{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Of This World","title":"Minnesota, Mamdani, and Iran—A Conversation with Kambiz GhaneaBassiri","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/1e9c5c4f\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3129,"description":"Hosts and Commonweal contributors Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins and Nick Tabor chat with historian of Islam Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, professor of religion at Carleton College and author of A History of Islam in America: From the New World to the New World Order (Cambridge University Press), which examines Muslim political life in Trump’s America.In this episode, the three discuss the grassroots faith-based coalition behind Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral victory in New York, the Muslim community’s response to ICE raids in Minnesota and its roots in post-9/11 organizing, and what the war in Iran reveals about a regional politics driven more by the interests of billionaires and Gulf states than by the lives of ordinary people across the Middle East.Episode production and original music by Joel Myers.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/WgiQMFAwrevqZpKmmGB7n8-Fh5Q2Zgk-t0j8IYLH1cc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lZjYx/YTVkYWY4MTdlZDVl/OTIyMGIwYWY4N2Fm/Y2EzNC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}