Bugünkü bölümüzde Kazuma İwata ile Mangal Media için yazmış olduğu yeni yazıyla ilgili sohbet ediyoruz. Nightmare on Togo Street başlıklı yazı, İstanbulda Togo Sokağı diye bir yerin olduğuna dair şehir efsanesinin Japonya da aşırı sağ hareket tarafından yayılıp benimsenişinin tarihçesini anlatıyor.

In this episode I am resharing a discussion we have recorded for Elia Ayoub’s Fire These Times podcast. We will be talking about the Nostalgia in the Periphery project that we have launched recently and I will have the opportunity to talk about my own short story TipiTip.

In today’s episode I am joined by Sharanya Deepak to talk about her personal essay Morphing Flashbacks, she wrote for our print collection Nostalgia in the Periphery. The essay is an intimately written piece that deals with themes of memory, anxiety and body image in various stages of the authors life.

In this episode we will be in conversation with Ana Sekulić to talk about her new article Threads of Life. Our conversation mostly revolves around the reconciliation of academic work with personal experience. We explore the opportunities and restrictions of scholarly work when it comes to dealing with complex issues like family history.

In this episode of the Mangal Media podcast, I am joined by Ayman Makarem to talk about the short comic book him and Hisham Rifai have produced for Mangal Media: A Letter Home. A Letter Home which will be released later this month is a deeply personal medley of emotions about Beirut, loss, and dislocation. Ayman Makarem and Hisham Rifai walk a delicate line between yearning and indignation for the home they have left behind. The beauty of this illustrated short story is its bravery in tackling irreconcilable emotions without falling into rose-tinted nostalgia or crippling cynicism. The ease and harmony with which the words and pictures blend together is a testament to the outstanding creative chemistry between Makarem and Rifai.

Bugünkü konuğumuz Velvele.net 'in kurucularından Bawer Murmur. Bawer ile geçtiğimiz sene Velevele için Türkçe olarak kaleme almış olduğu ve geçtiğimiz ay Mangal Media da İngilizce olarak yayınlanan Ölüm Yas ve Keşkeler adlı yazısını konuşcaz. Yazının yanı sıra toplumsal mücadelelerde kesişimselliğin önemi ve editörlüğün incelikleri hakkında da sohbet edicez. Bawer'in yazısını Mangal Media'da Mourning While Queer: on Death, Grief and Regrets başlığı altında okuyabilirsiniz.

Bugünkü konuğumuz Zeynep Beler ile, Nisan ayında yayınlanıcak olan, Nostalgia in the Periphery- Periferide Nostalji adlı ortak çalışmamıza ilgili sohbet edicez. Proje çok sayıda sanatçı ve yazarın ortak çalıştığı, serigrafi ve dijital baskı olarak üretilmiş çizgi roman, poster ve kısa hikayelerden oluşan, fanzin aromalı buram buram nostalji kokan bir yayın demeti. Zeynep Belerin yazdığı ve çizimini yaptığı kısa hikaye Folding'in konusu ise yeni taşındığı evin önündeki çöplükte geçmişte kaybettiği eşyaları bulan bir karakterler ilgili. 

In this episode we are joined by our regular contributor Robin Asbury, to talk about her article Recreating Filipino Recipes in Istanbul. We will be talking about the openness of Filipino cuisine to fusion, in comparison to the conservative obsessiveness of the Turkish Cuisine. Those living in Istanbul stay tuned until the end of the conversation where we will be talking about some of our favourite Asian and Middle Eastern restaurants that have opened in Istanbul recently. 

In this episode I am joined by Vincent Wong, member of Lausan. A collective of grassroots activists and writers from hong kong, who are sharing decolonial left perspectives. Our conversation started out as an elaboration of Hong Kong's unique political spectrum and as it often does in this podcast, branched out into unexpected directions.

In this episode I am joined by Elia Ayoub to talk about an upcoming article he is writing about the political chants of the Arab spring. Since the article is currently under development, I am just as excited to hear about it as you are. Or at least I hope you are. Be warned that this episode may contain some swearing.