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Real Talk is a Middle East Eye interview series hosted by Mohamed Hashem that explores the unique stories and experiences of a diverse range of guests — from artists, to musicians, to politicians and more.
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S1E48 Molly Crabapple spent 7 years recovering the Jewish history Zionism tried to erase
'Hundreds of people are coming to my events, many of them Jewish, and they tell me I gave them their ancestors back'Molly Crabapple is an Emmy Award-winning artist, author and journalist. Her new…
S1E47 Arsenal fired me on Christmas Eve for opposing Israel | Mark Bonnick
‘I regret losing my job. Not what I said’ Mark Bonnick worked at Arsenal for 22 years. Then on Christmas Eve 2024, the former kitman was fired over posts he made on X criticising Israel over the…
S1E46 Why Ana Kasparian is ready to work with the right on Israel
"The left loves to lose. They can't get enough of it."Ana Kasparian has been an influential and prominent voice in US independent media for nearly two decades.The co-host and executive producer of…
S1E45 ‘Mom, I’m at our house’: How this war reporter covered the horrors of Sudan’s war | Yousra Elbagir
"Mom, I'm at our house."Yousra Elbagir is Sky News UK's Africa correspondent. She has been highly praised for her reporting on a war that's been largely absent from mainstream news coverage: Sudan.As…
S1E44 Did the US military turn a blind eye to recruiting neo-Nazis? | Matt Kennard
"My commanders liked the fact I was a Nazi. They saw it as making me a better warrior."Matt Kennard is a British investigative journalist who co-founded Declassified UK, and is also the author of…
S1E43 Why this lifelong Conservative turned on the British establishment | Peter Oborne
Peter Oborne spent decades at the heart of the British establishment. The award-winning journalist and author of ‘Complicit’ sits down with Mohamed Hashem on Real Talk to break down how the Iraq war…
S1E42 She spoke against the Iran War. Her community turned on her | Ariana Jasmine | Real Talk
"I don't feel safe with my own people."Ariana Jasmine is one of the biggest Iranian-American political content creators, whose videos on Iran's history, the US-Israeli war on the country, and US…
S1E41 Hasan Piker: Making sense of a world going to sh*t. Epstein, Israel, & US decline | Real Talk
“Can I curse on this?”Hasan Piker is one of the most influential political streamers in the world, followed by millions across platforms who tune in daily to watch him dissect news, culture and…
S1E40 Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Israel | Murtaza Hussain | Real Talk
What was Jeffrey Epstein doing for Israeli intelligence?A new series of reports by Drop Site News has been examining this very question.Drop Site journalist Murtaza Hussain joined Mohamed Hashem on…
S1E39 She's an insider now exposing OpenAI. Here's why you should be concerned | Karen Hao | Real Talk
If AI is an empire, Karen Hao is saying you can resist it. “We don’t need empires to benefit from AI.”Hao is an investigative journalist and author of Empire of AI, she joined Mohamed Hashem to share…
S1E38 Can this pod save the UK? (Feat. Mamdani win & Nando’s) | Nish Kumar | Real Talk
Does the UK need its own Zohran Mamdani?“It’s not The Office,” says British comedian Nish Kumar. “You can’t remake it from one country to another.”The acclaimed stand-up comedian sat down with…
S1E37 Facing Ben Gvir: I was stripped, beaten and detained in Israel | Yasemin Acar | Real Talk
“Ben Gvir came to me and said, ‘You are a terrorist, and you will be treated as a terrorist’.”In her first media testimony since leaving Israel, Yasemin Acar recounts what she endured after being on…
S1E36 ‘I believed I could save her’: Inside the making of The voice of Hind Rajab | Motaz Malhees | Real Talk
“I hear her voice in my dreams.”Israel’s killing of five-year-old Hind Rajab in 2024 sent shockwaves around the world, sparking global outrage and condemnation.Hind was fleeing Gaza City with her…
S1E35 Have Democrats lost to MAGA on Gaza? | Ayman Mohyeldin | Real Talk
On this week’s Real Talk, MSNBC host and veteran reporter Ayman Mohyeldin joined Mohamed Hashem to discuss the US political rhetoric on Gaza. For over two decades, Ayman has reported on the front…
S1E34 Valerie Zink: Why I quit and cut up my Reuters press card over Gaza | Real Talk
“One voice message I got from a journalist in Gaza… that’s worth more to me than anything I did with Reuters.”For eight years, Valerie Zink worked as a photojournalist for Reuters. But after Israel…
S1E33 Has Gaza made the UN irrelevant? | Jeffrey Sachs | Real Talk
"The overwhelming will of the world is for a state of Palestine now… I want it to be imposed on Israel, pure and simple."Jeffrey Sachs joins Real Talk to discuss Israel’s genocide in Gaza, America’s…
S1 ‘They don’t care about Jewish safety’: Mahmoud Khalil slams US government & Columbia after detention
“The existence of a Palestinian student or pro-Palestine students on campus is an issue for [Columbia].” Mahmoud Khalil became the face of the US government’s crackdown on pro-Palestine protests…
S1E31 ‘They used my chain to choke me’: Chris Smalls speaks out after Israeli prison assault | Real Talk
“What I experienced is a glimpse of what Palestinians have to go through.”Prominent labour activist Chris Smalls speaks out after returning to his home in the United States following his detention in…
S1E30 ‘Gross betrayal’: My agents left me for speaking out on Gaza | Indya Moore | Real Talk
“I haven’t worked in a very long time.” What are the repercussions of speaking out for Gaza in Hollywood?In this Real Talk interview, US model and actor Indya Moore opens up about the cost of…
S1E29 Forget Starbucks. Boycott the New York Times | Mona Chalabi | Real Talk
‘These journalistic institutions have done far more to support the genocide than… Starbucks or McDonald’s’Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mona Chalabi joins Real Talk to unpack how mainstream media…
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Real Talk has published 47 episodes since September 2024, covering topics in Society & Culture.
Real Talk is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 59m.
