About this podcast
The Palestine Pod is a weekly podcast where we break down the latest Palestine-related news providing historical context, light hearted commentary and interviews with the aim of supporting Palestinian liberation, justice, and equality on the ground and in exile.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 156 episodes
- Palestinians deserve to narrate with Susan Abulhawa · 42 min · Episode 156This week Lara and Michael sit down with one of the world's most renowned Palestinian authors Susan Abulhawa. We discuss her trips to Gaza the writing workshops she organized and…
- Eyewitness to Genocide with Dr. Mimi Syed · 46 min · Episode 155This week Lara and Michael sit down with Dr. Mimi Syed a brave medical professional who went on two medical missions to Gaza before being banned by Israel on her third attempt…
- What Would the Ancestors Say with Amanda Seales · 1 h 3 min · Episode 154This week Lara and Michael reconnect with artistic intellectual Amanda Seales to talk about the release of her book What Would the Ancestors Say. We dive into the attempts to…
- Internet is not forever with Omar Zahzah · 56 min · Episode 153This week Lara and Michael sit down with Omar Zahzah the author of the recent book on big tech censorship called, Terms of Servitude Zionism, Silicon Valley, and Digital Settler…
- Airbnb & the economy of genocide · 48 min · Episode 152This week Lara and Michael sit down with Jenin, the Palestine representative of CODEPINK to discuss Francesca Albanese's report "From economy of occupation to economy of…
- The Heart of Gaza with Jerusalem Coffee House · 57 min · Episode 151This week, Lara and Michael sit down with Abdulrahim Harara, owner of Jerusalem Coffee House in Oakland, California. They explore Abdulrahim’s family history in Palestine and his…
- "Natural Causes" with Sammy Obeid · 49 min · Episode 150This week, Lara and Michael speak with Palestinian-American comedian Sammy Obeid. They discuss the ups and downs of working in comedy as a Palestinian in this current moment and…
- Stage 5 Famine & Escalating Repression · 39 min · Episode 149This week Lara and Michael cover Israel's forced starvation of the Palestinian people in Gaza, which has reached Stage 5 for many people in the besieged territory, the US…
- LA Uprisings and Genocide Accountability Updates · 42 min · Episode 148This week Lara and Michael discuss the uprisings in LA and the solidarity seen at the protests. They also cover updates around the groundbreaking lawsuit brought by Palestine Pod…
- Were you silent or were you silenced? · 46 min · Episode 147Lara and Michael sit down separately this week. Lara reads from her submission on the political economy of the Gaza Genocide prepared as part of her work for the Gaza People's…
- Israel is starving Gaza · 36 min · Episode 146This week Lara and Michael cover the Israeli continued forced starvation campaign against the Palestinian people for the last two months which serves as an escalation of its…
- End of the Empire with Professor Maura Finkelstein · 56 min · Episode 145This week Lara and Michael sit down with Professor Maura Finkelstein, a formerly tenured professor who was one of the first people targeted in academics after the Al Aqsa Flood…
- Eid Massacres and State Disappearances · 43 min · Episode 144This week Lara and Michael discuss the unilateral breakdown of the ceasefire by the zionist entity. We cover the Israeli massacres on the Palestinian people during Eid, and how…
- Return is inevitable with Dr. Salman Abu Sitta · 57 min · Episode 143This week Lara and Michael sit down with the acclaimed Palestinian researcher, Dr. Salman Abu Sitta, a Nakba survivor who has dedicated his life to the Palestinian liberation…
- Netanyahu tapes and a fake ceasefire · 48 min · Episode 142This week, we discuss the bizarre declaration by Milekowsky (aka Netanyahu) that he is proudly committing war crimes by imposing a total siege on the Gaza Strip cutting of all…
- Reparations and Restitution with Lena El-Malak · 1 h 6 min · Episode 141This week Lara and Michael sit down with Lena El-Malak a Palestinian-British author and lawyer to discuss her new book, Stolen Nation.
- Release Dr. Abu Safiya · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 140This week, Lara and Michael do a deep dive into the kidnapping and torture of Dr. Husam Abu Safiya, Director of Kamal Edwan Hospital, and a Pediatrician by Israeli occupation…
- Close Guantanamo with Mansoor Adayfi 441 · 59 min · Episode 139This week Lara and Michael sit down with Mansoor Adayfi, a Yemeni citizen who was wrongfully kidnapped at the age of 18, sold to the CIA, and spent 15 years in Guantanamo before…
- Suing the US government for violating the Leahy Law · 40 min · Episode 138This week Lara and Michael cover the new lawsuit brought by Palestinian-Americans and DAWN against the U.S. State Department under the Administrative Procedure Act seeking to…
- The Legacy of MOVE with Mike Africa Jr. · 57 min · Episode 137This week Lara and Michael sit down with Mike Africa Jr., author and Legacy Director of MOVE, a Philadelphia-based activist collective and liberation movement. Mike recalls the…
