The Lede

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
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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.
 
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The War We Don’t See

Journalist and humanitarian Arwa Damon returns to the podcast to discuss with New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai why she was recently denied entry into Gaza, why wars vanish from the public eye, and the personal cost of her years witnessing conflict.
 
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A Lost Library Holds Secrets to Our Past

Historian Selena Wisnom and New Lines’ Lydia Wilson discuss how the legacy of the Assyrian King Ashurbanipal, as set out in Wisnom’s book “The Library of Ancient Wisdom,” might be an integral part of the West’s cultural heritage, and consider why Mesopotamian history is almost completely overlooked in the modern world.
Produced by Finbar Anderson

The Real Impact of USAID Cuts on Africa

On this episode of Global Insights on The Lede, economist James Shikwati and New Lines’ North Africa Editor Erin Brown consider the impact of drastic cuts to American aid in Africa with host Kwangu Liwewe, and wonder what the continent’s future might look like without such aid.
Produced by Finbar Anderson