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Student Protests in Bangladesh Escalate; Israeli Rightwing Rise to Defend Soldiers Accused of Sexual Assault; Plus, What Happened in the Venezuelan Elections?

0:08 — Redwan Ahmed is a freelance journalist covering Bangladesh. 0: 33 — Joel Beinin a Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. 0:50 —  Lucía Cholakian Herrera is an Argentinian journalist reporting for the New York Times. She has just come back from Venezuela.


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Israel and Lebanon: Attack on Golan Heights; Plus, Wildfire Smoke Health Impact

0:08 — Heiko Wimmen is Project Director for the Iraq/Syria/Lebanon project at the International Crisis Group. 0:33 — Dr. John Balmes is a Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), a Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, and the Physician-member of the California Air … Continued


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What Might a Harris Presidency Mean for Gaza and US-Israel Relations; Plus, Kamala Harris as a Leader and Attorney General

0:08 — Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia. His most recent book is The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: a history of settler colonialism and resistance. 0:33 — Gil Durán is a journalist, currently publishing the newsletter, FrameLab. He has previously served as chief communications strategist and spokesman for former Attorney … Continued


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Who is Kamala Harris today?

00:08 – Jamilah King, editorial director at Mother Jones (and author of many articles about the arc of Kamala Harris’s career in politics) 00:34  – Tahir Hamut Izgil, one of the foremost poets writing in Uyghur. He fled China and now lives near Washington, DC. His latest book is a memoir entitled Waiting to Be Arrested at … Continued