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Courageous Thought Podcasts, Audio and Video, address and analyze political issues from Chicago to the Middle East in several show formats, reflecting his award-winning writings at Substack at www.CourageousThought.com. (Also at www.RayHanania.com and www.Hanania.com.)
A professional journalist for more than a half century, Ray Hanania entered political reporting assigned as a desked reporter at Chicago City Halll covering from 1977 through 1992, covering 7 mayors (Richard J. Daley, Michael A. Bilandic, Jane M. Byrne, Harold Washington, David Orr, Eugene Sawyer and Richard M. Daley). He has written news and feature stories on politics for newspapers around the world, including for the Chicago Sun-Times, Houston Chronicle, Newsday, Orlando Sentinel, Arab News, and more.
Through Courageous Thought Podcasts, Hanania produces and co-hosts several audio and video podcasts, including:
Two Guys on Politics with former Congressman Bill Lipinski addressing national and international politics, issues and events
Political-Review with political analyst and consultant Frank Calabrese on Chicago and Chicagoland politics, issues, and events
Ray Hanania on Politics, occasional perspectives by Ray Hanania complementing his political Opinion Columns on Substack (www.RayHanania.com, www.Hanania.com and www.CourageousThought.com)
The Arab Street Radio & Audio Podcast, where Ray Hanania focuses on Middle East and Arab World issues.
You can reach Ray Hanania at rghanania@gmail.com or, on his Substack website at www.CourageousThought.com.
Ray Hanania's podcasts are also vailable on Youtube.
Episodes
Jun 29, 2012
Jun 29, 2012
58 min
Radio Baladi broadcast every Friday on WNZK AM 690 radio in Detroit, Michigan live. Hosted by Ray Hanania. www.RadioBaladi.com. Guest is George Hishmeh, columnist for the Gulf News and Jordan Times and former editor-in-chief of the Star Newspaper in Lebanon. Discusses the presidential election context between President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney, events in Egypt and the election of Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood. Also Syria and dictator Bashar al-Assad, and the challenges facing American Arabs and also the failure of American Arab leadership to lead.
Jun 22, 2012
Jun 22, 2012
59 min
Radio Baladi with Ray Hanania Friday June 22, 2012. Guest is Amin El Gamal, Egyptian American actor. Gamal discusses his starring role in Episode 5 of the first season of HBO Cable TV's The Newsroom starring Jeff Daniels. Gamal plays an Egyptian blogger in Egypt reporting on the pro-Democracy protests and the Arab Spring. The series begins Sunday June 24. Gamal's episode 5 features broadcasts on Sunday July 22, 2012. WNZK AM radio. Live interview. 8 AM EST Detroit region. www.RadioBaladi.com. The Newsroom explores issues in American journalism and the rise of opinion passing itself off as news. The station is a composite of CNN, MSNBC, etc.
Jun 17, 2012
Jun 17, 2012
Radio Chicagoland Sunday June 17, 2012. Ray Hanania. Guests include Nidal AbuShaqra and Dana AbuShaqra on the disappearance of their relative Haidar AbuShaqra on Dec. 7, 2011 in Connecticut. On the Terrorism Watch List, Haidar mysteriously disappeared. Was he taken by the FBI or the Justice Department? Did something bad happen as a result of a controversial lease arrangement? Did he flee the country in the face of some financial problems? The family believes he did not flee the country (the government has his passport); Amin El-Gamal discusses his TV role on HBO's new series Newsroom. In episode 5 July 22, Amin plays an Egyptian blogger covering the pro-Democracy protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square. We talka bout his positive role on TV and the challenges he has faced as an American Arab actor. Plus we plan a July 22 Amin El-Gamal Day to celebrate the show's broadcast. Ali Younes discusses the election for president in Egypt. www.RadioChicagoland.com WSBC 1240 AM and WCFJ 1470 AM radio. Ray Hanania and Kheir Fakhreldin.
Jun 15, 2012
Jun 15, 2012
1 hr 4 sec
Radio Baladi Friday June 15, 2012. Host Ray Hanania interviews award winning columnist Ali Younes and Dana AbuShaqra, the niece of Haidar AbuShaqra who mysteriously disappeared on Dec. 7, 2011 in Connecticut. Was he the victim of a crime or the FBI and Justice Department campaign against American Arabs and Muslims? Also interviewed is Imam Mardini about an arson hate crime against the Muslim Community Center in Detroit. www.RadioBaladi.com. Broadcast every Friday on WNZK AM 690 radio.