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1. BONUS: The Making of a Global Civil War w/ Hassan

   23 Oct 2026 · 3:36

   This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss the widening war in Sudan, the UAE’s destabilization campaigns, the convergence of conflicts across the Horn of…

2. BONUS: Bombard the Headquarters w/ Alexander Aviña

   15 Oct 2026 · 4:07

   This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss Mamdani’s capitulation to the NYPD, Indigenous resistance to border militarization, Ansarallah’s war with Saudi…

3. EPISODE 44: Haiti—State Against Nation, Part 2

   13 Oct 2026 · 1 h 13 min

   We continue our discussion with Mamyrah Dougé-Prosper on the history of popular resistance in Haiti, the contradictions of the Aristide era, the PetroCaribe protests of 2018, and the current struggle for sovereignty…

4. Episode 43: Haiti — State Against Nation, Part 1

   9 Oct 2026 · 1 h 19 min

   Mamyrah Dougé-Prosper joins us to discuss the history of foreign intervention in Haiti, the political and economic origins of the country’s so-called gangs, and the centuries-long struggle between the Haitian state and…

5. BONUS: Ansarallah on the Offensive w/ Barry

   8 Oct 2026 · 4:25

   This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss the third anniversary of 10/7, the French school riots, Ansarallah’s continued offensive in Yemen, their use of FPV…

6. BONUS: October Surprise

   2 Oct 2026 · 5:45

   This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss the upcoming Brazilian elections, US plans to invade Cuba, the end of the third (?) Iraq war, military escort…

7. BONUS: A Financial History of Zionism w/ Nathan Tankus

   25 Sep 2026 · 4:24

   This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com In part two of our conversation with Nathan Tankus, we discuss the finance of settler colonialism—from the Ottoman Empire’s debt…

8. Episode 42: Dollar Imperialism w/ Nathan Tankus

   22 Sep 2026 · 1 h 25 min

   Nathan Tankus joins us to discuss the monetary foundations of American empire, how sanctions weaponize the global financial system, the possibility of China-led de-dollarization, and what’s really going on with the oil…

9. BONUS: Operation Allah is Stronger in Might and More Severe in Punishment w/ Alexander Aviña and Barry

   17 Sep 2026 · 5:50

   This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com This week we’re joined by returning co-host Alexander Aviña, as well as friend of the show Barry with the NED, to go in depth on…

10. Episode 41: Mauritania at Europe’s Frontier w/ Hassan Ould Moctar

    16 Sep 2026 · 1 h 07 min

    Hassan Ould Moctar joins us to discuss Europe’s externalized border regime, the colonial history of race and territory in Mauritania, and how migration control, counterinsurgency, and development policy have fused…

11. BONUS: Houthi Takeover w/ Alexander Aviña

    10 Sep 2026 · 5:48

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss the expanding conflict in Hormuz, Ansarallah’s lightning advance in Yemen, Trump’s oil problem, the surging…

12. Episode 40: Counter-Space and the Data Center Revolt w/ Kai Bosworth

    8 Sep 2026 · 1 h 24 min

    Kai Bosworth joins us to discuss the strange politics of the data center revolt, the AI boom’s place in the global energy system, and what the rise and fall of the climate movement can teach us about the struggles…

13. BONUS: The Chud International w/ Alexander Aviña

    3 Sep 2026 · 58 min

    We welcome Alex Aviña to Turbulence and discuss the Battle of Hormuz, Bessent’s economic D-Day for Iran, the US-Venezuela oil deal, the arrest of Fernando Cerimedo in Bolivia, and Trump’s war on the price of burger.…

14. Episode 39: The Bureaucracy of Repression w/ Josef Burton

    2 Sep 2026 · 1 h 43 min

    Josef Burton joins us to discuss the transformation of immigration under Trump, the bureaucrats who administer US machinery of repression, and what intensifying coercion at home and imperial retreat abroad mean for our…

15. BONUS: Before the Flood w/ Mujamma Haraket

    27 Aug 2026 · 4:15

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com In part two of our double episode with Mujamma Haraket, we discuss the history of Hamas, the relationship between Hamas and the…

16. Episode 38: Militant Women w/ Arlene Eisen

    25 Aug 2026 · 1 h 14 min

    Arlene Eisen joins us to discuss the transformations in the anti-war movement across the Vietnam War, the interrelation of feminism and anti-imperialism, and what decades of state repression can teach today’s movements…

17. BONUS: The Pivot From Asia

    20 Aug 2026 · 2:57

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss Iranian threats to strike Bulgaria, Russia supplying Iran with explosives and ammunition, the possibility of an…

18. Episode 37: After the Flood w/ Mujamma Haraket

    18 Aug 2026 · 1 h 33 min

    Mujamma Haraket joins us to discuss negotiations over Hamas’ disarmament, the collaborator militias in Gaza, Khalil al-Hayya’s rise within Hamas, the movement’s evolving relationship with Ansarallah, and the future of…

19. Episode 36: The Battle For South Arabia w/ Isa Blumi

    11 Aug 2026 · 1 h 27 min

    Isa Blumi joins us to discuss Ansarallah’s renewed war with Saudi Arabia, whether pipelines can bypass Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab, the Turkey-Saudi-Pakistan defense agreement, and the Gulf powers’ long campaign to…

20. BONUS: Migration Blackmail

    6 Aug 2026 · 3:24

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss an Iran-Oman agreement over the Strait of Hormuz, the UAE’s expanding footprint across the African continent, a…

21. BONUS: Is it a World War?

    30 Jul 2026 · 4:03

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss how the regional war has expanded north to the Caspian Sea and south to the Horn of Africa, Trump’s effort to break…

22. Episode 35: All-American Empire w/ Aziz Rana

    28 Jul 2026 · 1 h 41 min

    Aziz Rana joins us to discuss the Trump doctrine of foreign policy, the evolution of US hegemony since WW2, how the concept of freedom has animated American political thought and identity, and the challenge of…

23. BONUS: All Your Base Are Belong To Us

    23 Jul 2026 · 6:33

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss Iran’s pummeling of US bases in Jordan, the rollout of “pilot zones” in southern Lebanon, Ansarallah’s blockade of…

24. Episode 34: Black Bolsheviks w/ Hakim Adi

    21 Jul 2026 · 1 h 06 min

    Hakim Adi joins us to discuss the Black radicals who shaped the Comintern, the Black Belt Thesis and the national question, Pan-Africanism through decolonization, and whether the Alliance of Sahel States is a path to…

25. BONUS: Strait's Still Closed

    16 Jul 2026 · 5:50

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss the latest cycle of escalation between the US and Iran, the reopening of the Yemen front, ICE murders in Maine and…

26. Episode 33: President Lindsey Graham w/ Matthew Petti

    14 Jul 2026 · 1 h 21 min

    Matthew Petti joins us to discuss the crack-up within the Republican Party’s base over Gaza, Netanyahu’s plan to wind down US military aid, and what the US’s performance in the Iran War portends for the future of great…

27. BONUS: The 23-State Solution

    12 Jul 2026 · 4:22

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss the unravelling of the US-Iran MOU, the dissolution of Hamas’s civilian governing body in Gaza, Turkiye’s status in…

28. Episode 32: Lebanon's Dance With the Devil w/ Nasser Elamine

    8 Jul 2026 · 59 min

    Nasser Elamine joins us to discuss the framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel, Hezbollah’s military reemergence, the unity of fronts strategy, and how regional states are responding to the rapidly shifting…

29. BONUS: Yankees and Cowboys w/ Blowback

    3 Jul 2026 · 6:05

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We are joined by Noah and Brendan to discuss the evolution of US foreign policy since World War II, the extent to which Trump…

30. Episode 31: America's Israel w/ Blowback

    30 Jun 2026 · 1 h 30 min

    Noah Kulwin and Brendan James of Blowback join us to discuss their new mini-series on the history of the US-Israel relationship, how the Cold War turned into the War on Terror, and the current moment of tension over…

31. BONUS: The Emiratification of Israel

    26 Jun 2026 · 5:52

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss the passing of our dear friend Alan, a deconfliction mechanism in Lebanon, Israeli troop deployments to Somaliland,…

32. Episode 30: The Wages of Empire w/ Torkil Lauesen

    24 Jun 2026 · 1 h 04 min

    Torkil Lauesen joins us to discuss the political economy of imperialism and trade, Arghiri Emmanuel’s theory of unequal exchange, political action in the imperial core, his years in prison, and the current geopolitical…

33. BONUS: Iran Won

    19 Jun 2026 · 6:50

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com In this special extended bonus episode, we go point by point through the Memorandum of Understanding to end the Iran War. We…

34. Episode 29: American Counterrevolutions w/ Gerald Horne

    16 Jun 2026 · 1 h 05 min

    Gerald Horne joins us to discuss writing history from below, whether the legacy of 1776 can be redeemed, settler colonialism as an analytic frame, the US’s Suez moment in Iran, and the challenges of contemporary left…

35. BONUS: Memorandum of Misunderstanding

    12 Jun 2026 · 6:03

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss the return of war to the Persian Gulf, negotiations over an MOU, “dark transits” through Hormuz, a proposed Syrian…

36. Episode 28: Fanon and Psychic Resistance w/ Lara Sheehi

    9 Jun 2026 · 1 h 14 min

    Lara Sheehi joins us to discuss the legacy of Franz Fanon, what psychoanalysis can offer liberation struggles, Zionism as the denial of Palestinian interiority, and the psychic dimensions of occupation and resistance.…

37. BONUS: Art of the Deal

    5 Jun 2026 · 5:42

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss the latest flare-up in the Strait of Hormuz, China’s impact on the global oil market, the new “ceasefire” in Lebanon,…

38. Episode 27: Every Time the Media Lies w/ Adam Johnson

    3 Jun 2026 · 1 h 18 min

    Adam Johnson joins us to discuss his work documenting how the mainstream media supported the Gaza genocide by sanitizing Israeli war crimes, obscuring the US’s role, and systematically dehumanizing Palestinians. Works…

39. BONUS: Peace Processing

    29 May 2026 · 3:49

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss Netanyahu’s non-strategy in Gaza and Lebanon, the draft memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran, Trump’s…

40. Episode 26: The Popular Struggle in Latin America w/ Soberanía

    26 May 2026 · 1 h 34 min

    José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth of Soberanía join us to discuss a potential US military assault on Cuba, updates from Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Honduras, and Mexico, and the prospects for left…

41. BONUS: The Ahmadinejad Solution

    22 May 2026 · 3:19

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss the scandalous reporting about a former Iranian president, the perils of situation monitoring, international outrage…

42. Episode 25: The Bahraini Counterrevolution w/ Aamer

    20 May 2026 · 1 h 06 min

    Aamer joins us to discuss the repressive crackdowns in Bahrain amidst the Iran war, the popular uprising in 2011, the history of leftist and Islamist movements in the country, and the shifting geopolitics of the Gulf.…

43. BONUS: First Person Shooter

    15 May 2026 · 4:53

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss Trump’s visit to Beijing, negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz, the budding UAE-Israel alliance, and advancements…

44. Episode 24: A Geography of Palestine, From Nakba to Return w/ Salman Abu Sitta

    12 May 2026 · 59 min

    Salman Abu Sitta joins us to discuss his memories of the Nakba, a practical program for the return of Palestinian refugees, Zionist continuities with the Nazis, and the meaning of intergenerational resistance. Texts…

45. Episode 23: Iran Against the Empire w/ Navid Zarrinnal

    5 May 2026 · 1 h 02 min

    Navid Zarrinnal joins us from Tehran to discuss the popular mobilizations in support of the war effort, national resilience in the face of economic siege, the prospects of diplomacy with the West, and Iranian support…

46. BONUS: The Road to $200

    30 Apr 2026 · 3:31

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss Trump’s most recent “plan” for the Iran war, the price of oil, the UAE leaving OPEC, Haredi anti-draft riots in…

47. Episode 22: Palestine's Prisoners w/ Basil Farraj

    29 Apr 2026 · 1 h 15 min

    Basil Farraj joins us to discuss Israeli carceral violence, the evolution of the Palestinian prisoners’ movement, and the life and thought of Walid Daqqa. Texts mentioned: “Parallel Time”: Cultural Productions from…

48. BONUS: A Crude Awakening

    24 Apr 2026 · 4:27

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We continue our coverage of the US-Israeli war on Iran with a discussion of Trump’s unilateral ceasefire extension, the US naval…

49. Episode 21: Oil Wars w/ Adam Hanieh

    21 Apr 2026 · 1 h 04 min

    Adam Hanieh joins us to discuss the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, how the petrodollar system shaped US-Gulf relations, the role of oil in US foreign policy, the economic rise of China, and what the war on Iran means…

50. BONUS: No Peace, No War, No Oil

    16 Apr 2026 · 4:40

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We continue our coverage of the US-Israeli war on Iran with a discussion of the diplomatic smoke and mirrors around renewed…