The Field Between

We react to the U.S. invasion of Venezuela, kidnapping of Maduro, the U.S. media narratives, and the potential geopolitical fallout from this attack — including how it affects the Middle East. We then get to a review of "The Feeling of Being Watched" -- a documentary that we've been meaning to get to for a while about the surveilance state's targeting of U.S. Muslims/Arabs.

We end on a quick reflection on the Mamdani inauguration.

Lots in this episode.

• Mass shootings
• Anti-Muslim stories
• Affordability & single-income households
• Is Mamdani sheepherding for Dems?

Clairvoyance is the word I was thinking of.

We talk about the genocide in Sudan, how it's being financed by the UAE, and how it's tied to normalization with Israel.

Other topics:

• NYC Mayoral Election
• Erica Kirk tour
• JD Vance

Articles discussed:

• https://www.middleeasteye.net/explainers/why-uae-involved-sudans-bloody-civil-war
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDfhxMwoyWo
• https://substack.com/@sudanwar

We discuss a Harpers story about "gooners," before Ahmed introduces Yasmine to Kylies.muse -- an influencer who transcends categorization and may or may not be a CIA opp.

We recorded this on October 15 (just to contextualize the discussion about the "ceasefire"). We then discuss two articles: Malala's piece about smoking weed and reliving her trauma, and we also discuss the ire she inspires in leftists, the scond article is by an Israeli who tries to "escape the genocide" by going to a paridisal Greek island where you can remove your clothes, but not your shame.

I can't believe they would body shame our beautiful generals like that.

If you guess what Ahmed said you win an all-expenses-paid meet-and-greet with your two favorite podcasters.

We recorded this on the 13th, so some stuff has happened since then. We discuss the attempts to censor people for speaking about Charlie Kirk, we discuss the right's attempt to sieze on other tragedies in order to create a more violent society. We try to end on a somewhat lighthearted note by answering some Dear Prudence questions.