In this episode, we talk to Sean Hastings, a researcher and host of “What Happened To Syria,” where Sean talks about the history of the Syrian civil war and Syrian revolution. He also co-founded hurriya.net and edits for the English language site.
With us, he talks about the fallout of the war against ISIS, and the Assad regime, the impacts on different groups throughout Syria, and how HTS and Jolani dislodging, and overthrowing the Assad regime has changed the environment and relationships within the country.
Ranging from the Kurds in the north east, to the alawites in the west.
We also discuss how Daesh rose and fell, touching on the ISIS brides and much more
13 Jan 2026
The Memetics of Next Generation Uprisings - Let Them Eat Cake 051
This episode, we speak to Uday of Militant Wire, a repeat guest we have had on multiple times, to discuss the memetics of the luffy flag appearing in gen z protests across south and south east asia, along with some locations in Africa and even South America.With one of these eventuating in the collapse and overthrow of the Nepalese government, this is somerthing we believe has the potential to become something with cross cultural penetrating potential, and a worldwide trend, iwe hope you enjoy the episode! Please share it around and do the follow, like, subscibe thing for us! Have nice day
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22 Aug 2025
An Intro To Africana Studies w/ Jared A. Ball - Let Them Eat Cake 050
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Chapters
0:00 - Intro
4:16 - Who Is Jared Ball
8:40 - Why Romantic Nationalism
13:45 - Critical Race Theory
18:45 - Origins of Woke
22:25 - Aversion To Black Scholars
26:10 - Alternative Media Representation
33:35 - Are People Just Scared of Black People
45:10 - We're Not So Different, You And I
48:38 - How To Approach Candace Owens
52:40 - The Supremacist Idea of "The Good One"
57:26 - Powerful Global North Weakened By Migrants
59:42 - MOVE Bombing: A Modern Lynching?
1:04:00 - Significance of August
1:08:19 - Final Thoughts
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