The Lede

Where America’s Election Will Be Won and Lost — with John Sides, Sheri Berman and Danny Postel

Once again, the debate over whether or not Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump might be a threat to the future of America’s democracy is dominating the narrative around November’s knife-edge election. But that debate, political scientists John Sides and Sheri Berman tell New Lines’ Danny Postel, is unlikely to be where the election is actually won or lost.
Produced by Finbar AndersonAdditional research by Santiago Ospina Celis

Gazans’ Choice - with Abeer Ayyoub and Kwangu Liwewe

In this episode of Global Insights on The Lede, Gazan journalist Abeer Ayyoub tells New Lines’ Kwangu Liwewe about a recent trip to Cairo, Egypt, to which her sister has recently fled from Gaza. Ayyoub also tells Liwewe about her parents’ decision to stay in the beleaguered northern part of Gaza.
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How To Lose a Country: The Limits of Democracy — with Ece Temelkuran and Faisal Al Yafai

This week’s episode of The Lede welcomes back returning guest Ece Temelkuran, whose book “How To Lose a Country,” has just been republished with the subtitle, “The Seven Steps From Democracy to Fascism.” Temelkuran joins Faisal Al Yafai to test the pulse of global democracy and consider the rise of fascism since her last appearance on the podcast.
 
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Survival and Statehood in Ukraine — with Yaroslav Trofimov and Faisal Al Yafai

In this week’s episode of The Lede, New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai is joined by The Wall Street Journal’s chief foreign affairs correspondent, Yaroslav Trofimov, for a discussion about modern Ukraine and Trofimov’s new novel, “No Country for Love,” set in the country’s turbulent early 20th century.
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End of an Era: Israel and the Arab World Before and After Hassan Nasrallah — with Kareem Shaheen, Yair Wallach and Faisal Al Yafai

In this week’s episode, New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai discusses the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah and the outsize role the Hezbollah leader had in the Arab world and Israel with the magazine’s Middle East Editor Kareem Shaheen and Yair Wallach, a reader in Israeli studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London.
Further reading: The Day After Hassan Nasrallah
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Mpox, HIV/Aids and Africa’s Evolving Pandemic Response — with Winnie Byanyima and Kwangu Liwewe

On this episode of Global Insights on The Lede, the executive director of the joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS, Winnie Byanyima, joins New Lines’ Kwangu Liwewe to examine the global response to the mpox outbreak in Africa, and how it relates to the continent’s past and ongoing struggle against HIV.
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Legacies of Violence in Israel and Palestine - with Omer Bartov and Lisa Goldman

On this week’s episode of The Lede, renowned professor of Holocaust and genocide studies Omer Bartov of Brown University joins New Lines’ Lisa Goldman to discuss his recent trip to Israel and how his position in the debate on genocide has fundamentally changed.
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The Price of Investigative Journalism — with Paul Caruana Galizia and Faisal Al Yafai

For this first episode of the new season of The Lede, New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai sits down with journalist Paul Caruana Galizia, whose mother was murdered in Malta as a result of her reporting, to discuss the importance of investigative journalism and the terrible price it can exact.
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Listen Again: Looking Twice at the History of Eyeliner — with Zahra Hankir and Ola Salem

As The Lede takes a summer break, listen again to one of our favorite conversations from the past year, which was shortlisted in the International Women's Podcast Awards. This week, we go back to a conversation between Zahra Hankir, author of “Eyeliner: A Cultural History,” and New Lines’ Ola Salem about the fascinating history of the humble eyeliner.
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Listen Again: Toxic Masculinity Online in Kenya and South Africa — with Caroline Kimeu, Rosie Motene and Kwangu Liwewe

As Global Insights on The Lede takes a summer break, listen again to one of our favorite episodes from the past year. We published this episode about the rise of toxic masculinity in Kenya and South Africa following the murders of two Kenyan women this January, with insight from South African author Rosie Motene and Caroline Kimeu, The Guardian’s East Africa global development correspondent. 
Produced by Patrick Hagan and Finbar Anderson