Episode 341 with Sara Rahnamahosted by Susanna Ferguson and Seçil Yilmaz Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud In this episode, we explore debates about aesthetics, headwear, and dress in interwar Algeria and Turkey. Why did hats and

Episode 340 with Leslie Peircehosted by Suzie Ferguson and Seçil Yılmaz Download the podcast Feed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud In this episode, we explore the life and times of Roxelana, also known as Hürrem Sultan, a slave girl who became chief co

Episode 339 with Aylin de Tapiahosted by Susanna Ferguson, Seçil Yilmaz and Ella Fratantuono Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud In this episode, we consider the story of the Tanzimat reforms from the perspective of rural Cappadoci

Episode 338 with Anna C. Cruzhosted by Shireen Hamza Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud The history of al-Andalus has a special place in Arabic poetry -- as well as in American hiphop. al-Andalus, a name for the Iberian peninsula

Episode 337 with Kalliopi Amygdalouhosted by Michael Talbot Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud During the late Ottoman period, the diverse and vibrant Aegean ports of Izmir (Smyrna) and Thessaloniki (Salonica) experienced rapid gr

Episode 336 with Ronit Yoeli-Tlalimhosted by Taylor Moore and Shireen Hamza Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud How did people in Tibet view the Islamic World, and vice versa? How did a figure like Galen travel from Ancient Greece,

Episode 335 with Marilyn Booth & Nova Robinsonhosted by Susanna Ferguson and Seçil Yılmaz Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud In this episode, we uncover histories of feminist writing and activism in the Modern Middle East, asking

Episode 334 with Emrah Safa Gürkanhosted by Chris Gratien Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud Along with new maritime networks, information stiched together the empires of the early modern period. One component of the growing netwo

Episode 333 with Joshua Whitehosted by Chris Gratien, Susanna Ferguson, and Taylor Moore Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud Pirates are usually imagined as outlaws. But as the history of the early modern Mediterranean demonstrates

Episode 332 with Evyn Lê Espiritu, Margaux Fitoussi, and Kais Khimjihosted by Shireen Hamza and Chris Gratien Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud Migration has long been a driving force in the history of global and transnational co