Episodes 33
Avg. Duration 12m
Activity Sporadic
Since Jan 2025
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Breaking the 7arboo2 Spell and Capitalist Realism

Feb 17, 2026 9m

I’ve been in the United States for almost six years now. I’ve spent most of it in New York City and Washington, DC. Living here after growing up witnessing the slow-motion collapse of Lebanon, gave…

When Hezbollah tells you who they are, believe them the millionth time

Jan 27, 2026 4m

Hezbollah has shown us exactly who it is, over and over again. While Lebanese homes lie in ruins and lives are lost, the militia rushes to defend Iran’s regime, kill Iranian protesters, and drag…

Pope Leo XIV Calls For Disarming During Lebanon Visit & Hezbollah’s Crisis of Legitimacy

Dec 03, 2025 7m

Papal visits to Lebanon have always been moments when the country pauses (briefly) to look at itself through an external moral lens. In a region where political positions are often treated as…

Hezbollah’s Horrifying Demand: Your Fear and Your Empathy

Nov 25, 2025 11m

There is an ugly little theatre trick Hezbollah has been playing for years. Act one, they make sure the audience is petrified. Act two, when their stunt collapses, they step forward with a wet hand…

Inside NYC’s Transition: Dean Fuleihan on Hope, Immigrants & Affordability

Nov 21, 2025 25m

When I sat down with Dean Fuleihan, the Lebanese American public servant whom Mayor elect Zohran Mamdani has chosen as his first Deputy Mayor, the conversation immediately felt personal. The first…

If We Burn, Then What?

Nov 18, 2025 23m

I was asked recently what my politics are, and it unexpectedly made me pause.Like many of you, I assume my beliefs, hopes, and dreams are second nature. No need to restate them. No need to explain.…

What We Can Learn From Zohran Mamdani's Historic Victory With Russ Finkelstein

Nov 06, 2025 54m

I remember the day like it was yesterday. I had landed in New York City’s JFK just a few months before, after being forced to leave Lebanon after four illegal detentions, multiple assaults in the…

A Conversation with Beirut Madinati's Kristy Asseily & Marc Tueni

May 15, 2025 46m

This is my endorsement for the Beirut Madinati coalition running in the 2025 Beirut Municipality elections this Sunday, May 18.Let me take you back to 2016. That was long before the Thawra and…

Why Lebanese Bankerjiyyeh Went All-In on the Soros Stuff & Failed

Apr 27, 2025 18m

The saddest thing about the failed smear campaign against change MPs and independent media outlets like Megaphone and Daraj is how lazy it was. For the past few weeks, I’ve been trying to wrap my…

What the Banking Secrecy Law Amendment Victory Means & What's Next with Dr. Mohamad Farida

Apr 24, 2025 23m

I will be diving deeper into the smear campaigns and why they failed so spectacularly on Monday’s episode!In the meantime, Dr Mohamad Farida, from the Depositors Union, took a break from advocating…

Time to Legalize Cannabis in Lebanon

Mar 23, 2025 11m

This has been my longest running topic on this blog. The OG readers will remember. I started in 2011, and a lot of us feel it is gonna happen, it’s just a matter of time. We’ve done the hard part.…

From Bashir to Hariri to Nasrallah: The Leaders Who Broke Lebanon

Mar 21, 2025 15m

Lebanon’s greatest weakness has always been our attachment to problematic leaders who promise much but deliver chaos, sectarian division, and stagnation. These leaders—each idolized by some but…

A Conversation with Makram Rabah

Mar 09, 2025 24m

A conversation with Makram Rabah, Assistant Professor of History at the American University of Beirut.In this episode, I sit down with historian and AUB professor Makram Rabah to discuss the slow,…

Hezbollah’s Vote of Confidence & What It Means

Mar 03, 2025 14m

Sometimes, it feels like nothing happens for a very long time. But Lebanon is not in one of those times. Right now, events are unfolding so quickly, and the sheer volume of noise from all sides them…

Lebanon’s Deadlock Doctrine

Feb 27, 2025 8m

Power in Lebanon isn’t about track records, courageous leadership, or bold vision. It’s about leverage—the ability to obstruct, disrupt, or threaten effectively. If you can halt parliamentary…

A Funeral, A Flyover, and a Shift in Power: Hezbollah's Fork in the Road

Feb 24, 2025 10m

Let’s start with the obvious: a lot of people attended Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral, nearly five months after he was killed in a massive Israeli airstrike on Dahieh. But the funeral was more than just…

"Ma T3isha"

Feb 20, 2025 10m

Maybe you’re not exactly like me, but when I fall in love with something, I tend to get a little obsessed. Whether it’s a book, a movie, a series, a music genre, or a niche area of expertise, I want…

Checkmating the Bully: Lebanon’s Reckoning with Hezbollah’s Bluff

Feb 18, 2025 7m

One of the most memorable books I read last year was Barbara F. Walter’s How Civil Wars Start. She identifies eight key factors that often trigger civil conflicts. Lately, I’ve noticed many of these…

Nawaf Salam's First Interview as Prime Minister of Lebanon + Clips

Feb 12, 2025 1h 39m

You can watch the full 90+ minute interview above. I also cut a few clips that resonated with me the most—whether it’s his immediate promise to do everything possible to regain the trust of young…

Lebanon's New Government: A Deep Dive

Feb 09, 2025 25m

Mabrook! I want to start today’s article and episode by thanking everyone who has worked tirelessly over the past six weeks to achieve what many Lebanese thought was impossible: a president, a prime…

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