A rant, Christopher Sweat

Cathy Fawaz is a Ph.D. candidate at the Regent’s University London, and her research focuses on political communications around the world.

We discuss Cathy’s pathway to her Ph.D., growing up in Lebanon, sectarian politics, hard-right movements, and the influence political communication strategies in the United States have on other parts of the world.

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Topics Covered:

* A softer system, one that accommodates more beliefs in international politics.

* Global conflict

* Defense spending or the Military-Industrial Complex

* Colorado Springs, CO, USA

* Nato

* Diplomacy, Henry Kissinger

* Benito Mussolini

* Adolf Hitler

* The global economy

* Russia/Ukraine

* The Federal Reserve & Central Banking

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Many of the discussions I’ve hosted on A rant have been about politics and human rights. Press play to hear my conversation with Salih.

It was a pleasure to speak with Salih Hudayar on a critical issue facing the Uyghur people in Central and East Asia. Salih discusses his background, the history of the Uyghur people, and the current conditions surrounding China (CCP) and the East Turkistan region.

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You can also learn more about Salih here:

Salih Hudayar - Wikipedia

And there is more information on the East Turkistan Government in Exile by clicking here.

I hosted Maral Karimi, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto who focuses on Social Justice Education with a background in politics.

Maral is also an author of the book, The Iranian Green Movement of 2009. Click the link to check it out, and see below to follow Maral on Twitter.

Maral and I speak deeply on the nuances of politics and society in Iran, geopolitics related to the liberation of the Iranian people, women's rights, and more. The discussion could have continued for much longer than an hour, and I made room for Maral to build historical context and discuss the evolution of Iran over more than 40 years.

If you have comments or thoughts after listening, please share.

Taking a break from the politics, it was so fun to host Ri Sharma.

Maybe you’ve heard of Wall Street Confessions?

It’s a really cool community. You can find more here:

Wall Street Confessions on Instagram

Ri is working on a number of other projects which we will discuss.

You can also check her website out here:

Ri Sharma is a founder, content strategist, and internet personality dedicated to shaping voices and growing brands.

Ri is also hilarious! I highly recommend you follow her on Twitter.

Anyways!! We’ll be back to politics, economics, art, and whatever else soon.

I hope you enjoy this conversation.

I hosted Jonathan Scott, who started his hacking days in the era of mobile web development (2009.) We explore the various forms of hacking, from white hat, gray hat, and black hat to the types of exploits on mobile platforms. We discussed the means different actors use in the hacking world and how human rights should expand to cover specific digital or technological environments.

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We also discuss plausible tactics that countries like China use to gain access to the mobile devices and data of non-citizens. This tweet from Jonathan may provide some additional context.

We will host part 2 of this conversation, but I hope you enjoy it—press play.

You can find more about Jonathan’s work on his website, 0hak.com.

As always, I would love to hear your thoughts.

I’ve been looking forward to this conversation, and it was so much fun. Press play!

Hollis Robbins is currently the Dean of Arts & Humanities at Sonoma State University. Hollis has 2 books on the way later this year. Her work covers a lot of ground and I have developed a deeper appreciation for classical studies and black studies partly because of the perspective(s) she shares with me.

We sat down to discuss everything from politics, academia, liberal arts, poetry, black studies, literature, and so much more.

Hollis describes her background on LinkedIn below:

Over two decades of public facing leadership in higher education and government relations, as well as financial oversight and budgeting; working with boards of directors; strategic planning; diversity, equity and inclusion; developing innovative education models. Longstanding academic focus on African American literature; film and film music; poetry and artificial Intelligence.

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You can find Hollis on Twitter at @anecdotal. She has one of the best Twitter handles I have ever seen, and we discuss this briefly in the audio recording. A

Also, tell me this tweet isn’t funny as hell? Especially if you have a Bay Area frame of reference.