December 14, 2024

The Ophthalmologist's Dilemma feat. Séamus Malekafzali

Middle East correspondent Séamus Malekafzali returns to discuss Syria - a retrospective on Ba’athism, Assad, and for the first time after decades of moral panic about Islam… moderate jihadism is back, baby! Also - Ehud Barak’s camera company, and finally cutting the budget of the DfE.

Check out Séamus' work here! https://www.seamus-malekafzali.com/

Comments (26)

M
Man2quilla · December 19, 2024

The spare animation is obviously a plane hitting the second tower

M
Marc Bosse · December 17, 2024

There is a proud tradition of Québec firms using UK firms to name shift in the aftermath of questionable decisions. SNCL -> Atkins Réalis, Genivar -> WSP

P
Petrorenminbi · December 17, 2024

Can’t have an embarrassing photograph of you eating a sandwich if you don’t eat sandwiches

-
-Kris- · December 17, 2024

Hearing "every city named Tripoli in the Mediterranean" rather than "both cities named Tripoli" left me very surprised to learn that there's another one in Greece (also one in Turkey on the Black Sea and three in the US because of course)

H
Hedrigal · December 20, 2024

These three Lis must have been the Alexander of their day.

A
Al · December 17, 2024

I miss Hussein

C
Christopher Barnes · December 17, 2024

Sweet jesus is this ceo shooting going to launch that armed uber startup?

J
Joe Wakefield · December 16, 2024

Rimworld ❤️

D
Do Golems Dream of Ceramic Sheep · December 16, 2024

Britain calls out for a hero...

P
Pilfering Kibble · December 16, 2024

Very legal and very cool

A
Andrew Davis · December 16, 2024

It was nice of November to hot mic with WASBAPIN this week.

k
kalifschorsch · December 15, 2024

I do wonder what drew Barak to a startup that promises to get a hold of and delete/alter security cam footage.

B
Ben Yardley · December 15, 2024

Tepid Baathism of managed decline, is that anything?

I
Isaac · December 14, 2024

You laugh, but these bits are a crucifixion of Marc Andreeeesssen

M
Man2quilla · December 14, 2024

S tier guest

a
anarchopixie · December 14, 2024

Gerry Adams has always denied being a member of the Harlem Globetrotters

C
Crispined Glover Potato Snacks · December 14, 2024

I'd love to see a My Dinner With Andre style play where Gianni infantino, Eric Adams, and Andrew Cuomo all claim to be increasingly baffling and implausible ethnicities and sexualities.

P
Peevish Giraffe · December 14, 2024

Haarlem Globetrotters vs. The The Hague Veldheer

V
Vanessa P · December 14, 2024

Syrian Islamist Abu Muhammad al-Julani NOT to be confused with Italian-American Islamist Abu Rudy al-Giuliani

H
Hedrigal · December 14, 2024

Baby Johny and accursed Tony are best friends.

A
Alex · December 14, 2024

Is Britain real, or is just a propped up kleptocracy by big sandwich?

J
Joe · December 14, 2024

Ere, that Moilo Eddards is down Taunton way, oos gowen?

F
Fatticus Inch · December 14, 2024

Badenoch drops the sandwich in the puddle, Starmer kneels right down and eats it.

V
Vanessa P · December 15, 2024

Step away from the Lathe lest you manifest into existence a new, extremely cursèd genre of femdom slashfic

A
Athena Von Tharsis · December 14, 2024

The sandwich question is the one issue Kemi and I agree on.

M
MI · December 14, 2024

the fact that british people give themselves hyphenated last names like they’re all part of some lost dynasty will never stop being funny to me