From Amazon to the Gaza flotilla: the journey of an activist
Labor activist Chris Smalls is back in the US after imprisonment and abuse by Israeli forces for joining the Handala Freedom Flotilla to Gaza. He tells us about his time in detention, the silence from...
5 Aug 202524min
Investigating Sheikh Hasina’s final days in Bangladesh
A student uprising shook Bangladesh, toppling its most powerful leader. After 15 years in office, Sheikh Hasina’s grip on power broke under the pressure of a movement that began with a dispute over go...
5 Aug 202550min
Targeted, killed, starved: journalists struggle in Gaza
Almost two years in, the war in Gaza is the deadliest conflict for journalists ever. With no foreign journalists allowed in, Palestinian reporters on the ground are the only ones who can tell the stor...
4 Aug 202523min
Brief: US envoy visits Gaza, Hezbollah refuses to disarm
US diplomats visited Gaza where Palestinians continue to die from an Israeli-imposed lack of food. Hezbollah said it would not disarm. It is day 667 of the war in Gaza, where at least 60,430 Palestini...
3 Aug 20256min
Another Take: Will Lebanon ever see justice for the Beirut port blast?
Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on February 8, 2023. None of the dates, titles, or other references from that time have been changed. There’s been no accoun...
2 Aug 202521min
Beat the press: why Netanyahu sat down with the Nelk Boys
Tel Aviv nightlife and the Burger King order of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were among the talking points of a viral podcast interview with the Nelk Boys. Influencer-driven podcasts are ...
1 Aug 202525min
Trump’s “Woke AI” ban: can AI be free of bias?
US President Donald Trump says AI is too “woke.” His executive order targets what he sees as liberal ideology in artificial intelligence tools in federal tech. But what biases already exist in AI tool...
31 Jul 202522min
Why a so-called ‘honor’ killing in Pakistan has sparked national outrage
She was accused of having an affair. Then shot dead on camera, allegedly under orders from a tribal council in Balochistan. But only after the video of the killing went viral did authorities in Pakist...
30 Jul 202519min
