk about all the racist rewriting of histor…
5 years, 6 months ago
Episode 46 of In the Context of Empire
I was a guest on the fantastic podcast, In the Context of Empire, where I spoke with co-host Matt McKenna about lots of things, but mainly about how …
5 years, 6 months ago
Civilizations 33b: Scientific Racism
The old saying goes that Science ain’t an exact science, and nowhere is that more true than with the Scientific Racism of the 19th century. From its …
5 years, 7 months ago
Civilizations 33a: Darwin and 19th century scientific advances
Charles Darwin’s book On the Origin of Species was read by Lord Elgin before he burned down the palace in Beijing and by Marx, who was so excited he …
5 years, 7 months ago