Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRound 2: Lula vs Bolsonaro, What’s At Stake In Brazil?
To understand what Brazil has gone through in recent years, the significance of the recent election results and what it could mean for the country an…
3 years, 5 months ago
Culture Wars, Fake Populism & the Reactionary Rabbit Hole, w/ Chapo’s Matt Christman
With the Democratic Party hopelessly incapable of doing anything to address our many crises, the far-right has managed to brand itself as subversive …
3 years, 5 months ago
Cuba’s Foreign Minister: US Hostility Towards Cuba Hurts Both Countries
Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez sat down with BT’s Rania Khalek following the UN General Assembly to discuss why so many countries oppose the…
3 years, 5 months ago
How Empires Die: The Lesson of the British for the End of the ‘American Century’, w/ Sina Rahmani
The British Queen’s death has given rise to conversations about the crimes of colonialism as well as defenses and denials of it. Meanwhile the US can…
3 years, 6 months ago
War on ‘Russian Disinformation’ is the New ‘War on Terror’ and Equally Fake w/ Ben Norton
To discuss the disinformation industry and how it's contributed to the collapse of foreign reporting in the West, Rania Khalek was joined by Ben Nort…
3 years, 6 months ago
Imperialist West Digging Its Own Grave As Global South, China Rise, w/ Bikrum Gill
Are Russia & China imperialist like the US? Will the decline of the west lead to more fascism in the global north? What is sovereignty? Is every coun…
3 years, 6 months ago
Africa Stands Up to US Cold War Bullying Against China & Russia, w/ Kambale Musavuli
What does the US Cold War with China and Russia mean for Africa? Can China’s rise benefit the continent, providing it leverage and another partner to…
3 years, 6 months ago
Russia Sanctions Backfire on Europe As Proxy War Destroys Ukraine, w/ Tarik Cyril Amar
To discuss the censored reality of the war in Ukraine and its horrific consequences, Rania Khalek was joined by Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Ge…
3 years, 6 months ago
How ‘Arab Spring’ Music Was Co-opted and Corrupted by the West & Gulf Monarchs, with Mohamad-Ali Naye
The misnamed “Arab Spring” unleashed restrained aspirations of the region and like all uprisings saw an eruption of expression in songs, music, lyric…
3 years, 6 months ago
Infiltration, Violence, Deportation: How the State Weakened and Split Socialism in the US, w/ Brian Becker
The US left is often smeared and mocked, accused of being weak, ineffective, unserious, fractured, obsessed with identity issues and prone to destruc…
3 years, 6 months ago