White Feminism Fail: Why We Can’t Get Behind The 'No Kings' Protests
Bhakti Shringarpure & Madhuri Sastry unpack the ways in which the "No Kings" protests were anchored in mainstream, white and liberal feminist ideas. They ask why there was no popular interest in prote...
3 Apr 44min
Iran, Lebanon and the Fog of War: From Media Gaslighting to AI and LEGO Propaganda
Bhakti Shringarpure and Madhuri Sastry discuss the acute escalation in US-Israeli wars in Lebanon and Iran. The mainstream media barely reports on the shocking death toll and numbers of displaced in L...
28 Mar 51min
Backtracking on Palestine? Zohran Mamdani and the Democratic Party Playbook
Palestinian American activist Nerdeen Kiswani joins Bhakti Shringarpure and Madhuri Sastry to discuss the recent concerns about NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani backtracking on Palestine. In light of Mayor Ma...
19 Mar 52min
Are The Oscar Films Too Political This Year?
Bhakti Shringarpure and Madhuri Sastry host a pre-Oscars film club. They admit that there have been lots of surprises in the mainstream blockbuster film industry this year. The discussion focused on f...
14 Mar 1h 13min
On Media Gaslighting: Bombing Iran, Starving Gaza, Killing Children & Saving Muslim Women
Suchitra, Madhuri and Bhakti unpack Western media propaganda about Iran as the war escalates and the death toll mounts in Iran and Lebanon.
4 Mar 58min
On Media Gaslighting: Trump’s Hatefest, Slurs at BAFTA, Epstein’s Royal Spy Andrew & Modi in Israel
Madhuri, Suchitra and Bhakti unpack an apocalyptic week of events and how the media (did not) cover them in an analytical or critical way. Trumps’s State of the Union, BAFTA debacles, Andrew arrested ...
3 Mar 54min
On Media Gaslighting: When Celebrities Become Activists, When Activists Become Celebrities
Bhakti, Suchitra and Madhuri tackle celebrity activism and activist celebrities: who gets heard, who gets shut down, whether it works, what are its limits and what we need to demand from our celebriti...
22 Feb 51min
