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The Lede

New Lines Magazine

This is The Lede, the New Lines Magazine podcast. Each week, we delve into the biggest ideas, events and personalities from around the world. For more stories from New Lines, visit our website, newlinesmag.com

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41:14

AI Is Transforming Geopolitics — with Bruno Maçães...

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2025/02/21

The global geopolitical landscape is changing, but not in the way you might think. In place of traditional armies facing off on the battlefield, or nuclear-backed superpowers, there's a new force: AI. On this week’s episode of The Lede, politician and New Statesman columnist Bruno Maçães, author of “World Builders: Technology and the New Geopolitics,” tells New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai how the battle lines are being drawn in a virtual world — and how the builders of the strongest AI language models

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38:54

Fakirs and Holy Men: Mysticism in America, Europe and...

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2025/02/14

On this week’s episode, writer Raphael Cormack tells New Lines’ Finbar Anderson about the mystics who fused elements of the spiritual and the modern to build huge followings from Beirut to New York in the early 20th century, as described in his new book “Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age: A Forgotten History of the Occult.”Produced by Finbar Anderson

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35:07

America’s Era of the Entrepreneur — with Erik Baker...

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2025/02/07

On this episode, Erik Baker, author of “Make Your Own Job: How the Entrepreneurial Work Ethic Exhausted America,” tells New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai how the culture of entrepreneurialism came to dominate modern America.Produced by Finbar Anderson

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40:03

Alliances, Antagonism and Ambitions: Inside the BRICS...

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2025/01/31

On this episode of the podcast, New Lines’ Kwangu Liwewe discusses the poorly understood BRICS group with Gustavo de Carvalho, a senior researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs, against the backdrop of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of heavy sanctions against the group should they pursue a rumored policy of moving away from the U.S. dollar.Produced by Finbar Anderson

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47:05

House and Home in Syria and in Exile — with Ammar...

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2025/01/24

Following the dramatic recent political developments in Syria, Ammar Azzouz, author of “Domicide: Architecture, War and the Destruction of Home in Syria” and Wendy Pearlman, author of “The Home I Worked To Make: Voices From the New Syrian Diaspora” join New Lines’ Lydia Wilson on The Lede to discuss how conflict and exile have shaped Syrians’ idea of home, and how that might change in an uncertain future.Produced by Finbar Anderson

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35:49

The Decline of the American Empire — with Robert...

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2025/01/17

On this week’s episode, acclaimed journalist and author Robert Kaplan joins New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai on The Lede for a discussion on Donald Trump, the Iraq War and his new book “Waste Land: A World in Permanent Crisis.”Further listening: The American Experiment From Outside and Within — with Hari Kunzru and Faisal Al Yafai Produced by Finbar Anderson

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44:22

Looking Ahead in 2025 — with Kareem Shaheen, Lisa...

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2025/01/10

Will 2025 bring resolutions to the many news stories of the previous year? Four of New Lines’ editors consider the upcoming second Donald Trump presidency, the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, possible turbulence in Europe and the future for Syria.Further listening: Survival and Statehood in Ukraine — with Yaroslav Trofimov Produced by Finbar Anderson

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38:23

How To End the Forever Wars — with Mary Kaldor and...

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2025/01/03

Returning to the podcast, Mary Kaldor, professor emeritus of global governance at the London School of Economics, joins New Lines’ Lydia Wilson for a discussion on how to end the various intractable wars still raging in 2025, from Gaza to Ukraine.Produced by Finbar Anderson

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32:24

Listen Again: Soccer’s Rising Stars of African Origin...

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2024/12/27

On this rerun episode of Global Insights on The Lede, originally aired in July, host Kwangu Liwewe discusses the inexorable rise of soccer stars of African origin with former Nigeria star player Segun “The Mathematical” Odegbami and soccer journalist Ponga Liwewe.Produced by Finbar Anderson

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33:50

From Deadly Desserts to Hawaiian Pizza: Culinary...

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2024/12/20

In this special Christmas episode of The Lede, New Lines’ most culinary-minded discuss the mysterious, thrilling and sometimes bloody origin stories of their favorite dishes, and go head-to-head in the annual Christmas quiz.Produced by Finbar Anderson

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51:30

The End of Assad and a New Era for Syria — with...

The Lede ·

2024/12/13

In a momentous week in the history of Syria, New Lines’ Middle East Editor Kareem Shaheen and Editorial Director Rasha Elass join Faisal Al Yafai on The Lede to discuss how the Assad regime’s collapse happened so quickly, the terrible symbolism of the Sednaya prison complex and what’s next for Syria’s future.Further reading: The Backstory Behind the Fall of Aleppo by Hassan Hassan and Michael Weiss Assad Was Disengaging From Iran, but His Next Steps Are Unclear by Rasha Elass Syrians Ponder a

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01:01:20

Merkel and Memory in Modern Germany — with Katja...

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2024/12/06

Bestselling historian Katja Hoyer joins New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai on The Lede to discuss her history of East Germany, reunification and the former state’s most famous living politician, Angela Merkel, who has just published a major new memoir.Produced by Finbar Anderson

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26:17

An Arresting Drama: Israel, the ICC and the...

The Lede ·

2024/11/29

This week’s episode of Global Insights on The Lede looks at the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif, with insight from Itamar Mann, a professor at the University of Haifa’s Faculty of Law, New Lines’ Middle East Editor Kareem Shaheen and Global Insights host Kwangu Liwewe.Produced by Finbar Anderson

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47:17

The Islamic Influence on Europe’s Medieval...

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2024/11/22

On this week’s episode of the podcast, Middle East cultural expert Diana Darke joins New Lines’ Lydia Wilson to discuss the unacknowledged influence of Islamic architecture on medieval buildings throughout Europe.Further reading | A New Theory: European Cathedrals Show Traces of Ancient Egypt Produced by Finbar Anderson

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52:22

The American Experiment From Outside and Within —...

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2024/11/15

One week after the American election, New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai is joined by the novelist and commentator Hari Kunzru for a discussion on the changing currents of American society and culture, the author’s recent novels, and Kunzru’s new introduction to the Edward Said classic “Culture and Imperialism.”Produced by Finbar Anderson

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55:23

America’s Global Election: The Impact of Trump’s Win...

The Lede ·

2024/11/08

Throughout 2024, The Lede has covered a number of elections. Few of them are likely to be as consequential as the reelection of Donald Trump in the United States. A panel of New Lines editors discuss what Trump’s victory means both for America and around the world.Further reading: The Threat Trump Poses Is Real, but Democrats Must Learn Through Defeat Produced by Finbar Anderson

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01:01:04

Where America’s Election Will Be Won and Lost — with...

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2024/11/01

Once again, the debate over whether or not Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump might be a threat to the future of America’s democracy is dominating the narrative around November’s knife-edge election. But that debate, political scientists John Sides and Sheri Berman tell New Lines’ Danny Postel, is unlikely to be where the election is actually won or lost.Produced by Finbar Anderson Additional research by Santiago Ospina Celis

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29:50

Gazans’ Choice - with Abeer Ayyoub and Kwangu Liwewe

The Lede ·

2024/10/25

In this episode of Global Insights on The Lede, Gazan journalist Abeer Ayyoub tells New Lines’ Kwangu Liwewe about a recent trip to Cairo, Egypt, to which her sister has recently fled from Gaza. Ayyoub also tells Liwewe about her parents’ decision to stay in the beleaguered northern part of Gaza.Produced by Finbar Anderson

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50:17

How To Lose a Country: The Limits of Democracy — with...

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2024/10/18

This week’s episode of The Lede welcomes back returning guest Ece Temelkuran, whose book “How To Lose a Country,” has just been republished with the subtitle, “The Seven Steps From Democracy to Fascism.” Temelkuran joins Faisal Al Yafai to test the pulse of global democracy and consider the rise of fascism since her last appearance on the podcast.Produced by Finbar Anderson

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56:34

Survival and Statehood in Ukraine — with Yaroslav...

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2024/10/11

In this week’s episode of The Lede, New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai is joined by The Wall Street Journal’s chief foreign affairs correspondent, Yaroslav Trofimov, for a discussion about modern Ukraine and Trofimov’s new novel, “No Country for Love,” set in the country’s turbulent early 20th century.Produced by Finbar Anderson

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