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The Lede

The Lede

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This is The Lede, the New Lines Magazine podcast. Each week, we delve into the biggest ideas, events and personalities from around the world. For more stories from New Lines, visit our website, newlinesmag.comCopyright New Lines Magazine 2023 All rights reserved | 185634 Politics & Government
Episodes
  • A Death That Divided America

    A Death That Divided America
    Oct 19 2026

    On this week’s episode of the podcast, author Anand Giridharadas joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss the divisive death of Jordan Neely on a New York subway train in 2023, why Americans across the political divide feel abandoned by the institutions meant to protect them, and what it would take to address the polarization felt across the country, as set out in his new book “Man in the Mirror.”

    Produced by Finbar Anderson
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    40 mins
  • How 1980s Lebanon Made Today’s Middle East

    How 1980s Lebanon Made Today’s Middle East
    Oct 12 2026

    On the podcast this week, journalist and author Kim Ghattas joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss how the Beirut of the 1980s offers a prism through which to understand today’s regional rivalries, as set out in her new book, “The Best Kind of American: A True Story of Murder, War, and America's Undoing in the Middle East.”

    Produced by Finbar Anderson
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    46 mins
  • The Forgotten Moment That Decided Palestine’s Fate

    The Forgotten Moment That Decided Palestine’s Fate
    Oct 5 2026

    On this week's episode of the podcast, historian Rashid Khalidi joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss why Western public opinion on Israel has shifted faster than at any point in a century, whether that shift will reach Washington, and what his conversations with the writer Tariq Ali reveal about the story of Palestine, as set out in their new book, “The Neck and the Sword: Palestine's Unfinished Struggle.”

    Produced by Finbar Anderson
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    55 mins
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