Episodes
Donald Trump cuts a deal with the Taliban — and America begins its withdrawal.
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Published 01/10/24
The Obama administration promises victory in ‘The Good War.’
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Published 01/03/24
America runs its war in Afghanistan on the cheap — and subcontracts to crooks, kingpins, and gangsters.
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Published 12/27/23
The Bush administration unleashes the first war of the 21st century.
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Published 12/20/23
The Afghan jihad spreads to Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.
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Published 12/13/23
The warlord years, and the rise of the Taliban.
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Published 12/06/23
Operation Cyclone whips through Afghanistan — until a deal is finally struck.
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Published 11/29/23
The USSR invades, and the Safari Club kicks things up a notch.
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Published 11/22/23
The build-up to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
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Published 11/15/23
Welcome to Season 4: Afghanistan.
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Published 08/25/23
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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Published 11/28/22
Stalemate on the battlefield does not stop the United States from obliterating North Korea.
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Published 11/21/22
President Truman and his “Big General in the Far East” enter their final standoff over the war.
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Published 11/14/22
The US threatens to cross the Yalu. The Chinese leadership debates its options in Korea.
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Published 11/07/22
Gen. MacArthur executes his revenge.
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Published 10/31/22
With a rightwing, US-backed klepto-case to his South, Kim Il-Sung bets the house.
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Published 10/24/22
The war before the war on a self-reliant island off South Korea.
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Published 10/17/22
After a flash of hope post-WWII Korea is divided into North and South.
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Published 10/10/22
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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Published 07/25/22
The third season of Blowback — the story of the Korean War — arrives July 2022. Pre-order and listening details at https://blowback.supportingcast.fm
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Published 04/12/22
Guests Helen Yaffe, José Pertierra and Marta Núñez Sarmiento discuss the protests in Cuba during July 2021.
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Published 11/15/21
A rundown of the Cuban revolution's foreign policy in Africa with guest, Cuban diplomat Oscar Oramas-Oliva.
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Published 11/08/21
Noah talks with José Pertierra, a Cuban-American immigration attorney who has long tangled with right-wing Miami Cubans in the media and in court.
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Published 11/01/21