Ranked #1
Episode 59 - Lebanon on fire
Episode 59 - Lebanon on fire
It's a bumper episode this week, and slight departure from our usual format given the realities in Lebanon right now. Ni... Read more
20 Oct 2019
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1hr 24mins
Ranked #2
Episode 40 - Party Profiles: Amal Movement
Episode 40 - Party Profiles: Amal Movement
The discussion on Amal starts at 15:18.The second in our party profiles series, Ben and Nizar look into the founding of ... Read more
1 Apr 2019
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49mins
Ranked #3
Episode 60 - Roadblocks & revolutions
Episode 60 - Roadblocks & revolutions
There is only one story on everyone's mind in Lebanon right now, as we enter the 12th day of nationwide protests that ha... Read more
27 Oct 2019
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55mins
Ranked #4
Episode 67 - Yalla bye 2019
Episode 67 - Yalla bye 2019
In the final episode of season two, Ben and Nizar reflect back on the main threads of 2019 - the deteriorating economic ... Read more
16 Dec 2019
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51mins
Ranked #5
Episode 47 - Party Profiles: Lebanese Forces
Episode 47 - Party Profiles: Lebanese Forces
The discussion on the Lebanese Forces starts at 16:59. The third in our party profiles series, Ben and Nizar dive deep i... Read more
10 Jun 2019
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48mins
Ranked #6
Episode 34 - The new cabinet
Episode 34 - The new cabinet
For those as impatient as we were, the cabinet discussion begins at 05:10.It’s finally happened! A mere 252 days in the ... Read more
4 Feb 2019
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49mins
Ranked #7
Episode 27 - The Lebanese lira
Episode 27 - The Lebanese lira
Lebanese lira begins at 12:41.With no government in sight we asked former CEO and chairman of Standard Chartered Bank in... Read more
12 Nov 2018
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37mins
Ranked #8
Episode 20 - Real estate
Episode 20 - Real estate
Real estate begins at 20:49.The twentieth episode of The Lebanese Politics Podcast sees presenter Benjamin Redd joined b... Read more
24 Sep 2018
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42mins
Ranked #9
Episode 12 - Coastal properties
Episode 12 - Coastal properties
Coastal properties begins at 13:29.In the twelfth episode of The Lebanese Politics Podcast, presenters Benjamin Redd and... Read more
9 Jul 2018
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32mins
Ranked #10
Episode 32 - McKinsey report
Episode 32 - McKinsey report
McKinsey begins at 15:06. As promised, Ben and Nizar have combed their way through over 1200 pages (ok slides) of the Mc... Read more
21 Jan 2019
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47mins
Ranked #11
Episode 43 - Historical Figures: Fouad Chehab
Episode 43 - Historical Figures: Fouad Chehab
The discussion on Fouad Chehab begins at 10:06. In the fourth edition of our historical figures’ series, Nizar and Ben a... Read more
22 Apr 2019
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40mins
Ranked #12
Episode 63 - Thirty days in the streets
Episode 63 - Thirty days in the streets
One month in, Ben is joined by guest host Timour Azhari to look at the bigger picture for Lebanon's protests, as well as... Read more
18 Nov 2019
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41mins
Ranked #13
Episode 33 - The budget
Episode 33 - The budget
Budget discussion begins at 18:27.Welcome to The Lebanese Economics Podcast … Jeremy Arbid, the economics and policy edi... Read more
28 Jan 2019
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48mins
Ranked #14
Episode 65 - Class dynamics & organizing
Episode 65 - Class dynamics & organizing
Ben and Nizar are joined by Rima Majed, assistant professor of sociology at the American University of Beirut to discuss... Read more
2 Dec 2019
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51mins
Ranked #15
Episode 66 - Those who stall, those who suffer
Episode 66 - Those who stall, those who suffer
Nizar and Ben are joined by Timour Azhari to discuss ongoing politicking over Lebanon's next prime minister, BDL's new c... Read more
9 Dec 2019
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47mins
Ranked #16
Episode 10 - Domestic workers
Episode 10 - Domestic workers
Domestic workers begins at 16:40.In the tenth episode of The Lebanese Politics Podcast, presenters Benjamin Redd and Niz... Read more
25 Jun 2018
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41mins
Ranked #17
Episode 17 - The news dump
Episode 17 - The news dump
The seventeenth episode of The Lebanese Politics Podcast has presenters Benjamin Redd and Nizar Hassan divert from the u... Read more
3 Sep 2018
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49mins
Ranked #18
Episode 62 - Changing tactics & demographics
Episode 62 - Changing tactics & demographics
Nizar and Ben are joined for a second time by feminist activist Nadine Moawad to analyze the news of the past week, incl... Read more
11 Nov 2019
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45mins
Ranked #19
Episode 36 - LGBTQ rights
Episode 36 - LGBTQ rights
The discussion on LGBTQ rights begins at 20:40. This week Nizar and Ben are joined by Youmna Makhlouf, a lawyer with Leg... Read more
25 Feb 2019
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48mins
Ranked #20
Episode 21 - Women's movement
Episode 21 - Women's movement
Women's movement begins at 19:50.The twenty-first episode of The Lebanese Politics Podcast sees presenter Benjamin Redd ... Read more
1 Oct 2018
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50mins