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#160#172#184#195#207Chart rankOct 15Oct 18Oct 21Oct 24Oct 27Episode released Oct 15: Taiz: The Yemeni City That Refuses to Surrender
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Latest episodes

  • Taiz: The Yemeni City That Refuses to Surrender

    October 15, 2026 · 59 min

    We welcome back friend of the show Baraa Shiban, who was recently on the front lines in Yemen. The Houthis have surrounded Taiz once again. Can the city that has defied Yemen's tyrants for generations hold out against another devastating…

  • We’re Addicted to Security, and It’s Destroying Us

    October 13, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

    In this latest Conflicted Conversation, Ruben Andersson, professor of social anthropology at Oxford University's Department of International Development, discusses his new book Age of Security: The Rise of a Global Obsession. For deeper…

  • Adrian Wooldridge: Can Liberalism Save Itself?

    October 8, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min

    In this latest Conflicted Conversation, journalist Adrian Wooldridge discusses his latest book Centrists of the World Unite: The Lost Genius of Liberalism. For deeper dives and world-class Q&As with Aimen Dean, join the CONFLICTED…

  • The Real Geopolitics of Sudan’s Civil War

    October 6, 2026 · 53 min

    Sudan’s civil war has become a regional proxy struggle, with the UAE, Egypt, Iran, Turkey and other powers backing rival armed camps as the country fragments under the pressure of war. But while the RSF’s foreign support has drawn intense…

  • The Middle East Braces for Escalation

    October 2, 2026 · 57 min

    The war is widening, diplomacy has stalled, and the Middle East is once again sliding towards escalation as the relationship between Israel and the Gulf states grows closer while pressure on Iran is mounting at sea, in the air, and across…

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  • Carlos the Jackal: The World’s First Super-Terrorist

    September 29, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

    In this latest Conflicted Conversation, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Joby Warrick tells Thomas all about his latest book The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World's First Super-Terrorist. For deeper dives and world-class…

  • The Houthis Are Winning — Here’s Why

    September 24, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

    Aimen's away this week. But not to worry! Sitting in his seat is Mohammed al-Basha: a Yemeni-American analyst with over twenty years of experience. Basha is the perfect person to help us understand better the larger forces at work in the…

  • 1453: The Catastrophe That Ended Rome

    September 22, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min

    In this latest Conflicted Conversation, historian Anthony Kaldellis of the University of Chicago discusses his new book 1453: The Conquest and Tragedy of Constantinople. For deeper dives and world-class Q&As with Aimen Dean, join the…

  • Globalisation Made Global Jihad Possible

    September 17, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min

    In this week’s Conflicted Conversation, UCL associate professor Philip Cunliffe makes a provocative case: far from being polar opposites, global Islamism and American unipolarity were born of the same globalised order. But what happens…

  • Saudi Arabia’s Yemen Disaster

    September 16, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

    Every region-watcher was stunned over past week as the anti-Houthi forces in Yemen suffered an extremely brutal reversal—with global consequences. Aimen lifts up the curtain of inter-Gulf politics to help Thomas understand better what went…

  • Re-Interrogating 9/11: A 25th Anniversary Debate

    September 11, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

    To commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Aimen and Thomas take a deeper, wider look at the historical, ideological, and geopolitical context on either side of that momentous world-changing event. Join the CONFLICTED…

  • The End of the Nation State?

    September 9, 2026 · 1 hr 34 min

    Where did the nation-state come from—and what happens if the conditions that made it powerful are now disappearing? Thomas discusses these questions and much more in this wide-ranging Conflicted Conversation with award-winning novelist…

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About the show

An ex-Al Qaeda jihadi turned MI6 spy and a former monk turned filmmaker, have been embedded at the heart of conflicts in the Middle East. Together Aimen Dean and Thomas Small unpack the realities of war, fundamentalism and their global implications through first-hand experience.