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The Adnan Husain Show

Adnan Husain

Professor Adnan Husain, historian and scholar of religion, hosts a show spanning history, politics, global affairs, intellectual culture, as well as religion and spirituality. The format ranges from scholarly guest interviews, panel discussions, recorded lectures, and his own readings and commentary.

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  • October 13 · 1 hr 24 min

    OH 46-Yemen's Helpers of God w/Shireen Al-Adeimi

    Audio of YouTube Livestream! The Radical Academy returns with the 46th episode of the (almost) weekly Friday (usually!) livestream session of Office Hours. This week, Dr. Shireen Al-Adeimi, a scholar at Michigan State University's College of Education, speaks with us about the extraordinary recent events in Yemen where the Ansarallah movement which governs nearly the entire populated districts of the country has taken steps to control the Bab al-Mandeb, resist the Saudi led blockade, and rout the remaining Saudi aligned and Saudi paid mercenaries. We'll learn more about the last decade of Yemen's history and the current situation geopolitically with a great guest and analyst. Join us 4:30pmET for Office Hours and a Guerrilla History Dispatch episode, bring your questions and comments! You can check out previous conversations with Dr. Al-Adeimi on Yemen with Guerrilla History: https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/the-history-of-modern-yemen-the-struggle-against-zionist-imperialism-w-shireen-al-adeimi-rune-aldanmarki-agerhus https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/history-and-impacts-of-the-blockade-yemen-w-shireen-al-adeimi A double episode on this channel on the history of Yemen and its resistance to imperialism and colonialism with Dr. Isa Blumi will also be valuable: https://youtu.be/vWP4GHtGLqU?si=VpWLbK6fQmIAMEO2 https://youtu.be/LriA62pneJE?si=VptO0_RFa_wxoFSa Please support Rahima Foundation, the charitable food aid and other assistance providing organization in the Bay Area founded by my mother over 30 years ago to support refugees of America's imperial wars: https://rahima.org/donate Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes as well as full audio of all livestreams)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.substack.com/@adnanahusain Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Rate and Review! Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: www.substack.com/@adnanahusain www.adnanhusain.org

  • October 11 · 1 hr 13 min

    OH 43- Racializing the Ummah w/Rhea Rahman

    Rhea Rahman joins the 43rd episode of Office Hours, a weekly Friday livestream, at its traditional 5pmET time to discuss her important recent book: Racializing the Ummah: Muslim Humanitarians beyond black, Brown, and White (Univ of Minnesota Press, 2025). It is an ethnographic study of Islamic Relief a Muslim charitable organization,, examining Muslim transnational philanthropy networks, the structures of racial capitalism at work, and the possibilities and limits of its strategic positioning in response to Islamophobia. Challenging and critical, it presents a textured analysis of complex phenomeno of great importance to understanding our world. Join us with your comments and questions for another session of the Radical Academy, Friday Sept 11th, 5pmET. Dr. Rhea Rahman is assistant professor of Anthropology at Brooklyn College, CUNY. Please support our fundraiser for Rahima Foundation, a food aid and assistance organization in the South Bay Area started by my mom thirty odd years ago in our garage to help refugees settling in the area, mostly as a resut of US imperial wars: https://www.rahima.org/donate Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes as well as full audio of all livestreams)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Rate and Review! Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org

  • September 16 · 1 hr 33 min

    Office Hours 42-Political Prisoners and the Black Radical Tradition w/Orisanmi Burton

    The Radical Academy is in session for an early edition, 9amET Fri Sept 4! Orisanmi Burton, a social anthropologist at the CUNY Graduate School and author of the profound study, Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression and the Long Attica Revolt, joins Office Hours for a discussion of political prisoners, Black radical resistance movements, internationalism and anti-imperialist solidarity. We might have a chance also to talk about his new project that integrates Black Muslim militants thinkers and activists and think about aspects of the relationsip between the Black Radical tradition and socialism/Marxism. We will certainly have much to discuss about the importance of political prisoners in the imperial core and under settler colonial rule from the US to Palestine. Since the open letter addressed rhetorically in the Guardian to political prisoners in Iran and signed by many leading scholars, activists and even political prisoners, the question of the politics around prisoners and solidarity has come further to the fore. Without belaboring that particular controversy, now is an opportune time to learn about and from the experience of political prisoners and resistance. Join us with your questions and comments! You can buy Orisanmi's book: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/tip-of-the-spear/paper Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orisanmi_burton/ Please support our fundraiser for students in Gaza taking my online course, Guerrilla History: Anticolonial Resistance History, Theory, Practice, for materials and supplies for their final history research projects and the costs to support an in-person version of the course starting in September for displaced students from Gaza on the campus of the American University in Cairo: https://chuffed.org/project/174168-support-a-third-round-of-spocs-for-gaza Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available as audio podcast on all major platforms: https://adnanhusainshow.libsyn.com Also subscribe to the YouTube channel for regular livestreams: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org

  • September 13 · 1 hr 7 min

    Names of God (9): al-Qadeer, "the All-Powerful"

    Adnan and Marc return with a discussion of a name or attribute, al-Qadeer or "the Powerful" or "All-Powerful", identified by `Afīf al-Dīn al-Tilimsānī in his work translated as "The Divine Names: A Mystical Theology of the Names of God in the Qur'an" by Yousef Casewit. Notably, the name al-Qadeer is not often included in the devotional tradition listing the "99 Names". As a result, we relied greatly on interpreting his discussion as the starting points for a conversation about understanding the sources of power and agency spiritually, theologically, psychically and, especially, phenomenologically. The discussion of al-Tilimsani was remarkably wide-ranging on different aspects of this issue of the nature of power and agency, including the varieties of forms of agency. We also explored how agency might manifest through the seeker's recognition and experience of "the Powerful" in a fascinating parable of the Sufi catching their cloak (presumably patched!) on a twig or branch as a metaphor for challenges, obstacles, the force of power upon us. Finally, we reflected on two different Qur'anic statements al-Tilimsani cites that opened a deeper consideration of the nature and meaning of power and its source. Whether we grasped the subtle distinction between the statement "All power belongs to God" (or as we also proposed, "power belongs to God wholly/completely/all together") on the one hand and "There is no power except through God," we must leave to listeners to ponder further. Every exploration of a distinguished name led us back to consideration of the unity of the Named, this time through a final suggestion of al-Tilimsani that apprehending and experience the unity and essence, "witnessing" it, the Names disappear and the witnesser is rendered "speechless." We were enriched by and grateful again for an opportunity to reflect together on the Names. Inshallah, you found something beneficial or resonant in our shared exploration. Again, we welcome your comments, queries, corrections in discussion of the video! Follow Marc's channel for additional supplemental videos on the topics of the series: @marcapplebaum8177 Also please support the fundraiser for Yara, a single woman living in a tent in Deir al-Balah, Gaza. She is currently trying to raise money for her mother's medical needs after heart surgery and support for her family of five: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=RUNFTJSLC4YVW&fbclid=IwY2xjawR9pORleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFWZDg1M3FsdEtibjBWZm1Ec3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHt5xsnU6Pdq2yaDuFN3S1G9gWUbekwvZfyV8WT8r8-ARiKcCIIADKxM1-_ey_aem_jWjpyM2qbCfKDkHbmWb8ww Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes as well as full audio of all livestreams)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Rate and Review! Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org

  • September 13 · 2 hr 8 min

    Office Hours 41-Requiem for French Theory w/Gabriel Rockhill

    Full Audio of YouTube Livestream!!! The Radical Academy is in session for a continuing discussion with returning guest Gabriel Rockhill, Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University and author of numerous books, about the "Intellectual World War" and in particular the geopolitical economy of compatible left theory production in the imperial core. We discuss his new co-authored book, with Aymeric Monville, "Requiem for French Theory", from Monthly Review Press. It is a series of dialogues emerging from past sessions of The Critical Theory Workshop that engage a critique of structuralist, post-structuralist and postmodern French theory; contextualizes it in the global political economy of intellectual production; examines the consequences of its regressive and reactionary formulations as part of a broader "anticommunist cultural front"; and enjoins a revival of revolutionary praxis. It should be an interesting conversation on a very engaging and relevant short book and themes distilled from volume 1 of the "The Intellectual World War" series and extended to French theory in this digested fashion. Join us 4pmET Friday August 28 with your comments and questions. You can listen to/watch two previous episodes w/Gabriel, "The Imperial Theory Industry": https://youtu.be/Qz8rX6UEB2Q?si=xFKgdOxmdNNPCeWb and Office Hours 22-Western Marxism, https://www.youtube.com/live/6-okZ9MgvZE?si=s8QIXgzJWOIU9WMy "Requiem for French Theory" is available from Monthly Review Press: https://monthlyreview.org/9781685901509/ You can find out more about The Critical Theory Workshop: https://criticaltheoryworkshop.com/ Follow Gabriel Rockhill and learn about his work: https://gabrielrockhill.com/ Please support our fundraiser for students in Gaza taking my online course, Guerrilla History: Anticolonial Resistance History, Theory, Practice, for materials and supplies for their final history research projects and the costs to support an in-person version of the course starting in September for displaced students from Gaza on the campus of the American University in Cairo: https://chuffed.org/project/174168-support-a-third-round-of-spocs-for-gaza Thank you for supporting the program on Patreon as a paid member. Your support helps keep this content for political eduation free and available on YouTube for others who cannot afford to be paid members. You can also subscribe on substack: https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available as audio podcast on all major platforms: https://adnanhusainshow.libsyn.com And YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain www.adnanhusain.org

  • September 7 · 2 hr 2 min

    Office Hours 39 - The Exterminating Empire w/Chris de Ploeg

    Full Audio of YouTube Livestream, UNLOCKED!! Join us for a special early edition Office Hours Friday livestream Fri Aug 21--the Radical Academy is in session to discuss a new book from Monthly Review Press titled The Exterminating Empire: Capitalism's War on Life, from Palestine to the Burning Planet with its author Chris de Ploeg. The book examines the political economy of imperialism and its connection to climate crisis, war, genocide. Foreword by Jason Hickel. It should be a great discussion! Bring your comments and questions for Chris. Order the book: https://monthlyreview.org/9781685901653/ And follow Chris at: www.chrisdeploeg.com Please support our fundraiser for my online course for students in Gaza: Guerrilla History: Anticolonial Resistance History, Theory, Practice for materials, supplies and equipment for creative expression and sharing of their historical research. Please be generous again as you have in supporting this course: https://chuffed.org/project/174168-support-a-third-round-of-spocs-for-gaza Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes as well as full audio of all livestreams)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Rate and Review! Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: https://adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org

  • August 27 · 2 hr 12 min

    Office Hours #40 w/Sina Rahmani : Three Cheers for "hollow anti-Imperialism"

    Join us for a special impromptu edition of Office Hours Sunday Aug 23rd to break down the infamous "Open Letter" addressed to "political prisoners" in the Islamic Republic of Iran signed by a number of promient left academics and activists in the BLM and abolotionist anti-carceral movement. The response has been overwhelming and swift in criticism and condemnation of the ill-advised letter. Sina Rahmani of The East is a Podcast joins Office Hours to analyze and reorient this controversy politically. The Radical Academy is in session so join us with your comments and questions. Tune into both of us and a number of other excellent panelists on this topic on the indispensible Millenials are Killing Capitalism Tue Aug 25 11am-1pmET: Of course, support and subscribe to Sina's unbanned The East is a Podcast https://www.youtube.com/@theeastisapodcast Please support our fundraiser for my online course for students in Gaza: Guerrilla History: Anticolonial Resistance History, Theory, Practice for materials, supplies and equipment for creative expression and sharing of their historical research. Plus we need to fund an in-person version of the course for displaced Gazan students in Cairo. Please be generous again as you have in supporting this course: https://chuffed.org/project/174168-su... Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available as audio podcast on all major platforms: https://adnanhusainshow.libsyn.com X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org

  • August 27 · 1 hr 29 min

    Office Hours 38-Guerrilla War : History and Theory w/Justin Podur & Alex Aviňa

    Full Audio of You Tube Livestream Office Hours program!! Adnan is joined by two comrades and scholars of the history and theory of Guerrilla War, Profs Justin Podur and Alex Aviňa, both friends of the show. This era of anticolonial and anti-imperial resistance has witnessed many developments in insurgency, guerrilla, and asymmetrical war from Gaza, Southern Lebanon, to Yemen and Iran among the Axis of Resistance. This important conversation gives us an opportunity to learn about some of the main features of People's War politically and tactically from the roots in communist and revolutionary struggles to anticolonial resistance and what innovations and lessons can be learned since the Genocide and resistance and their implications for liberation and geopolitics of our time. Read your Mao, get your Che on! Join us with your comments and questions, Fri August 6, 3pm ET. Please support our fundraiser for my online course for students in Gaza: Guerrilla History: Anticolonial Resistance History, Theory, Practice for materials, supplies and equipment for creative expression and sharing of their historical research. Please be generous again as you have in supporting this course: https://chuffed.org/project/174168-support-a-third-round-of-spocs-for-gaza Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes as well as full audio of all livestreams)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Rate and Review! Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: https://adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org

  • August 4 · 56 min

    Names of God (8): al-Muheet, "The Encompassing"

    "The All-Encompassing" or al-Muheet is a less discussed of the Qur'anic divine attributes because many traditions/hadith of the devotional "99 Names" and subsequent Sufi commentaries do not include it. Al-Tilimsani, following the incidence of divine names as they appear in the Qur'an, dedicates a discussion of al-Muheet. Adnan and Marc engage in an exploration of the meanings and experiences of encompassing and return to the question of the divine-human relationship and the "jamali" and "jalali" distinction we've been considering in recent names emphasizing divine lordship. What is the relationship between the "Avenging" attribute al-Muntaqim and the ontological, universal "Mercy" of al-Rahman in the experience of "The All-Encompassing", al-Muheet? A phenomenological perspective bears particular fruit as we conclude with al-tlimimsani's quotation of the great North African Sufi Master Abu Madyan, "Whoever speaks of dates without tasting their sweetness in his mouth has not spoken of dates!" His final exhortation in his discussion of al-Muheet is: "So understand this, and you will understand the deepest meanings of the final end through your own tasting and state, not trhough transmitted reports and hearsay!" As ever, we reflect on how the name, the sufi commentaries on the name, might together bring insight to a deeper consideration of our own contemporary material conditions and instrospections spiritually, psychologically, and phenomenologically. We look forward to your comments! Follow Marc's channel for additional supplemental videos on the topics of the series: @marcapplebaum8177 Also please support the fundraiser for Yara, a single woman living in a tent in Deir al-Balah, Gaza. She is currently trying to raise money for her mother's medical needs after heart surgery and support for her family of five: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=RUNFTJSLC4YVW&fbclid=IwY2xjawR9pORleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFWZDg1M3FsdEtibjBWZm1Ec3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHt5xsnU6Pdq2yaDuFN3S1G9gWUbekwvZfyV8WT8r8-ARiKcCIIADKxM1-_ey_aem_jWjpyM2qbCfKDkHbmWb8ww Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes as well as full audio of all livestreams)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Rate and Review! Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org

  • July 5 · 1 hr 34 min

    Ali Shariati's Red Shi'ism vs Black Shi'ism--Anti-Imperialist Muharram 2

    The series The Karbabal Paradigm and Anti-Imperialist Resistance for Muharram addresses the important ideas that helped transform modern Shi'i devotional practice and theology into a revolutionary anti-imperialist force. Often called the ideologist of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Dr. Shariati's writings and teachings are a fundamental source of anti-imperialist thought from the Global South. In particular he articulated a non-secular but radical and liberatory project that is at the heart of the Axis of Resistance's use of Shi'i values, rituals, and sacred histories as tools of struggle. You could say this episode will begin to delve into the historical reinterpretation of Shariati that gave birth to Shi'i liberation theology. Join me for Day 2/3 of Muharram on this series. Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes as well as full audio of all livestreams)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Rate and Review! Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org

  • July 4 · 1 hr 8 min

    Names of God (7): al-Malik, "The King"

    In this 7th episode of the Names of God series, Adnan and Marc reflect on al-Malik, the King or Owner, another name or attribute that raises the questions of lordship and servanthood in their intimate, non-dualistic interrelationship and the language of hierarchy in the context of spiritual development and psychological health for humans. Because al-Tlimsani discusses the appearance of al-Malik in the context of its Qur'anic appearance in the opening surah, al-fatiha, as "Master of the Day of Judgment," we discussed the eschatological meanings of the "afterlife" from an experiential understanding in juxtaposition to conventional understandings in Islamicate (and broadly monotheistic) theology. al-Ghazali's definition of "kingship" as being free from need opens up ways of understanding spiritual self-sufficiency or sovereignty in our daily life as a practical absorption of this name spiritually. In a wide ranging conversation about different dimensions of al-Malik, we explore the spiritual, the metaphysical, the political, and the social in contemporary life from both conceptual and experiential approaches for what it means to be human. Follow Marc's channel for additional supplemental videos on the topics of the series: @marcapplebaum8177 Also please support the fundraiser for Yara, a single woman living in a tent in Deir al-Balah, Gaza. She is currently trying to raise money for her mother's medical needs after heart surgery and support for her family of five: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=RUNFTJSLC4YVW&fbclid=IwY2xjawR9pORleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFWZDg1M3FsdEtibjBWZm1Ec3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHt5xsnU6Pdq2yaDuFN3S1G9gWUbekwvZfyV8WT8r8-ARiKcCIIADKxM1-_ey_aem_jWjpyM2qbCfKDkHbmWb8ww Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes as well as full audio of all livestreams)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Rate and Review! Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org

  • June 24 · 1 hr 21 min

    MOUharram in Iran-Critical Dissent, Spiritual Solidarity w/Ehsan Safarnejad

    In this fourth episode in the series Muharram for Anti-Imperialists: The Karbala Paradigm, Adnan speaks with geopolitical analyst Ehsan Safarnejad about his critical analysis of the "Islamabad" Memorandum of Understanding, the politics of Iran's engagement in the diplomatic negotiations vs. its military responses, and the special political/spiritual solidarity of Iran's street demonstrations and the meaning of Karbala for today's resistance to the Epstein Empire. Don't miss his unique insights and analysis! Follow his YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@UCn-_UlidwJz0jTP1opyZbmw On socials: https://x.com/Safarnejad_IR and Telegram t.me/PoliticalAficionado as well as on UpScrolled share.upscrolled.com/en/user/8296a2e1-2874-4756-9d00-006e3ca83a9 Please give to Dahnoun Mutual Aid in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/115245-dahnoun-mutual-aid Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes as well as full audio of all livestreams)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Rate and Review! Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org

  • June 22 · 1 hr 32 min

    Why History Matters w/Yakoob Ahmed

    his episode could equally be titled "ReOrienting History Islamically". Adnan is joined by historian of late Ottoman history and author of Why History Matters: Reviving Faith Through the Lens of History to talk about Eurocentric historiography and historical consciousness and whether Islamicate history provides alternatives and how global or world history might benefit from a reorientation. This is a crucial question not only for Muslims or scholars of history. It is evident that this history is understood principally through orientalist assumptions and frameworks that propose "western modernity" as the only standard for envisioning sovereign futures. As a result, rethinking and reorienting history is of universal concern and interest for understanding the human and envisioning a future beyond the hegemony of Western imperialist racial capitalism. What can studying not only Islamicate history but history "islamically" contribute to envisioning a just, equitable future for humanity? We'll ask Dr. Yakoob Ahmed and discuss the issues with you, so post your comments and questions! You can buy his book in North America here: https://www.meccabooks.com/products/why-history-matters-reviving-faith-through-the-lens-of-history?srsltid=AfmBOoppPtmEhj_SEkfd68zLrCe12EnYKm9jl8wRlS5_M3lCQyQRbjqo Support Dahnoun Mutual Aid operating to provide water and financial support to families in Gaza: https://www.instagram.com/dahnounmutualaid/ Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes as well as full audio of all livestreams)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Rate and Review! Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org

  • June 18 · 1 hr 2 min

    Memo to US Empire—Iran Wins w/Navid Zarrinnal

    Adnan and Sina (who departed early because he double booked!), Westoid Tankies sitting in comfort, try to convince Navid Zarrinnal in Tehran that Iran has won and he can make street cat videos forever more! The memorandum of understanding and Iranian public response is the subject of this episode and Navid provides insight and skepticism based on experience in Iran as well as the mood at atmosphere at the start of the sacred Shi'i devotions in the month of Muharram remembering the martyrdom of Imam Husayn at Karbala and amid continuing economic challenges. Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes as well as full audio of all livestreams)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Rate and Review! Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain

  • June 11 · 1 hr 56 min

    World Cup 2026: Geopolitics and the Beautiful Game

    This Guerrilla History series previewing and analyzing the major international football (soccer) tournaments on and off the pitch continues with the disastrous US/Canada/Mexico hosted World Cup 2026. Amid war on Iran, anti-immigrant ICE terror gangs, dismal initial attendance numbers and astronomical costs, this world cup looks to be one of the worst in history. No wonder there have been calls to boycott it and the US. A terrific global panel joins Guerrilla History hosts Adnan and Henry to discuss the geopolitics of the once beautiful game and review the myriad ways this world cup violates the spirit of sport. Gazan journalist Abubaker Abed , Resistance is Fertile podcast co-host Indi.ca, and returning panelist and great friend of both Guerrilla History and the Adnan Husain Show Latin American historian Alex Aviña will break this down. Join us live Tuesday June 9th, 2pmET/7pmDublin/9pmKazan/12amColombo. Give to Dahnoun Mutual Aid in Gaza: https://www.instagram.com/dahnounmutualaid/ https://chuffed.org/project/115245-dahnoun-mutual-aid Subscribe to Guerrilla History podcast on your favorite audio podcast platform or listen at: https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com Follow Abubaker Abed on X and substack: x.com/AbubakerAbedW and substack.com/@AbubakerAbedW Follow Indi on X and his website: x.com/indica and https://indi.ca as well as Resistance is Fertile podcast on his YT channel: @indications Follow Alex on X: x.com/Alexander_Avina Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes as well as full audio of all livestreams)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Rate and Review! Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org

  • June 9 · 1 hr 12 min

    The Names of God (6): al-Rabb, "the Lord and Nourisher"

    Adnan and Marc explore the name al-Rabb, which is usually translated at "The Lord" but with elements of educative and nourishing dimensions. Some even translate the name as "Nourisher". Although this is not one of the 99 names listed in typical devotional traditions, this self-description or name appears early in the Qur'an in its opening chapter, Surah Fatiha, in the verse "Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds." Al-Tilimsani discusses it, so Marc and I reflected on the themes of Lordship and Servanthood in the psychological and experiential schemes of Sufi understanding of this name as well as our own reflections. As ever, we try to orient our discussion not only around examining the meanings but also the mechanisms of the names for spiritual and psychological development and activation. Also as usual, we find social value as well in the effort to explore the Names in contemporary times. Join us! If you are a free subscriber, consider supporting the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes as well as full audio of all livestreams, among other benefits)! If you already are a paid subscriber on Substack, thank you! Your regular support helps sustain this show, allows more educational content creation, and keeps this channel free and available for those who cannot afford to support but benefit from it. So, again, thank you! Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow And as audio podcast on all the major platforms: https://adnanhusainshow.libsyn.com X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org

  • May 31 · 1 hr 3 min

    A Radical Approach to Electoral Politics w/Butch Ware

    Full Audio of YouTube Livestream!!!! Dr. Butch Ware returns to the program to discuss the Black Radical Tradition, anti-imperialists and decolonizing politics, and the approach he is taking to his candidacy in the race for Governor of California for the Green Party. How do these radical and revolutionary traditons of change and social justice inform his approach and plans to engage in electoral politics in the two party duopoly? The campaign has faced many obstacles and challenges thrown up to block his candidacy. We'll hear about those and the plans for the campaign in combatting the anti-democratic machine politics in the state. We will be live so please join and bring your comments and questions. You can follow Butch Ware on X: @ButchWare His website for the campaign is: https://butchware4gov.com You can support the campaign even if you are not in California with donations and volunteer opportunities, so do check it out. Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes as well as full audio of all livestreams)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Rate and Review! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org

  • May 27 · 1 hr 8 min

    Office Hours 31-Pal Action's Legal Trials and UK Political Crises w/Huda Ammori

    Full Audio of YouTube Livestream!!!! The radical academy is in session as Office Hours returns Friday May 15 for an early edition, 11:30amET/4:30amUK. Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, returns to the channel to talk about recent developments legally surrounding the direct actionists' trials, jury manipulation, "terrorism" sentencing, attempts to sanction barrister for the defense, and the political consequences for the Starmer government and the UK state. Remember this political suppression and the threat to legal and political rights results from the enormous success of Palestine Action in disrupting Israeli war manufacturing and UK complicity. Bring your questions for Huda on this edition of Office Hours! Please support Dahnoun Mutual Aid operating in Gaza: https://www.instagram.com/dahnounmutualaid/ Follow Huda on X: https://x.com/HudaAmmori Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes as well as full audio of all livestreams)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org

  • May 25 · 1 hr 10 min

    Iran War Diary (Day 80) : Get Used to the Regime

    Navid, Sina Rahmani, Adnan Husain, and Kumars discuss the prospect of renewed bombing by the US and Israel, how Iranians view the global impact of Iran's military and economic resilience, how support for the Axis of Resistance registers on the Iranian domestic political spectrum, whether good anti-imperialists should all convert to Islam, and much more. Follow ​‪@adnanhusainshow‬ on here Check out Navid's Insta / navidwahraman Delete Ur Account http://feeds.libsyn.com/82171/showrss Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes as well as full audio of all livestreams)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Rate and Review! Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org

  • May 24 · 1 hr

    The Violent Demise of Monetary Supremacy w/Radhika Desai

    Full Audio of YouTube Livestream!!!! Adnan and Benji in this collaboration with Resistance is Fertile podcast continue their conversation with Radhika Desai about the latest developments in geopolitical economy. We discuss the consequences of Iran's restriction of commercial trade through the Strait of Hormuz for dollar hegemony and more broadly on the global economy. We'll learn about swap lines and the UAE and other gulf economic vulnerabilities. Perhaps we will also assess the view that China is the key target of the Iran War and the theory that global energy control has been the main strategic goal of US interests. Ahead of the Trump-Xi summit it will be useful to examine and understand China's position during the imperialist war in West Asia. Post your questions in case we have time to get to them too! Follow Resistance is Fertile podcast: resistancesfertilepodcast.substack.com and like, subscribe to https://youtube.com/@indications Follow Radhika Desai's YouTube channel: https://YouTube.com/@UCrER1BhEDLrH-K1Y8taoFNg Also the International Manifesto Group and its channel: https://internationalmanifesto.org/ https://YouTube.com/@UCPdrMIB6EeY7DdiK82P1EbA Please support Dahnoun Mutual Aid, a Palestinian organization on the ground in central and southern Gaza providing drinking water and cash assistance to families: https://www.instagram.com/dahnounmutualaid/ Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes as well as full audio of all livestreams)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org

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