Episodes 103
Avg. Duration 1h 22m
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Apple Rating 4.9 (547)
Since Nov 2023
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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A podcast co-hosted by Saree Makdisi, Ussama Makdisi, and Karim Makdisi. Follow us on X: @MakdisiStreet Follow us on YouTube: @MakdisiStreet

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"Every war ends at the negotiating table" w/ Trita Parsi

Jun 06, 2026 1h 28m

The brothers welcome Trita Parsi back to the show to discuss the status of US-Iran negotiations, the pressures of the ongoing stalemate on both sides, the prospects of an agreement given Israel's…

"Only proper deterrence works"

Jun 01, 2026 46m

The brothers get together for a conversation about the ongoing Israeli war on Lebanon, the meaning of deterrence, the role of Iran in Lebanon, the question of Lebanon's sovereignty, and the divisions…

"No peace and prosperity with apartheid" w/ As`ad Abukhalil

May 19, 2026 1h 34m

The brothers welcome Lebanese scholar and original "Angry Arab" Asad AbuKhalil, author, columnist, professor, and public intellectual. The discuss the increasing depravity of a long history of…

"The Zionist project is what it has always been" w/ Jehad Abusalim

May 10, 2026 1h 29m

The brothers welcome to the show Jehad Abusalim, who grew up in the city of Deir el Balah in the Gaza Strip and now heads the Gaza Genocide Center. They discuss what it was like to grow up under…

"We cannot negotiate without national consensus" w/ Michael Young

May 02, 2026 1h 34m

The brothers welcome to the show Michael Young, journalist and editor of the Carnegie Middle East Center's Diwan blog, to discuss the vexed and controversial question of Lebanese-Israeli negotiations…

"It hasn't worked": Lebanese defiance of Zionist oppression w/ Karim, Ussama and Saree Makdisi

Apr 29, 2026 1h 3m

**Producer's note: This is a special co-published episode with Psychic Militancy, hosted by Makdisi Street guest Lara Sheehi. Make sure to subscribe to her channel if you haven't already!!** In…

"Palestine does matter" w/ Yousef Munayyer

Apr 18, 2026 1h 16m

The brothers welcome Yousef Munayyer of the Arab Center in Washington, DC to the show to discuss the US-Israeli war on Iran and Lebanon, the role of the Zionist lobby and the nature of the…

⁩"Energy is at the heart of it" w/ Laleh Khalili

Apr 11, 2026 1h 28m

The brothers welcome University of Exeter Professor Laleh Khalili to the show to discuss the geopolitical and geoeconomic contexts of the US-Israeli war of aggression on Iran, including the role of…

"Locking in the ethnic cleansing of 1948" w/ Omar Shakir

Mar 23, 2026 1h 23m

The brothers welcome the human rights advocate Omar Shakir to the show to discuss the legal basis for the Palestinian right of return, Israel's crime against humanity for denying the right of return,…

"Now or never"

Mar 19, 2026 58m

The brothers convene to discuss the US-Israeli attack on Iran, Israel's bombardment of Lebanon, the positions and alignments within Lebanon, Iran's objectives in the containing and responding to the…

"The war in Lebanon is existential" w/ Hala Jaber

Mar 14, 2026 1h 42m

The brothers are joined by the award-winning Lebanese investigative journalist Hala Jaber (@HalaJaber) to discuss the ongoing Israeli war on Lebanon in the context of the US-Israeli war on Iran, the…

"The Israelis are not interested in peace" w/ Jad Ghosn

Mar 09, 2026 1h 29m

***Note: This was recorded on the eve of Israel's expansion of its ongoing bombardment and destruction of Lebanon*** The brothers welcome the Lebanese investigative journalist Jad Ghosn to the show…

"Turning West Asia into a wasteland"" w/ Ali Alizadeh

Mar 06, 2026 1h 45m

The brothers welcome the London-based Iranian analyst and journalist Ali Alizadeh to the show to discuss the history and context of the US-Israeli attack on Iran, internal dynamics within…

"Everyone was bombing Yemen" w/ Farea Al Muslimi

Mar 03, 2026 1h 20m

**Note: This was recorded before the US-Israeli aggression on Iran** The brothers welcome Farea Al Muslimi, founder of Sanaa Center for Strategic Studies, research fellow at Chatham House in London,…

"Trump isn't just President, he is a gangster and a businessman" w/ Jeremy Scahill

Feb 27, 2026 1h 34m

The brothers welcome the investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill of Drop Site News back to the show to discuss the looming threat of a joint US-Israeli attack on Iran, the various forces driving US…

"Justice or Annihilation" w/ Sharif Abdel Kouddous

Feb 10, 2026 1h 1m

The brothers welcome Drop Site News journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous to the show to discuss the latest developments in Gaza, as, despite a nominal "ceasefire," Israel's genocide grinds on, and as,…

"My disenchantment with Zionism was a very gradual process" w/ Avi Shlaim

Feb 01, 2026 47m

A special edition of the Makdisi Street podcast in which Ussama interviews fellow historian Avi Shlaim in Jaipur, India where both were attending the Jaipur Literature Festival. Ussama asks Avi about…

"Trump, Venezuela and an empire in crisis" w/ Greg Grandin

Jan 11, 2026 1h 15m

The brothers welcome Professor Greg Grandin to the show to discuss the US kidnapping of the Venezuelan president against the historical context of other American imperial interventions in Latin…

"We are not defeated" w/ Mustafa Barghouti

Jan 05, 2026 1h 27m

The brothers talk with the prominent Palestinian politician, activist and medical doctor Mustafa Barghouti, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, and presidential candidate during…

From Jerusalem to Cairo and Beirut w/ Jean Said Makdisi

Dec 28, 2025 1h 24m

Special Christmas/New Year edition with the brothers' mother! The brothers welcome their mother, the author and educator Jean Said Makdisi, to the show, to discuss her books, her memories of growing…

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