"Every war ends at the negotiating table" w/ Trita Parsi
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The brothers welcome back to the show to discuss the status of US-Iran negotiations, the pressures of the ongoing stalemate on both sides, the prospects of an agreement given Israel’s continued disruption in Lebanon and the vagaries of Trump’s egotism, whether Iran can coerce a stop to Israeli aggression in Lebanon & Germany’s experience of schadenfreude in the UN. Check out Trita's Substack Watch the on our YouTube channel Date of recording: June 4, 2026 Follow us on our socials: X: YouTube: Insta: TikTok: Sign up at to access all...
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"Only proper deterrence works"
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The brothers get together for a conversation about the ongoing Israeli war on Lebanon, the meaning of deterrence, the role of Iran in Lebanon, the question of Lebanon’s sovereignty, and the divisions within Lebanon about how best to defend the country and its people. Watch the on our YouTube channel Date of recording: May 28, 2026 Follow us on our socials: X: @MakdisiStreet Insta: @Makdisist TikTok: @Makdisistreet YouTube: @Makdisistreet Sign up at to access all the bonus content, including the latest brothers-only conversation.
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"No peace and prosperity with apartheid" w/ As`ad Abukhalil
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The brothers welcome Lebanese scholar and original “Angry Arab” author, columnist, professor, and public intellectual. The discuss the increasing depravity of a long history of Israeli wars on Lebanon going back to 1948; why so many in Lebanon continue to put their faith in the pipe-dream of peace with a state that is actively committing genocide, the neglect of the South during the decades of alleged Lebanese prosperity in the run up to the civil war, the origins of the Dahiye, why the current Lebanese government has turned its back on resistance, and the extent to which Lebanese...
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"The Zionist project is what it has always been" w/ Jehad Abusalim
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The brothers welcome to the show , who grew up in the city of Deir el Balah in the Gaza Strip and now heads the Gaza Genocide Center. They discuss what it was like to grow up under occupation in Gaza, what normal life was like for a generation under siege, isolated and cut off from the world. They discuss the ongoing Gaza genocide, still being perpetrated by Israel (though it is no longer being covered in Western media), the conditions for yet again displaced Palestinians living in the aftermath of Israel’s destruction of Gaza and in the deliberate limbo covered up by Trump’s...
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"We cannot negotiate without national consensus” w/ Michael Young
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The brothers welcome to the show , journalist and editor of the Carnegie Middle East Center’s Diwan blog, to discuss the vexed and controversial question of Lebanese-Israeli negotiations against the background of the continued Israeli bombardment and occupation of Lebanese territory and the deliberate destruction of entire towns along Lebanon’s southern border. Date of recording: April 28, 2026 Watch the on our YouTube channel Follow us on our socials: X: YouTube: Insta: TikTok: Sign up at to access all the bonus content,
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“It hasn’t worked”: Lebanese defiance of Zionist oppression w/ Karim, Ussama and Saree Makdisi
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**Producer's note: This is a special co-published episode with , hosted by Makdisi Street guest Make sure to subscribe to her channel if you haven't already!!** In this episode, I sit down with Makdisi Street podcast hosts and brothers, Karim, Ussama and Saree Makdisi to discuss the current situation in Lebanon. We get into a lot, as you can imagine, including the US and Zionist interventionism in Lebanon, their attempt to foment sectarian hate and violence, internalized Arabophobia (and other potential explanations) and, importantly, how we believe they have not succeeded in...
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"Palestine does matter” w/ Yousef Munayyer
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The brothers welcome of the Arab Center in Washington, DC to the show to discuss the US-Israeli war on Iran and Lebanon, the role of the Zionist lobby and the nature of the relationship between the US and Israel, rapidly shifting attitudes on Israel and the Palestinians among the American public, the ferocious crackdown on dissent and protest against Israeli apartheid and genocide, and prospects for the urgent renewal of the anti-apartheid campaign for boycotts, divestments and sanctions. Date of recording: Apr 14, 2026 Watch the on our YouTube channel Follow us on our socials:...
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“Energy is at the heart of it" w/ Laleh Khalili
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The brothers welcome University of Exeter Professor to the show to discuss the geopolitical and geoeconomic contexts of the US-Israeli war of aggression on Iran, including the role of Iran and the Gulf in global energy and trade markets and circuits; shifts in international trade and finance away from circuits controlled by the US and its coercive mechanisms of financial and trade sanctions; the gradual dismantling of US sanctions regime; Iran’s destruction of US bases, radar systems and other military infrastructure in and around the Gulf; the role of the Arab Gulf states; the reshaping of...
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“Locking in the ethnic cleansing of 1948" w/ Omar Shakir
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The brothers welcome the human rights advocate Omar Shakir to the show to discuss the legal basis for the Palestinian right of return, Israel’s crime against humanity for denying the right of return, the ongoing attempt to recuperate a “good Israel” of 1948 from a “bad Israel” of 1967, the approaches and limitations of human rights work, and his recent resignation from Human Rights Watch as a result of the decision to withhold a new report on the right of return. Date of recording: Feb 11, 2026 Watch the on our YouTube channel Follow us on our socials: X: ...
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“Now or never”
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The brothers convene to discuss the US-Israeli attack on Iran, Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon, the positions and alignments within Lebanon, Iran’s objectives in the containing and responding to the attack, and the Israelis’ sense that they are losing America and hence face a last chance opportunity to take advantage of American power to try to impose control over the region—a risky project of domination that faces considerable resistance. Date of recording: Mar 17, 2026 Watch the on our YouTube channel Follow us on our socials: X: YouTube: Insta: ...
info_outlineThe brothers welcome the human rights advocate Omar Shakir to the show to discuss the legal basis for the Palestinian right of return, Israel’s crime against humanity for denying the right of return, the ongoing attempt to recuperate a “good Israel” of 1948 from a “bad Israel” of 1967, the approaches and limitations of human rights work, and his recent resignation from Human Rights Watch as a result of the decision to withhold a new report on the right of return.
Date of recording: Feb 11, 2026
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