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174: Tankie Very Much, with Samira Mohyeddin

🕑 Added 2026-01-20 05:36:45 +0000 UTC

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dbag

does anyone else hear an echo on matt's mic? its like the reverb is on very low

Jerty98

Conservative Cubans do that too “we used to have this”

Sam Larson

Samira is one of the best guests and never disappoints.

Riaz Abdulla

1/2 way through and still no Phil Leotardo joke

Lotte Mitchell Reford

Just want to say that "tankie" is not a new term, and doesn't come from the phrase "in the tank!" It originated in 1956 as a term for communists who supported Khrushchev's invasion of Hungary - it refers to literal tanks. In the last 70 years though, the connotation has changed really dramatically!

Leena

Samira rules so hard

NB

Matt singing Sammy Yusuf was NOT on my bingo card!! I have to tell you that I laughed so hard and also felt super nostalgic because we played that album nonstop on a trip ahead of my sisters wedding back in the early aughts

Cory

Appreciate the nuanced tankie defense. I haven't been joining the pile-on of Dropsite and have no idea of the merits of the coverage in question. I will say that "tankies" have long-standing concerns with Intercept, Ryan Grim (won't stop defending the democratic party), and other similar liberal outlets that are good on Palestine but repeat imperial narratives like zeteo and Owen Jones. I think the business with Iran has given them the chance to vent their pent-up skepticism at people who have been doing really good work lately, but who they always suspected of being untrustworthy. It is what it is.