Best Gerald O Podcasts (2025)

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The Imperial Theory Industry w/Gabriel Rockhill 1:14:19

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In this episode, Adnan discusses Professor Gabriel Rockhill's new book, Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism, v. 1 of The Intellectual World War. This incredibly important book contributes an insurgent foray, a guerrilla attack, against the imperial theory industry and its ideological work in the psychological, intellectual war that is central to…

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Full Audio! Struggle Session 6 Live w/Nerdeen Kiswani, Sina Rahmani, Henry Hakamaki & Mehmet Ali Arslan 2:01:52

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The Struggle Session was back for November on Sunday Nov 23rd at 3pmET! Enjoy full audio of the program. This monthly livestream panel program is not convening to make you feel better--the unvarnished analysis and fierce self-criticism may make you feel a bit worse! But, it will inform and, hopefully, spur you to taking action. As Marx said, the po…

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Bonus Full Audio! Office Hours 13-Sudan: Resistance, Compradors, an Existential Fight for Liberation w/Hamza Al-Muqawi 1:44:56

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In this edition of Office Hours, Friday Nov. 7 at a special time, 6pm ET, Adnan hosts Hamza Al-Muqawi a Sudanese writer and activist to talk about Sudan's history as a crucial and continuing front in the struggle against colonialism, imperialism, and capitalist exploitation of Eastern Africa and West Asia. We will learn about Sudan's strategic plac…

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No god but God--after 20 years w/Reza Aslan 1:06:53

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Adnan has a conversation with noted writer and religion scholar Reza Aslan on the 20th anniversary edition of his classic popular history of Islam, "No god but God: the Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam". Reza talks about his unique background and interests in religion, the reasons he wrote this work in the cauldron of Islamophobia during the …

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The Names of God (4): al-Rahman, "The Merciful" 1:24:38

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In this episode, Adnan and Marc explore the most frequently mentioned of the names that serves both as an attribute and a sort of "proper name" in some fashion. We explored the meanings of the Arabic root R-H-M that gives rise to "rahmah" or mercy as a noun and the two adjectival attributes al-Rahman and al-Raheem, the names that are part of the in…

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West African Sufi Resistance and Contemporary Freedom Struggles w/ Butch Ware 1:25:18

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Adnan's wide-ranging conversation with inspiring scholar and charismatic political activist/Green party gubernatorial candidate for California, Dr. Rudolph Butch Ware. We discussed Butch's biography and how it brought him to his groundbreaking historical scholarship on West African Islamic education, Sufi mystical and spiritual movements as anticol…

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UNLOCKED! Indigenous Spiritualities and Anticolonial Resistance Movements w/Nick Estes 2:14:09

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In this *UNLOCKED* collaborative episode originally exclusively for Red Scare substack subscribers and patrons of the Adnan Husain Show, Nick Estes and Adnan discuss the role spirituality in anti-colonial resistance movements. From the Ghost Dance to Sufi warriorism, spiritual resources are an important and often undertheorized form of struggle aga…

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UNLOCKED!! Office Hours #8 w/Nihal El Aasar: Full Audio 1:40:19

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Even if you missed the livestream and if you prefer listening to watching, I'm posting Monday Sept 29th's Office Hours "Resisting Melancholia: Arab Culture and Politics during the Genocide. It was an illuminating and interesting conversation w/Nihal El Aasar who shared her insightful reflections on culture and politics and the present moment. Enjoy…

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The Names of God (3): Allah or The Divine Being 1:04:40

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Adnan and Marc plunge into the "name" that is unique in being distinguished from all others as having no attribute or characteristic and almost definitionally contrasts with the human. How should the "human" and "divine" dichotomy be understood theologically and phenomenologically in this spiritual tradition of the 99 Names in Sufi Islam? We wrestl…

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Remembering Anticolonial Algiers: Panthers & Pan-African Revolutionaries w/Elaine Mokhtefi 1:15:26

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Adnan has a wonderful conversation with a remarkable radical activist, Elaine Mokhtefi, in this special collaborative edition w/Guerrilla History and its ongoing series of interviews with living historical revolutionaries. Elaine Mokhtefi is author of "Algiers, Third World Capital: Freedom fighters, Revolutionaries, Black Panthers." This fascinatin…

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Subverting Syria: Dark Histories of US Empire w/Patrick Higgins 1:18:00

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Adnan discusses a crucial history of US subversion of Syria's sovereignty even before the conclusion of WW2 starting with interference and covert operations by the OSS precursor to the CIA and then through the entire Cold War with Dr. Patrick Higgins, a Middle East historian, co-editor of Liberated Texts and member of the Anti-Imperialist Scholars …

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Struggle Session #4 UNLOCKED 1:37:46

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Normally, the audio of livestreams (Struggle Sessions and Office Hours) are exclusive to supporters on patreon.com/adnanhusain but this Struggle Session was so important and sizzling with insight, I'm making it available on the podcast feed. You can always watch these back on YouTube and X as videos, but if you like your audio, be sure to consider …

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The Airing of Grievances with Sina Rahmani & Friends 2:38:52

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The East is a Podcast hosted a collaborative conversation with multiple friends, airing grievances, covering multiple topics, discussing news and raising funds for Mohammed and his siblings amid evacuation orders. This stream featured Nick Estes from The Red Nation, Adnan Husain from The Adnan Husain Show and Guerrilla History podcast, Jared Ware f…

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The Names of God (2): Beginnings and Openings 1:09:46

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Adnan and Marc continue their conversation about the Names of God in the Sufi Muslim mystical tradition and its wider resonances for spiritual experience and self-examination. In particular we observe some of the challenges of beginning such an ambitious project and the preparation required by discussing the openings to two major medieval Arabic co…

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Office Hours #5: Taking Action against Genocide and Empire w/Calla Walsh 14:56

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An excerpt from a very exciting and inspiring Office Hours livestream Friday Aug 29, 5pmET. For the full conversation and full audio of all livestreams (Office Hours and Struggle Sessions), join patreon.com/adnanhusain. In this edition of Office Hourse, I talked with Calla Walsh about taking action against genocide and empire. Calla is a brilliant …

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Resistance Media Report w/Laith Marouf 1:09:24

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Adnan discusses recent developments in Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria with journalist, media activist and geopolitical commentator Laith Marouf of Free Palestine TV. Referring to recent reports on the platform as a basis for further analysis of ZioAmerican imperialism, its regional agents, and popular resistance to it. Support this media platform on…

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The Spirit of Bandung at 70: Anticolonialism and its Legacies w/Rabab Abdulhadi & Salman Sayyid 1:28:22

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Drs. Rabab Abdulhadi (San Francisco State) and Salman Sayyid (Leeds), join Adnan to discuss the geopolitically important Afro-Asian Conference of 1955, seventy years ago, that brought leaders of states newly freed from colonial rule together to advocate an agenda of peace and development that would give rise to the Non-Aligned Movement, the Tri-Con…

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Yemen: Solidarity and Resistance w/Isa Blumi, Part 2 1:10:12

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The second half of Dr. Isa Blumi's brilliant exposition of the history of Yemen. Our conversation reviews how the earlier history continued to inform the fierce resistance to imperialism and its agents through the 2010's with the Saudi/Gulf/ZioAmerican attack and siege upon Yemen. Isa analyzes how Ansarullah's diverse coalition has combated the des…

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Settler Colonialism: History and Concept w/Laleh Khalili 56:59

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Adnan discusses with Dr. Laleh Khalili her article in Jewish Currents "History Lesson" (https://jewishcurrents.org/history-lesson) on settler colonialism in response to an awful (and politically pernicious) book by Adam Kirsch "On Settler Colonialism". This excellent conversation is also great preparation for Office Hours when we will discuss the t…

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Yemen's History of Resisting Empire w/Isa Blumi, P. 1 1:21:35

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In this first part of a two part series, Adnan has an epic conversation with Dr. Isa Blumi, historian and Professor of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies at Stockholm University, about Yemen's modern history of resisting colonialism geopolitically and global capitalism. Author of Destroying Yemen: What Chaos in Arabia Tells Us about the World, Dr. …

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There is no post-Gaza 1:06:40

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Part 8 of Palestine and the World: History in a Time of Genocide (Denial). In this update episode covering the developments in the continuing Israeli genocide in Gaza from December 2024 (when Part 7 was recorded), Dr. Ariel Salzmann and Adnan discuss the Trump administration's policies, the displacement of UNRWA with the so-called "Gaza Humanitaria…

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The Names of God (1): Introduction 1:04:08

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Adnan introduces a new series on the spiritual and devotional tradition of the Divine Names. A collaboration with phenomenological psychologist and student of Sufism, the mystical dimension of Islam, Dr. Marc Applebaum, the series explores each of the 99 "Beautiful Names" through Sufi mystical theosophy, Qur'anic commentaries, and spiritual experie…

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Psychlib #11: Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition w/ Adnan Husain 1:20:19

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**Adnan recently did an episode of Psychlib over at Resistance is Fertile.** The Intersection of Islam, Marxism, and the roots of racism and Resistance: A Conversation with Adnan Husain. Welcome to a thought-provoking episode of PsychLib featuring Adnan Husain, an associate history professor from Queens University, Ontario. In this deep conversatio…

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Malcolm X-Radical Legacies vs Liberal Lies w/Jared Ball 59:11

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Adnan discusses the life, legacy and politics of Malcolm X with Dr. Jared Ball (@imixwhatilike) of Morgan State University and host of the iMiXWHATiLiKE!. 100 years since the revolutionary was born & 60 since his brutal assassination, Malcolm X's biography radicalizes people globally against racism, colonialism and capitalism despite the distortion…

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Struggle Session #2: Action for Palestine 2:12:27

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You loved Tankie Group Therapy? You will be inspired by the Struggle Session! This edition features Adnan hosting Breht O'Shea of RevLeft Radio. Dr. Chella Ward, Dr. Ambereen Dadabhoy, and Jared Ware from Millennials are Killing Capitalism The Struggle Session is not here to make you feel better, but rather to make you more ready for action. This l…

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Recovering "Muslim Rage": Affect and Resistance to Islamophobia in Europe w/ Rayan Freschi 1:07:29

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Rayan Freschi, a researcher with CAGE International, tells us about an anti-war/anti-genocide conference that was targeted by French police special forces recently. He also discusses his thesis that the stereotype of "Muslim Rage", an orientalist and Islamophobic construct, should be recuperated and turned to a productive political purpose in strug…

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Resisting ICE and Fascism on the Borderlands w/Alex Aviña 58:26

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Adnan is joined by Prof. Alexander Aviña, a historian and anti-imperialist scholar at Arizona State University, to explore the history and politics of race, immigration, and the border in US fascism and empire. As ever, Alex's in-depth knowledge and incisive analysis connects local and global conditions in an illuminating historical frame. Watch th…

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Gaza is the World's Future 53:34

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Part 7 of Palestine and the World: History in a Time of Genocide (Denial). In this concluding episode, Ariel and Adnan reflect on the historical themes traced in the series to connect the fate of Gaza to a wider universal frame. In many ways, Gaza is not only a political litmus test or a moral challenge to our collective humanity but also a crucibl…

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Struggle Session #1 w/ Nora Barrows Friedman, Alex Avina, Nina Farnia 1:34:17

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You loved Tankie Group Therapy? You will be inspired by the Struggle Session! This edition features Adnan hosting Nora Barrows Friedman, Alex Aviña, and Nina Farnia The Struggle Session is not here to make you feel better, but rather to make you more ready for action. This livestream panel series with Adnan and guests will be analytical about the w…

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Uneven Argument! Piketty & Political Economy w/ Ingrid Kvangraven 1:14:06

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Adnan discusses Thomas Piketty's recent paper, "discovering" that colonialism caused uneven development, with critical political economy and development scholar Dr. Ingrid Kvangraven (@ingridharvold). What is data without a conceptual or theoretical framework in which to explain that uneven development and colonialism were integral to capitalist de…

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Armed Struggle?: Histories of Resistance in LA from 60's to Today w/ Gerald Horne 1:02:40

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Dr. Gerald Horne joins Adnan and Henry in this cross-over episode of Guerrilla History and the Adnan Husain Show to discuss his recent book, Armed Struggle?: Panthers and Communists, black Nationalists and Liberals in Southern California, Through the Sixties and Seventies. As ever, Professor Horne connects the histories of organizing and resistance…

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The US-Greater Israel Nexus: Christian Zionists vs. Diasporic Jews 1:02:02

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**Producer's note: This is the sixth in a 7-part series. All 7 parts are now available to Patrons of the show, and we will release the subsequent parts every Wednesday for the next 6 weeks on the podcast. Support the show on Patreon if you can't wait!** Part 6 of Palestine and the World: History in a Time of Genocide (Denial). Adnan and Ariel shift…

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Gangs and the New Aid Regime in Gaza w/ Abdaljawad Omar 1:11:08

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Adnan welcomes Palestinian writer, scholar and analyst Abdaljawad Omar to discuss two related recent articles on the meaning of the new "Humanitarian Aid" structure imposed on Gaza and his analysis of the phenomenon of the "gangs" now armed by Israel. Check out his recent writings "Israel's gangsters in Gaza" "The 'chaos' of aid distribution in Gaz…

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Oslo and its Discontents: Peace Process as Colonial War 46:36

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**Producer's note: This is the fifth in a 7-part series. All 7 parts will be available to Patrons of the show in the next few days, and we will release the subsequent parts every Wednesday for the next 6 weeks. Support the show on Patreon if you can't wait!** Part 5 of Palestine and the World: History in a Time of Genocide (Denial). Dr. Ariel Salzm…

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Looking into the Abyss: ZioAmerica, Iran, and the Struggle for a Human Future w/ David Yaghoubian and Sina Rahmani 1:51:16

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Adnan convenes an emergency panel to discuss and analyze the recent Israeli-US attack on Iran, its implications for Iran, the region, and the world. Prof. David Yaghoubian (CSU-San Bernardino) and Sina Rahmani (East is a Podcast) share their insights and reflections along with passionate and deeply committed analysis about the place of Iran as the …

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Cold War De/Recolonialism 1:14:04

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**Producer's note: This is the fourth in a 7-part series. All 7 parts will be available to Patrons of the show in the next few days, and we will release the subsequent parts every Wednesday for the next 6 weeks. Support the show on Patreon if you can't wait!** Part 4 of Palestine and the World: History in a Time of Genocide (Denial). This episode e…

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Who's afraid of "Intifada"? Philology and Liberation w/ Chella Ward 1:12:08

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Dr. Marchella "Chella" Ward, a scholar of Critical Ancient World Studies joins Adnan to discuss the meaning of "Intifada" in response to the French prosecution of Elias D'Imzalène for his use of the word in a Palestine solidarity protest. Dr. Ward's expertise in philology—the historical study of the meaning of words— allows her to explore the histo…

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From Refugee Crisis to Refugee Crisis, 1890-1967 1:16:50

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**Producer's note: This is the third in a 7-part series. All 7 parts will be available to Patrons of the show in the next few days, and we will release the subsequent parts every Wednesday for the next 6 weeks. Support the show on Patreon if you can't wait!** Part 3 of Palestine and the World: History in a Time of Genocide (Denial). Dr. Ariel Salzm…

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Emancipation and the Minority Question, 1789-1923 1:22:29

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**Producer's note: This is the second in a 7-part series. All 7 parts will be available to Patrons of the show in the next few days, and we will release the subsequent parts every Wednesday for the next 6 weeks. Support the show on Patreon if you can't wait!** Part 2 of Palestine and the World: History in a Time of Genocide (Denial). In this episod…

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The Muslim and the Making of Medieval Mediterranean History 50:29

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Adnan gives a video version of remarks he made on a panel "Muslims and the Making of History: Religion, Race, and Secularism" at Radboud University in the Netherlands in May 2025. He discussed the way historical narratives, particularly developed during the colonial era, of the European Middle Ages depend on various assumptions about Muslims and th…

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The Longue Durée: Palestine in World History 1:22:28

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**Producer's note: This is the first in a 7-part series. All 7 parts will be available to Patrons of the show in the next few days, and we will release the subsequent parts every Wednesday for the next 6 weeks. Support the show on Patreon if you can't wait!** Part 1 of Palestine and the World: History in a Time of Genocide (Denial) examines the pre…

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The New Racial Regime w/ Alana Lentin 1:29:19

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Adnan discusses a new book, The New Racial Regime, Recalibrations of White Supremacy, (Pluto, 2025) with its author Alana Lentin. This important study builds upon Cedric Robinson's crucial framework to investigate the mechanisms by which neoliberal capitalist societies of Europe and its settler colonies renew racist orderings of society through int…

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Shakespeare Through Islamic Worlds w/ Ambereen Dadhabhoy 1:26:38

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Prof. Adnan Husain enjoys a wonderful conversation with Prof. Ambereen Dadhabhoy (@DrDadabhoy) about her fascinating book Shakespeare Through Islamic Worlds (2024). The book examines the paradoxical importance of Islam and Muslims to Shakespeare's plays despite the scant or ambiguous mentions in the text. Through contextual examination of the Early…

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Brothers All! Remembering the Legacy of Pope Francis 31:17

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Prof. Adnan Husain reflects on the papacy of Francis I--and in particular assesses the themes of anti-capitalism, peace and anti-war positions, and social justice and inclusion in his encyclical Fratelli Tutti. Also check out the episode of Revolutionary Left Radio in which Adnan and Breht discussed Francis of Assisi, whom Pope Francis modelled his…

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Team Barbarism is winning! 1:27:45

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*Producer's note: This episode begins with a request to help my friend Mohammed in Gaza. Please consider supporting Mohammed's fundraiser to support his family in their efforts to survive the genocide. As I explain in the episode, Mohammed's family has been displaced 5 times, most recently 10 days ago! Any sized donation is welcome!* Prof. Adnan Hu…

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Spiritual Materialism? Left Politics and Marxian Mysticism w/Rev Left Radio's Breht O'Shea 1:25:03

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*Note: This is only part of the conversation between Brett and Adnan; they continued for another 30 mins! To listen to the entire episode, please subscribe to the Patreon or watch the episode on our YouTube channel, both linked below* What does spirituality on the left look like? In a Ramadan special, Adnan discusses Buddhism and Sufi Islam, the di…

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Iran's History and Geopolitical Relations w/ Prof. David N. Yaghoubian 1:53:57

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Prof. Adnan Husain discusses the modern history of Iran from the late nineteenth century to contemporary relations with the US with friend and colleague Prof. David N. Yaghoubian of California State University-San Bernardino. We discuss Iran's traditions of statecraft and geopolitical relations with imperial powers, Russia and Britain, until the Co…

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Divide and Conquer: Abusing History to Inflame Sunni-Shi'i Sectarianism w/ Mehmet Ali Arslan 1:46:15

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Professor Adnan Husain is joined by activist Mehmet Ali Arslan to examine how sectarian division is being sown by the use and abuse of Islamic and Middle Eastern History. In particular they discuss how Sunni-Shi'i tension and polarization is fanned by references to events of early Islam as well as Ottoman vs. Safavid dynastic competition. They look…

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A World Order w/o Conscience Structured by Racism and Islamophobia w/ BettBeatMedia 1:17:09

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In this episode, Professor Adnan Husain (@adnanahusain) is joined by two outstanding scholars and thinkers, Drs. Peter Beattie and Karim Bettache of BettBeatMedia ( @BettBeat_Media ). They discuss a number of interrelated topics based on BettBeatMedia newsletters on substack: the current geopolitical order, China's role in it, BRICS and political e…

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Gaza is Unconquered, Palestine is STILL the Issue w/ Sina Rahmani 58:19

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Professor Adnan Husain (@adnanahusain) and Sina Rahmani (The East is a Podcast) discuss the political lessons and implications of the Gaza ceasefire agreement for the cause of Palestine, regional and geopolitics of resistance against US/Western empire, and on the direction of the anti-imperial solidarity movements across Europe and North America. W…