The Enlightenment Podcast
@enlightenpod.bsky.social
Filmmakers and creatives talking about the stories that matter to us - starting with Palestine. We believe in social impact, humanism and hope.
US law forbids arming human rights violators. Rania Batrice explains how the "Block the Bombs Act" is finally challenging military aid to Israel. Accountability isn’t radical—it’s the law.
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January 16, 2026 at 11:10 AM
US law forbids arming human rights violators. Rania Batrice explains how the "Block the Bombs Act" is finally challenging military aid to Israel. Accountability isn’t radical—it’s the law.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/jBV6S1flVgM 🎙️ Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/6Ase...
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/jBV6S1flVgM 🎙️ Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/6Ase...
@RaniaBatrice exposes how language is weaponised to justify killing, erase accountability, and protect Israeli impunity—from #Gaza to the #WestBank.
Genocide isn’t only carried out by bombs.
It’s enforced through words, silence, and media framing.
🎧 youtu.be/jBV6S1flVgM
Genocide isn’t only carried out by bombs.
It’s enforced through words, silence, and media framing.
🎧 youtu.be/jBV6S1flVgM
January 14, 2026 at 12:35 PM
@RaniaBatrice exposes how language is weaponised to justify killing, erase accountability, and protect Israeli impunity—from #Gaza to the #WestBank.
Genocide isn’t only carried out by bombs.
It’s enforced through words, silence, and media framing.
🎧 youtu.be/jBV6S1flVgM
Genocide isn’t only carried out by bombs.
It’s enforced through words, silence, and media framing.
🎧 youtu.be/jBV6S1flVgM
Over 2 years of polling show a real shift on Palestine—across age groups, not just youth.
As public support grows, narrative control intensifies.
They’re not winning the argument—they’re losing it. - Rania Batrice
🎧 youtu.be/jBV6S1flVgM
#FreePalestine
As public support grows, narrative control intensifies.
They’re not winning the argument—they’re losing it. - Rania Batrice
🎧 youtu.be/jBV6S1flVgM
#FreePalestine
January 13, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Over 2 years of polling show a real shift on Palestine—across age groups, not just youth.
As public support grows, narrative control intensifies.
They’re not winning the argument—they’re losing it. - Rania Batrice
🎧 youtu.be/jBV6S1flVgM
#FreePalestine
As public support grows, narrative control intensifies.
They’re not winning the argument—they’re losing it. - Rania Batrice
🎧 youtu.be/jBV6S1flVgM
#FreePalestine
Rania Batrice breaks down how Palestinians are systematically “othered” using the same colonial language once used against Black and Indigenous peoples—to scare, silence, and control.
That strategy is failing.
🎧 youtu.be/jBV6S1flVgM
#FreePalestine #EndDehumanization
That strategy is failing.
🎧 youtu.be/jBV6S1flVgM
#FreePalestine #EndDehumanization
January 12, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Rania Batrice breaks down how Palestinians are systematically “othered” using the same colonial language once used against Black and Indigenous peoples—to scare, silence, and control.
That strategy is failing.
🎧 youtu.be/jBV6S1flVgM
#FreePalestine #EndDehumanization
That strategy is failing.
🎧 youtu.be/jBV6S1flVgM
#FreePalestine #EndDehumanization
You can’t fight for justice and exclude Palestine.
Rania Batrice explains why Palestine isn’t a “single issue,” but the moral crossroads of our time—and how all liberation struggles are connected.
🎧 Watch now on YouTube: youtu.be/jBV6S1flVgM
#FreePalestine #IntersectionalJustice
Rania Batrice explains why Palestine isn’t a “single issue,” but the moral crossroads of our time—and how all liberation struggles are connected.
🎧 Watch now on YouTube: youtu.be/jBV6S1flVgM
#FreePalestine #IntersectionalJustice
January 9, 2026 at 12:38 PM
You can’t fight for justice and exclude Palestine.
Rania Batrice explains why Palestine isn’t a “single issue,” but the moral crossroads of our time—and how all liberation struggles are connected.
🎧 Watch now on YouTube: youtu.be/jBV6S1flVgM
#FreePalestine #IntersectionalJustice
Rania Batrice explains why Palestine isn’t a “single issue,” but the moral crossroads of our time—and how all liberation struggles are connected.
🎧 Watch now on YouTube: youtu.be/jBV6S1flVgM
#FreePalestine #IntersectionalJustice
"I’m searching for reassurance that we still have a tomorrow."
In Gaza, hope is an act of resistance. Artist #MalakMattar explains why imagining beauty and a future is essential for survival, even amidst grief.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/4xKXS9QCWEg%...
#Palestine #Gaza #Hope
In Gaza, hope is an act of resistance. Artist #MalakMattar explains why imagining beauty and a future is essential for survival, even amidst grief.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/4xKXS9QCWEg%...
#Palestine #Gaza #Hope
January 3, 2026 at 11:39 AM
"I’m searching for reassurance that we still have a tomorrow."
In Gaza, hope is an act of resistance. Artist #MalakMattar explains why imagining beauty and a future is essential for survival, even amidst grief.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/4xKXS9QCWEg%...
#Palestine #Gaza #Hope
In Gaza, hope is an act of resistance. Artist #MalakMattar explains why imagining beauty and a future is essential for survival, even amidst grief.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/4xKXS9QCWEg%...
#Palestine #Gaza #Hope
Palestinian history is being actively stolen—from artifacts to food.
Malak Mattar explains how culture is rebranded, but sumud (steadfastness) keeps it alive. Through art, Palestinians prove their identity can't be erased.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/4xKXS9QCWEg
#Palestine #Sumud
Malak Mattar explains how culture is rebranded, but sumud (steadfastness) keeps it alive. Through art, Palestinians prove their identity can't be erased.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/4xKXS9QCWEg
#Palestine #Sumud
January 2, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Palestinian history is being actively stolen—from artifacts to food.
Malak Mattar explains how culture is rebranded, but sumud (steadfastness) keeps it alive. Through art, Palestinians prove their identity can't be erased.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/4xKXS9QCWEg
#Palestine #Sumud
Malak Mattar explains how culture is rebranded, but sumud (steadfastness) keeps it alive. Through art, Palestinians prove their identity can't be erased.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/4xKXS9QCWEg
#Palestine #Sumud
Refugee at 6 without ever leaving home. MalakMattar explains the reality of being a refugee in your own homeland—and how that history defines her life and art today.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/4xKXS9QCWEg
#Palestine #Gaza #RightOfReturn #ArtAsResistance
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/4xKXS9QCWEg
#Palestine #Gaza #RightOfReturn #ArtAsResistance
December 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Refugee at 6 without ever leaving home. MalakMattar explains the reality of being a refugee in your own homeland—and how that history defines her life and art today.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/4xKXS9QCWEg
#Palestine #Gaza #RightOfReturn #ArtAsResistance
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/4xKXS9QCWEg
#Palestine #Gaza #RightOfReturn #ArtAsResistance
"Why don’t Palestinians just leave?"
#MalakMattar explains that #Gaza 's deep humanity and solidarity are the answer. Even under fire, the community shows the world what it truly means to care. As she says: "Gaza has freed the world." 🎨🇵🇸
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/4xKXS9QCWEg
#MalakMattar explains that #Gaza 's deep humanity and solidarity are the answer. Even under fire, the community shows the world what it truly means to care. As she says: "Gaza has freed the world." 🎨🇵🇸
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/4xKXS9QCWEg
December 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"Why don’t Palestinians just leave?"
#MalakMattar explains that #Gaza 's deep humanity and solidarity are the answer. Even under fire, the community shows the world what it truly means to care. As she says: "Gaza has freed the world." 🎨🇵🇸
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/4xKXS9QCWEg
#MalakMattar explains that #Gaza 's deep humanity and solidarity are the answer. Even under fire, the community shows the world what it truly means to care. As she says: "Gaza has freed the world." 🎨🇵🇸
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/4xKXS9QCWEg
“What I want people to see is simple: we still exist.”
Gaza artist #MalakMattar explains why art is survival, not luxury. As Israel targets Palestinian cultural life, artists keep creating — refusing erasure, preserving memory, proving existence.
🎧 youtu.be/4xKXS9QCWEg
#ArtResistance
Gaza artist #MalakMattar explains why art is survival, not luxury. As Israel targets Palestinian cultural life, artists keep creating — refusing erasure, preserving memory, proving existence.
🎧 youtu.be/4xKXS9QCWEg
#ArtResistance
December 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
“What I want people to see is simple: we still exist.”
Gaza artist #MalakMattar explains why art is survival, not luxury. As Israel targets Palestinian cultural life, artists keep creating — refusing erasure, preserving memory, proving existence.
🎧 youtu.be/4xKXS9QCWEg
#ArtResistance
Gaza artist #MalakMattar explains why art is survival, not luxury. As Israel targets Palestinian cultural life, artists keep creating — refusing erasure, preserving memory, proving existence.
🎧 youtu.be/4xKXS9QCWEg
#ArtResistance
Resistance is praised in history books—unless you're Palestinian.
Dyab Abou Jahjah, co-founder of The Hind Rajab Foundation, exposes the hypocrisy: resistance is a reaction to violence, not the cause. No justice without consistency.
Watch: youtu.be/xXR2T_GWHLs
#Palestine #Gaza #Resistance
Dyab Abou Jahjah, co-founder of The Hind Rajab Foundation, exposes the hypocrisy: resistance is a reaction to violence, not the cause. No justice without consistency.
Watch: youtu.be/xXR2T_GWHLs
#Palestine #Gaza #Resistance
December 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Resistance is praised in history books—unless you're Palestinian.
Dyab Abou Jahjah, co-founder of The Hind Rajab Foundation, exposes the hypocrisy: resistance is a reaction to violence, not the cause. No justice without consistency.
Watch: youtu.be/xXR2T_GWHLs
#Palestine #Gaza #Resistance
Dyab Abou Jahjah, co-founder of The Hind Rajab Foundation, exposes the hypocrisy: resistance is a reaction to violence, not the cause. No justice without consistency.
Watch: youtu.be/xXR2T_GWHLs
#Palestine #Gaza #Resistance
Hind Rajab’s last call shattered illusions. A child trapped, an ambulance cleared for entry—yet both were killed. Dyab Abou Jahjah explains why this wasn't an accident, but impunity in real-time.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/xXR2T_GWHLs
#HindRajab #GazaGenocide #Palestine #Justice #HumanRights
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/xXR2T_GWHLs
#HindRajab #GazaGenocide #Palestine #Justice #HumanRights
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Hind Rajab’s last call shattered illusions. A child trapped, an ambulance cleared for entry—yet both were killed. Dyab Abou Jahjah explains why this wasn't an accident, but impunity in real-time.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/xXR2T_GWHLs
#HindRajab #GazaGenocide #Palestine #Justice #HumanRights
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/xXR2T_GWHLs
#HindRajab #GazaGenocide #Palestine #Justice #HumanRights
Frank Barat confirms the shift: more artists are choosing conscience over contracts. Neutrality isn't an option once the facts on Gaza are clear. How will history remember you?
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/fzEy6Oe2haI
#Palestine #Gaza #ArtistsForPalestine #TruthToPower #FrankBarat
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/fzEy6Oe2haI
#Palestine #Gaza #ArtistsForPalestine #TruthToPower #FrankBarat
December 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Frank Barat confirms the shift: more artists are choosing conscience over contracts. Neutrality isn't an option once the facts on Gaza are clear. How will history remember you?
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/fzEy6Oe2haI
#Palestine #Gaza #ArtistsForPalestine #TruthToPower #FrankBarat
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/fzEy6Oe2haI
#Palestine #Gaza #ArtistsForPalestine #TruthToPower #FrankBarat
Frank Barat confirms the shift: more artists are choosing conscience over contracts. Neutrality isn't an option once the facts on Gaza are clear. How will history remember you?
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/fzEy6Oe2haI
#Palestine #Gaza #ArtistsForPalestine #TruthToPower #FrankBarat
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/fzEy6Oe2haI
#Palestine #Gaza #ArtistsForPalestine #TruthToPower #FrankBarat
December 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Frank Barat confirms the shift: more artists are choosing conscience over contracts. Neutrality isn't an option once the facts on Gaza are clear. How will history remember you?
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/fzEy6Oe2haI
#Palestine #Gaza #ArtistsForPalestine #TruthToPower #FrankBarat
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/fzEy6Oe2haI
#Palestine #Gaza #ArtistsForPalestine #TruthToPower #FrankBarat
Frank Barat: The failure in Gaza is media-driven. Corporate news actively manufactures consent for Israel & censors Palestinian voices. Truth prevails despite shadow bans.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/fzEy6Oe2haI
#Gaza #MediaBias #FrankBarat #Censorship #Palestine
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/fzEy6Oe2haI
#Gaza #MediaBias #FrankBarat #Censorship #Palestine
December 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Frank Barat: The failure in Gaza is media-driven. Corporate news actively manufactures consent for Israel & censors Palestinian voices. Truth prevails despite shadow bans.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/fzEy6Oe2haI
#Gaza #MediaBias #FrankBarat #Censorship #Palestine
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/fzEy6Oe2haI
#Gaza #MediaBias #FrankBarat #Censorship #Palestine
Activist Frank Barat: The organizer who helped raise £1.5M for Palestine at a sold-out Wembley concert. He discusses 6 years of documenting war crimes & cultural resistance in this episode.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/fzEy6Oe2haI%...
#FrankBarat #Palestine #GazaGenocide #CulturalResistance
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/fzEy6Oe2haI%...
#FrankBarat #Palestine #GazaGenocide #CulturalResistance
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Activist Frank Barat: The organizer who helped raise £1.5M for Palestine at a sold-out Wembley concert. He discusses 6 years of documenting war crimes & cultural resistance in this episode.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/fzEy6Oe2haI%...
#FrankBarat #Palestine #GazaGenocide #CulturalResistance
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/fzEy6Oe2haI%...
#FrankBarat #Palestine #GazaGenocide #CulturalResistance
On Oct 9, 2023, Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah walked into Al-Shifa & witnessed a "tsunami" of wounded—500-700 per strike. He calls the scale & destruction of healthcare what it is: genocide.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#GazaGenocide #DrGhassanAbuSittah #WarCrimes #Palestine
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#GazaGenocide #DrGhassanAbuSittah #WarCrimes #Palestine
December 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
On Oct 9, 2023, Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah walked into Al-Shifa & witnessed a "tsunami" of wounded—500-700 per strike. He calls the scale & destruction of healthcare what it is: genocide.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#GazaGenocide #DrGhassanAbuSittah #WarCrimes #Palestine
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#GazaGenocide #DrGhassanAbuSittah #WarCrimes #Palestine
Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah: "#ScorchedEarth" in Gaza is a textbook strategy of genocide. He details the systemic destruction of water/sewage and hospitals to create famine & epidemics.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8 🎙️
#GazaGenocide
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8 🎙️
#GazaGenocide
December 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah: "#ScorchedEarth" in Gaza is a textbook strategy of genocide. He details the systemic destruction of water/sewage and hospitals to create famine & epidemics.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8 🎙️
#GazaGenocide
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8 🎙️
#GazaGenocide
Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, #Gaza surgeon, describes the unthinkable: operating on wounded children with NO anesthesia after supplies were cut. A vital testimony on a deliberately dismantled health system & #warcrimes.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#Gaza #Palestine #GazaGenocide
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#Gaza #Palestine #GazaGenocide
December 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, #Gaza surgeon, describes the unthinkable: operating on wounded children with NO anesthesia after supplies were cut. A vital testimony on a deliberately dismantled health system & #warcrimes.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#Gaza #Palestine #GazaGenocide
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#Gaza #Palestine #GazaGenocide
Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah With reporters blocked, Gaza's doctors became the world's eyewitnesses to the genocide. Their testimony from hospitals under attack is shaping global truth.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#Gaza #GazaGenocide #MedicalTestimony #WarCrimes #Palestine
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#Gaza #GazaGenocide #MedicalTestimony #WarCrimes #Palestine
December 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah With reporters blocked, Gaza's doctors became the world's eyewitnesses to the genocide. Their testimony from hospitals under attack is shaping global truth.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#Gaza #GazaGenocide #MedicalTestimony #WarCrimes #Palestine
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#Gaza #GazaGenocide #MedicalTestimony #WarCrimes #Palestine
Dr. Ramzy Baroud on UN Resolution 2803: A "shameful" move that enables suffering. He says Israel failed its political goals & #Zionism is exposed. "#Gaza is still standing."
🎧 Watch now on YouTube: youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
#Palestine #UNResolution2803 #GazaGenocide
🎧 Watch now on YouTube: youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
#Palestine #UNResolution2803 #GazaGenocide
December 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Dr. Ramzy Baroud on UN Resolution 2803: A "shameful" move that enables suffering. He says Israel failed its political goals & #Zionism is exposed. "#Gaza is still standing."
🎧 Watch now on YouTube: youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
#Palestine #UNResolution2803 #GazaGenocide
🎧 Watch now on YouTube: youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
#Palestine #UNResolution2803 #GazaGenocide
Dr. @RamzyBaroud's unfiltered truth: "Gaza's reality is genocide, not a conflict or cycle." He details families erased across Gaza, including his own. Hear the truth directly.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
🎙️ Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/5xFl...
#GazaGenocide #Palestine
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
🎙️ Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/5xFl...
#GazaGenocide #Palestine
December 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Dr. @RamzyBaroud's unfiltered truth: "Gaza's reality is genocide, not a conflict or cycle." He details families erased across Gaza, including his own. Hear the truth directly.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
🎙️ Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/5xFl...
#GazaGenocide #Palestine
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
🎙️ Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/5xFl...
#GazaGenocide #Palestine
In our new episode, Dr. Ramzy Baroud reminds us: Gaza didn’t start in 2023, it began 77 years ago.
Entire families were forced into #Gaza after being expelled from their homes, rebuilding life inside what became the world’s largest open-air prison.
📺 youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
Entire families were forced into #Gaza after being expelled from their homes, rebuilding life inside what became the world’s largest open-air prison.
📺 youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
November 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
In our new episode, Dr. Ramzy Baroud reminds us: Gaza didn’t start in 2023, it began 77 years ago.
Entire families were forced into #Gaza after being expelled from their homes, rebuilding life inside what became the world’s largest open-air prison.
📺 youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
Entire families were forced into #Gaza after being expelled from their homes, rebuilding life inside what became the world’s largest open-air prison.
📺 youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
The world treats the Balfour Declaration as if it were official — but as Prof. John Quigley explains, it had no legal force.
Not issued by Balfour, never ratified, and no authority to promise Palestine to anyone.
📺 youtu.be/K1EPurgov5A
#Palestine #BalfourDeclaration
Not issued by Balfour, never ratified, and no authority to promise Palestine to anyone.
📺 youtu.be/K1EPurgov5A
#Palestine #BalfourDeclaration
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The world treats the Balfour Declaration as if it were official — but as Prof. John Quigley explains, it had no legal force.
Not issued by Balfour, never ratified, and no authority to promise Palestine to anyone.
📺 youtu.be/K1EPurgov5A
#Palestine #BalfourDeclaration
Not issued by Balfour, never ratified, and no authority to promise Palestine to anyone.
📺 youtu.be/K1EPurgov5A
#Palestine #BalfourDeclaration
In Episode 60, Prof John Quigley explains how Britain took control without consulting Palestinians — violating the League of Nations Covenant — and why the Mandate was never a lawful endorsement of the Balfour Declaration.
🎧 Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/K1EPurgov5A
🎧 Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/K1EPurgov5A
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
In Episode 60, Prof John Quigley explains how Britain took control without consulting Palestinians — violating the League of Nations Covenant — and why the Mandate was never a lawful endorsement of the Balfour Declaration.
🎧 Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/K1EPurgov5A
🎧 Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/K1EPurgov5A