“The world is increasingly on fire, literally and figuratively,” says host Allen Ruff at the beginning of today’s episode. So let’s talk about it! This afternoon, we opened up the phone lines to hear from listeners about their own observations and concerns about our world-on-fire. Callers weighed in on newsworthy topics like the political crisis […]
But what about a dead end?
The programming this fall at UW Cinematheque includes a series on the work of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. It kicks off on Friday, September 20 with the documentary Homework and continues over the next three Fridays with a trilogy of films released in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s known as the Koker Trilogy: Where […]
Escalating US–Iran Conflict
Tensions between the US and Iran are escalating with the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and the recent approved-then-cancelled air strike. With the threat of war looming on the horizon, Allen spends the hour with Middle East specialist Scott Harrop to make sense of these developments. Scott Harrop is a specialist on […]
US–Iran Relations: History and Updates
The US appears to be escalating its drive to start a war with Iran. To shed light on the situation, Allen speaks to two long-time observers of US intervention in the Middle East, David Barsamian and Jennifer Loewenstein. David Barsamian is an investigative journalist and critic of US imperial policy, especially in the Middle East […]
Iran–US Relations and Dispatches from Baghdad
For today’s two-part episode, we focus our attention on the Middle East. Our first guest is Trita Parsi, who offers an overview of current Iran–US relations. In the second segment, Michael Zweig gives updates from his recent trip to Baghdad for the Iraqi Social Forum. Trita Parsi teaches at the Center for Security Studies at […]
US–Iran Relations and the Iran Nuclear Agreement with Scott Ritter
For today’s episode, Allen gets updated on US–Iran relations and the history and current status of the Iran nuclear deal with Scott Ritter, author of Dealbreaker: Donald Trump and the Unmaking of the Iran Nuclear Agreement. Scott Ritter is a former Marine intelligence officer who, as a chief inspector for the United Nations in Iraq […]
