Office Hours with J &L

OHwJL, Episode 020: Iran and Western Imperialism

Given the war, we discussed Iran again this week, with the emphasis more on the longer-term relations that country has with the US and Europe, and the rôle of imperialism in shaping its politics and outlook, as well as the wilful blindness that Americans often have about our government's foreign policy.

OHwJL, Episode 019: Iran, Israel, and Nukes

Iran, Israel, and nuclear weapons are the subject of this week's episode, and given its complexity we may return to this another day as well, but we chat here about the logic of deterrance, Iran's stated and in some ways proven positions on nukes, and the current war against Iran by the US and Israel.

OHwJL, Episode 018: The Genocide in Gaza and its Denial

In our second episode back from hiatus we rapped about the Gaza atrocities, the difficulty some folks have with calling this a genocide, and what it is that motivates so much intellectual dishonesty about these events (i.e., the structural and cultural features).

OHwJL, Episode 017: Ending Hiatus, Trump's Big Beautiful Bill

Back after a long break, necessitated by Liam's insane schedule (and inssanity!), Jamal and Liam catch up on life, then talk a bit about Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, i.e., the budget act that means to rewrite the social contract and undermine our remaining constitutional safeguards.

OHwJL, Episode 016: Leaving the Military over Genocide

In this episode of Office Hours with Jamal and Liam, our guest Riley Livermore discusses resigning his commission in the US Air Force over the government's support for Israel's genocide in Gaza, as well as his time living in Israel and his observations there, and thoughts on the military-industrial complex.