Best India and Global Left Podcasts (2025)

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‘Scamming became the new farming’: inside India’s cybercrime villages 41:11

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How did an obscure district in a neglected state become India’s byword for digital deceit? By Snigdha Poonam. Read by Mikhail Sen. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpodBy The Guardian

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Rashid Khalidi on Trump’s Plan, Hamas, the PA & Why Russia and China Abstained at the UN 59:18

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In this deep and wide-ranging conversation, historian Rashid Khalidi breaks down the political landscape of Palestine today — from the legacy of the Oslo Accords and the failures of the PA to the rise of Hamas, the nature of armed resistance, and the meaning of Oct 7 (Al-Aqsa Flood).Malayalam translation of The Hundred Years War on Palestine: https…

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99% of AI Companies Will Be Dead by 2026 1:47:09

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The Doers Nepal – Nepal’s Longest Running Business Podcast In this episode, we have Manish Maheshwari, General Partner at BAT VC, former Twitter India CEO, and one of India’s top AI investors. Along with him, we have Bhupendra Khanal, former founder of Simplify360 and current CEO of Doxy. From decades of experience and exposure, they offer insights…

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Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia 31:51

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Saudi Arabia’s investment in Twitter increased its influence in Silicon Valley while being used at home to shut down critics of the regime By Jacob Silverman.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpodBy The Guardian

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Friendly Debate with Laith Marouf: Have Anti-Zionist Jews Done Enough? 1:10:43

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In this in-depth discussion, we explore the evolving situation in Gaza since the last ceasefire and analyze the complex divisions within the Arab world regarding the conflict. We also examine the roles China and Russia have played—have they done enough for Palestine? Finally, join us for a friendly yet thought-provoking debate on whether anti-Zioni…

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From the archive: how we lost our sensory connection with food – and how to restore it 35:36

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We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2022: to eat in the modern world is often to eat in a state of profound sensory disengagement. It shouldn’t have to be this way By Bee Wilson. Read by Lucy Scott. Help support our independent jour…

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Richard Wolff: China Wins, Mamdani Shocks — U.S. Empire Falters 59:49

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In this powerful conversation, Richard Wolff breaks down two major political shocks reshaping global power: Zohran Mamdani’s breakthrough win in the U.S. and China’s victory over the United States in the tariff wars. Wolff explains what Mamdani’s win means for working people in America, the roadblocks facing the U.S. socialist movement, and why the…

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The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist 40:00

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Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bigger forces at work? By Philip Oltermann. Read by Daniela Denby Ashe. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod…

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Colonel Wilkerson: “Israel Is Behind Trump’s Escalation on Venezuela” 46:03

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In this explosive conversation, Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson — former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell — lays out his unfiltered analysis of today’s global flashpoints.🔴🔴🔴Support Independent media to remain bold: https://patreon.com/IndiaGlobalLeftLink for donation: https://paypal.me/sankymudiar🔴🔴🔴Wilkerson explains why the U.S. is escalating against V…

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He mastered 4 industries in 15 years secret skill to win anywhere 1:39:57

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The Doers Nepal – Nepal’s Longest Running Business Podcast What if the biggest threat to your career… is comfort? In this episode, we sit with Jagnoor Singh, one of India’s versatile professionals, who went from leading teams at Airtel (Telecom) to OYO (Hospitality), Unacademy (EdTech), and now as COO at Practo (HealthTech). His story proves that r…

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In Conversation With Cornel West: The Deeper Meaning of Freedom, Justice, Democracy and Faith 1:09:21

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In this wide-ranging conversation, Cornel West reflects on the deeper meaning of freedom, justice, democracy, identity, and faith in our troubled times.🔴🔴🔴Support Independent media to remain bold: https://patreon.com/IndiaGlobalLeftLink for donation: https://paypal.me/sankymudiar🔴🔴🔴We begin by asking why he chose to write a book on democracy rather…

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‘The jobless should lead the attack’: a radical Jamaican journalist in 1920s London 31:38

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Economic insecurity, race riots, incendiary media … Claude McKay was one of the few Black journalists covering a turbulent period that sounds all too familiar to us today By Yvonne Singh. Read by Karl Queensborough. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpodBy The Guardian

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Episode 61: Far-Right Nationalism, Memory Politics and Ukraine with Per Rudling 1:29:29

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On today’s episode we explore the role of the historical Ukrainian far-right, specifically the Nazi-collaborationist Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, in the development of post-Soviet Ukraine’s national memory regime. In particular we address a paradox - how did these far right political formations and their …

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From the archive: ‘We are so divided now’: how China controls thought and speech beyond its borders 40:42

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We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2021: the arrest of a Tibetan New York city cop on spying charges plays into the community’s long-held suspicions that the People’s Republic is watching them By Lauren Hilgers. Read by Emily Woo Z…

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Special Edition: Behind the scenes at the Long Read 19:57

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To celebrate the launch of the new Guardian Long Read magazine this week, join the long read editor David Wolf in discussion with regular contributors Charlotte Higgins and Hettie O’Brien. The Guardian long read magazine is available to order at theguardian.com/longreadmag In this issue, you’ll find pieces on how MrBeast became the world’s biggest …

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Counting down to zero: the final warning from a climate diplomat 27:16

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Before Peter Betts died in 2023, he wanted to pass on what he had learned over many years of negotiating at Cops – including how Paris 2015 was saved at the last bell By Peter Betts. Read by Andrew McGregor. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpodBy The Guardian

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Norman Finkelstein Warns Zohran Mamdani: Confront the NYPD — Or Get Eaten Alive 1:19:46

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In this explosive interview, Norman Finkelstein warns Zohran Mamdani: “Confront the NYPD — or get eaten alive.”We break down what Finkelstein believes is the real challenge facing New York’s newly elected progressive leader. 🔴🔴🔴 Support Independent media to remain bold: https://patreon.com/IndiaGlobalLeftLink for donation: https://paypal.me/sankymu…

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Why Nepalese youths are stuck at Average 2:11:38

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The Doers Nepal – Nepal’s Longest Running Business PodcastThree Nepali founders who built, scaled, and exited ventures in Bengaluru share their experiences.They discuss:-Differences between India and Nepal’s startup ecosystems-Challenges like brain drain, FDI restrictions, and high equity demands-The real homework every layer(government, corporates…

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Carl Zha on Tariffs: Why China Won and the U.S. Lost 1:00:46

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In this episode, I speak with Carl Zha about the deeper meaning behind the U.S.–China tariff war and why China ultimately won while the United States lost. We break down the economic logic, political strategy, and global consequences of this turning point in world history. 🔴🔴🔴Support Independent media to remain bold: https://patreon.com/IndiaGlobal…

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Extremely offline: what happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet 32:53

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A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life By Samanth Subramanian. Read by Raj Ghatak. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpodBy The Guardian

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KJ Noh: China Surprised the U.S. — Round One Goes to Beijing 1:02:30

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In this episode, KJ Noh joins India & Global Left to break down the real meaning of the recent Xi–Trump talks — beyond the headlines. We explore why China surprised the United States, why “Round One goes to Beijing,” and what leverage each side truly holds in this evolving geopolitical contest.We also look at the deeper strategic competition shapin…

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From the archive: A drowning world: Kenya’s quiet slide underwater 27:35

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We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2022: Kenya’s great lakes are flooding, in a devastating and long-ignored environmental disaster that is displacing hundreds of thousands of people By Carey Baraka. Read by Reice Weathers. Help su…

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Mohammad Marandi: Power Shift in the Middle East | The Decline of U.S Empire and Rise of a New Order 51:49

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In this powerful conversation, Iranian scholar Mohammad Marandi joins India & Global Left to unpack the decline of U.S. empire in the Middle East and the emergence of a new multipolar regional order.From Gaza and Iraq to Iran and the Persian Gulf, Marandi explains how decades of U.S. wars, sanctions, and interventions have eroded Washington’s influ…

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‘Americans are democracy’s equivalent of second-generation wealth’: a Chinese journalist on the US under Trump 30:32

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Once a stalwart of Hong Kong’s journalism scene, Wang Jian has found a new audience on YouTube, dissecting global politics and US-China relations since the pandemic. To his fans, he’s part newscaster, part professor, part friend By Lauren Hilgers. Read by G Cheng. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod…

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Trump, China, and the Fight to Rebuild Industry | Economist Jostein Hauge Explains 57:31

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Economist Jostein Hauge joins India & Global Left to discuss the resurgence of industrial policy across the Global North — from the U.S. and Europe’s push to “bring manufacturing back home” to the deep implications this shift holds for the Global South.🔴🔴🔴Support Independent media to remain bold: https://patreon.com/IndiaGlobalLeftLink for donation…

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Episode 60: Soviet Development Assistance to Ghana, Guinea and Mali 1955-1968 with Alessandro Iandolo 59:06

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During the 1950s and 1960s, the Soviet Union began a new era of political engagement with the global south. One feature was development assistance. The Soviet Union embodied, offered and inspired an alternative approach to development, industrialization and modernization across the global south. Countries such as Ghana, Guinea and Mali in the 1950s…

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The human stain remover: what Britain’s greatest extreme cleaner learned from 25 years on the job 30:46

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From murder scenes to whale blubber, Ben Giles has seen it – and cleaned it – all. In their stickiest hours, people rely on him to restore order By Tom Lamont. Read by Elis James. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpodBy The Guardian

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From the archive: The queen of crime-solving 41:55

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We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2022: forensic scientist Angela Gallop has helped to crack many of the UK’s most notorious murder cases. But today she fears the whole field – and justice itself – is at risk By Imogen West-Knight…

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“Techno-Feudalism” Is a Myth: John Bellamy Foster on Capitalism, MAGA, and China 1:13:58

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What defines global capitalism today? Are we moving into a new age of techno-feudalism, or is monopoly capitalism still the dominant force?In this in-depth interview, John Bellamy Foster, editor of Monthly Review and leading Marxist thinker, joins India & Global Left to unpack the core structure of global capitalism, imperialism, and the new global…

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5 BIG Lies About Tibet You Probably Believe 45:16

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Canadian author and journalist Arnold August joins India & Global Left to share insights from his recent trip to Tibet (Xizang) — challenging dominant Western narratives about China’s western region. We discuss the crisis of late capitalism, the 1959 transformation of Tibet, and how China’s model of socialist modernization balances development with…

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A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0 25:45

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If the first term of Donald Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might there be a way out? By William Davies. Read by Dan Starkey. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod…

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‘Resistance is when I put an end to what I don’t like’: The rise and fall of the Baader-Meinhof gang 36:37

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In the 1970s, the radical leftwing German terrorist organisation may have spread fear through public acts of violence – but its inner workings were characterised by vanity and incompetence By Jason Burke. Read by Noof Ousellam. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpodBy The Guardian

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From the archive: Who owns Einstein? The battle for the world’s most famous face 48:46

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We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2022: Thanks to a savvy California lawyer, Albert Einstein has earned far more posthumously than he ever did in his lifetime. But is that what the great scientist would have wanted? By Simon Parki…

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The origins of today’s conflict between American Jews over Israel 28:35

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In the early years, American Jewish support for Israel was a fraught issue. The turning point was the six-day war of 1967, which solidified a strength of feeling that has only recently begun to fracture By Mark Mazower. Read by Kerry Shale. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod…

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Vijay Prashad: Will BRICS confront the US in Palestine and Venezuela? 47:35

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Historian and author Vijay Prashad joins India & Global Left to discuss the growing U.S. and Israeli escalations — from Gaza and Palestine to Venezuela — and whether BRICS is willing or able to confront imperialism.We explore how the United States projects military, financial, and media power across the Global South, the limits of BRICS solidarity,…

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Episode 59: The Soviet Red Cross, Socialist Humanitarianism and India with Severyan Dyakonov 1:01:13

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In the 1950s, the Soviet Red Cross gained positions in the governing bodies of the International League of the Red Cross, supported by newly established Red Cross and Red Crescent societies in the decolonizing world. Seeking to shape public opinion abroad, it established medical and research facilities in Algeria, Ethiopia, Iran, Afghanistan, India…

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‘I have to do it’: why one of the world’s most brilliant AI scientists left the US for China 54:50

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In 2020, after spending half his life in the US, Song-Chun Zhu took a one-way ticket to China. Now he might hold the key to who wins the global AI race By Chang Che. Read by Vincent Lai. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpodBy The Guardian

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Ramzy Baroud: How Gaza’s Resistance Shook the Empire to Its Core 58:32

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In this powerful conversation, journalist and historian Ramzy Baroud joins India & Global Left to discuss how Palestinian resistance in Gaza has shaken imperial power to its core. Drawing from his own family’s experience of exile and struggle, Baroud reflects on the Palestinian refugee question, the devastation and reconstruction of Gaza, and the e…

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From the archive: ‘Infertility stung me’: Black motherhood and me 33:25

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We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2022: I assumed I would be part of the first generation to have full agency over my reproduction – but I was wrong By Edna Bonhomme. Read by Nerissa Bradley. Help support our independent journalis…

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India’s Top LinkedIn Creator Reveals the Formula to 100x Your Career | EP 283 1:09:50

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The Doers Nepal – Nepal’s Longest Running Business Podcast Most people think LinkedIn is just a place for job seekers. But what if it’s actually the most powerful tool to build your career, your business, and your personal brand? In this episode, Sampark Sachdeva, India’s top LinkedIn creator with over 100K followers, shares how every client, proje…

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‘What reconciliation? What forgiveness?’: Syria’s deadly reckoning 42:49

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Over a few brutal days in March, as sectarian violence and revenge killings tore through parts of Syria, two friends from different communities tried to find a way to survive By Ghaith Abdul-Ahad. Read by Mo Ayoub. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpodBy The Guardian

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Laith Marouf on Gaza Ceasefire: Resistance Grows Stronger, Not Weaker 53:27

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In this episode of India & Global Left, Laith Marouf joins us to discuss what the Gaza ceasefire really means for the future of Palestinian resistance. We explore how the ceasefire and prisoner exchange are reshaping the balance of power in Palestine, their ripple effects across Lebanon and the wider West Asian region, and what they reveal about th…

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Mohammad Marandi: Gaza Ceasefire Reveals Israel’s Strategic Collapse 47:48

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🔴🔴🔴Support Independent media to remain bold: https://patreon.com/IndiaGlobalLeftLink for donation: https://paypal.me/sankymudiar🔴🔴🔴In this episode of India & Global Left, Prof. Muhammad Marandi joins us to unpack the latest Gaza ceasefire and what it truly means for the Palestinian struggle.We discuss how this ceasefire reveals Israel’s strategic c…

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Chas Freeman: Why This Gaza Ceasefire Won’t Last 44:38

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Former U.S. Ambassador Chas Freeman joins India & Global Left to unpack why the Gaza ceasefire won’t last. Freeman explains how Washington’s political calculations and Israel’s military objectives make a lasting peace almost impossible. He discusses whether the U.S. will truly pressure Israel to maintain the truce, and what such pressure would mean…

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Take away our language and we will forget who we are: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and the language of conquest 30:27

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The late Kenyan novelist and activist believed erasing language was the most lasting weapon of oppression. Here, Aminatta Forna recalls the man and introduces his essay on decolonisation By Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o with introduction by Aminatta Forna. Read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith and Aminatta Forna. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.…

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UN Confirms Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza—Norman Finkelstein Breaks It Down 55:59

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The United Nations has confirmed that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. In this in-depth conversation, political scientist Norman Finkelstein breaks down the UN report and its far-reaching implications. We discuss Norman’s overall impression of the findings, how the genocide framework differs from the war framework, and what this means for int…

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From the archive: The Blackstone rebellion: how one country took on the world’s biggest commercial landlord 44:48

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US vs China Over Taiwan: Jeffrey Sachs & Joanna Lei on War or Peace 51:59

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Can we reduce the fear of death? 31:01

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Hello. My name is Anil Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf) and today I will talk about death and how to reduce fear of death. Death is the most certain thing for any living entity and yet we know so little about it. It may come earlier or later in life but the inevitable always happens. Yet we carry out our actions and behave as if we …

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‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster 29:36

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Some days it can feel as if climate catastrophe is inevitable. But history is full of cases – such as the banning of whaling and CFCs – that show humanity can come together to avert disaster By Kate Marvel. Read by Norma Butikofer. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod…

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