Makdisi Street

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October 29 "The Uniparty is a scam" / Sam Husseini
The brothers welcome the journalist and Green Party congressional candidate Sam Husseini (@samhusseini) to the show to discuss his electoral run in Maryland's 4th congressional district, changing attitudes on Palestine in the US, the stubborn gap between public opinion and official policy in Washington, the role of journalists and activists in challenging those in power, and the relationship between domestic and foreign affairs, summed up in his campaign slogan, "more peace, cheaper gas."

Check out Sam's website www.samhusseini.com

Date of recording: Oct 27, 2026

Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/dhHzN_Yu1VI X: @MakdisiStreet YouTube: @MakdisiStreet Insta: @Makdisist TikTok: @Makdisistreet

Check out Ussama's personal SubStack https://makdisi.substack.com/ Music by Hadiiiiii

Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/makdisistreet

1 hr 6 min
October 23 Makdisi Street Reviews w/ Assal Rad
The brothers host author Assal Rad (@AssalRad) to discuss her new book, Don't Say Palestine: How the Media Manufactured Consent for Genocide (2026).

Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/WThjVoeoJRw

Date of recording: Oct 20, 2026 X: @MakdisiStreet YouTube: @MakdisiStreet Insta: @Makdisist TikTok: @Makdisistreet

Check out Ussama's personal SubStack https://makdisi.substack.com/ Music by Hadiiiiii Consider supporting the showwww.patreon.com/makdisistreet

59 min
October 19 "The loudest denialists"
The brothers gather to discuss the third anniversary of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the dissonance arising from witnessing genocide on the one hand and seeing stubborn denial by committed Zionists on the other hand, as well as the internal contradictions in Lebanon as the Israeli devastation of southern Lebanon also enters its third year.

The brothers will be hosting Assal Rad on the next livestream edition of Makdisi Street Reviews. Join the Patreon for live access and to submit your questions and comments. https://www.patreon.com/MakdisiStreet/posts/makdisi-street-w-172251274

Date of recording: Oct 13, 2026

Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/WThjVoeoJRw X: @MakdisiStreet YouTube: @MakdisiStreet Insta: @Makdisist TikTok: @Makdisistreet

Check out Ussama's personal SubStack https://makdisi.substack.com/ Music by Hadiiiiii Consider supporting the showwww.patreon.com/makdisistreet
47 min
October 10 Makdisi Street Reviews w/ Akbar Shahid Ahmed
The brothers host a livestream discussion with Akbar Shahid Ahmed on his new book Crossing the Red Line: Biden, his Advisors, and Israel's War in Gaza (2026), published by WW Norton

Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9xcED2AYPw

Consider supporting the show for access to the next livestream edition of Madisi Street Reviews! www.patreon.com/makdisistreet
1 hr 18 min
October 02 "The bottom is falling out in the US" w/ Ryan Grim
The brothers welcome Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) of Drop Site News to the show to discuss shifts in the American political landscape, the growing disillusionment with Israel and how AIPAC has become an index of political corruption, the contradiction between donors and electoral base in Democratic Party politics, Abdul el-Sayed's political maneuvering ahead of the Michigan senate vote, and Trump's embrace of the legacy of early modern piracy.

Date of recording: Sept 29, 2026

Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/WwubT5qBS_Q X: @MakdisiStreet YouTube: @MakdisiStreet Insta: @Makdisist TikTok: @Makdisistreet

Check out Ussama's personal SubStack https://makdisi.substack.com/ Music by Hadiiiiii

Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/makdisistreet
1 hr 22 min
September 25 Makdisi Street Reviews w/ Fady Joudah
The brothers host the award-winning Palestinian-American poet Fady Joudah to discuss his newest work, Exhibit G: Poems, Essays, and Photographs of Gaza (2026).

Watch the livestream on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnUPf7gMDSs

Consider supporting the show for access to the next livestream edition of Madisi Street Reviews! www.patreon.com/makdisistreet
1 hr 9 min
September 21 "The UK government was definitely complicit" w/ Chris Doyle
The brothers welcome Chris Doyle, Director of the Council for British-Arab Understanding (CAABU) and leading expert on British policy to the Middle East. We discuss the context behind British complicity in the Gaza genocide under former Prime Minister Keir Starmer and why he thinks the apparent shift in policy under new Foreign Minister Ed Milliband is genuine. We also talk about the power of the Israel lobby in the UK and the unprecedented crackdown on free speech and Palestine solidarity protests.

Date of recording: Sept 15, 2026

Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/9pDWjlgUs40 X: @MakdisiStreet YouTube: @MakdisiStreet Insta: @Makdisist TikTok: @Makdisistreet

Check out Ussama's personal SubStack https://makdisi.substack.com/ Music by Hadiiiiii

Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/makdisistreet
1 hr 32 min
September 12 "Uncontained Malice"
The brothers regroup to discuss israel's ongoing campaigns of genocidal destruction in southern Lebanon and Gaza; the regional consequences of the apparent stalemate in the US war on Iran; continuing shifts in Western public attitudes toward the question of Palestine and the gap between public or voter sentiment on the one hand and actual policy making on the other, as well as an illustrative contrast between the consolidation of pro-Israel establishment politicians in the US (witness the recent bill to protect Israel by muzzling US universities) and possible signs of change in Europe, including the recent move to recognize the illegality of the 1967 occupation in its entirety.

Date of recording: Sept 8, 2026

Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/GAIte4DE8ec X: @MakdisiStreet YouTube: @MakdisiStreet Insta: @Makdisist TikTok: @Makdisistreet

Check out Ussama's personal SubStack https://makdisi.substack.com/ Music by Hadiiiiii Consider supporting the showwww.patreon.com/makdisistreet
44 min
August 27 "They've lost all the arguments"
Two of the three brothers reflect on summer travels and discuss Ussama's recent visit to Australia, the extraordinary repression across the Western world intended to shield Israel from criticism or even analysis, the provenance of the so-called IHRA misdefinition of "antisemitism," and the replacement of a culture of denial by a culture of suppression.

Date of recording: August 25, 2026

Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/9pDWjlgUs40 X: @MakdisiStreet YouTube: @MakdisiStreet Insta: @Makdisist TikTok: @Makdisistreet

Check out Ussama's personal SubStack https://makdisi.substack.com/ Music by Hadiiiiii Consider supporting the showwww.patreon.com/makdisistreet

35 min
August 18 "Surrender is not an option"
The brothers reunite in a special, in-person episode at their parents' mountain house in Dhour Choueir, Lebanon, to discuss their recent trip to southern Lebanon, what they saw on the ground, the wider regional implications, and where U.S. politics stands today.

Produced by Layla Makdisi

Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEd2P3lOkN8

X: @MakdisiStreet YouTube: @MakdisiStreet Insta: @Makdisist TikTok: @Makdisistreet

Check out Ussama's personal SubStack https://makdisi.substack.com/ Music by Hadiiiiii Consider supporting the showwww.patreon.com/makdisistreet

50 min