Podcast Episodes

Conflicted Revisited... Ayatollah vs. Shah

After our emergency episode on Monday about the extraordinary events currently taking place in Iran and Israel, we don't want to leave Conflicted listeners without their Thomas and Aimen fix on a Wed…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

CC: Israel & Iran’s Day of Reckoning

Thomas and Aimen are back together again with an emergency episode to discuss the extraordinary events that took place over the weekend: Israel’s massive wave of attacks throughout Iran - and Iran's …

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

CC: Wassim Nasr – Does Lifting Sanctions Equal Stability in Al-Sharaa’s Syria?

Another old friend is back on the show, to give our Dearest listeners an update on the ever evolving situation in Syria - so welcome back the gallic tones of France 24 journalist and fellow of the So…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

The Syrian Civil War Pt.7: Life Under ISIS in Raqqa

Season 5 Episode 18

Conflicted returns with another episode in our series on the Syrian Civil War, welcoming a new guest onto the show to tell us about her experiences of living life under ISIS in the city of Raqqa – Ra…

Published on 4 months ago

CC: Baraa Shiban – Does Trump Spell the End for the Houthis?

An old friend returns to the Conflicted Community for a chat about his home country of Yemen. Yes, you guessed it, it’s the irrepressible Baraa Shiban…

Thomas and Baraa once again discuss the complex…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

CC: Rob Geist Pinfold – How the Settlers Captured the Israeli State

In this episode for our Conflicted Community, we continue our survey of the Israel-Palestine question with another interview, as Thomas Small engages with Rob Geist-Pinfold, a lecturer in defense stu…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

CC: Giri Rajendran Pt.2 – Trump's Military Moves and What ‘Liberation Day’ Really Means

Giri Rajendran is back for round 2 for the Conflicted Community, continuing our conversation about Donald Trump and his so-called ‘grand strategy’. 

This second part of our conversation delves into t…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Syrian Civil War Pt.6: The Siege Ends, The Regime Falls

This week on Conflicted we are drawing our narrative arc on Syria to a close with our second episode with filmmaker and political activist, Matar Ismaeel.

Last time Matar told us about his experienc…

Published on 5 months ago

CC: Giri Rajendran Pt.1 - Trump’s New World Order

The Conflicted Community is back to talk about the headlines we can’t seem to escape -  Donald Trump and his tearing up of the economic world order. 

This episode, Thomas sits down with Giri Rajendr…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

CC: Tom Khaled Würdemann – Israelism, Palestinianism and the Quest for Peaceful Co-existence

The Conflicted Community returns with another episode on the complex and multifaceted Israel-Palestinian conflict, focusing on the ideological dimensions that shape perceptions and identities. 

This t…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago