Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Why Trump’s university crackdown is driving professors off US campuses
Episode 1199
With academics leaving the US, funding cuts looming over universities for alleged failures to combat antisemitism, and foreign students facing deport…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Will Myanmar’s trapped survivors be rescued in time?
Episode 1198
The powerful earthquake that hit Myanmar has been compounding the crises facing a country in an ongoing civil war. With thousands feared dead and aid…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Will Lebanon’s fragile peace hold after Israel’s strike on Beirut?
Episode 1197
Shattering months of uneasy calm, Israel bombed Beirut for the first time since November’s truce with Hezbollah. The strike came after rockets were f…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Copernic Affair: The professor accused of a Paris bombing
Episode 1196
Hassan Diab, a Lebanese-Canadian professor, has spent nearly 20 years defending himself against accusations of involvement in a 1980 bombing of the C…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Brief: Gaza marks Eid al-Fitr as Israel begins new ground operation
Episode 1195
As Israel’s war on Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria continues, we're coming to you on Sundays with a weekly roundup. This week: Israel began a new ground ope…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Another Take: What’s behind the rise in anti-trans bills in the US?
Episode 1194
Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on March 27, 2023. None of the dates, titles, or other references from th…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
How is Gaza celebrating Eid al-Fitr?
Episode 1193
Palestinians in Gaza are preparing to mark the end of Ramadan with Eid al-Fitr. The holiday is happening during the escalation of Israel's war on Gaz…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
‘Signal gate’: How Trump officials’ chat on bombing Yemen hit Washington
Episode 1192
When a Signal group chat involving top US officials discussing plans to bomb Yemen included The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, it spar…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Will Tigray be caught in another devastating war?
Episode 1191
War is looming once again in Tigray, a northern region of Ethiopia near the border with Eritrea. Political disputes are fragmenting the regional gove…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
How Netanyahu’s political fate is tied to the war on Gaza
Episode 1190
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to remove senior government officials, including the head of the Shin Bet internal intelligence …
11 months, 3 weeks ago