**I did another episode of Iran vs. Epstein Empire with the boys of Resistance is Fertile. This is the first half of the conversation. You can watch the full episode on YouTube (link below) or subscribe to the East is a Podcast on Patreon,…

Journalist and Al Mayadeen Producer Ali Jezzinni (@Aly_jezzini) returns to the show to discuss the much hyped “defeat” of Lebanon’s Party of God and how the emergence of First Person View drone warfare represents a watershed moment in the fight for liberation. Watch…

**I did a long livestream with Jay from MAKC on making media in a time of fascism and genocide.  This is about 50% of the episode. You can listen to the entire episode by becoming a member of the EIAP Patreon or watch it…

**Note: In the first half of the episode, there is an abrupt break in the conversation where we briefly discussed this clip of Martyred IRGC General Hajizadeh. Sorry for the confusion!** Arash Joblaghi returns to the show (after a very long hiatus!) to discuss…

Tankie Group Therapy is back! Sina, Jay, Lara, Adnan, Mikey, and Nora join the episode for a long debrief, and joining us for the first time is longtime friend of the show, Ali Alizadeh! Some of the campaigns mentioned in the episode

Aman Ullah Tariq from the EON podcast returns to the show to discuss the negotiations between US and Iran in Pakistan and the latter’s role in mediating all the actors in this conflict and the wider region.  Watch the video edition on The East…

Jared Ware from Millennials are Killing Capitalism and Tankie Group Therapy alum Mikey joined me to talk about the latest developments from the war.  Watch the livestream edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel https://youtube.com/live/bReHZ4POy90   Consider supporting the show…

**We managed to get Navid online for a conversation on the perception of Iranians on this war.  This episode is co-published with Kumars Salehi at Delete Ur Account** This week’s episode is another collaboration with The Colony Archive and The East is…

Sara Larijani is a PostDoc fellow in Political Geography at the University of Tehran. Her research is on British colonialism in Iran’s oil frontiers. Taha Zeinali is a doctoral researcher in development studies at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. His research focus is imperialist hybrid…

**I did an episode with comrads Jay from MAKC and Kumars from Delete Ur Account last week and forgot to post it! The episode explores the concept “kayfabe” in governing American cultural and political life** In this episode Sina Rahmani from The East is a…