Lead Bishop for the Holy Land helps bring down curtain on 'Middle East Analysis'

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Feb 13 2026 | 00:58:54

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Show Notes

It’s the end of the world as we know it. Wasn’t that what REM once sang? Ironically when the famous rock band from Athens, Georgia committed those lyrics to popular music folklore, the world made more sense. Today, after 17 years and many laughs, smiles, tears (and the odd exasperated outburst), Dr Harry Hagopian brings the curtain down on a remarkable podcasting run with this, the final Middle East Analysis. The epitaph reads: Here lies Middle East Analysis, 2009 to 2026, it lived hard, loved dearly and asks for your prayers as it returns to its maker. Something like that. […]

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