Podcast Episodes

Pakistani influencer on India, partition & the language of ‘dehumanisation’ | Bilal Hassan | Real Talk

Season 1 Episode 25

Bilal Hassan is a Pakistani doctor who also happens to be one of the most popular travel storytellers from his country. 

He is a content creator whose work captures the people, the cultures, the food …

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

I called out Microsoft’s complicity in Gaza. They fired me | Vaniya Agrawal

Season 1 Episode 24

“The point was to make people aware… The world knows now who [Microsoft] truly are, and what they’re doing.”

As Microsoft celebrated its 50th anniversary with a panel featuring Bill Gates, one employe…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

How does western media ‘whitewash’ genocide? | Assal Rad

Season 1 Episode 23

‘The crimes [in Gaza] are so egregious that are being carried out... The attempt to cover them up and whitewash them is failing’ 

Since 7 October, western media coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza has co…

Published on 5 months ago

‘You’re Palestinian. No one will care’: Cherien Dabis on ‘Mo’ and making space in Hollywood | Real Talk

Season 1 Episode 22

"You can’t be a filmmaker. You’re Palestinian - no one will care."

Cherien Dabis is a Palestinian-American filmmaker and actress constantly working to break new ground for Palestinian representation i…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Pankaj Mishra: How the West assists & enables Israel’s war on Gaza | Real Talk

Season 1 Episode 21

In The World After Gaza, acclaimed Indian author Pankaj Mishra reckons with Israel’s war on Gaza and its far-reaching moral and geopolitical consequences.

He situates the onslaught within the broader …

Published on 6 months ago

Inside Trump’s crackdown on Columbia University | Prof. Bruce Robbins | Real Talk

Season 1 Episode 20

"The more they offer the Trump administration, the more the Trump administration is going to ask - and the demands in that letter [sent to Columbia] are absolutely unacceptable."

In this Real Talk int…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

This Jewish academic shared an anti-Zionist post. She was then fired | Maura Finkelstein | Real Talk

Season 1 Episode 19

Over a year ago in January 2024, Jewish-American academic Maura Finkelstein found herself placed on administrative leave by her institution at the time: Muhlenberg College. 

A few months later she was…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

How Jewish scholars are attacked in the US for calling out Gaza genocide | Raz Segal | Real Talk

Season 1 Episode 18

“From the moment Israel was created, there’s this idea that it is unimaginable that it can perpetrate any crime under international law, let alone genocide.” 

US-Israeli genocide scholar Raz Segal was…

Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago

Richard Wolff: Trump's victory & theatrics are just symptoms of US decline | Real Talk

Season 1 Episode 17

Will Brics nations pose a real challenge to Donald Trump’s second term in office? And how do Trump’s tariffs stack up against this rising bloc? 

US economist Richard D Wolff joined us for an extended …

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

How Elon Musk is taking over the MAGA movement | Rick Perlstein | Real Talk

Season 1 Episode 16

"Elon Musk has been given by Trump… almost dictatorial power” 

Today we’re taking on the MAGA ‘civil war’ that’s publicly erupted within Donald Trump’s own ranks. 

Did Elon Musk and the tech billionair…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago