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
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
S3 Episode 10 - "The Host"
11/28/2022
The armistice in Korea is supposed to be temporary. But a peace treaty never comes. As decades roll on, the war becomes permanent.
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Duration:01:36:30
S3 Episode 9 - "No More Targets"
11/21/2022
Stalemate on the battlefield does not stop the United States from obliterating North Korea.
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Duration:01:14:11
S3 Episode 8 - "American Caesar"
11/14/2022
President Truman and his “Big General in the Far East” enter their final standoff over the war.
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Duration:01:25:17
S3 Episode 7 - "Mao's Poem"
11/7/2022
The US threatens to cross the Yalu. The Chinese leadership debates its options in Korea.
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Duration:01:04:37
S3 Episode 6 - "National Smile Week"
10/31/2022
Gen. MacArthur executes his revenge.
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Duration:01:04:13
S3 Episode 5 - “Train to Busan”
10/24/2022
With a rightwing, US-backed klepto-case to his South, Kim Il-Sung bets the house.
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Duration:01:19:06
S3 Episode 4 - "Red Island"
10/17/2022
The war before the war on a self-reliant island off South Korea.
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Duration:00:57:42
S3 Episode 3 - "The Blue House"
10/10/2022
After a flash of hope post-WWII Korea is divided into North and South.
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Duration:01:06:52
S3 Episode 2 - “The Uninvited”
10/1/2022
A pocket-sized history of the Korean peninsula, the upstart US and Japanese empires, and World War II.
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Duration:01:11:22
S3 Episode 1 - “Stop Me Before I Kill Again”
7/25/2022
A new season, a new story: The Korean War. To listen to the rest of season 3 right now, visit www.blowback.show
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Duration:00:40:42