Episodes 35
Avg. Duration 48m
Activity Sporadic
Apple Rating 4.4 (12)
Since Jun 2022
Latest Episode Nov 2025

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Negotiating Ideas is a Podcast about liberty, democracy, and pluralism in Afghanistan and around the world. I am Omar Sadr, a scholar in exile, forced to flee my homeland overnight due to the Taliban’s brutality. In this podcast, as in my research, I explore how totalitarianism threatens democracy and the ways in which societies reinstitute freedom, democracy, and pluralism. My goal is to create a space for those who value pluralism, democracy, and liberty to find each other to develop solidarity and clarity.

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The Strategic Work of Human Rights in Afghanistan

Nov 09, 2025 42m

Omar Sadr and Richard Bennett discuss human rights independent accountability mechanisms for Afghanistan.Richard Bennett has served as UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Afghanistan,…

S3E34 34. Khurasan's Jewish Heritage: The Ancient Hebrew Manuscript in Bamyan

Oct 12, 2025 48m

Omar Sadr and Herschel Hepler discuss Afghanistan's Liturgical Quire, the oldest Hebrew and Judeo-Persian prayer manuscript in the world.This remarkable manuscript compiles three prayer genres into a…

33. Between Borders: Haim Abraham, the Afghanistan Jewish Merchant

Sep 18, 2025 45m

Omar Sadr and Dahlia Abraham-Klein discuss Dahlia's grandfather, a Persian-speaking Central Asian Jewish merchant. The Stateless Central Asian Merchant: The Life of Haim Aghajan Abraham…

S3E32 32. How Clergy & Autocrats Empowered Each Other - with Ahmet Kuru

Apr 14, 2025 44m

Omar Sadr and Ahmet Kuru discuss the role of ulama in reinforcing authoritarianism in the Muslim world, the complex and often ambivalent relationship between religious scholars and state, models for…

31. Power and Authority in Afghanistan - with Anna Larson

Mar 06, 2025 45m

Omar Sadr and Anna Larson discuss Power and Authority in Afghanistan. Published by I.B. Tauris in 2025, "Power and Authority in Afghanistan: Rethinking Politics, Intervention, and Rule" tackles some…

30. The Taliban Courts and Legal System - with Adam Baczko

Jan 08, 2025 1h 15m

Omar Sadr and Adam Baczko discuss the Taliban courts and how the group's legal outlook provided them a breakthrough in the conflict. Originally published in French and recently translated into…

S3E25 29. Prospects of a Secular State in the Muslim World - with Abdullahi An-Naim

Dec 01, 2024 53m

Abdullahi An-Naim and Omar Sadr discuss why and how Muslims should embrace universal values of human rights and constitutionalism. They also talk about how a secular state creates a neutral public…

28. Liberalism Against Itself with Samuel Moyn

Nov 06, 2024 50m

Samuel Moyn and Omar Sadr discuss failures of Cold War liberalism and the challenges of contemporary liberalism. Samuel Moyn is the Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University. Trained in…

S2E27 27. Being a Refugee Scholar in America with Halil Yenigun and Alfred Babo

Jul 22, 2024 1h 29m

Omar Sadr discusses how refugee academics navigated the American academia with Halil Yenigun and Alfred Babo. Alfred is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Fairfield University,…

S2E24 26. Persecution & Exile: Status of Afghanistan's Academia under the Taliban

Jun 28, 2024 1h 6m

Omar Sadr discusses the status of Afghanistan's academia under the Taliban with Haroon Mutasem and Qasim Wafayezada. Haroon Mutasem is a Philip Schwartz Initiative fellow at the Law School of…

S2E25 25. Academic Freedom and Scholars in Exile

May 28, 2024 1h

Omar Sadr discusses the status of scholars in exile with Dr Mirwais Balkhi and Dr Bashir Mobasher. As we are getting close to the second anniversary of the Negotiating Ideas Podcast in July and the…

24. Secularism and Islam with Nader Hashemi

Mar 31, 2024 54m

Omar Sadr and Nader Hashemi discuss Islam and democracy. Nader Hashemi is the Director of the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and an Associate Professor of Middle East and…

23. History & Antisemitism with Barnett Rubin

Jan 05, 2024 48m

Omar Sadr and Barnett Rubin discuss Jewish history and antisemitism. Barnett R. Rubin is a Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center. He is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Quincy Institute…

22. Lior Sternfeld on Controversies in Universities

Nov 21, 2023 41m

Lior Sternfeld discusses the recent controversies on the American campusLIOR STERNFELD is a Professor of History and Jewish Studies at Penn State University.  He is a social historian of the modern…

21. Consociational democracy for Afghanistan with Haqmal Daudzai

Nov 01, 2023 41m

Omar Sadr talks to⁠ Haqmal Daudzai on consociational democracy in Afghanistan Dr. Haqmal Daudzai is a researcher at the Dutch Royal Academy in Amsterdam, Netherlands. His book, The Statebuilding…

20. On Afghanistan Women Movement with Halima Kazem

Oct 01, 2023 30m

Omar Sadr talks to Halima Kazem on "Bread, Work, Freedom" Movement of Afghanistan Women Halima is a lecturer, historian, and filmmaker whose work intersects in the areas of gender, empire, human…

S1E19 19. On Polycentric Democracy & Pluralism with Julian Muller

Sep 01, 2023 54m

Omar Sadr talks to Julian F. Müller on Pluralism and polycentric democracy. Julian is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Hamburg. Prior to that Julian was a postdoctoral research fellow…

S1E18 18. Network State and Political Order in Afghanistan with Timor Sharan

Aug 01, 2023 43m

Omar Sadr talks to Timor Sharan on his book Inside Afghanistan: Political Networks, Informal Order, and State Disruption. Dr Timor Sharan is a visiting fellow at the University of Oxford. His…

17. The Return of the Taliban: Afghanistan After Americans Lefts: Book Discussion with Abbas Hassan

Jul 01, 2023 49m

Omar Sadr talks to Hassan Abbas on his book The Return of the Taliban: Afghanistan After Americans Left Hassan Abbas is Distinguished Professor of International Relations at the Near East South Asia…

16. How to improve democracy with Charles Dunst (Book Discussion)

Jun 01, 2023 47m

Omar Sadr talks to Charles Dunst on how to improve quality of democracies. Charles Dunst is deputy director of research & analytics at ⁠The Asia Group⁠⁠, ⁠an adjunct fellow at the ⁠Center for…

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