Location:
United States
Genres:
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Networks:
Stitcher Podcasts
Description:
A podcast about the American Empire.
Language:
English
Website:
https://omny.fm/shows/blowback
Episodes
S6 Episode 1 - "The Dead Myth"
9/22/2025
An introduction to and overview of our sixth season: the story of Angola, Cuba, and apartheid South Africa's Cold War showdown.
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Duration:00:46:50
Coming Soon: Blowback Season 6
9/10/2025
New episodes drop September 22. This season, Cuba sends an army to defend newly independent Angola from the combined forces of apartheid South Africa, the CIA, and one of the most infamous warlords of Africa.
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Duration:00:00:30
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