The Rania Khalek Show

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Join journalist Rania Khalek (of Breakthrough News) to discuss her latest work and the decaying global order. And ask her questions!

Rania Khalek


    • Feb 10, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    Sanctioning Syria's Earthquake victims

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2023 58:26


    Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    When sanctions backfire

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2023 55:30


    “the International Monetary Fund said it now expected the Russian economy to grow 0.3 percent this year, a sharp improvement from its previous estimate of a 2.3 percent contraction.” Let's discuss! Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Tanks for Ukraine & Palestine on fire

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2023 69:50


    Tanks for Ukraine and Palestine on fire in a multipolar world. Let's discuss! Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Forever war in Ukraine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2023 75:56


    Washington is determined to prolong its proxy war in Ukraine indefinitely. Let's discuss! Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    My interview w/ Hezbollah's number 2 and other news

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2023 59:27


    Let's discuss my recent interview with Hezbollah's second in command, watch it on the Breakthrough News YouTube channel Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    First episode of 2023!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 71:28


    Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Goodbye 2022! Year in review

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2022 73:41


    Let's talk about the top stories of the year and what to expect in 2023 Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Is the US trying to destroy Europe?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2022 71:22


    If Europe keeps following Washington's orders, the garden might become a jungle. Russia is warning of unpredictable consequences if the US sends Ukraine Patriot missiles, while the US is set to expand training for Ukrainian forces in Germany, making Europe more of a target in an escalatory cycle that has the potential to lead to nuclear war. Not to mention the way this is wrecking the EU's economy. Let's discuss! Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Who's being censored?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2022 97:11


    Let's discuss the Twitter files and the missing coverage of how the antiwar and pro-Palestine left has been censored, suppressed and banned. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Geopolitical smackdown at the World Cup, w/ Jamal Ghosn

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2022 88:25


    Israeli media is being relentlessly mocked in Doha, Iran faced down the U.S. team, some Brazilian players love Bolsonaro and off sides make no sense. Let's discuss this and more, featuring Al Akhbar's Jamal Ghosn. Bring your questions and comments. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Simon Tesfamariam on Eritrea, Ethiopia & imperialism in the Horn of Africa

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022 110:05


    Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Iran fake news exposed & Syria sanctions still kill

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2022 94:43


    Let's discuss the viral lie about Iran sentencing 15,000 protesters to death, why it matters, and the recent UN report on the impact of illegal US sanctions on Syrian civilians. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Q&A w/ Rania on news of the week

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2022 60:12


    Midterms, the red wave that wasn't, the bombing of the Iraq-Syria border, Twitter chaos under Musk, where was the disinfo, impact of Syria sanctions, and anything else you feel like talking about. Bring your comments and questions! Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    The economic truth behind the US Cold War on Russia & China, w/ Ben Norton

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 83:33


    Ben Norton is back to help us understand the material reality behind the US Cold War against Russia and China, which is a battle between economic systems: US financialized neoliberal capitalism on one side vs. state-led independent economic systems in adversary countries. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Progressives flip flop as hawks drag us to nuclear Armageddon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2022 67:12


    The Congressional Progressive Caucus withdrew a letter to Biden calling for diplomacy and negotiations with Russia over Ukraine after intense backlash from the cold warriors dragging us towards nuclear escalation. Washington seems to be run by a bunch of sociopathic hawks who have a death wish for the world. Let's discuss! Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Media Censorship, w/ Katie Halper

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 117:29


    Katie Halper's back to talk about getting canceled over criticizing Israeli apartheid. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Iran Protests & Imperialism, w/ Navid Zarrinnal

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 91:59


    Navid Zarrinnal, a Colombia University PHD & Iranian scholar at Stanford University, joins the show to talk about the protests in Iran that were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini and the western reaction to them. This is a follow up conversation to a recent episode with Navid on Dispatches, which you can watch here: https://youtu.be/qqsqk_1I4jA Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Nordstream, nukes & a changing world order, w/ Ben Norton

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022 98:01


    Ben Norton is back to discuss the latest developments in the Ukraine proxy war with Russia, the growing threat of nuclear war, fascists winning power in Sweden and Italy, the left winning in Latin America and how this relates to our shifting global order. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Imperialism in the Horn of Africa, w/ Hermela Aregawi

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 72:02


    Hermela Aregawi is an Ethiopian American journalist who's been covering the war in Ethiopia and pushing back against imperialism in the Horn of Africa. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Are migrants really “fleeing communism”?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 81:42


    As Republicans cynically use migrants for political theater, Democrats have managed to find a way to turn something progressive (helping migrants) into something reactionary (blaming communism), while everyone ignores the role that destructive US foreign policy plays in causing people in sanctioned countries to flee their homes. Let's discuss! Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    The Queen died & yes, colonialism still matters!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2022 66:26


    Monarchies are stupid and the British empire was in fact genocidal. Yet it appears huge portions of the mainstream are in denial. Let's discuss! Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Is Europe collapsing? Denijal Jegic joins the show

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2022 84:52


    As the US led NATO proxy war in Russia continues, winter is coming with warnings of power cuts and the collapse of major industries growing louder across Europe. Why is Europe committing suicide for US empire? Tune for a convo with LAU professor Denijal Jegic. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    How do you stay sane in a collapsing empire?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2022 87:44


    My normie sister joins the show to talk about the challenges of living inside an empire in decline. And we'll take your questions. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Who's winning in Ukraine? Ben Norton joins the show!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 83:16


    Six months into the war in Ukraine, Europe is still shooting itself in the feet while western countries pour an endless supply of weapons into the conflict to bleed Russia and censorship is ramped up to suppress any criticism of the policies leading us towards a dystopian nightmare. What does this mean for multipolarity? I'm joined by Ben Norton of Multipolarista to discuss. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Abby Martin & Mike Prysner join the show!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2022 74:32


    Tune in for a discussion with Abby Martin and Mike Prysner of Empire Files about censorship amid war fervor, surviving in alternative media, and how to push back. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Katie Halper joins the show to talk MTG, FBI, & Ukraine censorship

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2022 90:18


    The legendary Katie Halper joins Rania to discuss how to stay sane and not get wrapped up in Twitter drama. Plus, the MAGA right disingenuously hates on the FBI, an Iranian allegedly tried to come for John Bolton, and Ukraine pressured CBS to censor itself. What do Katie and rania think? Bring your questions! Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Amnesty comes for Ukraine & US kills its Al qaeda frenemy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2022 56:21


    Catching up on news while traveling and jet lagged Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Addicted to war, Taiwan edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2022 60:00


    Why is Nancy Pelosi risking a war with China over Taiwan? Is this what she thinks Americans want?? Not healthcare, not a living wage, not reproductive rights, but yet another war with a nuclear armed power? Dispatches episode on Taiwan: https://youtu.be/zLQUdJFqkSI Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Europe slits its throat for US empire

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2022 74:59


    Catch up with Rania about her latest Dispatches and bring your questions and comments! Daniel Bessner on the end of the American Century: https://youtu.be/YXx3r2IosVY Eugene Puryear on inflation: https://youtu.be/HxCBQR93S4k Felix beiderman on America's descent into madness: https://youtu.be/3EyLNa5saWo Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Bolton's Coups, Biden's Arab NATO & Q&A

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2022 79:59


    We talked Biden's Mideast trip to form an anti-Iran Arab NATO and John Bolton saying the quiet part out loud. Plus a Q&A! Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Trolls, smears, & how to fight back

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022 99:26


    There's a relentless campaign to smear leftists as Pro-Putin, Assadists, anti-Semites, part of a creeping red-brown alliance of fascists, all for opposing war, imperialism and apartheid. It's not easy dealing with this sort of name-calling, which is intended to exhaust and scare us into silence. Let's discuss! Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    NATO, Turkey, & Do Nothing Dems

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022 77:17


    Sweden and Finland are joining NATO thanks to a dirty deal with Turkey, which is back to being friends with Saudi Arabia. And Democratic leadership has responded to Republicans stripping away reproductive rights by reading poems and tweeting that they'll fight for us, while actually doing what they're best at: nothing. Join in the discussion, I'll be taking questions! Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Roe overturned Live Q&A

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 60:21


    Rania discusses the Supreme Court canceling abortion rights, why it happened and what it means for the country. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Recession, sanctions blowback & the forgotten war on Syria

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 92:44


    The airport in Damascus shut down after an Israeli bombing raid in a war that most of the world has totally forgotten. Meanwhile economists are warning about a coming recession in the west as US and EU sanctions on Russia blowback on their own populations. Join Rania Khalek for a live Q&A about the news of the week that the mainstream media skewed or didn't cover at all. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Food shortages, blackouts & how sanctions kill

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2022 102:07


    Countries across the Global South are suffering from fuel shortages, food insecurity and rising inflation. The US and Europe insist Russia's war on Ukraine is to blame and anyone suggesting otherwise is parroting Kremlin propaganda, while Russia is pointing the finger at Western sanctions. Who's telling the truth? And what does the impact of draconian US sanctions, currently impacting at least a third of the world, look like in practice? Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    View of the US from the 3rd world

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2022 110:34


    When it comes to the politics of the third world, we always hear from American and European analysts. So we're switching it up. Catch the third episode of The Rania Khalek Show with special guest Lebanese-Venezuelan journalist Jamal Ghosn of Lebanon's leftist Al Akhbar newspaper to give you his expert analysis on the crumbling politics of US empire as well as updates on what's happening in the Middle East and Latin America. And we're taking your questions! Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    Ukraine war: US policy is wrecking Europe & the world

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022 80:51


    America's cold war madness didn't just provoke and then prolong the war in Ukraine, it's destabilizing the global economy, with inflation out of control and the global south suffering the worst of the resulting food insecurity & fuel shortages. And it's only going to get worse as Europe shackles itself to the dictates of the US warmongers flooding Ukraine with weapons that are certainly ending up in the hands of neo-Nazis and going so far as to ban Russian oil imports by sea without an alternative in place. How much of the world is the US going to drag down with it as it attempts to maintain empire status? What should be the left's position in the face of McCarthyist smear campaigns and an endless stream of propaganda? Join Rania Khalek for a Q&A on this and more. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

    The US is addicted to violence

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2022 78:41


    Flooding Ukraine with weapons, warmongering over Taiwan, and U.S. mass shootings: what do these things have in common? Let's discuss. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

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