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Tankie Group Therapy #24: I ain’t reading all that, Free Palestine!
Tankie Therapy crew (Nora, Mikey, Alex, Joe, Sina, and Louis) gets together to reflect on one year after Al Aqsa Flood and the Gaza genocide. Consider supporting the show
“Bury us under every stone and house, we will not leave Palestine”: The martyrdom of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah w/ Roqayah Chamseddine
Roqayah Chamseddine is a journalist and writer based in Lebanon and co-host of Consider supporting the show
“Weaker than a spider’s web”: The ghosts of the 2006 Lebanon war w/ Karim Makdisi
*Note: This is the part of my conversation with Karim. We continued for another 45 mins! To listen to the entire episode, join Help keep the show going and access hundreds of hours of bonus content!* AUB professor and...
Tankie Group Therapy #23: What happened to us?
Louis, Mikey, Nora, Sina, Alex, and Joe join for our usual therapy session. We talk about the developing Israel-Lebanon war, the difficulty performing everyday life, Macklemore's new song, Hinds Hall 2, and the historical changes we're living through....
The Crusades and the origins of the West w/ Adnan Husain
Adnan Husain returns to the show to talk in-depth about the meaning of the Crusades to our understanding of contemporary imperialism. *Note: This is the part of my conversation with Adnan. We continued for another hour! To listen...
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.
Tankie Group Therapy #26: Liberals are the problem
An extra large helping of Tankie Group Therapy featuring Sina, Mikey, Joe, Nick Estes and, in his debut, Adnan Husain, and also two surprise guests! Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel (Coming soon!) ...