Mangal Media Podcast

Bugünkü bölümüzde Kazuma İwata ile Mangal Media için yazmış olduğu yeni yazıyla ilgili sohbet ediyoruz. Nightmare on Togo Street başlıklı yazı, İstanbulda Togo Sokağı diye bir yerin olduğuna dair şehir efsanesinin Japonya da aşırı sağ hareket tarafından yayılıp benimsenişinin tarihçesini anlatıyor.

In this episode, I am resharing a discussion we have recorded for Joey Ayoub's Fire These Times podcast. We will be talking about the Nostalgia in the Periphery project that we have launched recently and I will have the opportunity to talk about my own short story TipiTip.

In today's episode I am joined by Sharanya Deepak to talk about her personal essay Morphing Flashbacks, she wrote for our print collection Nostalgia in the Periphery. The essay is an intimately written piece that deals with themes of memory, anxiety and body image in various stages of the authors life.

In this episode we will be in conversation with Ana Sekulić to talk about her new article Threads of Life. Our conversation mostly revolves around the reconciliation of academic work with personal experience. We explore the opportunities and restrictions of scholarly work when it comes to dealing with complex issues like family history.

In this episode of the Mangal Media podcast, I am joined by Ayman Makarem to talk about the short comic book him and Hisham Rifai have produced for Mangal Media: A Letter Home.

Bugünkü konuğumuz Velvele.net 'in kurucularından Bawer Murmur. Bawer ile geçtiğimiz sene Velevele için Türkçe olarak kaleme almış olduğu ve geçtiğimiz ay Mangal Media da İngilizce olarak yayınlanan Ölüm Yas ve Keşkeler adlı yazısını konuşcaz. Yazının yanı sıra toplumsal mücadelelerde kesişimselliğin önemi ve editörlüğün incelikleri hakkında da sohbet edicez. Bawer'in yazısını Mangal Media'da Mourning While Queer: on Death, Grief and Regrets başlığı altında okuyabilirsiniz.

Bugünkü konuğumuz Zeynep Beler ile, Nisan ayında yayınlanıcak olan, Nostalgia in the Periphery- Periferide Nostalji adlı ortak çalışmamıza ilgili sohbet edicez. Proje çok sayıda sanatçı ve yazarın ortak çalıştığı, serigrafi ve dijital baskı olarak üretilmiş çizgi roman, poster ve kısa hikayelerden oluşan, fanzin aromalı buram buram nostalji kokan bir yayın demeti. Zeynep Belerin yazdığı ve çizimini yaptığı kısa hikaye Folding'in konusu ise yeni taşındığı evin önündeki çöplükte geçmişte kaybettiği eşyaları bulan bir karakterler ilgili.

In this episode we are joined by our regular contributor Robin Asbury, to talk about her article Recreating Filipino Recipes in Istanbul. We will be talking about the openness of Filipino cuisine to fusion, in comparison to the conservative obsessiveness of the Turkish Cuisine. Those living in Istanbul stay tuned until the end of the conversation where we will be talking about some of our favourite Asian and Middle Eastern restaurants that have opened in Istanbul recently.

In this episode I am joined by Vincent Wong, member of Lausan. A collective of grassroots activists and writers from hong kong, who are sharing decolonial left perspectives. Our conversation started out as an elaboration of Hong Kong's unique political spectrum and as it often does in this podcast, branched out into unexpected directions.

In this episode I am joined by Joey Ayoub to talk about an upcoming article he is writing about the political chants of the Arab spring. Since the article is currently under development, I am just as excited to hear about it as you are. Or at least I hope you are. Be warned that this episode may contain some swearing.

Bugünkü konuğumuz İlker Hepkanerle yazmış olduğu Dune Evliliğimi Yok edecek mi isimli yazıyı konuşuyoruz. Ana akım sinema ve edebiyatın şarkiyatçılık probleminin yanı sıra zevkeler ver renkelerin tartışılmaması gerektiğine yönelik kuralları sorguya açıyoruz. İyi dinlemeler!

Here at Mangal Media, we are working on a new print project based on our Nostalgia in the Periphery article series. This new volume will include original stories and artwork from regular and new contributors and will be available in our online shop. In today's podcast I will be joined by Adnan Mahmutovic to talk about his contribution for this upcoming publication. Adnan's piece titled Nostalgia All Over Bascarsija is a comic book drawn by Esmir Prlja, explaining the author's complicated relationship with nostalgia.

Today's guest is Mohammed Al-Sudairi. A researcher in History and Political Science. We will be talking about his recent article in Third World Quarterly: Arab encounters with Maoist China: Transnational journeys, diasporic lives and intellectual discourses.

Bugünkü konuğum, Islık yayınlarından yayınlanıcak olan Saba Mahmood'un Dindarlığın Siyaseti adlı kitabının çevirmeni Aslı Altınışık. Programımızda kitabın siyasal islam'a dair çözdüğü düğümleri, eksik bıraktığı noktaları ve Türkçeye kazandırılmasının önemini konuşcaz.

Bugünkü konuğum Afganistan konusunda yoğun olarak çalışan gazeteci Enise Malbat. Enise ile son dönemlerde gündemde olan Afgan mültecileri konuşuyoruz. Ayrıca Afganistan'da Amerikanın çekilmesiyle oluşan boşluğu ve ülkenin içinde bulunduğu durumu tarihsel bağlamla birlikte ele alıyoruz.

In this episode, we are in conversation with Sharanya Deepak to talk about an upcoming article on American Television in India and the forms of aspirations it has inspired for Indian millenials.

In this episode, we will be joined by Joey Ayoub to discuss his new article on Mangal Media: Solarpunk, climate change and the new thinkable.

In this episode, Efe Levent and Sharanya Deepak are discussing the political histories of Turkey and India in light of rising populism. This episode ends abruptly due to disconnection during the call.

In this episode we are joining root radio's special broadcast on Palestine in response to Sheikh Jarrah evictions and the subsequent military operation in Gaza. I will be joined by Tasnim Mahmoud, a Palestinian organiser and Phd Student living in Australia, to discuss the shifting narratives and strategies of occupation.

In this episode, Efe Levent will be reading an excerpt from Guide to Every City. A guide for a fictional city inhabited by insects, written by him and illustrated by Alaa Alhassoun. The book is available from the Mangal Medıa online store and from Amazon. Bu bölümde Efe Levent kendi yazdığı ve Alaa Alhassoun tarafından resimlendirilen Her Şehir Rehberi adlı kitaptan bir alıntı okuyacak. Kitabı okumak isteyen dinleyiciler Mangal Media'nın online dükkanından veya amazondan satın alabilirler.

In Today's episode I will be reading my own article *How Acupuncture Cured my Antrhopology*. In this article I discuss my fieldwork at an acupuncture clinic in Istanbul between 2014-2016 and how it has opened the door for me to reconsider my relationship with the academic discipline of anthropology.

Bugünkü konuğum Zeynep Beler ile yeni yazısı hakkında konuşuyoruz. Yazının başlığı *İstanbulda İstanbulu Özlemek: Netflix'in Bir Başkadır'ı Hakkında Düşünceler*. Yazar Kasım 2020 de Netflix'de yayına giren diziyi incelerken pandemi sürecinde hissettiği İstanbul hasretini ve sinematik kurguda temsil sorununu inceliyor.

In today's Episode I will be joined by Anna Gvelesiani to discuss her new article: *Mothers, Daughters and Language*. As a Georgian immigrant in Germany, the author explores her relationship with her language in parallel with her relationship to her mother. The article also deals with questions of assimilation and cultural identity.

Bugünkü konuklarım İlker Hepkaner ve Sezgin İnceel ile periferide nostalji serimize yazmış oldukları *The First Pop Song I Remember*, *Hatırladığım İlk Pop Şarkısı* adlı yazılarını konuşacağız. Yazarlar bu çalışamalarında 90'lar Türkçe pop müziğinden nasıl etkilendiklerini ve bu dönemin hayatlarına nasıl yön vermiş olduğunu anlatıyorlar.

"Shame is at its most corrosive when the source is intimate. This is why teenagers are so deeply ashamed of their parents and their bodies. It is also why opinions we held in the past later become the most embarrassing ones."

In today's episode we will be joined by one of our regular contributors Robin Asbury, to talk about her recent article *Where are the Ati in the Ati-Atihan?* In this article, Robin introduces a yearly festival in the Aklan province of the Philippines called Ati-Atihan. The article interrogates the tradition of blackface involved in the celebration of the festival and sets it against multiple backdrops of global histories of anti-blackness.

Bugünkü bölümümüzde Pınar Üzeltüzenci ile yazmış olduğu *Colonial Gaze Spotted Alive and Well* adlı yazı hakkında konuşacağız. Yazı, Odunpazarı Modern Müze'nin yayınlamış olduğu *OMM'u Yapan İnsanlar* adlı fotoğraf kitabı üzerine. Yazar, bu kitap özelinden sömürgecilik ve fotoğrafçılık tarihini inceliyor.

In today's episode we will be joined by Banah al Ghadbanah to talk about her recent article: Bellydancing, Activism and the Politics of Pleasure. The article explores the importance of self-care and pleasure within the activist environment. The author particularly focuses on her personal experiences as someone with friends and family who were activists in the Syrian Revolution and who was both an observer and participant in some senses. In the light of these experiences, al Ghadbanah discusses what it means to claim spaces of pleasure during a political struggle.

In today's episode we will be joined by Adnan Mahmutovic to discuss his recent article: Black Moses Matters. In this article, Adnan investigates the location of Bosnians within the contemporary racial hierarchy. Key to his investigation is the assertion that Moses was black. Today, we will talk about the writing process that went into the essay and discuss the importance of a writer's relationship with their audience.

Programımızın bu bölümünde Feyza Daloğlu ile yazmış olduğu The Storyteller of Jerusalem:  The Life and Times of Wasif Jawhariyyeh, 1904-1948 adlı yazı hakkında sohbet ediyoruz.

In this episode of the podcast, Mangal Media editor in chief Efe Levent is joined by Jing Yi Teo in Artefact Paris. To discuss the changing significance of travel writing and Mangal Media’s first publishing project Guide to Every City.

Our Editor in Chief Efe Levent is joined by writer Sina Zekavat to discuss his latest article Digital Archives Memory Banks of the Revolution. Sina brings additional insights to his article by discussing the recent wave of protests in Iran and the efforts to document what is happening against the propaganda efforts of the regime.