The Big Picture
A weekly podcast focused on long-form interviews on history, pop culture and society affecting the MENA region and diaspora communities. It aims to inform and illuminate the region through a non-newsy lens, exploring the MENA region's past, present and future and its people. Each episode begins with a question and an introduction to an expert who will attempt to answer it.
Podcasting since 2023 • 69 episodes
The Big Picture
Latest Episodes
The Israel-Iran war is more dangerous than we imagine | David Hearst
This week on The Big Picture Podcast, we sit down with Middle East Eye’s Editor in Chief David Hearst to talk about the rapidly unfolding war between Israel and Iran, why the West supports it and what it threatens to unleash on the global or...
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Season 5
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Episode 21
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How the Military Industrial Complex really works | William Hartung
NOTE: This conversation was recorded in November 2024, which is why you'll hear references to the elections and the Biden Administration.This week on The Big Picture, we sit down with military analyst and author William Hartung....
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Season 5
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Episode 20
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Trump and Zionists want to scare us into silence. We won’t let them | Linda Sarsour
Why haven’t there been mass protests against Trump like there were in 2017?Part of the reason is the climate of fear and uncertainty that now proliferates throughout many communities, from student activists on IV league campuses to undo...
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Season 5
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Episode 19
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Pope Francis and the Muslim World | Jordan Denari Duffner
The catholic world is grieving the loss of Pope Francis, but so is much of the Muslim one.Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina, Pope Francis spent much of his life reaching out across religious lines, forming monu...
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Season 5
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Episode 18
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Why I had to flee America | Momodou Taal
This week on The Big Picture Podcast, we speak to Momodou Taal, a Cornell Unveristy scholar forced to flee from US immigration officers.The crackdown by the Trump administration on pro-Palestine activists has continued to intensify desp...
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Season 5
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Episode 17
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