*Friend of the show Nora Barrows-Friedman collected some of Refaat’s audio archive.* In a special audio podcast episode dedicated to the voice and the words of Dr. Refaat Alareer, we weave together five separate interviews we conducted between 2014…

**A preview of the latest bonus episode: the with Dror Dayan about Germany’s role in the Axis of Genocide. Subscribe on Patreon to access hundreds of bonus episodes and help support the show. Alternatively, you can watch the episode for free on…

Lara Sheehi joins as our therapist with Jon Elmer(successfully pressured by your comments on the Day 467 Sit Rep), Nora, Mikey, Alex, and Joe. Hours before the ceasefire is set to go into effect, we debrief our worry, our awe and pride in the…

Two beloved members of the Tankie Group Therapy crew (Joe and Matteo) return after long absences to join Alex, Nora, and Sina to discuss some of the recent (not so very good) news. Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel (coming soon!) Check…

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Alex Axina () returns as guest host to interview Taylor Miller about the meaning of Gaza “humanitarian pier” against the wider historical backdrop of genocidal settler colonialism. Check out Taylor’s article, Consider supporting the podcast

A reduced crew for Tankie Group Therapy featuring Nora, Alex, and Sina discussing the end of the Syrian Arab Republic and its wide-ranging consequences. Video edition coming soon! Consider supporting the show

Adnan Husain Medieval European and Middle Eastern at Queen’s University and co-host of, returns to discuss recent developments in the region. Watch the on The East is a Podcast Youtube channel or Adnan’s (still under construction)…

A conversation with founders Bana Abu Zuluf and Cody O’Rourke. Watch the on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel “The Good Shepherd Collective was formed in Palestine in 2017 in response to the restrictive NGO system and its inability to meet…

Actual therapist Lara Sheehi joins us with Justin, Sina, Mikey and Nora in the group. We talk about psychic intrusions, shame, the tricky ecosystem of the colonial assault on the mind, and setting the precondition as liberation. Watch the on the…