Kulwin: Theyre in vogue against Cuba now. Blowback is didactic, its hosts bombarding the listener with their sturm-und-drang argument about the Iraq War as a portal to hell that directly caused our modern-day political ills. Chase and Chris discuss the so-called Curse of USC basketball in a sneak peak of the podcast to come. a couple of years ago that had a young ex-pat Venezuelan comedian say like, Hey, all you Twitter bro-cialists, stop trying to tell me whether or not America should invade my country. It hit all the right notes to paint anyone I mean, Noah and I are disgusting, bro-cialist guys from Brooklyn, but discount that for a second who makes any case against American imperialism as white dudes who have too much time on their hands. Blowback Stitcher Podcasts A podcast about American Empire. It shows the war as the outgrowth of a society-wide, post-9/11 madness that led even those otherwise inclined toward dovishness to fervor. is brimming with intrigue: dissections of events like the CIAs scheming with organized crime, the Bay of Pigs fiasco, and, yes, how all this may or may not tie in with the assassination of John F. Kennedy (All will be revealed, James quips). Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy, Interviews with history professor Michelle Chase and Cuban scholar Marta Nuez Sarmiento. 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Slow Burn allows space for figures like the late anti-Saddam Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi, former New York Times reporter Judith Miller, and, yes, Donald Rumsfeld, to speak for themselves, either in the present or through the historical record, and invites the listener to draw their own conclusions. You can listen in your preferred podcast app. Hosted by Chana Joffe-Walt. Kulwin: I watched the MLK/FBI documentary recently, and in it, James Comey talks about how on his desk as FBI director, he kept a letter that [J. Edgar] Hoover sent MLK urging him to commit suicide. They proceed to sell out their revolution to the Soviets, who are the real empire, who move in and run Cuba as a totalitarian colony. The interviews are a big difference from Season One does America still make it difficult to speak with people in Cuba? Thank you for helping to keep the podcast database up to date. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy, A discussion of Operation Peter Pan with Prof. Nelson Valdes, with a detour into Hungary, 1956. Some were charged with firsthand emotion and experience. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Nobody has heard from him - and no one knows why he left. Part of calling it the CIA and giving it the fine name of espionage and James Bond and Jack Ryan is to obscure the actual reality, and ethical reality, of what the thing is. With still-inflammatory characters like Rumsfeld, Chalabi, and Miller to draw on, the Iraq War is a potent basis for such stories. Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy, Democrats believe they have the upper hand on legislation, culture, and the narrative but the blowback is already beginning. And what happens after in Guatemala? We have such an embedded commitment to rooting out communism, that were still comfortable having harbored all these nasty terrorists. A five-part series from the makers of Serial and The New York Times. Now that Biden has reentered office, the assumption is that theres some reversion to the status quo happening, but it isnt. Review our. But what felt crazy was, they articulated this country, this government and this revolution that was doing things like teaching people how to read. But history is storytelling, and in the world of storytelling, style matters. This is a coup in 1954 that in many ways serves as the dry run for the Bay of Pigs. Visit us at www.civilwarpodcast.org. and Amirs social skills. Thats the kind of thing the Cuban revolution prevented. Discovered by Player FM and our community copyright is owned by the publisher, not Player FM, and audio is streamed directly from their servers. Ancient Warfare Magazine will try and answer these questions. Revolutions, civil war, and a cast of characters from Kim Il-Sung to Mao Tse-tung to General Douglas MacArthur. Some were appropriately straightforward. And for them and, I would argue, in most of the world Castro is viewed, rather uncontroversially, as a hero. A little less than a year before that, the left-wing journalists and respective Vice and Chapo Trap House alums Noah Kulwin and Brendan James released Blowback, an unapologetically left-wing re-examination of the wars many causes and ongoing effects. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwaters insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives Criminal is the first of its kind. Sign up free. Listen to this episode from Blowback on Spotify. The neo-colonial method is to present a front of neutrality to countries that are really under the American thumb due to economic, social, and political pressures we force on them. But now were in this moment where we find out, actually, our government is cool with letting several hundred thousand people die in a pandemic. Here, the limitations of Slow Burns more traditionally measured framing come into sharp relief: It does not confront or challenge Miller in any meaningful way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. I tend to want to be conservative when it comes to the mythology side of things because theres still speculation even in very good books. Both Rumsfeld and our Iraqi experiment in nation-building have now passed into history. Malone depicts Chalabi as a skilled flatterer with an ample supply of cultural (and financial) capital to cash in with Western powers who had their own reasons to yearn for Saddams scalp. Unfortunately the Blowback podcast is going to be on hold as the team tries to properly self-isolate during the Covid-19 pandemic. That its really talking about stuff weve done throughout history. In this case, the CIA wanted to murder Fidel Castro and others in leadership and roll back an entire revolution which is quite a hubristic assumption, because people will tell you that killing Castro would have been a tragedy, but there were CIA estimates at the time that said it wouldnt have rolled back the revolution in and of itself. Leftist theories debunked in 15 minutes or less. Following is the unofficial transcript of a CNBC interview with Goldman Sachs Chairman & CEO David Solomon on CNBC's "Squawk Box" (M-F, 6AM-9AM ET) today, Tuesday, February 28 th. And what would actually make it more effective, more insidious, was using progressive language while still performing the same nasty business. Lets turn to my two favorite characters in this story, the CIA and the mafia. The villainization of Castro is a consequence of Americas adolescent Cold War perspective on how we should get to decide how the rest of the world organizes their societies. As decades. Decades of military rule and a genocide that by the Nineties, by all mainstream accounts, kills 200,000 people chiefly indigenous people in a very small country. . Chase & Chris discuss USC basketball in the first ever, full-length USCHoops.com podcast. Soundtrack:https://open.spotify.com/album/4e9hkmGdDhycmgcGKe3bF0?si=d97_H1fvS5CV84ZvcEhZqQAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy, A new season, a new story: The Korean War. If you want to understand whats wrong with our public schools, you have to look at what is arguably the most powerful force in shaping them: white parents. "Blowback" is didactic, its hosts bombarding the listener with their sturm-und-drang argument about the Iraq War as a portal to hell that directly caused our modern-day political ills. There are millions of people who, with executive action, could have their lives improved drastically. Team Slow Burn wisely declined to take the bait, but after just a single episode, the battle lines were clearly drawn: the mealy-mouthed, ambivalent, lamestream media against the pirate truth-tellers who laced their own account of the war with Howard Stern-like audio drops and profane tirades against Rumsfeld and his cronies. The important thing is, we live in a society that views such a declaration not as Comey putting a grotesque trophy on his desk whatever his intentions may be but something thats supposedly a marker of progress. The armistice in Korea is supposed to be temporary. The difference might seem stylistic, not substantial. Blowback, a podcast from Brendan James and Noah Kulwin, gives a rich history of both. And apparently, [Pakula] was said to have responded, Ive heard that, but I cant think about that right now or Ill go crazy. [Ed. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices. Blowback 47 Episodes Share Follow Episodes About 97 minutes | Nov 28, 2022 S3 Episode 10 - "The Host" The armistice in Korea is supposed to be temporary. But they thought it was a pretty good idea, so they went with one of the most obvious arrangements that offered plausible deniability. As decades roll on, the war becomes permanent. Only on The Daily Wire:https://utm.io/uc9er Kulwin: Thats not actually how they collaborated. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy, S2 Bonus 7 - "Sweet Dirty Tony's Baadasssss Song", Guest Bill Corbett (Mystery Science Theater 3000, Rifftrax) and Brendan hang out and talk about some bad Cuba movies. Featuring special guest Will Menaker. Assassinations, coups, counter-coups, and the rise of Saddam. James: Look at Guatemala. edit transcripts, Improve the presence of your podcasts, e.g., self-service, If you share your Listen Notes page and at-mention. Maybe how the US caused Chernobyl? James: Theres a story that [filmmaker] Alan Pakula, when he was making All the Presidents Men, was informed that Bob Woodward once enjoyed a moment in the Office of Naval Intelligence, which isnt the most coherent detail if youre telling a story about an intrepid journalist squaring off against the powerful institutions of the American government. A podcast about the American Empire. Amir, Chase, Tim & Doug discuss the season premiere of Game of Thrones, Season 5. 17 years after the initial attack on Baghdad, wondering whether the war was just or executed in good faith is a ridiculous exercise. Books used throughout Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, Stephen Schlesinger and Stephen Kinzer, 2005 Fidel: A Critical Portrait, Tad Szulc, 1983 Bay of Pigs: The Untold Story, Peter Wyden, 1979 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy, Gen. MacArthur executes his revenge. Blowback: Season 2 | Premium Edition A podcast about the American Empire. The neo-colonial method is to present a front of neutrality to countries that are really under the American thumb due to economic, social, and political pressures we force on them. And part of that is because of movement failures, and part of that is because the government did its darndest to kill it. Language: English Website: https://omny.fm/shows/blowback Episodes S3 Episode 10 - "The Host" 11/28/2022 More But the conflicts that rend American life today, whether in our schools, political parties, or pop culture, are ultimately about the stories we decide to tell about who we are and how we got here. But to pretend like our government doesnt abuse societies that have open and free press systems to destabilize them is obnoxious. The myth about organized crime during World War II is that the wise guys and the cops put down the salami sandwiches and nightsticks to get along and protect our beautiful ports. Kulwin: Were trying to find a way to write him into season three his people are difficult but well see how it goes. Noah Kulwin: And a colony exporting Soviet totalitarian ideology to the rest of the Western Hemisphere, in violation of Americas sworn promise to protect it in the form of the Monroe Doctrine. Who sells it? This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity. All Rights reserved. 1. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. But a peace treaty never comes. I think every part of that is wrong. In Season 2 we look at a world just as shady and mysterious as MLMs, but one whose promises are at times even more bombastic and unfathomable: WELLNESS. Blowback Podcast John Street Productions, The USCHoops.com Blowback Podcast: The Curse Sneak Peak (April 8, 2018), The USCHoops.com Blowback Podcast: April 14, 2018, The Blowback Quiz Game Podcast (March 10, 2018), Game of Thrones Talk (HBO): Season 5, Episode 1. What do you think are the defining qualities of that kind of empire and how do they still persist today? The immense, Shakespearean tragedy of Iraq means that, like Watergate, it will lace those narratives for decades. podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5yZWRjaXJjbGUuY29tL2UzMGI5ZjEwLThjODYtNDMyZS05ZmEwLWJhMjg3ZmI5NGU3Zg==, open.spotify.com/show/2pibBnPuHqKr07hxEMZE41. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy, Before George W. Bush, there was Daddy Bush and Bill Clinton, who killed thousands of Iraqis and pushed the country to the brink of famine. At the end of March, the Biden administration published a State Department white paper, compiled by the Trump administration, on human rights in Cuba from 2020. There was a slick New York Times video a couple of years ago that had a young ex-pat Venezuelan comedian say like, Hey, all you Twitter bro-cialists, stop trying to tell me whether or not America should invade my country. It hit all the right notes to paint anyone I mean, Noah and I are disgusting, bro-cialist guys from Brooklyn, but discount that for a second who makes any case against American imperialism as white dudes who have too much time on their hands. And in fact, other countries take cues from us on how to discipline their restive populations. I really couldn't afford to buy all the episodes (25 bucks it's pretty much expensive here in my country). is an open air prison covered by a "dome" of poisonous chemicals & run by incompetent, immoral & greedy . It was shameless war apologia. 0:00. Blowback is a podcast about American history and foreign policy hosted by Noah Kulwin and Brendan James. Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/album/4e9hkmGdDhycmgcGKe3bF0?si=d97_H1fvS5CV84ZvcEhZqQAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy, After a flash of hope post-WWII Korea is divided into North and South.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy, A pocket-sized history of the Korean peninsula, the upstart US and Japanese empires, and World War II. S3 Episode 1 - "Stop Me Before I Kill Again" 25 Jul 2022 Coming Soon: Blowback Season Three 12 Apr 2022 S2 Bonus 10 - "Havana (Derangement) Syndrome" 15 Nov 2021 S2 Bonus 9 - "The Most Beautiful Cause" 8 Nov 2021 S2 Bonus 8 - "The Capital of Terrorism" 1 Nov 2021 S2 Bonus 7 - "Sweet Dirty Tony's Baadasssss Song" 25 Oct 2021 S2 Bonus 6 - "Neverland" Sign up free. We want to hear it. It matters how we write them, what we include, and what we leave out. 1 2 3 4 5 The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. 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