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Tankie Group Therapy #31: This is what imperial decline looks like
**Note: We recorded this episode on Sunday afternoon, one day before the Ziofash Entity committed a heinous massacre and ended their ceasefire pretense.** After a brief hiatus, the Tankie Group Therapy crew (Sina, Alex, Nora, Mikey, Louis, Joe)...
Why we write w/ Mary Turfah and Taylor Miller
Friend of the show returns to guesthost a conversation about writing and resistance with and Taylor Miller. Check out some of their recent work below: Taylor Miller Mary Turfah Mary Turfah Taylor Miller...
Iran’s History and Geopolitical Relations w/Prof. David N. Yaghoubian
This is a preview of a recent episode of The Adnan Husain Show. The conversation continued for another full hour! Subscribe to Adnan's show on your podcatcher to listen to the full episode or watch it on YouTube linked...
The tallest trees in the forest: Indigenous resistance and martyrdom w/ Nick Estes and Ali Alizadeh
Longtime friends of the show and host of The Red Nation Podcast Nick Estes and Ali Alizadeh ) from to look at the history of the Party of God and its martyred leaders against the wider backdrop...
Canada vs. Mexico: Two models of anti-sovereignty
*Producer's note: I put the audio of the final 15 mins of this conversation behind the paywall. You can listen to that portion of the conversation by signing up for $5 a month at or you can watch...
Sina Rahmani
The Host
Sina Rahmani completed his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at UCLA. He is a translator, scholar, and writer. His work has been published in the PMLA, Iranian Studies, boundary 2, Radical History Review, and Public Books.
He does this podcast in his spare time, of which he has plenty. He has never gone fishing.

Team Barbarism is winning!
*Producer's note: This episode begins with a request to help my friend . 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...