Interviews: US/Israeli war Iran & Yemen
KPFA-FM, Pacifica radio with Kris Welch, on the spreading Middle East war Oct. 16, 2026, 20-min. (starts at the 38:55) Also Sept. 18 on Yemen, (Starts at the 35:40) and how U.S. policy helped create this mess.
Category: Podcasts
Podcast
Interview: US Midterms & authoritarian threat
New Zealand radio show and podcast, Community or Chaos, Oct. 11, 2026, 1 hour
Interview: Zunes on Palestine, Western Sahara, nonviolent resistance
Dr. Rod Berger Show, Sep. 4, 2026, 43 mins. Wide-ranging interview which not only covers a number of contemporary issues, but includes a bit about Zunes’s background and how he ended up doing my work on the Middle East, nonviolent…
Interview: Ceuta-What really happened
BYLINE TIMES PODCAST, UK, August 4, 2026 (20 mins.)
Interview: US-Iran: What the Blockade Threats Mean for Oil and Freight Markets
Channel News Asia/CNA,Singapore, July 22, 2026: Iran has shut the Strait of Hormuz and The Houthis have just declared a blockade of Bab al-Mandeb. Two of the world’s most critical shipping chokepoints — squeezed at the same time. Saudi Arabia’s…
Interview: Iran War, US and popular resistance
Redneck Gone Green/David Cobb, March 16, 2026 [1 hour]: Iran, current US foreign policy, and criminalization of dissent.
Interview: The Iranian Protests Explained
Podcast (8-min.) & transcript Feb 07, 2026; By Daniel Falcone in Foreign Policy in Focus, January 28, 2026 Outside intervention will only undercut efforts by Iranians to transform their system. Zunes and historian Lawrence Davidson help unpack the protests and…
Interview: Monroe Doctrine Rises Again
WORT FM, Madison, January 8, 2026 (48-min): The Monroe Doctrine Rises Again in Venezuela. Host Allen Ruff and Professor Stephen Zunes discuss his recent article in The Progressive, “The Real Reason Trump Invaded Venezuela: It’s not drugs, democracy, or even…
Interview: US Imperialism Roars Back
WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet Podcast #349, Jan. 5, 2026US Imperialism Roars Back To Life, Prof. Stephen Zunes (24-min)
Interview, Venezuela: Maduro Captured
KTVU Fox-TV Bay-Area affiliate: Sat, January 3, 2026 (5-min) International politics professor weighs in on Maduro’s capture
Has Trump Finally Ended Western Sahara’s Dream of Freedom?
The Nation, November 13, 2025: The international community must decide which principle will prevail: the right of self-determination or the right of conquest [ audio podcast 6 mins.]
Interview: U.S. Policy Towards Israel/Palestine: What it is and How We Can Change It
Alice Liebowitz’s podcast “Conversations against Fascism,” October 27, 2025: A half-hour good overview of Zunes’s analysis.
Interview, KPFA: No Kings protests & Ceasefire
KPFA-FM Sunday Show, October 19, 2025: Full first hour.Also, on Pacifica Radio affiliated stations about the shaky Gaza ceasefire, the October 18 No Kings protests, and related issues.
Interview: U.S./Israeli war on Iran
WMNF, a Tampa, FL NPR affiliate: True Talk, June 26, 2025Arab-Muslim discussion and interviews with hosts Samar Jarrah and Ahmed Bedier on the U.S./Israeli war on Iran.
Interview: Repressive U.S.-backed Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara
WRFI Human Rights Show [1-hour]: Stephen Zunes discusses Western Sahara’s struggles for sovereignty and self-determination, and the human rights violations taking place by Morocco’s occupation forces.
Interview: Rabbis protest of ongoing genocide in Gaza and growing Jewish resistance
KSQD Community Radio, August 18, 2025 [1-hour]: Zunes and Rabbi Chaim Schneider discuss the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the growing Jewish resistance to what is being done in their name. On Monday, August 11, roughly 18 San Francisco Bay…
Interview: Israel’s Attacks on Syria
KALW Radio, San Francisco, July 17, 2025, on Israel’s attacks on Syria and related developments.
Interview: Iran and the U.S. Now
July 3, 2025, Pacifica Radio/KPFA: Zunes discusses Iran and the United States following the latest bombing and war in a wide-ranging interview (starts at 5:40)
Interview: Civil resistance, pro-democracy struggles and Middle Eastern politics
Episode 45 – West Asia on a Powder Keg: Lessons from the Arab Spring With Professor Stephen Zunes. British podcast on civil resistance pro-democracy struggles, contemporary Middle Eastern politics, and other issues (1 hour)