The Big Picture with Mohamed Hassan
A weekly podcast focused on long-form interviews on history, pop culture and society affecting the MENA region and diaspora communities. It aims to inform and illuminate the region through a non-newsy lens, exploring the MENA region's past, present and future and its people. Each episode begins with a question and an introduction to an expert who will attempt to answer it.
Podcasting since 2023 • 72 episodes
The Big Picture with Mohamed Hassan
Latest Episodes
Francesca Albanese exposed a global "economy of genocide", then she was sanctioned
Just two days after we sat down with Francesca Albanese, the Trump Administration placed her under sanctions.They accuse the UN Special Rapporteur of waging “economic warfare” on the United States. She says the sanctions are “mafia styl...
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Season 5
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Episode 24
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Silicon Valley, Israel and the new AI arms race | Antony Loewenstein
What does the war look like in the age of AI?This week on the Big Picture Podcast, we’re joined by author and investigative journalist Antony Loewenstein.We spoke to Loewenstein early in 2024 about his best-selling book ‘The Pal...
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Season 5
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Episode 23
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Norman Finkelstein on Israel, Zohran Mamdani and the coming class war
In a fiery and deeply personal return to The Big Picture Podcast, professor Norman Finkelstein explains why Israel and its allies in the West have destroyed the international order, and how the election of a Muslim socialist in New York thre...
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Season 5
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Episode 22
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The Israel-Iran war is more dangerous than we imagine | David Hearst
This week on The Big Picture Podcast, we sit down with Middle East Eye’s Editor in Chief David Hearst to talk about the rapidly unfolding war between Israel and Iran, why the West supports it and what it threatens to unleash on the global or...
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Season 5
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Episode 21
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How the Military Industrial Complex really works | William Hartung
NOTE: This conversation was recorded in November 2024, which is why you'll hear references to the elections and the Biden Administration.This week on The Big Picture, we sit down with military analyst and author William Hartung....
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Season 5
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Episode 20
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