On episode 120 of The Quarantine Tapes, Paul Holdengräber is joined by writer Fatima Bhutto. Fatima considers herself a rootless person, talking about her family history of politics and exile has shaped her understanding of home. Paul and Fatima talk about imperialism and how Fatima feels the nature of American power is finally becoming as clear to the people in America as it has long been to those outside of it.

Fatima’s latest novel was published last year. The Runaways addresses issues of radicalization, rebirth, and violence. Fatima and Paul discuss the new waves of radicalization we are seeing in the US and how isolation and the internet may be worsening that phenomenon. Then, Fatima shares poems that are inspiring, and what speaks to her, as a writer, in this moment.

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Absent Soul by Federico García Lorca

Credits:

Paul Holdengraber - Co-Creator, Host, OLA Director
Anthony Audi - Co-Creator, Researcher, OLA Director
Alejandro Cohen - Co-Creator, Producer, Composer
Christian Pitt - Production Coordinator 
Erin Cooney - Copy, Production
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