Latest Episodes
Inside the Podcaster’s Studio | Sina Rahmani & Jared Ware | Episode 3
***I did another edition of Inside the Podcaster’s Studio with friend of the show Jay Ware. This is the first half of the conversation. We continued for another hour! ...
The Quietism of the Scholars: Iranian Studies in the West w/ Shirin Saeidi
Longtime friend of the show Navid Zarrinal returns to guesthost an interview with Shirin Saeidi, who was fired from her position at the University of Arkansas for her political...
Fraud: The case of Ward Churchill w/ Nick Estes (Unlocked)
In this special bonus episode co-published with Red Scare, I’m joined by longtime collaborator Nick Estes to discuss the strange career trajectory of Ward Churchill and the violence of...
Zionist Abuse, Tankie Support #1
Join us for the first round of a new (recurring??) series on the podcast, co-published with Justin Podur’s Anti-Empire Project substack. Nora, Justin, Mikey, Sina and Joe discuss...
Solidarity verboten: Germany and the attack on the Palestine Congress w/ Helena Zohdi and Dror Dayan
Dror Dayan returns to the show and is joined by Helena Zohdi, a socialist organizer in Berlin, to discuss the repression of Palestine Congress. You can access the material...
Sina Rahmani
The Host
Sina Rahmani completed his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at UCLA. He is a translator, scholar, and writer. His work has been published in the PMLA, Iranian Studies, boundary 2, Radical History Review, and Public Books.
He does this podcast in his spare time, of which he has plenty. He has never gone fishing.
Announcing “Islam and Muslim Societies, 550-1453” Online History Course
***Adnan and I are developing a new online course and we disscuss it in the episode. Sign up soon as the seminar is filling up quickly*** Adnan announces the new course and discusses it with producer extraordinaire Sina Rahmani. We will talk about the...