Check out the 'Empire' podcast series, if you haven't already:

One of those episodes of @EmpirePodUK where I find myself making notes on my phone while walking dark country paths, narrowly avoiding potholes as @DalrympleWill ...

Global Player, The Shelina Show "The news moves fast. Often, the important details can pass us by. Best-selling author Shelina Janmohamed is here to change that. She meets some of the sharpest minds around to explore the issues they’re passionate about as well as news stories ...

BBC Radio 4, File on Four, Abandoned in Afghanistan "18 months after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, File on 4 hears from people still stuck in hiding; their names blacklisted because of the work they did for the British. "

BBC Sounds, Why Do We Do That? "Doomscrolling is the act of spending an excessive amount of time on absorbing negative news. Ella Al-Shamahi investigates if we are naturally drawn to the doom and gloom." In my case, doomscrolling is an occupational hazard.

Zaira Lakhpatwala, Arab News, Podcasts: The future of media in the Arab world? " There are estimated to be more than 10 million podcast listeners in the Middle East and North Africa region, who listen to an average of between five and seven hours of podcasts a week, according to Bella Ibrahim, marketing ...

This was an excellent episode:

That's tonight's listening sorted... @EmpirePodUK has become essential listening @tweeter_anita @DalrympleWill ...

Arab News, Saudi Arabia’s 1st international audio content conference underway "(Mohammed) Islam pointed out that 200,000 of the 4 million podcasts had only managed a maximum six episodes because their creators had either not been consistent or failed to introduce new material."

If you have any interest in state actors and hacking, this one is for you:

This live episode of #LazarusHeist discusses aspects of series one.

There are are important insights into state ...

"Professor Leila Ahmed's book, Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate (1992) was published in a time in which there was little scholarship on the history of women in Islam. Over the years, it became a classic and was re-published in 2021 with a new foreword by Professor Kecia Ali, who has used it in her own scholarship ...

I enjoyed the first episode of the "Empire" podcast from William Dalrymple and Anita Anand. The link is for Spotify, but it's available elsewhere too. This is an underrepresented subject (as discussed in the podcast), so anything that contributes to widening the discourse has to be welcomed. The fact it is done in a lively entertaining ("edu-taining"?) ...

This is an excellent podcast series from 'Story of our Times'. It provides a level of depth about Cantlie as an individual, and how he dealt with the challenges facing him. The podcast does not pull any punches. There is plenty of detail about the Islamic State and its treatment of captives. The podcast is presented by Manveen Rana and Anthony Loyd.

Arab News, UK Muslim podcast to shine light on ‘unspoken’ mental health issues "The podcast, entitled the “Unspoken Truths about Mental Health,” will feature a range of guests, including people who have experienced mental health issues, as well as emotional support volunteers, imams, ...

Serial Productions/New York Times, The Trojan Horse Affair

I've become slightly obsessed with this eight-episode New York Times' Serial podcast, which is very revealing in its attitudes towards education and Islam in contemporary urban Britain. I've now heard ...

BBC Radio 4, Citizen of Nowhere Daliso Chaponda discusses Black History with Nabil Abdulrashid

Podcast:

Podcast - Mosul and the Islamic State - Opportunities Lost (Part 1: Democracy)

Another mention for this series, this time with the two-part episode on the complexities of jihadi campaigns in Mosul. Recommended. Available on multiple platforms: I have ...

This is an excellent podcast about the Athar Project. It intersects zones of archaeology, Middle East history and heritage, crime, social media and academia. The podcast is available on multiple platforms

Athar Project

Spyscape: Athar ...