The Final Straw Radio Podcast
1) Signal Contingency Plan (Delta Chat with Fanny and Mary)
This week, an interview we did with a couple of smart friends about the question: what would those of us who rely on Signal encrypted messaging do if that service were disabled in the US. First up, al...Show More
2) Black Arms To Hold You Up (with Ben Passmore)
In this episode, we have two segments. Ben Passmore First up, Ian talks with Philadelphia-based cartoonist Ben Passmore about his new book, Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance. T...Show More
3) Leila Al-Shami with Updates from Syria + The Peoples Want
This week, we're sharing a recent chat with Leila Al-Shami, co-author of Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War and host of Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution Podcast, to give us an assessment...Show More
4) Michael DeForge on Art and Organizing + Xinacthli Medical Emergency
Michael DeForge This week we're sharing Ian's talk with cartoonist Michael DeForge about the intersection of organizing and art. The conversation touches on Michael's recent organizing efforts in soli...Show More
5) Palestine Action Prisoner Hunger Strikes, Elbit Systems and UK Complicity In Gaza (with Francesca)
This week, we're joined by Francesca, a member of Prisoners For Palestine who is a former prisoner herself who speaks about Palestine Action, a group proscribed in the UK as a terrorist organization a...Show More
6) Voices in Brazil for Radical Ecological Struggle (feat. Peter Gelderloos and Gah Te Iracema)
This week, we're featuring three segments. Peter Gelderloos of Weaving Paths to Ecological Revolution First up, you'll hear from anarchist and author Peter Gelderloos speaking about his ongoing trip t...Show More
7) Updates on the Prairieland Case (with NLG & DFW Support Committee)
Updates on the Prairieland Case (with NLG and DFW Support Committee) This week, we're featuring two interviews. First up, you'll hear form Xavier de Janon, NLG Director of Mass Defense who's worked on...Show More
8) Assessing The Israeli Ceasefire (with Abdaljawad Omar)
This week, we're sharing two segments: a chat with Palestinian writer and assistant professor Abdaljawad Omar and a segment of the October 2025 B(A)D News with network participants discussing thinking...Show More
9) Southerners Against Surveillance Systems & Infrastructure (with Ed)
Ed, co-founder of SASSI (Southerners Against Surveillance Systems & Infrastructure), speaks to The Final Straw Radio about the proliferation of surveillance infrastructure in the South (and more broad...Show More
10) Palestine Solidarity at East End Co-Op (with Iris and Fritz of UE 667)