<p>Asked what's wrong with the country, many Lebanese will say "<em>mafi dawla</em>," there is no state. Princeton University Associate Professor of History and Near Eastern Studies <a href="https://history.princeton.edu/people/max-weiss">Max Weiss</a> on sectarianism in Lebanon following last year's deadly explosion at the Port of Beirut. Joined by Lebanese student advocates at the <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5K5MiP7IjpK45oWm4YWKWc?si=KRVp1-jTT7uhA0kfEMXOYg">Simply Youth Podcast</a>, we discuss corruption, Hezbollah, and the Revolution. Then, 2020 may have had record turnout, but millions of Americans <a href="https://www.thefinchpodcast.com/post/voter-burnout">still didn't vote</a>, and not for the reasons you think. Plus, as the world moved online, so did <a href="https://www.thefinchpodcast.com">cybercriminals</a>—we investigate massive online attacks to the vaccine cold chain. </p>
<p>Max Weiss' recent work: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Roundabout-Death-Faysal-Khartash/dp/1939931924/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1611954129&refinements=p_27%3AMax+Weiss&s=books&sr=1-1"><em>Roundabout of Death</em></a> (Translator), <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Sectarianism-Shi%60ism-Making-Lebanon/dp/0674052986"><em>In the Shadow of Sectarianism</em></a><em> </em>(Author), <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Arabic-Thought-beyond-Liberal-Age/dp/1107136334"><em>Arabic Thought Beyond the Liberal Age </em></a>(Author), <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Arabic-Thought-against-Authoritarian-Age/dp/1107193389"><em>Arabic Thought Against the Authoritarian Age</em></a></p>
<p>Featuring (in order of appearance): Will Fang, Alex Benoit, Max Weiss, Lilia Chahine, Mahmoud Yamani, Marcos Rios, Cassandra He</p>
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