Eric Margolis: Inside the Fall of Assad and the New Battle for Syria
When veteran geopolitical columnist Eric Margolis returned to the Kianistan Podcast, the timing could not have been more dramatic. Within a matter of weeks, the Assad government in Syria had
Nuclear Brinkmanship and a Dying Empire: Colonel Larry Wilkerson’s Unfiltered Warning
Few voices carry the institutional credibility of Colonel Larry Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, when it comes to dissecting the machinery of American power.
The Slave of the Moment: Sheikh Ibrahim on Living Sufism Beyond the Textbook
Sheikh Ibrahim returns to the Kianistan Podcast, this time to explore the inner dimension of Islam that first shaped his own spiritual formation decades before his better-known work in business
Is Living to 1,000 Realistic? Dr Aubrey de Grey on the Science of Ending Aging
Aging is so universally accepted as inevitable that most people never stop to ask whether it needs to be. In this episode of the Kianistan Podcast, biomedical gerontologist Dr Aubrey
Are Sufis Grave Worshippers? Shaykh Ninowy Answers Islam’s Toughest Questions
Few debates within contemporary Sunni Islam generate as much heat as the disagreement between Salafi and Sufi orientations. In this episode of the Kianistan Podcast, Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy,
The Hidden History of Islam in America: Dr Patrick Bowen on Conversion and Community
Most people assume Islam arrived in the United States relatively recently, carried by post-1965 immigration waves. In this episode of the Kianistan Podcast, independent scholar Dr Patrick Bowen overturns that
Zionism, Nationalism, and the State Eating the Religion: Professor Khalid Blankinship Explains
Few academics can speak with as much authority on both classical Islamic history and the modern politics of religion and nationalism as Professor Khalid Blankinship. A convert to Islam since
Empire in Decline: Matthew Hoh on Trump, Gaza, and America’s Imperial Mindset
Matthew Hoh built a rare kind of credibility on foreign policy: he resigned from the US Foreign Service in Afghanistan in 2009 in protest over the war’s escalation, a decision
Trump, Gaza, and the Ben Gurion Canal: Yvonne Ridley Returns to Kianistan Podcast
Recorded during the tumultuous first week of Donald Trump’s second-term inauguration, this episode brings back veteran British journalist and prominent pro-Palestinian commentator Dr Yvonne Ridley for a wide-ranging conversation on
Jinn Possession and Black Magic: Imam Kadin on the Reality of Ruqyah Healing
Few topics generate as much curiosity, skepticism, and misunderstanding as the Islamic belief in jinn, the unseen beings described throughout the Quran. In this episode of the Kianistan Podcast, Imam