The 2 Best The Lede Podcast Episodes
1) The End of Assad and a New Era for Syria — with Kareem Shaheen, Rasha Elass and Faisal Al Yafai
In a momentous week in the history of Syria, New Lines’ Middle East Editor Kareem Shaheen and Editorial Director Rasha Elass join Faisal Al Yafai on The Lede to discuss how the Assad regime’s collapse...Show More
2) Populism and Power in Mexico’s Historic Election — With Alma Guillermoprieto
Veteran Mexican correspondent Alma Guillermoprieto joins New Lines’ Danny Postel on The Lede for a discussion about how the upcoming election in Mexico is actually not about the two leading candidates...Show More
3) Listen Again: The True Impact of USAID Cuts on Africa
Listen again to this episode of Global Insights on The Lede, in which economist James Shikwati and New Lines’ North Africa Editor Erin Brown consider the impact of drastic cuts to American aid in Afri...Show More
4) Listen Again: Gaza and the Fall of Western Idealism
Listen again to the acclaimed writer and journalist Omar El Akkad in conversation with New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai for a frank, difficult and moving discussion about the personal impact and wider impli...Show More
5) How Central Europe Became the Frontier Between Russia and the West
Historian Luka Ivan Jukić joins New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai to unpack the idea at the heart of his new book, “Central Europe: The Death of a Civilization and the Life of an Idea.” They explore how the ...Show More
6) We Can’t Agree on What Free Speech Means. Here’s Why
The historian and writer Fara Dabhoiwala joins New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai to discuss the complex history of free speech and the irreconcilable tensions in the ideas that underpin it, as set out in his...Show More
7) Syria After Sweida
Robin Yassin-Kassab, co-author of “Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War” and author of the novel “The Road From Damascus,” and journalist and New Lines contributor Zaina Erhaim join New Line...Show More
8) East Africa’s Authoritarian Turn
Tanzanian rights campaigner Maria Sarungi-Tsehai and Mary Kambo of the Kenya Human Rights Commission join New Lines’ Kwangu Liwewe on the podcast to discuss the political violence both women have dire...Show More
9) Ukraine on the Precipice
Is Ukraine on the precipice? The Financial Times’ Ukraine correspondent Christopher Miller and New Lines’ Amie Ferris-Rotman join Faisal Al Yafai on the podcast to discuss Donald Trump’s recent 50-day...Show More
10) What Iran Wants
Historian and podcaster Afshon Ostovar joins New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai to discuss the ideology and strategy of Iran, its recent conflict with Israel and what the future might hold for the Islamic Rep...Show More