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(Posting early because I forgot last week, and I'm accumulating too much material.)
Five different podcasts today.
Al Monitor’s On the Middle East - Kurdish struggle critical linchpin of Iran protests, says BBC Persian correspondent Jiyar Gol
Al Monitor is a kind of think-tanky (no, not tankie!!) middle eastern news/analysis site but they have some very interesting characters come on, and here a journalist from BBC Persian comes to explain the situation in Iran with an interesting section on the armed Kurdish groups in Rojhelat (Eastern Kurdistan, in Iran). This was a good summary of what’s happened so far with a look at future possibilities.
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The rest of these episodes aren't recent but are still interesting:
Canadaland COMMONS: CORRUPTION 3 - The Trouble with Paradise: How Canadians Built the Offshore World
This episode describes how Canada was central to the creation of the tax shelter system.
Métis In Space - S5E7 The Blues Brothers
Métis in Space has decided to review some of their favourite films beyond their usual sci-fi-episodes-with-indigenous-people range. In thi episode, they watch The Blues Brothers, and it’s a load of fun. I particularly enjoyed the discussion of whether The Pope got to watch a special Vatican cut of the film or not. Either way, the Holy See apparently approves of the film.
The Breach Show - Canada’s Spiralling Military $ | Oil Lobby in Action | Amazon Union Win
This is a newish show hosted by Donya Ziayee, with regular panellists Pam Palmater, El Jones and Martin Lukacs. They’re all uber smart radical people and they really get to spread their wings here, in particular Palmater. It’s pretty entertaining.
The Brief Podcast - Destroying Yemen
This podcast brings Isa Blumi, author of Destroying Yemen: What chaos in Arabia tells us about the world, to talk about the origins of the Yemen conflict, how foreign powers have intervened in all kinds of ways, and how Yemenis who were at loggerheads before have come together to fight them. This is the most informative podcast episode I’ve heard on the conflict so far.
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#PodcastFriday is a tag where people recommend a particularly good episode from a podcast. The point of this tag is NOT to recommend entire podcasts--there are too many podcasts out there, and our queues are already too long, so don't do that. Let's just recommend the cream of the crop, the episodes that made you *brainsplode* or laugh like crazy. Copy this footer so people don't start recommending whole podcasts. :P
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Feel free to just post in the comments if you have podcast episodes to recommend and don't feel like making a #PodcastFriday post :)
Five different podcasts today.
Al Monitor’s On the Middle East - Kurdish struggle critical linchpin of Iran protests, says BBC Persian correspondent Jiyar Gol
Al Monitor is a kind of think-tanky (no, not tankie!!) middle eastern news/analysis site but they have some very interesting characters come on, and here a journalist from BBC Persian comes to explain the situation in Iran with an interesting section on the armed Kurdish groups in Rojhelat (Eastern Kurdistan, in Iran). This was a good summary of what’s happened so far with a look at future possibilities.
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The rest of these episodes aren't recent but are still interesting:
Canadaland COMMONS: CORRUPTION 3 - The Trouble with Paradise: How Canadians Built the Offshore World
This episode describes how Canada was central to the creation of the tax shelter system.
Métis In Space - S5E7 The Blues Brothers
Métis in Space has decided to review some of their favourite films beyond their usual sci-fi-episodes-with-indigenous-people range. In thi episode, they watch The Blues Brothers, and it’s a load of fun. I particularly enjoyed the discussion of whether The Pope got to watch a special Vatican cut of the film or not. Either way, the Holy See apparently approves of the film.
The Breach Show - Canada’s Spiralling Military $ | Oil Lobby in Action | Amazon Union Win
This is a newish show hosted by Donya Ziayee, with regular panellists Pam Palmater, El Jones and Martin Lukacs. They’re all uber smart radical people and they really get to spread their wings here, in particular Palmater. It’s pretty entertaining.
The Brief Podcast - Destroying Yemen
This podcast brings Isa Blumi, author of Destroying Yemen: What chaos in Arabia tells us about the world, to talk about the origins of the Yemen conflict, how foreign powers have intervened in all kinds of ways, and how Yemenis who were at loggerheads before have come together to fight them. This is the most informative podcast episode I’ve heard on the conflict so far.
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#PodcastFriday is a tag where people recommend a particularly good episode from a podcast. The point of this tag is NOT to recommend entire podcasts--there are too many podcasts out there, and our queues are already too long, so don't do that. Let's just recommend the cream of the crop, the episodes that made you *brainsplode* or laugh like crazy. Copy this footer so people don't start recommending whole podcasts. :P
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Feel free to just post in the comments if you have podcast episodes to recommend and don't feel like making a #PodcastFriday post :)
