#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#1607 The Tangled, Flammable Web of War in the Middle East
Air Date: 2-3-2024
We attempt to understand as many of the interlocking elements as possible in the current Middle East conflicts sparked most prominently by the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Read more#1552 Invasion of Iraq, 20 years later
Air Date: 3–31-2023
Today, we take a look at the history and legacy of the invasion of Iraq by the United States under George W. Bush and his administration with the support of the vast majority of Americans who had been systematically mislead by falsified evidence used to make the case for war.
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#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#1328 Iraq, Citizens United, Obamacare, The Tea Party and The Deepwater Horizon (A Look Back at 2010)
Air Date: 1–14-2020
Today we take a look back at the year 2010 in our annual 10-years-past retrospective to see what we may learn. 2010 was an enormous year of news and I've been working on this episode so long that I can hardly remember life before I started.
Read more#1317 Taking to the Streets in Chile and Around the World to Protest Neoliberalism
Air Date: 11–5-2019
Today we take a look at the many protests ongoing around the world with a very strong through-line of demands to reverse austerity, lessen inequality, and improve public services, all hallmarks of neoliberal economic policies
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