The Lebanese Politics Podcast

17/11/2021

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03/08/2021

Episode 109 is out now.

Ben and Timo are joined by Human Rights Watch's Aya Majzoub who walks us through HRW's mammoth report: “They Killed Us from the Inside” An Investigation into the August 4 Beirut Blast 🎙

Also available on:

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/lebpoliticspodcast/episode-109-one-year-on-whos-responsible-for-the-beirut-blast

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3f8oUi81IdmyJA9pcuLAxG

First released on 03/08/2021.Discussion of HRW's Beirut Blast report begins at 07:30.Ben and Timour are joined this week by Aya Majzoub, Lebanon and Bahrain ...

19/07/2021

We're back!

Listen to episode 108 now, with Ben, Nizar and Timo all on board to talk about protests over the Beirut port blast investigation, the possibility of sanctions and Saad Hariri's resignation as PM-designate 🎙

Also available at https://soundcloud.com/lebpoliticspodcast/episode-108-nine-months-for-nothin

First released on 19/07/21.Discussion on Hariri's resignation starts at 17:50.Ben, Nizar and Timour are back to analyse the latest in Lebanon's ongoing crisi...

07/06/2021

Episode 107 is out!

Ben and Timo are joined by Omar Tamo, journalist L'Orient Today focused on finance, to discuss what on earth is going on in Lebanon's finanical sector and what all these conflicting decisions actually mean for despositors 🎙️

Also available at https://soundcloud.com/lebpoliticspodcast/episode-107-fall-into-financial-chaos

First released on 07/06/2021.Discussion on Lebanon's finances begins at 07:19.After a week packed with financial news, Ben and Timour are joined by Omar Tamo...

31/05/2021

Episode 106 is out!

Nizar and Timo are joined by lawyer and secretary general of Minteshreen, Hussein El Achi, to talk about Lebanon's opposition landscape, the dynamics of forming coalitions and what opposition groups hope to achieve in 2022's parliamentary election 🎙

Also available at https://soundcloud.com/lebpoliticspodcast/episode-106-the-new-opposition

First released 31/05/2021.Discussion on the new opposition in Lebanon begins at 11:00.Nizar and Timo are joined this week by Hussein El Achi, lawyer, activis...

24/05/2021

Episode 105 is out!

Ben and Nizar are joined by Laura Albast, communications and social media manager at the Institute for Palestine Studies, to discuss the background to the campaign and if the momentum and solidarity in response to the latest violence can translate into improvements for Palestinians on the ground 🎙️

Also available at https://soundcloud.com/lebpoliticspodcast/episode-105-palestine

First released on 24/05/2021.Discussion on Palestine starts at 11:11.Ben and Nizar are joined this week by Laura Albast, communications and social media mana...

19/04/2021

Episode 104 is out now!

Timour and Ben are joined by Assaad Thebian, co-founder and managing director of the Gherbal Initiative, to talk data, challenging narratives & the difficulties in accessing information in Lebanon 🎙

Also available at https://soundcloud.com/lebpoliticspodcast/episode-104-data-driven-dissent/comment-1348799653

First released on 19/04/21.Discussion on access to data starts at 16:20.Ben and Timour are joined by Assaad Thebian, co-founder and managing director of the ...

12/04/2021

Episode 103 is out!

Ben and Nizar are joined by Jean Kassir, co-founder of Megaphone - ميغافون, to talk about Lebanon's media landscape: the constraints and failures of the past and challenges for the future 🎙

Also available at https://soundcloud.com/lebpoliticspodcast/episode-103-the-media-landscape

First released on 12/04/2021.Discussion on Lebanon's media landscape begins at 15:15.Ben and Nizar are joined by Jean Kassir, co-founder of Megaphone, an ind...

22/03/2021

Episode 102 is out!

Nizar and Timo Azhari are joined by Christian Taoutel, head of the history department Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth - USJ, to talk about Lebanon’s 1914-1918 famine and what parallels it has to the situation in the country today 🎙

Also available at https://soundcloud.com/lebpoliticspodcast/episode-102-historical-events-the-great-famine

First released on 22/03/2021.Discussion on Lebanon's Great Famine begins at 11:30.Nizar and Timour are joined by Christian Taoutel, head of the history depar...

15/03/2021

Episode 101 is out now!

Timo and Ben are joined by Jad Ghosn to provide contextand analysis of a hectic past week in Lebanon and take a closer look at the politics underpinning it all 🎙

Also available at https://soundcloud.com/lebpoliticspodcast/episode-101-the-big-picture

First released on 15/03/21.Timour and Ben are joined this week by political journalist Jad Ghosn to put the news of a hectic past week in the country into co...