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Cairo Calling is an audio art project based on conversations between friends around the world. It's co-hosted by Dody and Peter, with production and sound design by Tarek, and creative advice from Raph. And it's co-created with you! Send us message, voicemail, leave a comment. Hit us up on cairocalling@substack.com <br/><br/><a href="https://cairocalling.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">cairocalling.substack.com</a>
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April 29, 2025
<p>It’s been a long year.</p><p>People involved in this podcast have had the long experience living in authoritarian states one way or another. But what we are witnessing about Trump’s 2nd presidency is something else. </p><p>In this episode Peter and I try to make sense of Trump's first three months. What's at risk in the US, and how it's already impacted many abroad. And we talk about what kind of response is needed.</p><p>As ever, music and sound production by <a target="_blank" href="https://tarekabdulaziz.com/">Tarek</a>.</p><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency">DOGE</a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-website-offers-error-filled-window-into-musks-government-overhaul-2025-03-04/">DOGE website offers error-filled window into Musk's government overhaul</a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_federal_agencies_targeted_by_DOGE">US federal agencies targeted by DOGE</a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nih-layoffs-budget-cuts-medical-research-60-minutes/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab5j&linkId=806860527">National Institutes of Health has fired 1,300 employees</a>. </p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trumps-epa-plans-to-gut-research-what-that-means-for-clean-air-and-water/">How Gutting the EPA's Research Team Could Impact Clean Air and Water Rules</a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wired.com/story/cfpb-has-been-gutted/">The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,400 of the agency’s 1,700 employees; medical debt and student loans will now be deprioritized.</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://abovethelaw.com/2025/04/3-more-major-biglaw-firms-are-looking-to-bow-to-trump/">3 More Major Biglaw Firms Are Looking To Bow To Trum</a>p. </p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/04/harvard-wont-comply-with-demands-from-trump-administration/">Harvard won’t comply with demands from Trump administration</a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-records-show-about-migrants-sent-to-salvadoran-prison-60-minutes-transcript/">U.S. sent 238 migrants to Salvadoran mega-prison; documents indicate most have no apparent criminal records</a>. .</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/25/wisconsin-judge-arrest-fbi-ice-immigration-enforcement/">Wisconsin judge arrested by FBI, charged with obstructing immigrant arrest</a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g8yj2n33yo">Three US citizen children, one with cancer, deported to Honduras, lawyers say</a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/">Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions</a>. </p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://immpolicytracking.org/">Immigration Policy Tracking Project</a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/17/economy/trump-fed-chair-powell-termination/index.html">Trump blasts Fed Chair Powell, saying his ‘termination cannot come fast enough’</a>. </p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx20lyg4385o">Why Trump keeps attacking the US central bank</a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-pardon-michele-fiore-nevada-fraud-cf56ef8b302b8111e47cf52d5a606d19">Trump pardons Nevada politician who paid for cosmetic surgery with funds to honor a slain officer</a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://indivisible.org/">Indivisible.org</a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.aclu.org/">ACLU</a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/how-trump-musk-doge-killed-usaid-b649f1f5">How Trump Gutted America’s $40 Billion Aid Agency in Two Weeks</a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly1pjnpyjpo">Greenland not a piece of property, says PM after Trump threats</a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-threat-canada-annex-scandal-1235292306/">Trump’s Threat to Take Over Canada Is a Scandal</a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/04/03/president-trumps-mindless-tariffs-will-cause-economic-havoc">President Trump’s mindless tariffs will cause economic havoc</a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/28/trump-tariffs-shipments-us-ports">Trump tariffs prompt slump in shipments to US ports</a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://apnews.com/article/cdc-who-trump-548cf18b1c409c7d22e17311ccdfe1f6">CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal</a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://hhi.harvard.edu/news/hhi-humanitarian-update-impacts-us-foreign-aid-cuts-global-crises">HHI Humanitarian Update: Impacts of U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts on Global Crises</a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.trtworld.com/us-and-canada/in-tears-usaid-staff-get-15-minutes-to-pack-up-a-lifetimes-work-18269563">In tears, USAID staff get '15 minutes to pack up a lifetime's work'</a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgr2g4n4wvdo">'Trump and Vance were so rude': Ukrainians react to disastrous White House meeting</a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ft.com/content/c948ba4e-6579-4f29-9fcc-ddc967cfd0c3">Gazans fear Israel is enacting Donald Trump’s ‘Riviera’ plan</a>.</p><p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://cairocalling.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">cairocalling.substack.com</a>
September 11, 2024
<p>Since October 7th, Palestinians have been arriving in Cairo from Gaza. It was often incredibly expensive crossing the border and refugees arrived in a new place, injured and traumatised, and without resources. </p><p>Dody brought a group of friends together to give support to those arriving. We could quickly provided basic support to those who were falling in the gaps and missed by larger organisations.</p><p>We've been missing from Cairo Calling for a while, but in this episode Dody and Peter talk through the situation of those arriving and share insights from this mutual aid effort.</p><p>In an entirely volunteer effort that mobilised friends from inside and outside Egypt, we raised €34,000 and distributed it in cash or kind to 108 families, at an average of €313 each. These families consisted of a total of 384 people, 160 of whom are children.</p><p>With our deep thanks to everyone who contributed to the effort.</p><p><strong>As we explain in the podcast, we can't take more funds right now. </strong>But here are some other initiatives helping folk:</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://linktr.ee/thesameerproject">The Sameer project</a> - organized by Palestinian diaspora</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/networkforpalestine?igsh=c2M0N3FjdXdxNTJ2">Network for Palestine</a> – Cairo mothers helping Gazan families</p><p>With thanks to <a target="_blank" href="https://linktr.ee/tarekabdulaziz">Tarek</a> for music and sound production. </p><p><em>You can find Cairo Calling </em><a target="_blank" href="https://cairocalling.substack.com/"><em>on Substack</em></a><em>, </em><a target="_blank" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cairo-calling/id1660453621"><em>Apple podcasts</em></a><em>, </em><a target="_blank" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3zTiLnmOl9fIscuJuC9Rzj"><em>Spotify</em></a><em>, or in a plain old </em><a target="_blank" href="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1250765.rss"><em>podcast feed</em></a><em>.</em></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://cairocalling.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">cairocalling.substack.com</a>
October 1, 2023
<p>The climate is changing faster than safety codes can keep up. </p><p>Architect-friend Arathi joins Dody, Peter and Tarek to talk about to help us understand the built environment and where we live, whether it's Washington DC or Cairo, Egypt.</p><p>It's a conversation that holds clarity about the big picture at the same time as being routed in place and community. Or, in other words, “Dodylandia”.</p><p>As ever, music and sound production by <a target="_blank" href="https://linktr.ee/tarekabdulaziz">Tarek</a>, who also joins us to co-host this for the first time! Thanks Arathi for joining us, and to Raph for artistic sparkles.</p><p><strong>Going further…</strong></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.zgf.com/leadership/4347-arathi-gowda">Arathi Gowda at ZGF</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.northwestern.edu/mses/people/profiles/faculty/arathi-gowda.html">Arathi Gowda at Northwestern University</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wsla.global/2019">Women in Sustainability Leadership Awards 2019 Winners</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa">Burj Khalifa</a>, skyskraper in Dubai</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://fallingwater.org/">Falling water</a>, a house designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 </p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16288-zgfs-portland-airport-expansion-takes-its-cues-from-the-forests-of-the-pacific-northwest">Portland Terminal redevelopment</a> with local timber</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_McKibben">Bill McKibben</a>, author on climate change</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/sep/04/super-rich-prepper-bunkers-apocalypse-survival-richest-rushkoff">The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2023/sep/29/the-hottest-summer-in-human-history-a-visual-timeline">A visual timeline of the hottest Summer in human history</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://coast.noaa.gov/states/fast-facts/great-lakes.html">Great Lakes</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/expert-insights/the-abcs-of-esg-reporting">What is ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Reporting?</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.careaboutclimate.org/blog/what-is-a-frontline-community">What is frontline economy?</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/insurance-policy-california-florida-uninsurable-climate-change-first-street/">Homes in parts of the U.S. are "essentially uninsurable" due to rising climate change risks</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/13/environmental-activists-killed-at-a-rate-of-one-every-other-day-in-2022-global-witness-report-aoe">Environmental activists killed at a rate of one every other day in 2022 – report</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/20/what-happened-montana-climate-trial-decision">Montana’s landmark climate ruling: three key takeaways</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.goethe.de/prj/ruy/en/m/dos/sol/22883800.html">Initiatives Seeking Solutions for the Phenomenon of Cutting Trees in Cairo</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Ministry-Future-Kim-Stanley-Robinson/dp/0316300136">The Ministry for the Future: a novel</a>, “[A] compelling work of speculative fiction about solving the climate crisis around the world...”</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement">The Paris Agreement at COP21</a>, a global commitment to “keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius”.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/the-glasgow-climate-pact/cop26-outcomes-finance-for-climate-adaptation">COP26 Outcomes: Finance for Climate Adaptation</a> </p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ipcc.ch/reports/">IPCC Reports</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://climateactiontracker.org/">Climate Action Tracker</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://rebellion.global/">Extinction Rebellion</a> </p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.sunrisemovement.org/">Sunrise Movement</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_Strike_for_Climate">School Strike for Climate</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://350.org/">350.org</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nottoolateclimate.com/">#NotTooLate</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.onegreenthing.org">OneGreenThing</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://priceofoil.org">priceofoil.org</a></p><p></p><p><em>You can find Cairo Calling </em><a target="_blank" href="https://cairocalling.substack.com/"><em>on Substack</em></a><em>, </em><a target="_blank" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cairo-calling/id1660453621"><em>Apple podcasts</em></a><em>, </em><a target="_blank" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3zTiLnmOl9fIscuJuC9Rzj"><em>Spotify</em></a><em>, or in a plain old </em><a target="_blank" href="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1250765.rss"><em>podcast feed</em></a><em>.</em></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://cairocalling.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">cairocalling.substack.com</a>
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