Location:
United States
Genres:
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Networks:
Stitcher Podcasts
Description:
A podcast about American Empire.
Language:
English
Website:
https://omny.fm/shows/blowback
Episodes
S5 Episode 10 - "The Terrible But Unfinished Story"
2/14/2025
Wounded but not destroyed, Cambodia staggers into the 21st century.
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Duration:01:07:25
S5 Episode 9 - "Le Cercle Rouge"
2/7/2025
Vietnam ends Democratic Kampuchea and the US backs the Khmer Rouge.
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Duration:01:07:37
S5 Episode 8 - "Third World War"
1/31/2025
Khmer Rouge horrors spiral toward conflict with an ex-comrade: Vietnam.
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Duration:01:13:53
S5 Episode 7 - "Less Than Zero"
1/24/2025
Cambodia slips into darkness, as the Khmer Rouge seize the country.
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Duration:01:08:03
S5 Episode 6 - "Dream Warriors"
1/17/2025
The short-lived reign of the Khmer Republic; the end of Nixon.
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Duration:01:11:09
S5 Episode 5 - "Last Tango In Paris"
1/10/2025
One Cambodian coup, two US invasions and an unlikely American friend: China.
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Duration:01:06:04
S5 Episode 4 - "Mad Men"
1/3/2025
Nixon and Kissinger put Cambodia on the menu.
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Duration:01:12:16
S5 Episode 3 - "Listen to the Thunder"
12/27/2024
Sihanouk struggles to keep Cambodia out of LBJ's war in Vietnam.
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Duration:01:11:05
S5 Episode 2 - "The French Connection"
12/20/2024
Indochina rises up, the French Empire ends, the Cold War begins.
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Duration:01:00:56
S5 Episode 1 - "The Wolves Are Closing In"
9/20/2024
A prelude and a primer to this season's story: the tragedy of Cambodia.
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Duration:00:44:42
S4 Episode 10 - "The Phantom Pain"
1/10/2024
Donald Trump cuts a deal with the Taliban — and America begins its withdrawal.
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Duration:01:01:10
S4 Episode 9 - "Peace Walker"
1/3/2024
The Obama administration promises victory in ‘The Good War.’
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Duration:01:10:29
S4 Episode 8 - "Sons of Liberty"
12/27/2023
America runs its war in Afghanistan on the cheap — and subcontracts to crooks, kingpins, and gangsters.
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Duration:01:09:57
S4 Episode 7 - "Guns of the Patriots"
12/20/2023
The Bush administration unleashes the first war of the 21st century.
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Duration:01:05:06
S4 Episode 6 - "Ground Zeroes"
12/13/2023
The Afghan jihad spreads to Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.
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Duration:01:03:52
S4 Episode 5 - "We Can Live With That"
12/6/2023
The warlord years, and the rise of the Taliban.
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Duration:01:03:44
S4 Episode 4 - "They're Yours Now"
11/29/2023
Operation Cyclone whips through Afghanistan — until a deal is finally struck.
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Duration:01:10:08
S4 Episode 3 - "The Trap"
11/22/2023
The USSR invades, and the Safari Club kicks things up a notch.
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Duration:01:00:45
S4 Episode 2 - "Bleeders and Dealers"
11/15/2023
The build-up to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
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Duration:01:10:20
S4 Episode 1 - "Snake Eater"
8/25/2023
Welcome to Season 4: Afghanistan.
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Duration:00:43:34