Polite Conversations
Eiynah Mohammed-Smith
4.4from 219 ratings
- 289
- Episodes
- 99
- Transcribed
- 219
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
- 5M
- YouTube views
About Polite Conversations
Growing up in Saudi Arabia as a Pakistani, who now resides in Canada, Eiynah brings a global perspective to discussions about religion, politics, culture & sexuality - through the lens of a progressive ex-muslim immigrant. This podcast often focuses on unpacking various forms of extremism, particularly types that are less overt and masquerading as ‘intellectual’. Eiynah has a specific interest in covering online scenes like New Atheism and the Intellectual Dark Web. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Eiynah Mohammed-Smith
- Category
- news · news · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 17 Feb 2016
- Latest episode
- 15 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
99 of 289 episodes have a transcript.
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep 118: Eiynah & Linguist Dr. Caitlin Green REACT to MacklemoreGate statements (Pt 1)
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep 117 - Follow up chat w IDSG (Pt 2): Gatekeeping words like Genocide
28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep 116 - Follow up chat w IDSG (Pt 1): “I’ve Never felt More like a Colonizer”
Inside a recent episode
Ep 118: Eiynah & Linguist Dr. Caitlin Green REACT to MacklemoreGate statements (Pt 1)
Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Right. Because the intent is never stated so clearly, right? Yeah, and all you have to do is look at the statements of Israeli officials to see it because their intent is explicitly stated on a regular basis. It's also why we wanted to bring up examples from, like, apartheid South Africa. No, it wasn't South Africa. It was the Rwandan genocide, was it? Oh, gosh. I don't remember. Yeah, it was Rwanda. Because there... There's like archives of radio messaging about how like the child of a snake is also a snake and like, you know, how it's the same kind of language of just like reminding people because humans don't naturally gravitate to this. […]
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- Caitlin Green
- Jack
- Daniel
- Jon Phillips
- Christopher Mathias
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 5,110,456
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 162 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.5 / 5
- 57 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 72 / 100
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- Quality
- 70
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 94
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