Just World Podcasts

Just World Podcasts

Helena Cobban

Episodes 122
Avg. Duration 41m
Activity Highly Active
Since Sep 2010
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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About This Podcast

Just World Podcasts is an innovative podcast series on international affairs. In October 2025, we launched a new series titled "Gaza & the World." This series of public conversations hosted by Just World Ed president Helena Cobban explores the many intersections of the continuing Gaza crisis and the current deep shifts in the global balance.

JWP is run by the non-profit foundation Just World Educational.

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Recent Episodes

S8E7 The Iran Crisis #7: Barbara Slavin on Iran's durability, Israeli-U.S. war goals, and more

Mar 05, 2026 51m

In this March 5 convo with Helena Cobban, longtime Iran specialist Barbara Slavin noted the survival of Iran's central governance structures even after the early assassination by the Israeli and U.S.…

S8E6 The Iran Crisis #6: Amb. Chas Freeman defines Iran's war objectives, prospects for West Asia, global, and U.S. politics

Mar 04, 2026 57m

In this March 4 convo with Helena Cobban, the veteran U.S. diplomatist Amb. Chas W. Freeman, Jr.  assessed Iran's objectives in the defensive war it is now waging in response to the massive…

S8E5 The Iran Crisis #5: Rami G. Khouri on the regional and global impact of the U.S.-Israeli war

Mar 03, 2026 48m

In this March 3 convo with Helena Cobban, JWE's board member the veteran analyst and thinker Rami G. Khouri discussed the sizeable impact that Iran's response to the U.S.-Israeli war of aggression is…

S8E4 The Iran Crisis, #4: Elijah Magnier assess the impact of the war's first 60 hours, across West Asia and the world

Mar 02, 2026 41m

In this March 2 convo with Helena Cobban, strategic analyst Elijah Magnier assessed the impact that the U.S.-Israeli aggression against Iran has been having within the Gulf region, in the rest of…

S8E3 The Iran Crisis, #3: Ray McGovern on why Trump is unlikely to initiate war, on the Russian dimension, and more

Feb 27, 2026 48m

In this convo conducted late on February 26, Helena's guest was Ray McGovern, a long-time peace activist, and before that a high-level Soviet-affairs analyst for the CIA. McGovern shared the reasons…

S8E2 The Iran Crisis, #2: Bill Quandt on Trump's crazy decisionmaking, Gulf Arab politics, and more

Feb 26, 2026 33m

In this February 26 convo, JWE President Helena Cobban and the veteran Middle East (West Asia) specialist Bill Quandt dissected the perils of Pres. Trump's decisionmaking chaos. They surveyed the…

S8E1 The Iran Crisis, #1: Elijah Magnier on "The Countdown between Tehran & Washington"

Feb 25, 2026 38m

In this February 25 convo, JWE President Helena Cobban and the  strategic analyst Elijah Magnier explored issues raised in Magnier's crucial recent article "The Countdown Between Tehran and…

S7E5 Helena talks U.S.-Iran with Elijah Magnier

Feb 02, 2026 53m

On February 2, 2026 (U.S. Pacific Time), JWE President Helena Cobban conducted this wide-ranging conversation with the European strategic analyst Elijah J. Magnier. They discussed principally the…

S7E4 Trump’s Board of Peace, Gaza, and the Threat to the UN

Jan 27, 2026 16m

Helena Cobban, President of Just World Educational, reads her January 24,  2026 newsletter that examined major political developments affecting Gaza, Iran, and the United Nations. She described…

S7E3 Venezuela in Washington's Crosshairs, Ep. 3: Exposing the 'Donroe' Doctrine

Jan 14, 2026 1h 32m

This episode was the third in our timely 3-part series "Venezuela in Washington’s Crosshairs: Breaking the Information Blockade," which is co-hosted by Just World Ed's Helena Cobban and Roger Harris…

S7E2 Venezuela in Washington's Crosshairs, Ep. 2: Geopolitics & Double Standards – Caracas to Gaza

Jan 09, 2026 1h 33m

This episode was the second in our timely 3-part series "Venezuela in Washington’s Crosshairs: Breaking the Information Blockade," which is co-hosted by Just World Ed's Helena Cobban and Roger Harris…

S7E2 Venezuela in Washington's Crosshairs, Ep. 2: Geopolitics & Double Standards – Caracas to Gaza

Jan 09, 2026 1h 33m

This is the second in our timely 3-episode series "Venezuela in Washington’s Crosshairs: Breaking the Information Blockade," which is co-hosted by Just World Ed's Helena Cobban and Roger Harris of…

S7E1 Venezuela in Washington's Crosshairs, Ep. 1: Why the U.S. is Attacking Venezuela

Jan 07, 2026 1h 30m

This episode inaugurated our timely series "Venezuela in Washington’s Crosshairs: Breaking the Information Blockade," which is co-hosted by Just World Ed's Helena Cobban and Roger Harris of Task…

S6E5 Gaza & the World, Ep. 5: John Mearsheimer on "The UN Resolution that Betrayed Gaza"

Nov 18, 2025 1h 2m

In this episode of "Gaza & the World" JWE President Helena Cobban's guest was  Prof. John Mearsheimer, the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the…

S6E4 Gaza & the World, Ep.4, with Dr. Ghada Karmi

Nov 12, 2025 47m

In this episode of our "Gaza & the World" series, Helena Cobban talked with Dr. Ghada Karmi about the intersection of the genocide in Gaza and the shifting global balance of power. Dr. Karmi is a…

S6E3 Gaza & the World Ep. 3: Vijay Prashad on Gaza, China, and the Limits of Global Action

Nov 05, 2025 1h 4m

In this episode of our "Gaza & the World" series, Helena Cobban talked with Vijay Prashad about the intersection of the genocide in Gaza and the shifting global balance of power. Vijay Prashad is…

S6E2 Gaza & the World, Ep. 2, with Richard Falk

Oct 28, 2025 57m

This is the second episode of "Gaza & the World," a weekly podcast from Just World Educational, hosted by our president, Helena Cobban. This project explores the many interactions between the…

S6E1 Gaza & the World, Ep. 1, with Rami G. Khouri

Oct 21, 2025 54m

This is the first episode of "Gaza & the World," a new weekly podcast from Just World Educational, hosted by our president, Helena Cobban. This series explores the crucial role that the two-year…

Helena Cobban's talk "Palestinian resistance from the PLO to Hamas"

Jun 21, 2024 1h 32m

On June 13, 2024, JWE President Helena Cobban gave a talk at the Rossmoor community in Walnut Creek, CA, hosted by Rossmoor Voices for Justice in Palestine. The talk was titled "Palestinian…

Understanding Hamas, Ep.5: Dr. Azzam Tamimi

May 31, 2024 1h 21m

This was the fifth and final session in a series of Public Conversations that Just World Ed presented in May 2024, on the theme of "Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters." The series as a whole…

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