Polite Conversations

Growing up in Saudi Arabia as a Pakistani, who now resides in Canada, Eiynah brings a global perspective to discussions about religion, politics, culture & sexuality - through the lens of a progressive ex-muslim immigrant. This podcast often focuses on unpacking various forms of extremism, particularly types that are less overt and masquerading as ‘intellectual’. Eiynah has a specific interest in covering online scenes like New Atheism and the Intellectual Dark Web. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Polite Conversations is a society podcast hosted by Eiynah Mohammed-Smith, with 280 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Eiynah Mohammed-Smith hosts Polite Conversations, a society show with 280 episodes published.

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  UNLOCKED: Premium Bonus - Riyadh Comedy Festival ft. Andy Kindler

  Aug 13, 20261h 27m

  [Aired originally for premium patrons in Dec 2025] Hope you enjoy this episode. I put a lot of work into listening to all these comedians and gathering clips. It’s a subject that feels very personal, because I grew up in Saudi Arabia and have been very disturbed by the successful whitewashing that MBS has been doing recently. ——— Comedian Andy Kindler (from Bob’s Burgers) joins me for an in depth look at some of the excuses that were made by the comedians who went to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival. Was this festival an indication of progress in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or was it put on to create the illusion of progress? ——— Featured Clips from: Chris Tucker, NBC News, Bill Maher, Louis CK, Tim Dillon, Aziz Ansari, Whitney Cummings, Bill Burr & Joe Rogan Links: A Saudi journalist tweeted against the government – and was executed for ‘high treason’: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/18/saudi-arabia-turki-al-jasser-executed Producer/Animator receives prison sentence for Netflix Comedy series https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/world/middleeast/netflix-masameer-saudi-arabia-prison.html Archived version of NYT article: https://archive.ph/QqSR8 Saudi cartoonist sentenced to 23 years https://apnews.com/article/saudi-arabia-cartoonist-sentenced-crackdown-0fbb4a3d9532a363ea6f014bdab53876 Human Rights Watch: Riyadh Comedy Festival Whitewashes Abuses https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/09/23/saudi-arabia-riyadh-comedy-festival-whitewashes-abuses Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/human-rights-watch-refuses-aziz-ansari-riyadh-donation-1236544862/ Tim Dillon Fired from Riyadh Comedy Festival https://www.billboard.com/pro/tim-dillon-fired-riyadh-comedy-festival-saudi-slavery/ Dave Chapelle says its easier to talk in Saudi Arabia than the US https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/dave-chappelle-saudi-arabia-free-speech-1235439890/ 82% of Jewish Israelis Back Forcibly Expelling Gazans https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-05-28/ty-article-magazine/.premium/yes-to-transfer-82-of-jewish-israelis-back-expelling-gazans/00000197-12a4-df22-a9d7-9ef6af930000 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  [Re-release] Global Far Right 6 - Finland (FULL Episode)

  Aug 4, 20261h 6m

  [ aired originally August 13, 2025 on Patreon, released on the main feed Nov 2025] Finnish expert on far-right extremism Sami Eerola [ https://bsky.app/profile/eerolasami.bsky.social ] joins me for a conversation about the far-right in Finland. We discuss the sharp swing from Sanna Marin’s progressive govt to the most rightwing government Finland has had since the 1930’s, neo-nazi groups & festivals like ‘white boy summer’, the various racism related scandals coming from far right govt officials and more. If you enjoy the show pls consider supporting via patreon.com/nicemangos Links : Find all the unlocked publicly available episodes in the Global Far Right miniseries here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/40h4VTDTEEpqWHOuH4uDLI?si=O1uDXmc_QXuidykoNFcJAA&utm_source=copy-link&pi=KpkE0nxFQvWZt I revisited Sam’s views on nuking places preemptively in detail here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/136580589?pr=true&forSale=true Find Sami’s Finnish language newsletter here   https://laitaoikeistonviikko.substack.com/ The Finnish government attempts to overcome the overt racism of its minister https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/08/20/the-finnish-government-attempts-to-overcome-the-overt-racism-of-its-ministers_6099989_4.html Far-right Finnish leader Riikka Purra sorry in racist posts uproar https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66166795 Finland economy minister resigns over Nazi comments https://www.dw.com/en/finland-economy-minister-resigns-over-nazi-comments/a-66084409 Many Finns Party ministers have pointed to replacement theory https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/politics/23836-many-finns-party-ministers-have-pointed-to-replacement-theory.html Chet Hanks says Social Justice Warriors can kick rocks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgN1Lc5USOI Tom Hanks’ son shares anti-vaccine videos, claims there’s more evidence for UFOs than for COVID shot safety https://www.news10.com/news/tom-hanks-son-shares-anti-vaccine-videos-claims-theres-more-evidence-for-ufos-than-for-covid-shot-safety/ White Boy Summer: Investigating the Finnish Far Right https://youtu.be/3CXRZKihkUw?si=3ehv9c99jiEr-EEM The Palestine Laboratory pt 1 https://youtu.be/1GvkFwpzDhI?si=ljpWs3vOjiUJQcYy Pt 2 https://youtu.be/5pPQydBGwQY?si=Mc-9moAZWMOylkU2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  CLIP: Flags, Symbols & Soul

  Jul 29, 20265 min

  What meaning do flags and flags and symbols of nationalism hold? —— This is a clip from pt 3 of my conversation with Canadian Journalist of Israeli background, Corey Atad. Find the extended version of the convo here: https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos/posts/ep-113-double-162731875?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link ] Find the Public version of the convo here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7pKkyUzjW9JzUgLuEBJt12?si=V2T9K2ryQV6dinDWhLcYFg&utm_source=copy-link If you enjoy the show pls consider supporting via patreon.com/nicemangos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Global Far Right 7 - USA ft. Christopher Mathias

  Jul 27, 202652 min

  Polite Conversations is part of a progressive independent Canadian podcast community Check out Harbinger Media at   Harbingermedianetwork.com Journalist and author of ‘To Catch a Fascist’ Christopher Mathias joins me to discuss the state of the American far right. We talk about what laid the groundwork for these political conditions, we compare Trump 1.0 & 2.0… and we also discuss the role that mainstream media & the Democrats have played in the rising tide of American fascism. All that and more on this episode of The Global Far Right. If you enjoy the show pls consider supporting via patreon.com/nicemangos & unlock bonus content and extended episodes. Links : Find the extended version of this episode here: https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos/posts/global-far-right-164817590#no_universal_links Find the rest of the Global Far Right miniseries here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/40h4VTDTEEpqWHOuH4uDLI?si=13i_lmBhQzWQNbYkm3YzUw&utm_source=copy-link&pi=g41RqjyCRaSV- Find Christopher’s book ‘To Catch a Fascist’ here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Catch-a-Fascist/Christopher-Mathias/9781668034767 Politico story on pro-Trump troll ‘Microchip’s’ anti-antifa petition https://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/24/antifa-white-house-petition-trump-troll-241990 Christopher Mathias’ 2018 story covering the extreme nature of Steve King’s views https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-supremacists-running-for-office-2018_n_5a7da926e4b0c6726e1285c1 FIRE receives Koch funding https://bsky.app/profile/nicemangos.bsky.social/post/3mrnj2ityas2n The man who headed Trump’s invasions of US cities (Bovino) joined the US and European far right in Portugal to preach “remigration”—a plan to expel all minorities and immigrants. https://www.wired.com/story/greg-bovino-was-the-star-at-a-european-remigration-conference/ After teasing a presidential bid, Greg Bovino joined a white nationalist’s podcast https://www.ms.now/news/greg-bovino-white-nationalist-podcast-kevin-deanna From my miniseries on Sam Harris [Woking Up]: Ep 1 focuses on his views on race and racism in policing https://open.spotify.com/episode/0v1VYmWKx6dgT5GEdL2OpK?si=JyGf6zQESsaWrtcLXPXllQ&utm_source=copy-link Ep 4 of Woking Up discusses Sam Harris’ post Jan 6 bothsidesing, and racism denial https://open.spotify.com/episode/420oTb5Eh7GVjRjGnJY5fA?si=VskaAYgfQp2FQpmorOBPrA&utm_source=copy-link Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  CLIP: Blame Institutions

  Jul 23, 20267 min

  Concerned about rising antisemitism? The largest portion of blame should be placed on institutions that deliberately conflate Zionism and Jewish people… institutions that deem any criticism of Israeli war crimes, Israeli war criminals, and a state actively engaged in gen0cide…as antisemitic. It is these very institutions, all across the western world… that are reinforcing this antisemitic conflation. This is a clip from pt 3 of my conversation with Canadian Journalist of Israeli background, Corey Atad. Find the extended version of the convo here: https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos/posts/ep-113-double-162731875?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link ] Find the Public version of the convo here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7pKkyUzjW9JzUgLuEBJt12?si=V2T9K2ryQV6dinDWhLcYFg&utm_source=copy-link If you enjoy the show pls consider supporting via patreon.com/nicemangos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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