Just World Podcasts
Just World Podcasts is an innovative podcast series on international affairs. In November 2023, we launched a new series titled "PalCast", which is a collaboration with Tortoise Shack Media in Dublin, Ireland. Our host for this series is Yousef AlJamal, and Helena Cobban is co-host. Tony Groves of Tortoise Shack is also part of these timely conversations.
JWP is run by the publishing house Just World Books and Just World Educational.
Episodes
105 episodes
Helena Cobban's talk "Palestinian resistance from the PLO to Hamas"
On June 13, 2024, JWE President Helena Cobban gave a talk at the Rossmoor community in Walnut Creek, CA, hosted by Rossmoor Voices for Justice in Palestine. The talk was titled "Palestinian resistance from the PLO to Hamas." In it Helena drew o...
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Understanding Hamas, Ep.5: Dr. Azzam Tamimi
This was the fifth and final session in a series of Public Conversations that Just World Ed presented in May 2024, on the theme of "Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters." The series as a whole was presented by JWE President Helena Cobban...
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Understanding Hamas, Ep.4: Mouin Rabbani
This was the fourth of a series of Public Conversations that Just World Ed is presenting in May 2024, on the theme of "Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters." The series is presented by JWE President Helena Cobban and board member ...
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Understanding Hamas, Ep.3: Dr. Jeroen Gunning
This was the third of a series of Public Conversations that Just World Ed is presenting in May 2024, on the theme of "Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters." The series is presented by JWE President Helena Cobban and board member R...
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Understanding Hamas, Ep.2: Dr. Khaled Hroub
This was the second of a series of Public Conversations that Just World Ed is presenting in May 2024, on the theme of "Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters." The series is presented by JWE President Helena Cobban and board member ...
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Understanding Hamas, Ep.1: Dr. Paola Caridi
This was the first of a series of Public Conversations that Just World Ed is presenting in May 2024, on the theme of "Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters." The series is presented by JWE President Helena Cobban and board member R...
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Helena Cobban, talk on Hamas at Westmoreland Church, April 21, 2024
In March 2024, the Middle East Committee of Westmoreland Church, which is a very active "UCC" congregation located on the borderline between Maryland and Washington DC, invited Helena to go and speak to their members on the topic "Hamas: ...
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PalCast: Episode 2, the shared Palestinian and Irish struggles
The second episode of Palcast discusses the shared struggle of the Palestinian and Irish peoples. From Captain Boycott, to Bloody Balfour, to hunger strikes, Dr Yousef Aljamal, Helena Cobban and Tony Groves delve into the shared struggle betwee...
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PalCast, Episode 1. The Streets are with Palestine
As Israel's genocide in Gaza continues, PalCast's Dr Yousef Aljamal and his co-host Helena Cobban survey the situation on the ground in Gaza and the West Bank and the waves of pro-Palestinian sympathy that have swept around the whole worl...
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Introducing: PalCast with Yousef Aljamal and Helena Cobban
This episode introduces the people behind a brand new series, PalCast, which will be hosted by Palestinian refugee (and friend of the shack) Dr Yousef Aljamal and his longtime collaborator and friend Helena Cobban, herself an activist and autho...
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Globalities: On untangling Syria's devastating civil war
In this episode, Helena Cobban presents a voiced version of the essay she published today on the Globalities website, which is titled, "Untangling Syria's devastating civil war." In the essay, Ms. Cobban, a long-time analyst of Syria's affairs,...
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Global Shifts Update, April 14
In this episode of her Global Shifts series, Just World ed President Helena Cobban looks at the events and developments of the past week that illustrate the big shifts now underway in the global balance. This week, she looks at the continuing f...
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This week's major shifts in the global balance
In today's episode Just World Ed's Helena Cobban presents her review of the key shifts in the global balance that we've seen over the past week. This episode covers:The ongoing contest between NATO and Russia over Ukraine ...
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A Korea-style armistice for Ukraine? A voiced essay from Globalities
In mid-January 2023, the veteran analyst of world affairs Helena Cobban published an essay at Globalities.org in which she explored the urgent need for a country...
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The Urgency of Banning Nukes: Conversation with William B. Quandt
This was the sixth conversation in Just World Educational's project to produce and share multimedia resources to inform, educate, and engage new generations of (especially) Americans on the need to Ban All Nuclear Weapons and dismantle all exis...
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Episode 6
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The Urgency of Banning Nukes: Conversation with Joseph Gerson
This was the fifth conversation in Just World Educational's project to produce and share multimedia resources to inform, educate, and engage new generations of (especially) Americans on the need to Ban All Nuclear Weapons and dismantle all exis...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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The Urgency of Banning Nukes: Conversation with Ivana Nikolic Hughes
This was the fourth conversation in Just World Educational's project to produce and share multimedia resources to inform, educate, and engage new generations of (especially) Americans on the need to Ban All Nuclear Weapons and dismantle all exi...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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The Urgency of Banning Nukes: Conversation with Vicki Elson
This was the third conversation in Just World Educational's project to produce and share multimedia resources to inform, educate, and engage new generations of (especially) Americans on the need to Ban All Nuclear Weapons and dismantle all exis...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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The Urgency of Banning Nukes: Conversation with Ray McGovern
This was the second conversation in Just World Educational's project to produce and share multimedia resources to inform, educate, and engage new generations of (especially) Americans on the need to Ban All Nuclear Weapons and dismantle all exi...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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The Urgency of Banning Nukes: Conversation with Prof. Ted Postol
This was the inaugural conversation in Just World Educational's project to produce and share multimedia resources to inform, educate, and engage new generations of (especially) Americans on the need to Ban All Nuclear Weapons and dismantle all ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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Helena Cobban and Richard Falk talk nuclear realities at Mt. Diablo
On May 20, JWE President Helena Cobban spoke at an event on the Ukraine Crisis and the nuclear risks associated with it that was hosted by the Mount Diablo Center for Peace and Justice in Walnut Creek, California. JWE board member ...
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Richard Falk & Helena Cobban, Ukraine: Stop the Carnage, Build the Peace!
This virtual conversation between Helena Cobban and Richard Falk was pre-recorded for the Friends of Mt Diablo Peace and Justice Center for screening on May 20th, 2022.For more information or to download Just World Educational’s report ...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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Report Launch, Ukraine: Stop the Carnage, Build the Peace!
The launch of our report “Ukraine: Stop the Carnage, Build the Peace!” in which Helena Cobban and Richard Falk were joined by Katrina vanden Heuvel, Medea Benjamin, Gar Smith, Ray McGovern, David Swanson, Cynthia Lazaroff, Rick Sterling,...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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"#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World" with Dr. David Barash & Cynthia Lazaroff
The eighth and final session of "#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World," a biweekly series of online convos hosted by JWE Pres. Helena Cobban and Board Member Richard Falk, joined this week by guests Dr. David Barash and Cynthia La...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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"#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World" with Phyllis Bennis and Indi Samarajiva
The seventh session of "#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World," a biweekly series of online convos hosted by JWE Pres. Helena Cobban and Board Member Richard Falk, joined this week by guests Phyllis Bennis and Indi Samarajiva. For ...
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Episode 7
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