Asked what's wrong with the country, many Lebanese will say "mafi dawla," there is no state. Princeton University Associate Professor of History and Near Eastern Studies Max Weiss on sectarianism in Lebanon following last year's deadly explosion at the Port of Beirut. Joined by Lebanese student advocates at the Simply Youth Podcast, we discuss corruption, Hezbollah, and the Revolution. Then, 2020 may have had record turnout, but millions of Americans still didn't vote, and not for the reasons you think. Plus, as the world moved online, so did cybercriminals—we investigate massive online attacks to the vaccine cold chain. 

Max Weiss' recent work: Roundabout of Death (Translator), In the Shadow of Sectarianism (Author), Arabic Thought Beyond the Liberal Age (Author), Arabic Thought Against the Authoritarian Age

Featuring (in order of appearance): Will Fang, Alex Benoit, Max Weiss, Lilia Chahine, Mahmoud Yamani, Marcos Rios, Cassandra He

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