Norman Finkelstein & Samira Mohyeddin on Iran and Israel, Greg Stoker & Anthony Aguilar on War
The Katie Halper Show
Katie Halper
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2026
⏱️ 173 minutes
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Summary
Katie speaks to Iranian-Canadian journalist Samira Mohyeddin about Iran and media bias. Then Katie speaks to Norman about Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Iran and whether Trump was "tricked by Israel into war with Iran." Then antiwar veterans Greg Stoker and Anthony Aguilar will provide military analysis.
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Samira Mohyeddin is a multi award winning journalist, producer and broadcaster. For nearly a decade, she was a producer at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBC Radio on their national flagship daily program, The Current. She was also a host and producer for CBC Podcasts. Samira resigned from the CBC in 2023 and began her own media company, On The Line Media, which brings audiences the voices they most need to hear from to help them make sense of the world and focuses on critical and contextual journalism and informed commentary. Samira has a Master of Arts in Modern Middle Eastern History from the University of Toronto and is a trained Shakespearean actor and graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City. She also completed Genocide Studies at the Zoryan Institute and has a post graduate journalism degree from Centennial College's Story Arts Centre.
Norman Finkelstein is a political scientist, prolific author, and son of Holocaust survivors. He received his PhD from the Princeton University Politics Department in 1987. He is the author of many books that have been translated into 60 foreign editions, including THE HOLOCAUST INDUSTRY: Reflections on the exploitation of Jewish suffering, and GAZA: An inquest into its martyrdom, I'LL BURN THAT BRIDGE WHEN I GET TO IT! Heretical Thoughts on Identity Politics, Cancel Culture, and Academic Freedom. In the year 2020, Norman Finkelstein was named the fifth most influential political scientist in the world.
Norman's forthcoming book is 'Gaza's Gravediggers: An Inquiry into Corruption in High Places' (OR Books, 2026)
https://orbooks.com/catalog/gazas-gravediggers/
Greg Stoker is a former United States Army Ranger. He has a background in special operations and human intelligence collection. He conducted 4 combat deployments to Afghanistan during the unfortunately named “Global War On Terror” and is now an anti-war activist, host of the Colonial Outcasts Podcast, and analyst at MintPress News. He is running for Congress to represent Texas's 31st District.
Anthony Aguilar is a retired United States Army Lieutenant Colonel & Special Forces officer (Green Beret) who served for 25 years in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Jordan & the Philippines. He is also a whistle blower who exposed crimes he witnessed as a security contractor working with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. He is currently running for Congress as a Green Party candidate to represent the people of North Carolina’s 13th District.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone. You're listening to The Katie Helper Show, and I'm your host, Katie Helper. If you like the show, please leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. And as always, we remind you that this show could not happen without the support of our listeners. To support the show, visit patreon.com |
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| 0:34.1 | sneak peek at my upcoming documentary feature film and more. |
| 0:41.4 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to a historic edition of the Katie Helper show, not because of |
| 0:46.6 | anything we are doing, but because of stuff that's happening in the world. I'm so excited |
| 0:51.6 | to be here with you guys, and I'm so excited to be here with a bunch of amazing guests. |
| 0:55.8 | We have someone who's making her Katie Halper show debut. |
| 0:59.6 | I'm really excited. |
| 1:00.6 | I've been wanting to have her on for a while. |
| 1:02.5 | And that is Samira Moyadine, who is a journalist, an award-winning journalist. |
| 1:08.0 | She was at the BBC for a bunch of years. |
| 1:10.2 | Then she resigned, and she started her own program called On the BBC for a bunch of years. Then she resigned and she started |
| 1:11.6 | her own program called On the Line Media, which you have to subscribe to. You've got to subscribe to |
| 1:17.2 | that YouTube channel, if you haven't already. And so many interesting things to say about |
| 1:21.9 | Samira, but I will say that in addition to completing genocide studies at the Zerayan |
| 1:26.8 | Institute and having a postgraduate |
| 1:29.2 | journalism degree from Centennial College's Story Art Center. She also has a Master of Arts in Modern |
| 1:37.5 | Middle East history. That's also cool from Toronto, but she is also a trained Shakespearean actor |
| 1:43.9 | and graduate of the American |
| 1:45.5 | Music on Dramatic Academy in New York City. So she truly is a Renaissance woman. She's based in Canada. |
| 1:51.3 | Her family is from Iran, and we're going to be talking to her about so many things, |
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