CONFLICTED
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CONFLICTED

by Message Heard

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.

101 episodes
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1
Iran: The Long Road to War
1:03:56 Mar 12, 2026
2
Who is Iran's New Supreme Leader and What Does He Believe?
1:24:34 Mar 10, 2026
3
The Iran War: British Uncertainty vs. French Resolve
1:05:22 Mar 5, 2026
4
The Death of Ayatollah Khamenei & The Future of Iran
1:08:37 Mar 3, 2026
5
? Emergency Episode: The Iran War Has Begun ?
56:10 Feb 28, 2026
6
African Slavery: The Untold Story
49:44 Feb 26, 2026
7
Conflicted Revisited: Spying for Saudi
1:21:00 Feb 24, 2026
8
The People Who Became Arabs
56:56 Feb 19, 2026
9
Trump, Netanyahu, and the Iran Endgame
57:06 Feb 17, 2026
10
How the US is Abandoning its Afghan Allies
51:50 Feb 12, 2026
11
The CIA’s Zero Units in Afghanistan
50:17 Feb 10, 2026
12
Why China’s Rise Cannot Be Stopped
1:05:49 Feb 5, 2026
13
Trump vs Iran: The War That Wasn’t
1:04:46 Feb 3, 2026
14
Paul Kenyon: 30 Years Under Fire as a BBC War Reporter
58:31 Jan 29, 2026
15
Mali: When Jihadists Win
54:38 Jan 27, 2026
16
Syrian Blitzkrieg: How Damascus Crushed the SDF
55:02 Jan 22, 2026
17
Trump vs USAID: The Rise and Fall of America’s Aid Empire
54:36 Jan 20, 2026
18
How Yemen Broke the Saudi-UAE Alliance
1:25:04 Jan 15, 2026
19
Crisis in the Gulf: Saudi vs UAE
52:18 Jan 13, 2026
20
Re-Thinking Islam’s Global History
59:35 Jan 8, 2026
21
The Crisis in Iran: The History Behind US-Iran Tensions
56:21 Jan 6, 2026
22
Zohran Mamdani and the Ascendancy of Third Worldism
1:19:26 Jan 1, 2026
23
2025 Year in Review
52:01 Dec 30, 2025
24
Inside the Trenches of Ukraine
1:22:38 Dec 25, 2025
25
2025 Conflicted Christmas Special
49:10 Dec 23, 2025
26
What Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy Means For The World
1:00:26 Dec 18, 2025
27
The 2026 Middle East Forecast
52:58 Dec 16, 2025
28
What the U.S. Gets Wrong About the Muslim Brotherhood
1:03:45 Dec 11, 2025
29
Saudi Arabia’s New Bargaining Chip
55:30 Dec 9, 2025
30
Has the Muslim Brotherhood Infiltrated the UK?
51:12 Dec 4, 2025
31
Conflicted Returns: A New Era Begins
52:29 Dec 2, 2025
32
Conflicted Revisited: Ethiopia’s Overlooked Conflict
1:30:22 Nov 26, 2025
33
India and the Future of World Order: A Conversation with T.V. Paul
1:14:22 Nov 20, 2025
34
Conflicted Revisited… Husam Mahjoub – How Foreign States are Fuelling Sudan’s Civil War
1:16:00 Nov 12, 2025
35
CC: Patrick McGee – How Apple Built a Superpower
1:14:44 Nov 5, 2025
36
Conflicted Revisited… Hamza Howidy – Protest, Exile, and a Post-Hamas Vision of Gaza
1:35:23 Oct 29, 2025
37
CC: Emma Ashford – The Collapse of America's Unipolar Moment
24:19 Oct 22, 2025
38
The Gaza Peace Deal: Behind the Scenes with Aimen Dean
1:11:46 Oct 15, 2025
39
7/7: The Inside Story – A New Terror Paradigm • Episode 6
48:09 Oct 13, 2025
40
CC: Alex Vatanka – How has the 12 Day War Changed Iran?
24:15 Oct 8, 2025
41
7/7: The Inside Story – The Lone Wolf • Episode 5
53:08 Oct 6, 2025
42
7/7: The Inside Story – How to Spot a Radical • Episode 4
52:59 Sep 29, 2025
43
CC: Aaron Zelin – New Syrian Government, Same Old Conflicts?
24:29 Sep 24, 2025
44
7/7: The Inside Story – The Hunt • Episode 3
32:28 Sep 22, 2025
45
7/7: The Inside Story – The Voices of Londonistan • Episode 2
51:00 Sep 17, 2025
46
7/7: The Inside Story – A Thursday in July • Episode 1
37:49 Sep 17, 2025
47
Conflicted Revisited... 9/11
1:11:58 Sep 11, 2025
48
CC: Burcu Ozcelik – The End of the PKK & Turkey’s Great Game
25:12 Sep 10, 2025
49
CC Revisited... Eugene Rogan – What do the 1860 ‘Damascus Events’ mean for the Middle East today?
1:11:17 Sep 3, 2025
50
CC: Jakub Jajcay – The Raw Reality of Modern Warfare in Ukraine
24:35 Aug 27, 2025
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