Podcast
Could the War in Gaza Change Global Politics?
Acclaimed writer and journalist Omar El Akkad joins Faisal Al Yafai for a frank, difficult and moving discussion about the personal impact and wider implications of the war in Gaza.
The Reality Behind the Trump Show
Joining Faisal Al Yafai on this episode of The Lede to explore the optics and ideas behind Donald Trump’s presidency are the Financial Times’ Berlin correspondent Laura Pitel, historian Alex Hobson and New Lines’ Politics Editor Danny Postel.
After War, What Does Justice Look Like?
Janine di Giovanni, executive director of The Reckoning Project, joins New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai on the podcast after returning from a trip to Syria, as does New Lines’ Middle East Editor Kareem Shaheen.
Ukraine’s Dilemma
Mykhaylo Shtekel and Amie Ferris-Rotman join Kwangu Liwewe on Global Insights to discuss how American President Donald Trump’s upending of established alliances has presented Ukraine with a dilemma.
AI Is Transforming Geopolitics — with Bruno Maçães and Faisal Al Yafai
On this week’s episode of The Lede, philosopher, politician and New Statesman columnist Bruno Maçães tells New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai how the battle lines are being drawn in a virtual world, and how the builders of the strongest AI language models will be the true power brokers of the future.
Fakirs and Holy Men: Mysticism in America, Europe and the Middle East — with Raphael Cormack and Finbar Anderson
Raphael Cormack tells New Lines’ Finbar Anderson about the mystics who fused elements of the spiritual and the modern to build huge followings from Beirut to New York in the early 20th century, as described in his new book “Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age: A Forgotten History of the Occult.”
America’s Era of the Entrepreneur — with Erik Baker and Faisal Al Yafai
Erik Baker, author of “Make Your Own Job: How the Entrepreneurial Work Ethic Exhausted America,” tells New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai how the culture of entrepreneurialism came to dominate modern America.