Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBehind the Curtain of the Muslim Brotherhood
Season 2 Episode 47
Moomen Sallam, a former leader in the Muslim Brotherhood chapter in Egypt, will join me to discuss how the Brotherhood operates both in Egypt and on a global scale in Europe and North America. We wil…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Dr. Phyllis Chesler: Feminist Icon
Season 2 Episode 46
Dr. Phyllis Chesler is an Emerita Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies, a best-selling author, a legendary feminist leader, and a retired psychotherapist. Some of her most influential books ar…
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago
The Taliban's War on Women
Season 2 Episode 45
Mina (pseudonym) is a former medical student from Afghanistan who was in her second year of university when the Taliban stripped her of the opportunity to pursue her education and career in medicine.…
Published on 7 months ago
Breaking Free: How an Orthodox Jewish Woman Fled a Cult and Reclaimed Her Identity
Season 2 Episode 44
Yael grew up in Israel’s first kibbutz – Degania – with a secular mother and a traditional Moroccan father. When she was younger, she thought she was volunteering for a non-profit in Jerusalem, but i…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
No Rescue Coming: How Canadians Must Confront Antisemitism and Complacency
Season 2 Episode 43
In this episode with Dr. Babb, we discuss how all the antisemitic issues erupting in Canada are impacting politics, the education system, and the world. There is something rotten in the state of Cana…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Unseen Syria: Growth, Defiance, and Media Blind Spots
Season 2 Episode 42
Author of A Battle for the Soul of Islam: An American Muslim Patriot' s Fight to Save His Faith, Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, M.D. is a former Lieutenant Commander of the U.S. Navy, Founder and President of the…
Published on 8 months ago
From Cult to Clarity: Luke’s Journey of Belief
Season 2 Episode 41
Luke Stacey grew up in a British Israelite cult in Australia until he was 10 .. He then attended a Christian high school where he experienced religious indoctrination, insinuations of gay conversatio…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
Crossroads of Cultures: A Mizrahi Jew’s Fight for Belonging
Season 2 Episode 40
An Egyptian-Iraqi Jew, Rachel Wahba was born in India and grew up stateless in Japan. As a Mizrahi Jew and Zionist activist the many dimensions of her exile and displacement in the first twenty years…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Hard Truths from an American bride in Egypt
Season 2 Episode 39
Karen Hunt is a full contact boxer who started the first and only boxing club for girls in Luxor, Egypt. She will be joining us to speak about her experience living in Egypt and why she was eventuall…
Published on 9 months ago
Growing up under Palestinian apartheid in Lebanon
Season 2 Episode 38
Mohamad Ghaoui is a Palestinian-Lebanese man who grew up religious and worked with the PLO/PA in the 2000s. Mohamad is deeply committed to resolving the refugees and right of return issues, believing…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago