Delete Your Account Podcast
News & Politics
About
Delete Your Account is a new podcast hosted by journalist Roqayah Chamseddine and her plucky sidekick Kumars Salehi. Every week they will talk about important stories from the worlds of politics and pop culture, both on and off-line, in a way that will never bore you. They're radical leftists, but not that kind. The other kind. The fun kind.
Episodes
- Ep. 262.5 – The ceasefire that never was (free preview)
Roqayah and Kumars discuss a recent ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, media fueling anti-Shia sectarianism, and Israel's geopolitical strategies. The episode also includes a preview of an upcoming roundtable on 'Indigeneit…
- Ep. 262 – Iran's control of the Strait is legal, probably
Maryam Jamshidi, an associate professor of law, joins Nora Barrows-Friedman to discuss her article on Iran's legal standing in the Strait of Hormuz. They explore the legality of actions in the Strait, the foundations of international marit…
- Episode 261 – Iran War Diary (Day 36)
In Episode 261 of Delete Your Account Podcast, titled 'Iran War Diary (Day 36)', guests discuss Iran's political landscape and international relations. Topics include President Pezeskhian's letter to Americans, Javad Zarif's ceasefire prop…
- Episode 260 – War Diary
In episode 260, "War Diary," Roqayah, Kumars, Sina Rahmani, and Navid Zarrinnal discuss the resistance to the conflict in south Lebanon and the current situation in Iran. Navid shares insights on the mood in Tehran, Quds Day, Palestinian l…
- Episode 259 – A Hero
Roqayah speaks with war correspondent Hadi Hoteit about the factors leading to the Lebanese resistance
- Episode 258.5 – May all this be sacrificed for you (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including the "Last Week in Le…
- Episode 258 – Ramadan Kareem
This week, Roqayah and Kumars welcome back Navid Zarrinnal, Iranian historian and host of The Colony Archive, to continue the conversation about his article for BreakThrough News, "Iran's Protests Explained: A Diary from Tehran", and to di…
- Episode 257 – Iran's Protests Explained
This week, Iranian historian and returning guest Navid Zarrinnal calls in to the show from Tehran via telephone amid Iran's continued internet shutdown to elaborate on his recent dispatch for BreakThrough News , "Iran's Protests Explained:…
- Episode 256 – Prisoners for Palestine
This week, Roqayah and Kumars introduce an interview with former Palestine Action UK prisoner and current Prisoners for Palestine campaigner Audrey Corno, who talks to Kumars about the criminalization of Palestine Action UK, now a proscrib…
- Episode 255.5 – Homeland Security (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including the "Last Week in Le…
- Episode 255 – ¡Yanquis de mierda!
This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by historian and returning guest Alexander Aviña for an emergency update on the US attack against Venezuela, including the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, and what c…
- Episode 254.5 – America's Mayor (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including Roqayah's "Last Week…
- Episode 254 – Terms of Servitude
Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the show by returning guest-host Nora Barrows-Friedman and first-time guest Omar Zahzah to discuss Omar's new book, Terms of Servitude: Zionism, Silicon Valley, and Digital Sett…
- Episode 253 – Days of the Dead
Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the show by historian and returning guest Alexander Aviña. Alex is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University, contributor to the newsletter Foreign Exchanges on…
- Episode 252.5 – Resistance Mindset (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including Roqayah's new weekly…
- Episode 252 – R&D for the Devil
This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by Eliza Salamon, anti-Zionist Jewish organizer and recent alumna of Cornell University, whose direct ties to imperial violence she and her coauthor document in their new report released in collabor…
- Ep. 251 – To the Dispossessed of Lebanon and the World
This week, Roqayah and Kumars share some life updates and break down the latest developments in Lebanon as the government ramps up its campaign to disarm the Lebanese resistance and Israel's deadly violations of the November 2024 ceasefire…
- Episode 250 – Think Pink
This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by Danaka Katovich, Chicago-based organizer and National Co-director of the feminist antiwar group CODEPINK: Women for Peace, where she oversees all of the organization's national advocacy campaigns…
- Episode 249.5.5 – Wartime Cafe (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including Roqayah's new weekly…
- Episode 249.5 – Steel your nerves (update + free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including Roqayah's new weekly…
- Episode 249 – Star Wars Theory
Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the show by fan favorite Marvin Gonzalez and Delete Your Account debutantes Josef Burton and Luke to mark the conclusion of Andor . NYC-based organizer Marvin, writer and former…
- Episode 248 – Iranian Exceptionalism
This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by an all-star panel of new and old friends of the show to discuss the growing threat of war against Iran and the challenges of renewed nuclear negotiations as well as the Islamic Republic's commitm…
- Ep. 247 – President Xi, my country, the moon, yearns for freedom
This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by returning guest Amanda Yee, an independent journalist and organizer based in Brooklyn. Amanda is also the co-host of The China Report on BreakThrough News and the managing editor of Liberation Ne…
- Episode 246.5 – BDS with Rockets (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including Roqayah's new weekly…
- Episode 246 – Mexico is the Wall
This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined for the hour by Alexander Aviña, an expert on Mexican history and US imperialism in Latin America and the Caribbean. He is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University, contributor to…
- Episode 245 – Settler Honeymoon
This week, Roqayah and Kumars present a news roundup from Lebanon and Palestine. They preview Roqayah's on-the-ground coverage of the funeral of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, available exclusively to Delete Your Account subscribers on Patreon,…
- Episode 244 – Some Changes Around Here
This week, Roqayah and Kumars preview Roqayah's new weekly column, "Last Week in Lebanon," available exclusively to Delete Your Account subscribers on Patreon. In her first post , Roqayah documents the Lebanese Army's crackdown on pro-Resi…
- Episode 243.5 – Live from Lebanon (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including Roqayah's upcoming w…
- Episode 243 – Catch-22
Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined for the hour from Ramallah by writer, translator and returning guest Rawan Masri, cofounder of the online archive and resource hub decolonizepalestine.com. Rawan shares her analysis of the ceas…
- Ep. 242 – Get In Loser, We're Making Asian NATO
Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the hour by Ju-hyun Park, engagement editor at The Real News Network and an organizer with Nodutdol for Korean Community Development. Ju-hyun discusses the origins of Nodutdol ,…
- Episode 241.5 – Hard Target (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content by subscribing on our Patreon f…
- Episode 241 – Poetic Justice
A transcript for this episode is now available to download for free as a pdf on our Patreon . Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the show by Rasha Abdulhadi, writer, organizer, poet and author of several books in…
- Episode 240.5 – Regime Change (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content by subscribing on our Patreon f…
- Episode 240 – Abolish Rent
Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the hour by Los Angeles Tenants Union co-founders Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis to discuss their new book Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can Solve the Housing Crisis, which do…
- Episode 239.5 – The Lebanon Report (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content by subscribing on our Patreon f…
- Episode 239 - Djinns
This week, Roqayah is back and reporting from Lebanon. She and Kumars discuss Hezbollah's latest military response to Israel's killing of Hezbollah's Senior Commander Sayyed Fouad Ali Shokr in Beirut's southern suburbs, and her latest arti…
- Episode 238.5 - Live From Lebanon (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content by subscribing on our Patreon f…
- Episode 238 - Deep Red Sea
Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the hour by geopolitical analyst, editor and activist Rune Agerhus. Rune, founder of the new publishing house Hamra Books and a member of the International Commission for Solida…
- Episode 237 - Dark Horse
Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined by an all-star team of football fans to review the club soccer season that was and preview this summer's Euro and Copa America tournaments. Veterans of Delete Your Account soccer coverage Sam K…
- Episode 236.5 - Last Week Tomorrow (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content by subscribing on our Patreon f…
- Episode 236 - Unsettling Ourselves
This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by professor and academic, Mohamed Abdou, for a discussion of decolonial theory and a reflection on how the framework of decolonization benefits pro-Palestine solidarity and organizing. Mohamed, one…
- Episode 235.5 - Han Solo Fraud Watch (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content by subscribing on our Patreon f…
- Episode 235 - Can't Suspend the Movement
This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by two Boston-based student organizers for an update on the Palestine solidarity movement on US college campuses. Lea Kayali is a law student and activist with the Palestinian Youth Movement ( PYM )…
- Episode 234 - The Power Report
Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the hour by Bam and Dan, cohosts of The Power Report on Twitch and YouTube. Bam also cohosts the soccer podcast We Made It , and Dan reviews music on Audioface . Bam and Dan sha…
- Episode 233 - The Northern Front
This week, Roqayah and Kumars share their thoughts on Israel's ongoing ethnic cleansing of Gaza, including escalating violence and displacement of its population. They also discuss the Northern front, i.e. Lebanon, where since October 8th…
- Episode 232.5 - Guys Being Dudes (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content by subscribing on our Patreon f…
- Episode 232 - Poems for Refaat
In tribute to Palestinian poet, activist, academic, and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers, Refaat Alareer, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by his colleague at the Electronic Intifada, Nora Barrows-Friedman, to discuss Israel's deliberate assa…
- Episode 231 - A New Middle East
This week, Roqayah and Kumars welcome back returning guests Rawan Masri and Fathi Nemer, cofounders of the outstanding resource hub and archive decolonizepalestine.com . Rawan is a writer and translator working at the Palestinian Museum in…
- Episode 230 - No Words
This week, in a preview of our upcoming series of interviews with Palestinian activists and journalists, Roqayah and Kumars discuss the ongoing situation in Palestine, including the events of October 7th, current conditions in Gaza, the im…
- Episode 229.5 - Cinema Copaganda (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content by subscribing on our Patreon f…