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08:00 — Stanley Reed is a London-based writer on energy, the environment and the Middle East. He was recently in the UAE (before the war) and has travelled through the Strait of Hormuz. 33:00 — Rachel Mathews is Senior Attorney in the Oceans Program at the Center for Biological Diversity. 45:00 — Alejandra Reyes-Velarde is an … Continued
08:00 — William LeoGrande is Professor of Government at American University. He is a specialist in Latin American politics and U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America. 33:00 — Bill Hartung is Senior Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He is the author of “Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of … Continued
08:00 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 33:00 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
08:00 — Golnar Nikpour is Associate Professor of modern Iranian history at Dartmouth College. Her scholarship focuses on the history of law, incarceration, revolution, and rights. She is the author of “The Incarcerated Modern: Prisons and Public Life in Iran” (2024).
08:00 — Golnar Nikpour is Associate Professor of modern Iranian history at Dartmouth College. Her scholarship focuses on the history of law, incarceration, revolution, and rights. She is the author of “The Incarcerated Modern: Prisons and Public Life in Iran” (2024).
08:00 — Antonia Juhasz is an independent journalist reporting on climate, energy and environmental justice. 33:00 — Shahrzad Mojab is Professor Emeritus in Education and Women and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto. Her research explores the impact of war and violence on women, transnational feminism, and Marxist-feminism.
08:00 — Kareem Chehayeb is a reporter for the Associated Press, reporting on Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. He joins us from Beirut. Justin Salhani is a journalist who’s been reporting from Beirut since 2011. 33:00 — Ashley Nowicki is a policy analyst at the American Economic Liberties Project. William McGee is a Senior Fellow for Aviation … Continued
00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
08:00 — Trita Parsi is the co-founder and executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft 20:00 — Ussama Makdisi is Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley. He is the author of Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World 33:00 … Continued
08:00 — George Bisharat, Professor Emeritus at University of California College of Law, San Francisco. His legal scholarship focuses on Palestine, Israel, and U.S. policies toward the Middle East 33:00 — John Nichols is Executive Editor at the Nation
