De Verbranders
Episodes
Ep 31: Break isolation. With Rex Osa & Aino Korvensyrjä (English).
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Rex Osa and Aino Korvensyrjä about what it means to be in solidarity with people who self-organize against encampment, ...
Ep 30: Outside the law. With Shahram Khosravi (English).
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Shahram Khosravi, Professor of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University, reflects on a lifetime of theorizing from outside the law...
Ep 29: Disabling migration control. With Rebecca Yeo (English).
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak to Rebecca Yeo, about her recent book Disabling Migration Control. In it, Rebecca draws on her many years of organizing with...
Ep 28: Border imperialism in the Balkans. With Manja Petrovska (English).
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest is Manja Petrovska, a PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam and the Université libre de Bruxelles. We start our conversation today...
Ep 27: Hydra rising. With Marcus Rediker & Nandita Sharma (English).
24 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we have two guests: Marcus Rediker, a distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburg, and Nandita Sharma, a profess...
Ep 26: Abandoned seafarers. With Miriam Matthiessen (English).
10 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak to Miriam Matthiessen, who takes us to the world of shipping, through the phenomenon of so-called Abandoned Seafarers. As it...
Ep 25: Palestine. With Ghassan Hage (English).
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today is Ghassan Hage, a professor of anthropology at the University of Melbourne in Australia. Today, we talk with Ghassan, not about Euro...
Ep 24: Why no borders. With Bridget Anderson, Cynthia Wright, and Nandita Sharma (English).
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our guests in this episode are Bridget Anderson, Cynthia Wright, and Nandita Sharma. We speak to them about their editorial called “Why no Borders”...
Ep 23: Amsterdam's most undocumented famous person. With activist Hidaya Nampiima (English).
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today is Hidaya Nampiima, co-founder and spokesperson of Amsterdam City Rights, an organisation of people living in Amsterdam with and witho...
Afl 22: De gecreëerde crisis in Ter Apel. Met Roos Ykema van MiGreat (Nederlands).
03 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In de aflevering vandaag spreken we met Roos Ykema, van MiGreat. MiGreat werd vorig jaar bekend door de hulp die ze boden in ter Apel, toen honderden ...
Ep 21: Border abolition & black feminism. With Gracie Mae Bradley (English).
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of de Verbranders, we talk to Gracie Mae Bradley about a book she co-wrote with Luke de Noronha, called “Against Borders: The Case f...
Ep 20: Deporting Black Britons. With Luke de Noronha (English).
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our conversation today, we talk to Luke de Noronha about his book Deporting Black Britons: Portraits of deportation to Jamaica. Meant as a contribu...
Ep 19: Humanitarian borders. With Polly Pallister-Wilkins (English).
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today is Polly Pallister-Wilkins. We talk to Polly about humanitarian borderwork. Polly came up with this term to point to the complicated r...
Ep 18: No Borders & A decolonization worth fighting for. With Nandita Sharma (English).
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today is Nandita Sharma. Nandita is a professor of sociology at the University of Hawaii and an active member of several social movements, i...
Afl 17: Activisme in de gemeenteraad. Met Jazie Veldhuyzen (Nederlands).
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jazie is activist en strijd sinds 2020 als fractievoorzitter van BIJ1 in de gemeenteraad in Amsterdam, onder andere tegen het algemene ontmoedigingsbe...
Ep 16: We are still here. With Sami Tsegaye (English).
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Sami about illegalization in the Netherlands, and about the Landelijk Vreemdelingen Voorziening, a temporary shelter that offers no solutio...
Ep 15: Nationalism, sexism, border guards. With Maryla Klajn (English).
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Maryla about her research on how Polish border guards use their discretionary power, or the wiggle room they have as they implement the law...
Afl 14: Grenzen, kraken, solidariteit. Met Joyce & Sinne - deel 2 (Nederlands).
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dit is deel 2 van ons gesprek met Joyce en Sinne. Joyce en Sinne zetten zich al jaren actief in als supporters van Wij Zijn Hier, een groep mensen die...
Afl 13: Grenzen, kraken, solidariteit. Met Joyce & Sinne - deel 1 (Nederlands).
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In de aflevering vandaag spreken we met Joyce en Sinne. Joyce en Sinne zetten zich al jaren actief in als supporters van Wij Zijn Hier, een groep mens...
Ep 12: Deportation, racism, departheid. With Barak Kalir (English).
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is our second episode with Barak Kalir. In this episode, we talk about Barak's research into deportation in Spain. We talk about the organization...
Ep 11: Counter-mapping pushbacks. With Rosa from Alarm Phone (English).
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today is Rosa from the Alarm Phone. We talk to Rosa about the situation at the Turkish – Greek border. In the past few years, Greek author...
Ep 10: Coordinated death in the Mediterranean Sea. With Deanna & Hela from Alarm Phone (English).
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk to Deanna & Hela (Alarm Phone) about the current situation in the Central Mediterranean Sea, and the work Alarm Phone does in...
Ep 9: A colonial history of the passport. With Radhika Mongia (English).
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nowadays, states have a monopoly to control migration. And because this is the case, we tend to think of this monopoly as a natural and defining eleme...
Afl 8: Gender, seksualiteit, grenzen. Met Saskia Bonjour (Nederlands).
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Over de grenzen tussen “wij” en “zij” die door het tegen elkaar afzetten van gender- en seksualiteitsnormen gecreëerd werden. Saskia vertel...
Afl 7: Hoe Nederland van Seawatch afkwam. Met Anne van Seawatch (Nederlands).
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Over de reeks van obstakels die Nederland opwierp om er voor te zorgen dat Seawatch niet meer onder Nederlandse vlag zou varen, in de context van een ...
Ep 6: Inside immigration detention. With Saied Al Karim (English).
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Saied Al Karim arrived to Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam in 2016, applied for asylum, was rejected, and subsequently moved to an immigration detention ...
Ep 5: Deportation and the banality of evil. With Barak Kalir (English).
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On the Dutch deportation regime and the violence and racism on which it builds. And on what people working for the deportation agency do to mitigate t...
Afl 4: Migratierecht, kolonialisme, 'ras'. Met Thomas Spijkerboer (Nederlands).
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Over de koloniale geschiedenis van migratie en migratierecht, en hoe die geschiedenis doorwerkt in het Europese grenssysteem van vandaag de dag: een s...
Ep 3: Solidarity is not a crime. With Sascha from the Iuventa crew (English).
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In March 2021, the Italian prosecutor officially charged Sascha and others from the Iuventa Crew with “aiding and abetting illegal immigration.” T...
Ep 2: No one is illegal. With Maryama Omar from We Are Here (English).
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On migrant illegalization, exploitation in the name of help, racism, and solidarity. After years of fighting, Maryama was granted asylum, but, as she...
Afl 1: Grenzen, ecologie, kolonialisme. Met Amade M'charek (Nederlands).
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Over hoe Europa's grenzen dood produceren en hoe dat nooit los kan worden gezien van de mogelijkheden die mensen hebben tot leven. Voor meer van Amad...
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29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In De Verbranders gaan we in gesprek met migranten, activisten en wetenschappers over de koloniale oorsprong van Europa's grenzen, de ongelijkheid die...