#1687 Respite: Ceasefire in Gaza and the Legacy of Imperial Folly in the Middle East
Air Date: 1-31-2025
The genocide and subsequent ceasefire in Gaza is only the latest horrifying consequence of botched military misadventures in the Middle East and if the history of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay prisons can teach us anything it's that atrocities have long shadows.
Read more#1478 Refugees, Borders, War, and the Climate Crisis
Air Date: 3–24-2022
Today we take a look at the desperate state of refugees fleeing war, strife and climate disruption as well as the response of governments around the world that espouse liberal platitudes of humanitarianism while hardening their borders against those seeking refuge.
Read more#1403 The American Empire Gets a Reboot (Foreign Policy Under Biden) (Repost)
Air Date: 3–9-2021
Today we take a look at the current goings-on around the world regarding our foreign policy under the new but not-so-new-feeling leadership of Joe Biden. We check in on Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and a couple of assorted arms sales to authoritarian leaders who support our foreign policy.
Read more#1443 Legacies of 9/11: War on Terror, Islamophobia and Conspiracy Theories
Air Date: 9–21-2021
Today we take a look at the parallel legacies of 9/11 including the war on terror and military spending, the casual acceptance of Islamophobia, the adoption of ever-wilder conspiracy theories, and the acceleration of the political divide in America culminating, so far, in the January 6th Insurrection.
Read more#1439 Power, Policies and Prejudice in a World of Refugees
Air Date: 9–4-2021
Today we take a look at the slow motion disaster that is the worldwide refugee crisis. We start with the recent focus on Afghan refugees fleeing their country in the wake of America's 20-year war before expanding the view to American and European policies toward asylum-seekers from around the world.
Read more#1438 Afghanistan: Where We Go From Here
Air Date: 8–28-2021
Today we take a look at our departure from Afghanistan, how the decisions were made to leave in this fashion and what we should go going forward to prevent similar foreign escapades in the future
Read more#1437 Afghanistan: The Long Road to Now (Remix)
Air Date: 8–25-2021
Today we take a look at the history of the war in Afghanistan. First of all, do you think that it's been going on for 20 years? Think again, it's been a lot longer than that. From British Empire Building to Cold War gamesmanship, Afghanistan has been a center of conflict since long before American citizens bothered to take notice.
Read more#1417 Afghanistan, The 20-year War
Air Date: 5–18-2021
Today we take a look at the potential of the end of American involvement in the war in Afghanistan as well as some of our recent actions related to Yemen and Syria as well as our relationship with Saudi Arabia.
Read more#1403 The American Empire Gets a Reboot (Foreign Policy Under Biden)
Air Date: 3–9-2021
Today we take a look at the current goings on around the world regarding our foreign policy under the new but not-so-new-feeling leadership of Joe Biden. We check in on Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and a couple of assorted arms sales to authoritarian leaders who support our foreign policy.
Read more#1386 Out With The Old Foreign Policy, In With The Even Older
Air Date: 12–12-2020
Today we take a look at the prospects for Biden's foreign policy looking forward which seems to be mostly looking backward to an era of American over-confidence and self-ascribed "exceptionalism" that may never have been warranted, the fact of which becomes clearer with every passing year, something people living outside the US have known for decades.
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