Shadi Hamid

Contributing writer,The Atlantic; senior fellow, Brookings Institution; assistant research professor of Islamic studies, Fuller Seminary; co-founder, Wisdom of Crowds, a podcast, newsletter

Guest

Shadi Hamid is a senior fellow with the Project on US Relations at the Brookings Institution and former director of research at the Brookings Doha Center. He is the author of Temptations of Power: Islamists and Illiberal Democracy in a New Middle East and Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle over Islam Is Reshaping the World.

Shadi Hamid on KCRW

President Biden traveled to Israel this week to offer support, but warned against letting rage consume the response against Hamas. What does a just response from Israel look like?

What does a just response from Israel look like?

President Biden traveled to Israel this week to offer support, but warned against letting rage consume the response against Hamas. What does a just response from Israel look like?

from Left, Right & Center

What are the risks of keeping the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant open? And an atheist and Muslim agree on what happens when people find religion through politics.

Diablo Canyon: Can the nuclear plant work safely for 10 more years?

What are the risks of keeping the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant open? And an atheist and Muslim agree on what happens when people find religion through politics.

from To the Point

“Trump deserves to be impeached, but that doesn’t mean impeachment is a good idea. … It distracts Democrats from their strong suits.

Impeaching Trump could hurt Democrats in 2020

“Trump deserves to be impeached, but that doesn’t mean impeachment is a good idea. … It distracts Democrats from their strong suits.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

More from KCRW

In this episode of the Scheer Intelligence podcast, host Robert Scheer and The Grayzone editor-in-chief Max Blumenthal contextualize the events of Oct.

from Scheer Intelligence

Clinical psychology professor Lisa Miller explores the science behind spirituality and religiosity.

from Life Examined

This week, Iza Kavedžija, a cultural anthropologist who lived in the Kansai region of Japan, while researching the older members of Japanese society, talks about how Japanese culture…

from Life Examined

Chef Sonoko Sakai’s new children’s book is inspired by her relationship with her grandmother and the journey to find a melon she lost in Japan.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

American historian, writer, professor and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz uses her studies on indigenous peoples’ history and her work with Palestinian diplomats and the United Nations…

from Scheer Intelligence

Amidst the carnage and political debacle surrounding Gaza and Israel, it can be easy to discuss the conflict with a macro view, where families, hospital workers, UN workers and…

from Scheer Intelligence

The Supreme Court will decide whether Donald Trump will appear on this year’s ballot. Will President Biden’s message on democracy capture voters’ attention?

from Left, Right & Center

The House finally elected a speaker this week. Now, can Biden’s priorities like aid to Israel and Ukraine get through? Plus, the press faces the fog of war in Israel and Gaza.

from Left, Right & Center

Chuck D explores life post-COVID through illustrations in his graphic novel “Summer of Hamn.” With the war in Israel, foreign policy is at the center of the California Senate race.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand