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Recent Episodes

Iran, 1979-1997: Islamic Republic, War, and Thermidor

Posted November 15, 2022 • 01:23:14

Featuring Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi and Golnar Nikpour on the history of modern Iran. This is the fourth episode in what is now a FIVE-part series....

Iran, 1953-1979: From the Shah to Islamic Revolution

Posted November 7, 2022 • 02:24:30

Featuring Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi and Golnar Nikpour on the history of modern Iran. This is the third episode in our four-part series. We pick up...

Iran, 1941-1953: Tudeh, Mosaddegh, Oil, and the CIA-MI6 Coup

Posted November 1, 2022 • 01:50:41

Featuring Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi and Golnar Nikpour on the history of modern Iran. This is the second episode in our four-part series. We begin...

Iran: 1906-1941 w/ Eskandar Sadeghi & Golnar Nikpour

Posted October 27, 2022 • 01:31:57

Featuring Eskandar Sadeghi and Golnar Nikpour on the history of modern Iran, from 1906 through the present. This episode is the first in a four-part...

Conspiracy of Equals w/ Laura Mason

Posted October 18, 2022 • 02:17:24

Featuring Laura Mason on her book The Last Revolutionaries: The Conspiracy Trial of Gracchus Babeuf and the Equals. Mason discusses Babeuf’s call...