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Hosted by Elia Ayoub · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 265 episodes
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Where doom scrolling meets radical hope. “The Fire These Times is a place where we tell our hardest truths, and find one another" - Naomi Klein.Hosted by Elia Ayoub with co-hosts Dana El Kurd, Daniel Voskoboynik, israa' and other members of the From The Periphery Media Collective.
Elia Ayoub hosts The Fire These Times, a news show with 265 episodes published.
These days, the apocalypse has been on my mind a lot. Maybe that's not surprising, given the state of the world. This can easily descend into dread and hopelessness, which is something I try and avoid for my own sake. Wh
Elia Ayoub is joined by Ayman Makarem ( Politically Depressed ) to talk about the Ceuta ‘incident’ which left at least 70 people dead, the political discourse in Europe, the Moroccan monarchy’s cynicism, antisemitic cons
For episode 218 of The Fire These Times, I talk to Luka Dowell ( Solarpunk Now! ), Ariel Kroon ( Solarpunk Presents ) and Andre ( HydroponicTrash ) about our changing relationships to Solarpunk given everything that's be
For episode 217, I talk about Israel bombing my hometown of Ain Saadeh yesterday, and why it worries me more than anything they've done so far. Lebanon emergency relief Support: You can support my work with a
For episode 216, I am joined by Lebanese writer and translator Lina Mounzer as well as Lebanese journalist Justin Salhani to talk about the ongoing consequences of Israel's war on Lebanon. This is an intra-Lebanese conve
For episode 215, I talk about how Israel's wars on Iran and Lebanon will spread beyond the region, and what must be done to stop them. I also talked about the ongoing generational hauntings affecting everyone in Lebanon.
For episode 214, I talk about how Israel's war on Lebanon haunts our world, and why Israeli impunity is creating monstrous realities that can engulf us all. Support: You can support my work with a one-off or monthly don
For episode 213, I talk about the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran, how we got here, and what this means for both Iran and Lebanon. Also: Israel's ideological opposition to the concept of accountability, Israel's decreasin
In which I read my Hauntologies essay " Iranian protesters don't owe us an explanation " (00:00 to 09:50) and reflect on it (09:50-36:49). Support: You can support my work with a one-off or monthly donation on Ko-f
Elia Ayoub is joined by three folks from Minneapolis, sociologist Nicole Bedera and From The Periphery's very own Aydin and Ed from Antidote Zine, to talk about the ongoing resistance against the federal occupation of th
For episode 210, William C. Anderson comes back to The Fire These Times to talk to Elia Ayoub about the current crises in the US and how we should try and understand our current authoritarian moment. Anderson is the auth
For episode 209, Elia sits down with Nicole Rose from The Solidarity Apothecary to talk about her Overcoming Burnout series, which is also a podcast and an e-book . We talked about burnout, grief, trauma, mutual aid, her
Hey everyone, I wanted to let you all know that I’ll be giving online classes starting this January, and that I’m still accepting new people for the very first class. I recommend doing so asap as I’ve already had to open
For episode 208, Elia and Dana talk about Zahrani Mamdani's victory and what it could mean for all of us. Support: You can support my work with a one-off or monthly donation on Ko-fi Masterclass on Modern Lebanon:
In this collaboration episode, guest host israa’ is joined with Jordan and Prince from The Dugout Podcast and Dr. Mohamed Abdou. We got together to talk about Malcolm X, his evolution over time, his commitment to the bel
For episode 206, guest host Dana El Kurd is joined by Pablo Abufom, translator, scientist, and organizer with the Coordinadora Por Palestina in Chile . We talk about the largest Palestinian diaspora population outside th
For episode 205, Daniel joins me from what used to be the Warsaw Ghetto to talk about Gaza. Support: You can support my work with a one-off or monthly donation on Ko-fi Masterclass on Modern Lebanon: Registratio
Guest host Abdulla Moaswes, a Palestinian scholar and old buddy of mine, is joined by two scholars of Kashmir, Ather Zia and Hafsa Kanjwal to talk about Kashmir. It’s a long episode, but that’s because we wanted to make
Guest host Abdulla Moaswes, a Palestinian scholar and old buddy of mine, is joined by two scholars of Kashmir, Ather Zia and Hafsa Kanjwal to talk about Kashmir. It’s a long episode, but that’s because we wanted to make
Guest host Abdulla Moaswes, a Palestinian scholar and old buddy of mine, is joined by two scholars of Kashmir, Ather Zia and Hafsa Kanjwal to talk about Kashmir. It’s a long episode, but that’s because we wanted to make
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The Fire These Times is hosted by Elia Ayoub. The show is categorised under news (politics) and has published 265 episodes.
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