Dive into "Blowback," a thought-provoking podcast that explores the intricate history of American imperialism and its far-reaching consequences. With each episode, listeners are invited to unpack pivotal moments in global politics, from the U.S. involvement in Cambodia to the lasting impacts of the Vietnam War. The show uniquely combines historical analysis with contemporary relevance, drawing connections that challenge conventional narratives. Notable guests, including renowned historians and political analysts, bring their expertise to discussions on topics like the complexities of post-war recovery in Cambodia and the unexpected fallout of U.S. interventions. Through engaging storytelling and insightful commentary, "Blowback" invites you to reconsider what you think you know about American foreign policy. Each episode serves not just as an informative journey but as a call to reflect on the past and its implications for our world today. Tune in to gain a deeper understanding of the forces that shape our global landscape.
Wounded but not destroyed, Cambodia staggers into the 21st century.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Wounded but not destroyed, Cambodia staggers into the 21st century.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Vietnam ends Democratic Kampuchea and the US backs the Khmer Rouge.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Vietnam ends Democratic Kampuchea and the US backs the Khmer Rouge.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Khmer Rouge horrors spiral toward conflict with an ex-comrade: Vietnam.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Khmer Rouge horrors spiral toward conflict with an ex-comrade: Vietnam.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Cambodia slips into darkness, as the Khmer Rouge seize the country.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Cambodia slips into darkness, as the Khmer Rouge seize the country.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The short-lived reign of the Khmer Republic; the end of Nixon.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The short-lived reign of the Khmer Republic; the end of Nixon.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
One Cambodian coup, two US invasions and an unlikely American friend: China.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
One Cambodian coup, two US invasions and an unlikely American friend: China.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Nixon and Kissinger put Cambodia on the menu.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Nixon and Kissinger put Cambodia on the menu.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Sihanouk struggles to keep Cambodia out of LBJ's war in Vietnam.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Sihanouk struggles to keep Cambodia out of LBJ's war in Vietnam.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
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Indochina rises up, the French Empire ends, the Cold War begins.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Indochina rises up, the French Empire ends, the Cold War begins.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
A prelude and a primer to this season's story: the tragedy of Cambodia.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
A prelude and a primer to this season's story: the tragedy of Cambodia.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Donald Trump cuts a deal with the Taliban — and America begins its withdrawal.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Donald Trump cuts a deal with the Taliban — and America begins its withdrawal.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The Obama administration promises victory in ‘The Good War.’Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The Obama administration promises victory in ‘The Good War.’Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
America runs its war in Afghanistan on the cheap — and subcontracts to crooks, kingpins, and gangsters.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
America runs its war in Afghanistan on the cheap — and subcontracts to crooks, kingpins, and gangsters.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The Bush administration unleashes the first war of the 21st century.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The Bush administration unleashes the first war of the 21st century.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The Afghan jihad spreads to Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The Afghan jihad spreads to Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The warlord years, and the rise of the Taliban.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The warlord years, and the rise of the Taliban.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Operation Cyclone whips through Afghanistan — until a deal is finally struck.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Operation Cyclone whips through Afghanistan — until a deal is finally struck.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The USSR invades, and the Safari Club kicks things up a notch.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The USSR invades, and the Safari Club kicks things up a notch.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The build-up to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The build-up to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Welcome to Season 4: Afghanistan.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Welcome to Season 4: Afghanistan.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The armistice in Korea is supposed to be temporary. But a peace treaty never comes. As decades roll on, the war becomes permanent.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The armistice in Korea is supposed to be temporary. But a peace treaty never comes. As decades roll on, the war becomes permanent.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Stalemate on the battlefield does not stop the United States from obliterating North Korea.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Stalemate on the battlefield does not stop the United States from obliterating North Korea.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
President Truman and his “Big General in the Far East” enter their final standoff over the war.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
President Truman and his “Big General in the Far East” enter their final standoff over the war.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
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The US threatens to cross the Yalu. The Chinese leadership debates its options in Korea.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The US threatens to cross the Yalu. The Chinese leadership debates its options in Korea.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Gen. MacArthur executes his revenge.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Gen. MacArthur executes his revenge.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
With a rightwing, US-backed klepto-case to his South, Kim Il-Sung bets the house.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
With a rightwing, US-backed klepto-case to his South, Kim Il-Sung bets the house.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The war before the war on a self-reliant island off South Korea.Soundtrack: Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The war before the war on a self-reliant island off South Korea.Soundtrack: Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
After a flash of hope post-WWII Korea is divided into North and South.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
After a flash of hope post-WWII Korea is divided into North and South.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
A pocket-sized history of the Korean peninsula, the upstart US and Japanese empires, and World War II.Soundtrack: Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
A pocket-sized history of the Korean peninsula, the upstart US and Japanese empires, and World War II.Soundtrack: Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
A new season, a new story: The Korean War. To listen to the rest of season 3 right now, visit www.blowback.showAdvertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
A new season, a new story: The Korean War. To listen to the rest of season 3 right now, visit www.blowback.showAdvertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The third season of Blowback — the story of the Korean War — arrives July 2022. Pre-order and listening details at Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The third season of Blowback — the story of the Korean War — arrives July 2022. Pre-order and listening details at Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Guests Helen Yaffe, José Pertierra and Marta Núñez Sarmiento discuss the protests in Cuba during July 2021. Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Guests Helen Yaffe, José Pertierra and Marta Núñez Sarmiento discuss the protests in Cuba during July 2021. Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
A rundown of the Cuban revolution's foreign policy in Africa with guest, Cuban diplomat Oscar Oramas-Oliva. Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
A rundown of the Cuban revolution's foreign policy in Africa with guest, Cuban diplomat Oscar Oramas-Oliva. Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
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. Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
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. Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Guest Bill Corbett (Mystery Science Theater 3000, Rifftrax) and Brendan hang out and talk about some bad Cuba movies.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Guest Bill Corbett (Mystery Science Theater 3000, Rifftrax) and Brendan hang out and talk about some bad Cuba movies.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
A discussion of Operation Peter Pan with Prof. Nelson Valdes, with a detour into Hungary, 1956. Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
A discussion of Operation Peter Pan with Prof. Nelson Valdes, with a detour into Hungary, 1956. Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
A brief overview of how American nuclear weapons strategy ran parallel to the story in our main narrative.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
A brief overview of how American nuclear weapons strategy ran parallel to the story in our main narrative.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Guest Luna Olavarria-Gallegos explains how the US government infiltrated and co-opted the hip-hop scene in Cuba.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Guest Luna Olavarria-Gallegos explains how the US government infiltrated and co-opted the hip-hop scene in Cuba.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
We talk to activists and historians about Cuba, black radicalism, and how the Revolution attacked the problem of racism. Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
We talk to activists and historians about Cuba, black radicalism, and how the Revolution attacked the problem of racism. Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Interviews with history professor Michelle Chase and Cuban scholar Marta Nuñez Sarmiento.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Interviews with history professor Michelle Chase and Cuban scholar Marta Nuñez Sarmiento.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Guatemala: an origin story, inspiration, and cautionary tale just a few hundred miles from our main story.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Guatemala: an origin story, inspiration, and cautionary tale just a few hundred miles from our main story.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
After the Kennedy assassination, US-Cuba diplomacy wanes and the embargo continues. To this day. Our story ends.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
After the Kennedy assassination, US-Cuba diplomacy wanes and the embargo continues. To this day. Our story ends.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Castro, Khrushchev, and Kennedy take tentative steps toward the path of peace post-Crisis. Cuban exile groups, and their CIA sponsors, are not pleased. Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Castro, Khrushchev, and Kennedy take tentative steps toward the path of peace post-Crisis. Cuban exile groups, and their CIA sponsors, are not pleased. Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The USA announces to the world there are missiles in Cuba. Fidel prepares for war. Khrushchev secretly haggles with Kennedy. Americans enjoy Betty Crocker Super Moist Cake Mix.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The USA announces to the world there are missiles in Cuba. Fidel prepares for war. Khrushchev secretly haggles with Kennedy. Americans enjoy Betty Crocker Super Moist Cake Mix.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Fearing another American invasion — "the big one" — Soviet and Cuban leaders plot a secret response. Camelot never sees it coming.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Fearing another American invasion — "the big one" — Soviet and Cuban leaders plot a secret response. Camelot never sees it coming.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Smarting from failure at the Bay of Pigs, the White House sets in motion a new plan to thwart the Cuban Revolution: Operation Mongoose.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
Smarting from failure at the Bay of Pigs, the White House sets in motion a new plan to thwart the Cuban Revolution: Operation Mongoose.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The CIA and the Cuban exiles get their long-awaited shot at taking out Castro and the Revolution. The subsequent battle in Cuba sends shockwaves around the world.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The CIA and the Cuban exiles get their long-awaited shot at taking out Castro and the Revolution. The subsequent battle in Cuba sends shockwaves around the world.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
JFK outmuscles Richard Nixon on Cuba and into the White House. The CIA begins training Cuban exiles in Central America for an invasion. And Fidel pays a visit to Harlem.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
JFK outmuscles Richard Nixon on Cuba and into the White House. The CIA begins training Cuban exiles in Central America for an invasion. And Fidel pays a visit to Harlem.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The Cuban Revolution takes power and the counter-revolution begins. The U.S. government, organized crime, and Cuban exiles carry out a campaign of terrorism, assassination, sabotage and psy-ops to turn back the clock.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
The Cuban Revolution takes power and the counter-revolution begins. The U.S. government, organized crime, and Cuban exiles carry out a campaign of terrorism, assassination, sabotage and psy-ops to turn back the clock.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
A long short history of Cuba’s relationship with the United States, climaxing with the Cuban revolutionaries’ war to liberate the island from the dictator Batista and his backers in the United States.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
A long short history of Cuba’s relationship with the United States, climaxing with the Cuban revolutionaries’ war to liberate the island from the dictator Batista and his backers in the United States.Advertising Inquiries: & Opt-Out:
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