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Talking with Yuri Herrera About Season of the Swamp, Palestine, ICE, and Fighting for a Better World
Today I am deeply honored to speak with novelist, essayist, and scholar Yuri Herrera about his new novel, Season of the Swamp, which is a deeply researched and dazzlingly imagined account of Benito Juarez’s time spent in exile in New Orleans. We talk about what that...
Talking with Karen Hao About Empire of AI and the Colonizing Logic Behind AI
In this episode of Speaking Out of Place, investigative journalist Karen Hao explains that OpenAI...
Arabic Literature in the Time of Genocide: A Conversation with Huda Fakhreddine
Today I talk with Huda Fakhreddine, writer, translator, and scholar of Arabic literature. Among...
The Poetics and Pedagogy of Toni Cade Bambara, June Jordan, Audre Lorde, and Adrienne Rich in the Era of Free College: A Conversation with Danica Savonick
Today it’s my honor to speak with Danica Savonick about her marvelous book entitled Open...
Neoliberals meet MAGA: A Conversation with Quinn Slobodian on Hayek’s Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right
Today I'm delighted to talk with Quinn Slobodian about his new book, Hayek’s Bastards: Race, Gold,...
Displaced in Gaza: Stories from the Gaza Genocide–A Conversation with Yousef Aljamal
Today we are deeply honored and privileged to speak with journalist-activist Yousef Aljamal, one...
On the Significance of US Sanctions on the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese: Three Former UN Special Rapporteurs Weigh In
Recently, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio imposed sanctions on the UN Special Rapporteur on the...