Unpacking Zionism
Episodes
Palestine has always been a global phenomenon
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Nadim Bawalsa is a historian of modern Palestine and the author of Transnational Palestine: Migration and the Right of Return before 1948 (Stanford Un...
In Flames: On Iran and Intersectional Anti-Imperialism with Manijeh Moradian
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode's resources:Iran and the US Anti-War Movementhttps://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/25872/Iran-and-the-US-Anti-War-MovementIran in Crisis: Seven Es...
Introducing: In Flames
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing a new series of shorts called In Flames. It's anti-Zionist hot takes on things happening right now with rotating hosts from the Institu...
Empire’s Laboratory: Walking with Palestinians, Zapatistas, Panthers, and jaguars
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Alex and Lara interview Linda Quiquivix about radical histories and traditions of resistance to colonialism, with a focus on Zionism ...
The Anti-Defamation League’s Attacks on Professional Associations: What to Know and How to Respond
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a recording of a webinar titled "The Anti-Defamation League’s Attacks on Professional Associations: What to Know and How to Respond,...
Empire’s Laboratory: The Bombs Dropped in West Asia Explode at Home
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode, ICSZ founding collective member, Lara Sheehi, is joined by advisory board member and co-host, Alex Aviña. Using Alex’s conce...
Introducing: Empire's Laboratory
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Empire's Laboratory is a mini-series co-hosted by ICSZ founding collective member Lara Sheehi and advisory board member Alex Aviña. Empire's Laborato...
Normalization with Reem Farah
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode looks at the keyword “normalization” in conversation with independent writer and researcher Reem Farah. Our discussion draws on Reem’...
Disarmament with Bikrum Gill
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we bring listeners a rich and concise episode on “disarmament” as a keyword for the critical study of Zionism. It's a short talk by Bikr...
Securitization with Nicole Nguyen
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’re with Dr. Nicole Nguyen to talk through securitization as a keyword for Critical Zionism Studies. From manipulations of the ide...
Confronting Zionist Expansionism
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a recording of a webinar on Confronting Zionist Expansionism. Moderators Jennifer Mogannam & Amira Jarmakani talk with Abdaljawad ...
From Above: Secure Community Network (SCN)
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most of the organizations we’ve covered so far in this mini-series purport to represent Jewish communities’ opinions. But the one we’re covering...
Unpacking Zionism - July 2025 Update
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Updates about our podcast: wrapping up "From Above," announcing new mini-series, and inviting your feedback.You can find us at criticalzionismstudies....
From Above: Lawfare with Yousef Munayyer
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This interview with Yousef Munayyer, head of the Palestine/Israel program at Arab Center Washington DC, is about lawfare. Lawfare refers to the use of...
From Above: the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) with Alex Kane
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we are looking at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) with journalist Alex Kane, senior reporter at Jewish Currents. This is the first of...
From Above: Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) with Amira Jarmakani
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) with the veteran of this podcast Amira Jarmakani, ICSZ collective member a...
From Above: Simon Wiesenthal Center with Stop LAPD Spying Coalition
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode with Akhil Gopal and Matyos Kidane of Stop LAPD Spying Coalition looks at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which is the parent organization o...
From Above: Academic Engagement Network with Sean Malloy and Meira Gold
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sean Malloy and Meira Gold discuss the Academic Engagement Network (AEN), which has been working behind the scenes on campuses, advis...
From Above: Helen Diller Family Foundation with JAWS UCSC
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of “From Above,” we discuss the Helen Diller Family Foundation – an organization that claims to support “global Jewish needs.”...
From Above: CAMERA with Sana Fadel and Nora Lester Murad
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
WARNING: the word "rapist" appears in this episode several times in the context of Zionist smears. At the 15'48" mark, there is a mention of a Jewish ...
From Above: Hillel with Maura Finkelstein
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second episode in our series From Above, in which we look at Zionist institutions that wield their power to advance fascist repression of ...
From Above: Mothers Against College Antisemitism (MACA) with Zach Samalin
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first episode in a mini-series called "From Above," which looks at the Zionist organizations that have been laying the groundwork for Trum...
Introducing: From Above
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"From Above" is a new mini-series in our Unpacking Zionism podcast. It launches next week, but our teaser this week is a mini-show in itself. This ser...
Cultural Boycott with Mama Ganuush
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are joined by Mama Ganuush, a Palestinian drag artist and activist, to unpack “Cultural Boycott” as a keyword in Critical Zion...
Corporate Capital with Felice Gelman
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we’re unpacking “corporate capital” as a keyword in Critical Zionism Studies with our guest Felice Gelman. We are discussing th...
Liberatory institutions with Bassam Haddad
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’re talking about building liberatory institutions — institutions of resistive, anti-Zionist knowledge production. We’re with ...
The Trouble with White Feminism: Ep 5 with Lara Sheehi
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the fifth and final episode of “The Trouble with White Feminism” series, Jessie Daniels talks to ICSZ founding collective member Lara Sheehi ab...
The Trouble with White Feminism: Ep 4 with Jessie Daniels
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the fourth episode of "The Trouble with White Feminism" series, Kim-Hong Nguyen talks to Jessie Daniels, author of Nice White Ladies, about white l...
The Trouble with White Feminism: Ep 3 with Kim-Hong Nguyen
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the third episode of "The Trouble with White Feminism" series, Jessie Daniels interviews Kim-Hong Nguyen, professor at University of Waterloo, in O...
The Trouble with White Feminism: Ep 2 with Melissa Weiner
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jessie Daniels and Kim-Hong Nguyen ask Melissa Weiner about her work exploring the affective ties that the Zionist project generates ...
The Trouble with White Feminism: Ep 1 with Randa Tawil
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of our special mini-series "The Trouble with White Feminism," host Jessie Daniels interviews Randa Tawil about the ways that whit...
Visual Remains with Azza El Hassan
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Palestinian filmmaker and writer Azza El Hassan and the keyword we are discussing is “visual remains.” This term refers to Pale...
Introducing: The Trouble with White Feminism
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Trouble with White Feminism is a special mini-series presented by writer, professor, and member of the founding collective of the Institute for th...
Practicing Pedagogies of Resistance and Liberation: The Critical Study of Zionism
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is a double release with Nothing Never Happens – A Radical Pedagogy Podcast. In conversation with Tina Pippin and Lucia Hulsether,...
Launch of the Journal for the Critical Study of Zionism with Diana Buttu and Robin Kelley
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s special episode is a recording of the launch of the inaugural issue of the Journal for the Critical Study of Zionism (JCSZ). Our guest speak...
Abolition with Rawan Masri and Fathi Nimer
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, founders of DecolonizePalestine.com Rawan Masri and Fathi Nimer discuss abolition as a keyword in Critical Zionism Studies. In June 2...
Antisemitism Training with Eli Meyerhoff
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode with Eli Meyerhoff looks at “antisemitism training” as a keyword for Critical Zionism Studies. Eli Meyerhoff is a fellow at the Cente...
Oh... and Islamophobia
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re looking at Islamophobia as a keyword for Critical Zionism Studies. But it’s necessarily also about anti-Palestinian racism and DEI...
Propaganda with John Harfouch
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode with philosopher John Harfouch considers “propaganda” as a keyword for Critical Zionism Studies. We’re looking at the work of Fayez...
Indigenous Sovereignty with Jamal Nablusi
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Jamal Nablusi, a diaspora Palestinian writer, researcher, and organizer. And the term he is helping us unpack in this episode is “I...
Future with Sophia Azeb
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation with Sophia Azeb is the third and last (at least for now) episode in our mini-series about “future” as a keyword in Critical Zio...
Reclaiming Knowledge Production, Resisting Zionist Enclosures
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Reclaiming Knowledge Production, Resisting Zionist Enclosures” is a recording of a panel discussion among scholars, organizers, and faculty labor...
Hindutva with Pranay Somayajula
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Pranay Somayajula helps us unpack the term hindutva as a keyword in Critical Zionism Studies. Hindutva is a strain of ethnic supremac...
Future with Eman Abdelhadi
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is part 2 of our ongoing mini-series on “future” as a keyword in Critical Zionism Studies. We talk to Eman Abdelhadi who explains that every ...
Future with Nayrouz Abu Hatoum
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Nayrouz Abu Hatoum about “future” as a keyword in Critical Zionism Studies. This conversation demonstrates that desp...
Christine Hong on Securitizing California’s Ethnic Studies
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are sharing the first episode of our new podcast Battling the IHRA Definition. You will hear from Christine Hong, speaking at our October 202...
Introducing: Battling the IHRA Definition
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Battling the IHRA Definition, a new podcast by the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism. This trailer is a quick introduction into “...
Refugees with Jennifer Mogannam
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Jennifer Mogannam about “refugees” as a keyword for thinking about Zionism. Our conversation considers how Palestini...
The new "terror" bill with Darryl Li & Lara Friedman
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, we share a talk on a new (really!) right-wing attack on Palestine-related organizations: a U.S. federal "anti-terror" bill th...
Settler Colonialism with Sai Englert
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are joined by Sai Englert to discuss settler colonialism as a keyword in Critical Zionism Studies. Sai’s work considers the role...
Hate with Dylan Rodriguez
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode with Dylan Rodriguez takes a look at the Stop Asian Hate campaign, and some of the organizations behind it, as a way to consider hate as ...
Zionism and anti-Zionism with Ronit Lentin
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode on Zionism and anti-Zionism, we talk with Ronit Lentin. She outlines the processes by which Zionism adopts race science and rewrites h...
Mapping the Fight: IHRA and anti-Palestinian attacks on knowledge
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This special episode maps the wide-ranging counterinsurgency against the anticolonial Palestine solidarity movement in the U.S., and opens a conversat...
Zionism and anti-Zionism with Miriam Osman
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, with Miriam Osman of the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), goes right to the heart of the matter. We’re unpacking Zionism and anti-Zio...
Antisemitism with Sara Kershnar
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode, we invited Sara Kershnar to unpack antisemitism as one of the keywords in Critical Zionism Studies. In October 2023, Sara spoke at t...
DEI with Amira Jarmakani and Sean Malloy
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we invited Amira Jarmakani and Sean Malloy to talk about DEI, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, as a crucial term to unpack in order ...
Terror with Arun Kundnani
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we invited Arun Kundnani, a member of the founding collective of the Institute, to talk about the idea of terror and how it relates t...
What's Critical Zionism Studies
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For this first episode, we have three guests and we're excited to launch the podcast in conversation with Rabab Abdulhadi, Lara Kiswani, and Dylan Rod...
Introducing: Unpacking Zionism
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing the new weekly podcast "Unpacking Zionism." It will feature conversations with scholars, activists, and artists about their insights into ...