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The Fire These Times

Elia Ayoub

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Frequency: 1 episode/8d. Total Eps: 246

The Fire These Times is a podcast by Lebanese writer and researcher Elia Ayoub and friends connecting academics, writers, artists and activists from around the world to “build the new in the shell of the old.” It is a part of the From The Periphery Media Collective. To support: https://www.patreon.com/fromtheperiphery

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200/ The Rise of End Times Fascism w/ Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor

Monday, June 30, 2025 • Duration 01:05:42

For episode 200 (!) of The Fire These Times, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor join Dana & Elia to talk about their piece "the rise of end times fascism."

Naomi Klein is the author of Doppelganger, On Fire, How to Change Everything, the Shock Doctrine & No Logo, among others. Astra Taylor is the co-founder of the Debt Collector and is the author of Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone, The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age and The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart, among others.

The Fire These Times is a proud member of⁠ ⁠From The Periphery (FTP) Media Collective⁠⁠. Check out other projects in our media ecosystem: Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution, From The Periphery Podcast, The Mutual Aid Podcast⁠, ⁠Politically Depressed⁠, ⁠Obscuristan⁠, and ⁠Antidote Zine⁠.

Support FTP on Patreon!

Referenced:

Sitt Marie Rose by Etel Adnan
Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff podcast (on all podcast apps)
Resistance is Fertile: The Star Trek Anarchist Podcast (on all podcast apps)
The Book of Records

For more:

Naomi Klein has a website, a newsletter, and is on Instagram and Bluesky
Astra Taylor has a website and is on Bluesky
Elia Ayoub is on ⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠, ⁠Mastodon⁠, ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and blogs at ⁠Hauntologies.net⁠
Dana El Kurd is on Bluesky
The Fire These Times is on Bluesky,⁠ IG⁠ and⁠ YouTube⁠ and has a⁠ ⁠website⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠
From The Periphery is on⁠ ⁠Patreon⁠⁠, ⁠Bluesky⁠, ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠,⁠ Instagram⁠, and has a⁠ website⁠⁠

Transcriptions: Transcriptions are done by⁠ Antidote Zine⁠ and will be published on⁠ The Fire These Times' transcript archive⁠.

Credits:

Elia Ayoub (host, producer, sound editor, episode design), Dana El Kurd (host), ⁠⁠Rap and Revenge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Music), ⁠⁠Wenyi Geng⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (TFTT theme design), ⁠⁠Hisham Rifai⁠⁠⁠⁠ (FTP theme design) and ⁠⁠Molly Crabapple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (FTP team profile pics).

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199/ The Stories That Fascism Fears Most w/ Jessie Gender (Special Crossover w/ Resistance is Fertile)

Thursday, June 26, 2025 • Duration 01:14:27

“Fascism isn’t just about power—it’s about controlling the stories we tell. It warps narratives to justify oppression, trapping us in cycles of dominance and despair. But stories can also resist, break those cycles, and open the door to something new.“

This is how YouTuber and hardcore Trekkie Jessie Gender starts her video essay “The Stories Fascism Fears Most“ which we highly recommend. A few weeks ago, Elia Ayoub sat down with Jessie to talk about it. They got into their love of Star Trek - because of course they did - as well as other franchises like The Matrix.

This is a special crossover episode between The Fire These Times and Resistance is Fertile, a Star Trek Anarchist podcast by Elia and carla joy bergman.

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Support the making of RIF on Patreon
RIF BlueSky: @thestartrekpod.bsky.social‬
RIF IG
Elia’s work
carla’s work
Jessie Gender’s YouTube channel
Music by NinePulse
Tech by Chris Bergman
RIF is co-produced by carla and Elia
The Fire These Times is on Bluesky, and and has a

Introducing "Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution"

Monday, May 12, 2025 • Duration 11:44

We got a new podcast! We're happy to announce that Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution (STIR) is now out on Patreon and wherever you listen to podcasts.

In this episode,⁠ ⁠Leila Al-Shami⁠⁠ (⁠⁠Burning Country⁠⁠) and Elia Ayoub (⁠⁠The Fire These Times⁠⁠,⁠ ⁠Hauntologies⁠⁠) introduce themselves and the podcast.

What is STIR about? From the Assad regime to the Arab Spring and beyond, we will dive into questions of reconstruction, prisoners, the forcibly disappeared, transitional justice, minority rights, women's rights, LGBTQ+ rights, environmental politics, culture and more.

STIR is part of the From The Periphery Media Collective. To support all of our projects please head out to⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/fromtheperiphery⁠⁠

STIR is also on⁠ ⁠Bluesky⁠⁠!

Credits and More:

Leila Al Shami (Host, Lead Researcher). More:⁠ ⁠Bluesky⁠⁠,⁠ ⁠Mastodon⁠⁠ and her⁠ ⁠Blog⁠⁠

Elia Ayoub (Host, Producer). More:⁠ ⁠Bluesky⁠⁠,, and his

126/ The Memory We Could Be: Fear and Our Ecological Future w/ Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik

Friday, February 10, 2023 • Duration 01:30:57

Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik is the Argentinian author of The Memory We Could Be: Overcoming Fear to Create Our Ecological Future and amongst the most fascinating thinkers I know. He's also a good friend.

We spoke about reckoning with past ecological violence of, bio-cultural memory and our collective ecological heritage. Basically, why we need to mix futurism and ancestrality. Also: storytelling, trauma, healing, climate change and The Office and Gilmour Girls, because why not.

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EARTHQUAKE DONATION LINKS:

The White Helmets
whitehelmets.org/en/

The Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) Foundation
sams-usa.net

Huquqyat
https://www.huquqyat.org/

Molham Team
Molhamteam.com

Kurdish Red Crescent
heyvasoruk.org

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Book recommendations:

Ideas to Postpone the End of the World by Ailton Krenak
Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals Emergent Strategy Series by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

125/ Understanding (Anti-)Fascism in a World in Crisis w/ Shane Burley

Friday, February 3, 2023 • Duration 01:06:03

This is an episode with writer and filmmaker Shane Burley, editor of the must-read book published by AK Press: "No Pasarán! Antifascist Dispatches from a World in Crisis." It is an anthology of antifascist writing that takes up the fight against white supremacy and the far-right from multiple angles. From the history of antifascism to today's movement to identify, deplatform, and confront the right, and the ways an insurgent fascism is growing within capitalist democracies, a myriad of voices come together to shape the new face of antifascism in a moment of social and political flux.

Burley is also the author of a number of books incl. Why We Fight: Essays on Fascism, Resistance, and Surviving the Apocalypse (AK Press, 2021) and Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End It (AK Press, 2017).

No Pasarán also features Leila Al-Shami and Shon Meckfessel, authors of a chapter on the links between White supremacists and tge Assad regime. Both Leila (previous guest of the pod) and Shon are upcoming guests on the topic.

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124/ Jessie Gender on how Star Trek deals with neurodiversity, race, and queerness

Friday, January 27, 2023 • Duration 59:25

Jessie Gender is a known YouTuber and commentator who deals with the nuance in the nerdy, focusing on LGBTQ issues (especially the transgender community), women, nonbinary and autistic people as well as other social and political issues through geek topics.

Both Jessie and Joey also happen to be Trekkies on the autism spectrum which gave this conversation an added layer of complexity.

Book Recs:

Second Self by Uma McCormack
Star Trek Lower Decks
Star Wars Andor

You can support The Fire These Times on patreon.com/firethesetimes with a monthly or yearly donation and get a lot of perks including early access, exclusive videos, monthly hangouts, access to the book club, merch and more.

You can also follow The Fire These Times on Mastodon | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok | Website & Mailing List

Joey Ayoub can be found on Mastodon | Twitter | Instagram | Website

The newsletter is available on Substack

123/ Hauntings, Futurisms and the Present Movement w/ Luka Dowell aka Solarpunk Now!

Friday, January 20, 2023 • Duration 01:38:31

Luka Dowell joins Joey Ayoub to talk about Hauntings, Futurisms, and Solarpunk. Luka is the host of the podcast Solarpunk Now! which I highly recommend. They are passionate about theory, politics, art, science/tech, sustainability. Topics that interest them include ecology, psychology, economics, digital media and online communities, and our future.

Recs:

Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power by Byung-Chul Han
Family Values: Between Neoliberalism and the New Social Conservatism by Melinda Cooper
The New Way of the World: On Neoliberal Society by Pierre Dardot & Christian Laval

You can also follow The Fire These Times on Mastodon | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok | Website & Mailing List

Joey Ayoub can be found on Mastodon | Twitter | Instagram | Website

122/ In Search of Afro-Solarpunk w/ Rob Cameron

Friday, January 13, 2023 • Duration 01:04:32

This is a conversation with teacher, linguist, and writer Rob Cameron about Solarpunk and Afro-Solarpunk.

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You can also follow The Fire These Times on Mastodon | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok | Website & Mailing List

Joey Ayoub can be found on | | |

121/ Solarpunk and Post-Capitalist Desires w/ HydroponicTrash

Friday, January 6, 2023 • Duration 01:30:46

And we're back!

This is a conversation with hacker, gardener and writer Andre, aka HydroponicTrash (on Twitter, TikTok and Mastodon). You can also find Andre on Substack at AnarchoSolarpunk. The title is taken from one of Andre's essays.

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You can also follow The Fire These Times on Mastodon | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok | Website & Mailing List

Joey Ayoub can be found on Mastodon | Twitter | |

Special: How to Make Football Radical, a 2022 FIFA World Cup Retrospective w/ Musa Okwonga, Justin Salhani and Fabien Goa

Thursday, December 22, 2022 • Duration 01:51:36

In this special episode of The Fire These Times, Stadio co-host Musa Okwonga, football and MENA journalist Justin Salhani and human rights researcher Fabien Goa join Joey Ayoub to talk about the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Also, check out Stadio!

Happy winter solstice, Hanukkah and Christmas

Book Recs:

Justin Salhani: Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France by Laurent Dubois
Musa Okwonga: The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer by David Goldblatt
Fabien Goa: The Turbulance of Migration by Nikos Papastergiadis

You can support The Fire These Times on Patreon @ patreon.com/firethesetimes with a monthly or yearly donation.

You can also find it on

Twitter @firethesetimes
Instagram @firethesetimes
TikTok @thefirethesetimes.

Joey Ayoub can be found on
Twitter @joeyayoub
Instagram @joeyayoub91
Mastodon @ https://kolektiva.social/web/@ayoub

The newsletter is available on Subtack @ thefirethesetimes.substack.com

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