Olive Branch & The Gun with Fred Wreck

The Palestine Pod

This week Lara and Michael sit down with Grammy-award winning producer, DJ, and artist Farid Karam Nassar also known as Fred Wreck. He takes us through some of his earliest memories growing up in Michigan surrounded by generations of his Palestinian family. Farid relives some of his experiences visiting Palestine and interacting with the occupation. Lara takes Farid through some of his most outspoken tweets critiquing US policy and describing the nature of Israeli apartheid and settler colonialism. Farid describes why it is so important for him to speak up and makes a clear case for supporting Palestinian resistance. Lara asks Farid about his favorite record of all time and his favorite album he has produced. Farid names his favorite Palestinian food and weighs in on the infamous bamya-gate. Farid shares with us what on earth his mom and Snoop talk about on facetime.