The Fire These Times

Recording more episodes this month! Updates to come soon

There are now 4 eps of @thefirethesetimes.com available as early access: www.patreon.com/thefirethese... Left Melancholy w/ @the-rebuild.bsky.social State of Fascism w/ @billfletcherjr.bsky.social City of Sweat w/ @arunacsekhar.bsky.social Looting of Science Fiction @alirizataskale.bsky.social

And @timnitgebru.blacksky.app will be on TFTT soon!

For the latest episode of @thefirethesetimes.com, I spoke with @hebagowayed.bsky.social about what it’s been like to raise our respective kids - both around 3 years old - as diasporic (US and UK) Arab parents since the Gaza genocide started. Wherever you get your podcasts: pod.link/1503094935/e...

If you don’t already subscribe to @thefirethesetimes.com you really should. It is one of the best English language podcasts covering a whole plethora of ideas and issues that rarely reach the mainstream discourse.

The episode is now available on all podcast platforms. Thanks again to @elgendyahmed.bsky.social for sharing his powerful reflections on his 6 years in Sisi's hellish prisons with @essssraaa.bsky.social and I. To support TFTT: www.patreon.com/thefirethese...

check it out! first time on a pod. hop over to this patreon to support a rad project and hear it now ❤️‍🔥

Been looking forward to this one... @sharonyamsy.bsky.social joins @ayoub.bsky.social on @thefirethesetimes.com talking ambiguous loss... which is something quite a lot of us have experienced in one way or another in the last few years one way or another but may not have had the language to explain

"Do fascists really believe in fascism? Yes, yes they do, and we need to stop pretending otherwise to better equip ourselves against them." Fascists Really Believe It w/ Toby Buckle. An episode of @thefirethesetimes.com by @ayoub.bsky.social that I missed.

Folks listen up. I’m reading Huna and I *highly* recommend it. Go get it now if you can. Looking forward to having @elgendy95.bsky.social with @essssraaa.bsky.social on @thefirethesetimes.com this week!

it's not just ugly rhetoric—they genuinely want us to die my discussion with @ayoub.bsky.social on modern fascism thefirethesetimes.com/2026/09/14/f...

My episode with Toby Buckle aka @polphilpod.bsky.social on why we should believe fascists when they tell us who they are Wherever you get your pods etc thefirethesetimes.com/2026/09/14/f... Video version available for Patreon supporters www.patreon.com/thefirethese... @thefirethesetimes.com

Had an absolutely wonderful convo with @sharonyamsy.bsky.social on ambiguous loss yesterday. We spoke about Hong Kong/Lebanon, our kids, the downsides of being diasporic, and so much more. It’ll be out on Patreon as early access soon patreon.com/thefirethesetimes @thefirethesetimes.com

Both @eyshe.bsky.social and @nathantankus.bsky.social will be on @thefirethesetimes.com soon to talk about this impressive book. For early access, be one of the cool kids and join patreon.com/thefirethese...

2 years ago @danielvoskoboynik.bsky.social and I did an episode exploring how The Zone of Interest reminded us of Israeli genocidal culture towards Palestinians. This was before we got Israeli politicians openly using Nazi imagery to describe *themselves* thefirethesetimes.com/2024/09/20/t...

Last year, we did an episode looking at the similarities (and differences) between Warsaw and Gaza following @danielvoskoboynik.bsky.social’s visit to what used to be the Warsaw ghetto @thefirethesetimes.com thefirethesetimes.com/2025/11/07/w... @thefirethesetimes.com

Dana and I will also do an episode of @thefirethesetimes.com on this soon. www.patreon.com/thefirethese...

Out now on Patreon: the video version of The Rise of End Times Fascism with @astra.bsky.social @naomiaklein.bsky.social @danaelkurd.bsky.social and @ayoub.bsky.social www.patreon.com/thefirethese... Audio episode is freely available wherever you get your podcasts: pod.link/1503094935/e...

Really good conversation re: campism in general, beyond this one event. So often everywhere else in the world except the USA (or Israel, or “the West”) is treated as having no agency and being forced to do this or controlled to do that. And solidarity is not possible with that misunderstanding.

The video version of the Cosmic Dream Boogie with @chanda.blacksky.app is now available youtu.be/RkSglQezcUE Support TFTT here www.patreon.com/thefirethese... @ayoub.bsky.social

Now on to the main event. This week we have two complementary essays that address the question of memory and its mobilization for political ends. First, repeat contributor and host of The Fire These Times podcast @ayoub.bsky.social looks at German memory culture and ongoing scapegoating of the Other

Just over two weeks to our first hangout since the summer break!

Really enjoyed listening to this, makes me think I should read the first book again soon. And I need to pick up the second book when I see it.

enjoyed this interview that I was listening to on my bike ride in South Vancouver yesterday. great conversation

In which I talk about the upcoming November class on modern Lebanese history and politics, the 5th and last one one this year. thefirethesetimes.com/2026/08/18/n... thefirethesetimes.com/lebanonclass/ open.spotify.com/episode/3fKQ...

The video episode with @chanda.blacksky.app will be out on Monday 24th! Science is political. Reality is queer af. Also: race, imperialism, Star Trek (of course), Supergirl and post/colonialism. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkSg... @ayoub.bsky.social

This interview was phenomenal. Can't wait to get into Waubgeshig Rice's books, they sound amazing. If you like what our collective does, you'll likely want to check them out too!

The audio version of my interview with @waub.bsky.social is already available wherever you get your podcasts @thefirethesetimes.com To support TFTT -> patreon.com/thefirethesetimes

The video interview with @waub.bsky.social will be out in less than 3 hours youtu.be/37-oFTg6xBI @thefirethesetimes.com

Want to learn about modern Lebanese history and politics? The 5th and final class of the year is happening this November. Registrations now open! thefirethesetimes.com/lebanonclass @thefirethesetimes.com

The monthly hangout is back this September! Grab something cold or hot and join @ayoub.bsky.social every first Saturday of the month, 4-6pm UK time, to chat about all things TFTT, world events, personal shit, and everything in between. thefirethesetimes.com/hangout/ www.patreon.com/thefirethese...

Beyond the Apocalypse, episode 221 with @waub.bsky.social, is now out as early access on Patreon. www.patreon.com/thefirethese... @ayoub.bsky.social

And the way to help make that happen is by supporting TFTT on www.patreon.com/thefirethese... You'll get everything as early access, including mini-series like "A Lebanese in Belfast" (Working title. Might be "From Beirut to Belfast")

In memory of the Warsaw Uprising, I’m resharing my convo w/ @danielvoskoboynik.bsky.social for @thefirethesetimes.com, recorded days after his return from what used to be the ghetto thefirethesetimes.com/2025/11/07/w...

Europa percibe a migración como unha crise existencial, por riba do cambio climático, o auxe do fascismo, as guerras imperialistas, a IA... Isto facilita que se poda instrumentalizar á poboación refuxiada para ameazala (Belarús-Polonia, Erdogan-sirios, Ceuta...)

Episode 220, @ayoub.bsky.social is joined by @aymanmak.bsky.social to talk about the Ceuta 'incident' Available wherever you get your podcasts pod.link/1503094935 thefirethesetimes.com/2026/08/04/t...