Episodes
Catch the latest episodes of Speaking Out Of Place.
Poems by Priscilla Wathington (read on episode with Nick Mirzoeff)
DEAR LANGUAGE OF OPPORTUNITY, You, with your tongue against the backs of teeth. You, of ahhhhhhh, of sssssssss. Let me ask you this: which one of us the drum’s old skin & which the stick? You know why I’m asking. You’ve been bargaining again. Death was spreading...
The Journey Toward Everything for Everyone: A Conversation with M. E. O’Brien and Eman Abdelhadi
Today I talk with M. E. O’Brien and Eman Abdelhadi about their dazzling and challenging book,...
‘Genius’ Entrepreneurs, Technofacists, and Phobic Misogynists: A Conversation with Becca Lewis
Worries about the so-called “pussification of Silicon Valley” are not at all new. Becca Lewis’...
The Gaza Tribunal: Creating an Archive Against Genocide
This episode of Speaking Out of Place is being recorded on May 15, 2025, the 77th anniversary of...
Constitutional Collapse and the Possibilities of a New Democracy: A Conversation with Aziz Rana
In one of the most timely and urgent shows we have ever done, today I speak with law scholar Aziz...
“Truth is Never Finished”: The Time of Palestine in Arabic–A Conversation with Fady Joudah
Today I have the honor and the pleasure to speak once again with celebrated poet and physician,...
The 2025 National Day of Action: Talking with the Coalition for Action in Higher Education about “the World We Live in and the World We Want.”
Today we talk with members of the organizing collective of the Coalition for Action in Higher...