The New Frontier Post
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Episodes
10 episodes
How to Change a Muslim’s Mind: Final letter to Sam Harris
Episode DescriptionIn this episode, we share an audio reading of T A Ahmed’s latest essay—a direct letter to Sam Harris exploring the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the framing of Islam, and the delicate art of changing minds....
Dear Sam Harris - II: Why Treating Islam As A Monolith Fails Reformers
Here is a summary of the core arguments made in this podcast to Sam Harris: Your monolithic framing of Islam ignores a robust tradition of progressive scholarship. By equating Islam solely with its most litera...
Letter to Sam Harris: Don't Go Partisan
Open letter to Sam Harris pointing out bias in his take on the Palestine-Israel issue. Key Points:The Power of Thought Experiments: Analyzing the claim that "if Palestinians put down weapons, there would be peace;...
Happy 250th, America!
To celebrate America’s monumental 250th birthday, we are taking a deep dive into the founding philosophy that underpins the nation: liberalism. But forget the modern political buzzwords and partisan bickering—we are going back to the ancient, o...
How to find love and...
In this episode, writer Ali Azad shares his experience of returning to social media after a 15-year hiatus, only to find himself caught in an algorithm that serves up nostalgia alongside intense "rage-bait". Triggered by a viral clip of academi...
American Partition: A Personal Reality
In this episode, we feature a powerful and deeply personal essay originally published by Sapan News on April 30, 2026.The 1947 Partition of British India is often viewed as a closed chapter of history—a catastrophic geopolitical division...
The Sweetness in AI Bitter Lesson
This podcast episode explores why the most powerful intelligence isn't designed from the top down—it’s grown from the bottom up. We dive into Richard Sutton’s "Bitter Lesson" in AI, the parallel logic of Darwinian evolution, and how these massi...
Why Abundance Wins
In our previous episode, “MAGA, Mullah & the Politics of Fear,” we explored the historical parallels between the MAGA movement and the populism that reshaped Pakistan, identifying a profound fear of cultural erasure at the heart of both. No...
Maga, Mullahs, & the Politics of Fear
MAGA, Mullahs, & the Politics of Hate.To stop the American Partition, we must disarm the politics of fear. But to disarm it, we must first understand it. In this audio essay, Sage Paneer holds up a historical mirror to the modern MAG...
The American Partition, The Last Jedi, and Dr. King
The American Partition: Jedi, Dr. King, and the Politics of Love"I feel I am watching the same movie, but this time, the theater is American."In this episode, we explore a chilling parallel: how the psychological "othering"...
