On Spec Podcast
1) Wrapping up Season Five
Fariba Nawa and Özge Sebzeci wrap up the season with some great news about some of the characters we met in Lethal Dissent.
2) Lethal Dissent: A Russian Dissident's Battle to Tell the Truth
Guest Nafisa Haji interviews Evgenia Baltatarova, a journalist and activist from Siberia, who fled Russia for Kazakhstan soon after the start of the war in Ukraine, when authorities ensnared her in a ...Show More
3) Lethal Dissent: How China Silences Dissent Abroad
Guest Nafisa Haji interviews Emile Dirks, Research Associate and China expert at Citizen Lab, about Beijing's tactics for silencing critics abroad, and the controversy over TikTok.
4) Lethal Dissent: How Saudi Arabia Got Away With Murder
Guest host Nafisa Haji interviews independent journalist and analyst Borzou Daragahi about what it was like covering the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, and what the case says about the growing problem of...Show More
5) Lethal Dissent: The Day After Never Came
Iranian protesters thought they were about to topple the regime during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, but once again the regime crushed the demonstrations despite some wins for women. Journalist S...Show More
6) Lethal Dissent: What is Transnational Repression?
Host Nafisa Haji speaks with Nate Schenkkan, Senior Director of Research at Freedom House, about Transnational Repression. The term is familiar in policy circles and academics but what's the meaning b...Show More
7) Lethal Dissent: Behind the Scenes
Guest host Nafisa Haji interviews reporter Fariba Nawa about the adventures of reporting Lethal Dissent for two years, getting threats and the feedback the show received from listeners.
8) Lethal Dissent: The Note
In the final episode, Mohammad Shabani's suicide note is analyzed by a handwriting expert and Fariba Nawa gets the results. She follows the ripple effects of the new information, and Mohammad's best f...Show More
9) Lethal Dissent: Officials
Fariba Nawa is threatened. She steers her reporting to focus on impunity. The investigation into Iran's hunt for dissidents goes to the United Nations, inside a Turkish parliamentary hearing, and to t...Show More
10) Lethal Dissent: Verdict
The SaÄŸlam family's kidnapping operation is caught in a police dragnet. The ensuing police investigation reveals an entire network of conspirators behind the SaÄŸlams. When one conspirator is arrested ...Show More