100 episodes

Delete Your Account is a new podcast hosted by journalist Roqayah Chamseddine and her plucky sidekick Kumars Salehi. Every week they will talk about important stories from the worlds of politics and pop culture, both on and off-line, in a way that will never bore you. They’re radical leftists, but not that kind. The other kind. The fun kind.

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    • 4.7 • 401 Ratings

Delete Your Account is a new podcast hosted by journalist Roqayah Chamseddine and her plucky sidekick Kumars Salehi. Every week they will talk about important stories from the worlds of politics and pop culture, both on and off-line, in a way that will never bore you. They’re radical leftists, but not that kind. The other kind. The fun kind.

    Episode 235.5 - Han Solo Fraud Watch (free preview)

    Episode 235.5 - Han Solo Fraud Watch (free preview)

    This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content by subscribing on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. While you’re at it, we also love it when you subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts. 
    Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined by two of the biggest and brightest Star Wars fans we know, artist and Delete Your Account debutante @hayleyglyphs along with president of the Campaign Workers Guild and returning guest Marvin Gonzalez.
    Hayley, Marvin and Kumars discuss the highs and lows of the prequels, the sequels and (almost) everything in between, from Ben Shapiro’s definitive ranking of the movies to who the best funny little guy is, before ending by playing an all-new Star Wars trivia game.
    Follow Hayley on Twitter @hayleyglyphs and Instagram, also @hayleyglyphs. Follow Marvin @sulliedsubjects. You can also keep up with Marvin’s organizing with the Campaign Workers Guild @CWG_Workers as well as his work around Puerto Rico by following his organization Repatriotas @repatriotasPR.

    • 17 min
    Episode 235 - Can't Suspend the Movement

    Episode 235 - Can't Suspend the Movement

    This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by two Boston-based student organizers for an update on the Palestine solidarity movement on US college campuses. Lea Kayali is a law student and activist with the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) and Harvard Law School Justice for Palestine, and Mohamed Mohamed is a graduate student and activist with the Coalition Against Apartheid (CAA) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 
    Lea and Mohamed discuss their personal paths to organizing, the repression they’ve faced on their campuses since Oct. 7th from their university administrations and beyond, and how Palestine solidarity became the defining political issue for a generation of student activists.
    Follow Lea on Twitter @huriya_lea as well as orgs like @MIT_CAA and the undergraduate Harvard Palestine Solidarity Committee (HarvardPSC) to keep up with the latest campaigns and actions on their campuses. 
    If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, subscribe on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts. We can't do this show without your support!!!
     

    • 1 hr 5 min
    Episode 234 - The Power Report

    Episode 234 - The Power Report

    Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the hour by Bam and Dan, cohosts of The Power Report on Twitch and YouTube. Bam also cohosts the soccer podcast We Made It, and Dan reviews music on Audioface. 
    Bam and Dan share their thoughts on the 2024 presidential election, Dan’s experience working at The Young Turks, why left media figures turn to cultural conservatism, and who will win the English Premier League. 
    Follow Bam on Twitter @WeMadeItPodcast and Dan @danfromtheweb, and stream The Power Report every Thursday 9 ET to midnight on YouTube and Twitch.
    If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, subscribe on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts. We can't do this show without your support!!!
     

    • 1 hr 30 min
    Episode 233 - The Northern Front

    Episode 233 - The Northern Front

    This week, Roqayah and Kumars share their thoughts on Israel's ongoing ethnic cleansing of Gaza, including escalating violence and displacement of its population. 
    They also discuss the Northern front, i.e. Lebanon, where since October 8th Hezballah and Israel have been engaging in a mounting offensive that has achieved a number of objectives for the Lebanese resistance faction while also directing Israel away from engaging to the fullest of its military capabilities in Gaza.
    They also highlight the shared history between South Lebanon and Palestine, and why there remains a fervent and unshakeable bond between the two peoples until today.
    If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, subscribe on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts. We can't do this show without your support!!!
     

    • 27 min
    Episode 232.5 - Guys Being Dudes (free preview)

    Episode 232.5 - Guys Being Dudes (free preview)

    This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only!   We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content by subscribing on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. While you’re at it, we also love it when you subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts. 
    Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the hour by renowned cartoonist and returning guest Mattie Lubchansky to discuss their 2023 graphic novel Boys Weekend.
    Follow Mattie on Twitter @lubchansky, pick up a copy of the book from Penguin Random House and get awesome rewards from Mattie and other creators when you donate to the Cartoonists’ Collective E-SIMs for Gaza drive. 
     

    • 24 min
    Episode 232 - Poems for Refaat

    Episode 232 - Poems for Refaat

    In tribute to Palestinian poet, activist, academic, and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers, Refaat Alareer, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by his colleague at the Electronic Intifada, Nora Barrows-Friedman, to discuss Israel's deliberate assassination of Refaat, and his legacy. 
    Nora discusses the impact of Refaat's targeted execution by Israel, and the impressions he left upon thousands of students who he helped mentor during his life. The crew also weighs the significance of the written word, its role in resisting occupation in Palestine, and Israel's historic fear of the Palestinian pen.
    Follow Nora on Twitter @norabf and find all of her reporting at electronicintifada.net. 
    If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, subscribe on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts. We can't do this show without your support!!!
     

    • 40 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
401 Ratings

401 Ratings

TC391 ,

Great podcast

Every episode is great- but the ones with Brett

JohnFF2 ,

Excellent, Informative

I’m proud to be a subscriber since the beginning. I always learn something when I listen to DYA and its amazing guests.

7èmemaison ,

Never throws the baby out with the bathwater

So refreshing to hear a podcast that is both critical and generous, and highlights the anti capitalist work of often dismissed or marginalized movements by actually talking to organizers. There are so many demoralizing anti woke podcasts out there, it gets old fast. If you actually want to learn something constructive about what left movements are doing, and do it with good humor, this is a podcast for you!

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