“What did it take for so many Americans to not see" w/ Melani McAlister
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**NOTE: The brothers are hosting a for patrons only. Please sign up today and drop your questions!** The brothers welcome professor of American Studies at George Washington University, author of the new book and scholar of American culture and evangelical culture. They discuss the meaning and nature of Christian Zionism, Melani’s own insight after growing up an evangelical in North Carolina, how she learned about Israel before discovering the question of Palestine, the diversity within the evangelical movement, the different ways American evangelicals are Zionist, the...
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"Public opinion is vastly different than the elites" w/ Mandy Turner
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The brothers welcome , a senior researcher with , to discuss the world of think tanks, how they operate as hegemony factories, and the divergence between public opinion and elites on the Gaza genocide Check out her article, Date of recording: Sept 16, 2025. Watch the on our YouTube channel Follow us on our socials: X: YouTube: Insta: TikTok: Support the show on Patreon for access to all the great bonus content, including the latest .
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"At the Threshold of Genocide"
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The brothers discuss the “ceasefire” in Gaza, the Trump plan, and the potential contradictions between Israel and its partners and enablers. Date of recording: Oct 21, 2025. Watch the on our YouTube channel Follow us on our socials: X: YouTube: Insta: TikTok: Support the show on Patreon for access to all the great bonus content, including the latest .
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"My fear is that this is a repackaging of the genocide" w/ Diana Buttu
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**Producer's note: This episode was marred by technical problems and connection issues. Apologies for the sound quality** The brothers welcome the Canadian-Palestinian lawyer and former negotiator Diana Buttu to the show to discuss the ceasefire in Gaza and the context of the Trump-branded “peace plan” for Gaza and its historical antecedents and possible outcomes. Date of recording: Oct 9, 2025. Watch the on our YouTube channel Follow us on our socials: X: YouTube: Insta: TikTok: Support the show on Patreon for access to all the great...
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Return to Makdisi Street w/ Samir Makdisi
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The brothers welcome their father, Samir Makdisi, Professor Emeritus at the American University of Beirut, to the show. They discuss the significance of Makdisi Street—the street itself!— in Beirut’s cultural history, the social and political location of Ras Beirut in the larger context of Beirut and Lebanon itself, student movements in the 1950s and 1960s, the gradual consolidation of a sectarian political culture in Lebanon and the many forms of resistance to it, and the transformations in Beirut and Lebanon since the onset of the Lebanese war in 1975. They also discuss the...
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Bonus episode - To proxy or not to proxy?
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***Producer's note: This is a preview of the . Sign up on Patreon for as little as $5 a month to access this and other great bonus content.*** The brothers get together for a spirited debate on the age-old question: Is Israel a proxy of the US? Date of recording: Sept 9, 2025. Watch the on our YouTube channel Follow us on our socials: X: YouTube: Insta: TikTok: Thanks for supporting Makdisi Street!
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"A little more than nothing is better than nothing" w/ Michael Barenboim
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The brothers welcome the prominent violinist, classical musician and Professor at the Barenboim-Said Akademie to have a heart-felt discussion about the relationship between classic music and dissent, his regret at not speaking out earlier in his life about Palestine, his horror at the ongoing Gaza genocide, and the implications of anti-Palestinian racism and repressive climate in Germany despite Berlin having the largest Palestinian community in Europe, the question of boycott, and the legacy and current meaning of his father and (our uncle) Edward Said’s famous collaboration in creating...
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"This is the moment of accountability" w/ Michael Fakhri
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The brothers welcome back to the show Michael Fakhri , United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, to discuss the open war of starvation on Gaza, how international institutions have abjectly failed their moral and legal duties, the role of the media, and what individuals can do to hold the responsible actors to account. Check his episode from April 2024, "" Date of recording: Aug 26, 2025. 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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"Is God Listening?" w/ Munther Isaac
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The brothers welcome to the show the Palestinian theologian and pastor to discuss Palestinian Christianity in the context of the depravity of the Gaza genocide, the theology of empire, the anti-Palestinian distortions in both so-called Christian Zionism and liberal Western Chrisian churches, the urgent need for rethinking the meaning of witness and the need for global intervention because of the horrors of the Gaza genocide, as well as his recent book Date of recording: August 19, 2025. Watch the on our YouTube channel Follow us on our socials: X: YouTube: ...
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"Palestine is getting relegated to an impermissible viewpoint" w/Christine Hong and Theresa Montano
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We welcome two brave California educators, Dr. Theresa Montano of Cal State Northridge and Dr. Christine Hong of UC Santa Cruz, who have been at the forefront of developing and advocating for a California Ethnic Studies Curriculum grounded in liberation and social justice rather than identity politics. We discuss how Ethnic Studies went from an insurgent field of knowledge in the 1960s to one adopted in 2017 by California. We also cover why the racist Palestine exception remains alive and well in the state of California; how educators, progressive politicians, and union organizers are...
info_outlineThe brothers welcome to the show the Palestinian theologian and pastor Munther Isaac to discuss Palestinian Christianity in the context of the depravity of the Gaza genocide, the theology of empire, the anti-Palestinian distortions in both so-called Christian Zionism and liberal Western Chrisian churches, the urgent need for rethinking the meaning of witness and the need for global intervention because of the horrors of the Gaza genocide, as well as his recent book Christ in the Rubble: Faith, the Bible, and the Genocide in Gaza (2025).
Date of recording: August 19, 2025.
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