The Lede

The Inside Story of a Scandal at the White House

White House reporter Alex Thompson joins Faisal Al Yafai on the podcast to discuss “Original Sin,” his bestselling book, co-authored with CNN anchor Jake Tapper, on the cover-up that hid Joe Biden’s declining health from the public and the devastating political fallout that resulted from it.
Produced by Finbar Anderson

The Online Movement Ensnaring Young Men

Reporter James Bloodworth joins New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai on The Lede to discuss how developments in technology have left young men vulnerable to online personalities from Andrew Tate to Jordan Peterson, his own experience navigating masculinity in the 2000s, and his new book, “Lost Boys: A Personal Journey Through the Manosphere.”
Produced by Finbar Anderson

Why the Middle East’s Autocrats Are Losing Their Grip

Fawaz Gerges joins New Lines' Faisal Al Yafai on the podcast for a wide-ranging discussion on why the Middle East is so often misunderstood, as set out in Gerges’ new book, “The Great Betrayal: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the Middle East.”
Produced by Finbar Anderson

Turkey’s New Political Reality

On this episode of Global Insights on The Lede, Günöl Tol, founding director of the Middle East Institute’s Turkish studies program, and Diego Cupolo, editor in chief of Turkey Recap, join New Lines' Kwangu Liwewe to discuss recent momentous developments in Turkish politics.
Produced by Finbar Anderson

Jerusalem’s Impossible Friendship

On this week’s episode, Sonja Mejcher-Atassi joins New Lines’ Rasha Elass to discuss her new book, “An Impossible Friendship,” which describes a transformative friendship in the early years of the conflict in Palestine and Israel. Mejcher-Atassi and Elass consider what that relationship can tell us about Palestine today.
Produced by Finbar Anderson

How To Tackle Abusive Governments

After a long career at the forefront of the struggle for human rights, Kenneth Roth has plenty of insight into the complex strategic and moral issues involved in building the movement. The former executive director of Human Rights Watch debates those issues on The Lede with New Lines’ Finbar Anderson in a discussion of Roth’s new book, “Righting Wrongs: Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abusive Governments.”

Can the Democrats Find Their Voice?

On this episode of the podcast, Faisal Al Yafai considers whether terms like “oligarchy” can fully describe Donald Trump’s presidency or drive resistance to it. Featuring on the episode are the writer Sarah Chayes and New Lines’ Politics Editor Danny Postel.
Produced by Finbar Anderson

AI’s Very Human Biases

New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai wonders whether making AI models that are truly fair for all users and uses can be possible. Hilke Schellmann joins to offer insights from her book “The Algorithm.”
Further listening:AI Is Transforming Geopolitics — with Bruno Maçães and Faisal Al YafaiAmerica’s Era of the Entrepreneur — with Erik Baker and Faisal Al Yafai
Produced by Finbar Anderson

Sudan in the Spotlight

On this week’s episode of Global Insights on The Lede, editor and researcher Raga Makawi and former nonresident fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Hamid Murtada discuss the situation in Sudan two years after the outbreak of the civil war, with New Lines’ Kwangu Liwewe.
 
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How America’s Margins Became the Mainstream

Journalist Gabriel Gatehouse, host of The Coming Storm and the new documentary “Seeking Satoshi,” joins New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai on the podcast to discuss how exploring America’s fringe movements is the key to understanding the modern United States.
 
Produced by Finbar Anderson