The Dig: Age of Coexistence w/ Ussama Makdisi
Featuring Ussama Makdisi on the late Ottoman Empire's Arab culture of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish coexistence—an ecumenical frame that was interrupted by European colonialism and Zionism, which exac...
23 Des 20231h 57min
Michael and Us: Gun Kata
If society outlawed emotions, could we stop all war and conflict? This is the very, very stupid question at the heart of EQUILIBRIUM (2002), the dystopian extravaganza that introduced the world to the...
23 Des 202344min
Behind the News: Far-Right Resurgence in Argentina w/ Forrest Hylton
Environmental journalist Tina Gerhardt analyzes the recently concluded COP28 environmental summit, where limited good intentions were uttered and oil contracts were signed. Historian Forrest Hylton ta...
22 Des 202353min
Long Reads: The Flemish Revolutions w/ Jan Dumolyn
If anyone thinks about medieval Flanders today, it’s most likely because they have an interest in the art of painters like Bruegel and Rubens. But Flanders also pioneered the art of class warfare. The...
21 Des 202332min
Behind the News: Israel's Motives in Gaza w/ Joel Schalit
Joel Schalit, editor of The Battleground, discusses what it is in Israeli politics and society that’s behind the carnage in Gaza. Amy Schiller, author of The Price of Humanity, looks at what’s wrong w...
19 Des 202353min
Michael and Us: A Whiff of Grapeshot
The French Revolution and the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte have inspired a lot of takes... so, of course, you can depend on Ridley Scott to find the least imaginative one. We discuss his lugubrious NAP...
18 Des 202357min
The Dig: Zionism vs. Anti-Zionism Ep. 2 w/ Shaul Magid
Featuring Shaul Magid on post-1948 Jewish Zionism and Jewish anti-Zionism—including today's new generation of young, militant, left-wing, anti-Zionist American Jews and the Jewish establishment's quix...
15 Des 20231h 52min
Michael and Us: Ratings War
In the lead-up to the 2003 Iraq War, HBO made a movie about the lead-up to the first Gulf War, from the perspective of its most important factor: CNN. In LIVE FROM BAGHDAD (2002), Michael Keaton and h...
12 Des 202346min
