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But were working to verify a lot of the rest. This is a coup in 1954 that in many ways serves as the dry run for the Bay of Pigs. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy, The media episode, breaking down some of the journalistic fuck-ups and pundit idiocy that steered us toward war in Iraq. Where is criticism warranted and where has it been overblown? The Blowback is a semi-regular, hour-long podcast featuring four transplants from the South, West, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest to New York, giving their insights and irreverent opinions on the funniest, most interesting and unusual news stories of the day. I think the Obama process [of normalizing relations with Cuba] in 2014 created a real problem where he initiated something and then left it in suspension. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Hosted by Chana Joffe-Walt. In the lengthy interview, Miller remains proud and defiant about her track record, insisting that she did her job by simply reporting the administrations beliefs. 0:00. Itll point you in the right direction and show you Americas true genocidal role in world affairs. What was life like for the earliest soldiers? But its difficult. But it also prominently features interviews with Cubans who offer an invaluable, previously stifled perspective on the Cuban Revolution that diverges greatly from whats typically presented in the United States. 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. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy, Stalemate on the battlefield does not stop the United States from obliterating North Korea. This approach, when applied to the Iraq war, is revelatory. James: One thing were really happy with about this season are the interviews with Cubans who lived through the revolution. Well done. In Iraq, the new "democracy" struggles to get elections off the ground as the situation careens toward civil war.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy. James: Theres a book, Neo-Colonialism, by the former president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, and in it, he outlines the basic idea, which is that the neo part is essentially presenting the illusion of sovereignty where it usually wasnt even pretended before. What do you think are the defining qualities of that kind of empire and how do they still persist today? A podcast about the American Empire. Amir, Chase & Doug discuss Amirs social skills in the first ever Blowback podcast. And what happens after in Guatemala? Blowback is a weekly comedy podcast with recurring segments covering trivia, current events, mundane moral quandaries, and the crispest can openings you'll ever hear. Blowback Podcast | Free Listening on Podbean App Blowback https://feeds.redcircle.com/e30b9f10-8c86-432e-9fa0-ba287fb94e7f Follow Share 1.7k Followers 47 Episodes Category: Society & Culture Last Update: 2022-11-28 Claim Ownership A podcast about American Empire. Were using a lot of, hopefully, honest research by people who have spent their whole lives trying to get to the bottom of this stuff, and we respect that a lot. But a peace treaty never comes. By Blowback. This is the one, folks. Nov 28, 2022 S3 Episode 10 - "The Host" The armistice in Korea is supposed to be temporary. New uploads are still planned to be dropping every Friday at 6am/9ET. James: Well, occasionally too many footprints are left and we have a decent idea of how things transpired in certain moments. The Slow Burn approach is well-established at this point: Take a well-known event in recent American history (Watergate, the Clinton impeachment, Ku Klux Klan leader David Dukes 1991 campaign for Louisiana governor) and explore, in exacting detail, the surrounding political, cultural and social detritus the better to understand how Americans experienced them at the time, and, therefore, how they fit into our national narrative. Its first season both begins and ends with the audio equivalent of its two hosts turning to the camera and delivering their neat characterization of the wars causes and consequences. 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. Helen, Shannon, Jenny, Amir and Doug play the first ever Blowback Quiz Game hosted by Chase. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy. But to pretend like our government doesnt abuse societies that have open and free press systems to destabilize them is obnoxious. If that sounds like a simple recounting of lefty conventional wisdom, it is. * Data source: directly measured on Listen Notes. The story of the 1959 Cuban Revolution and its aftermath, as James recently told Rolling Stone, presented a classic, exhaustive case of almost every trick America uses economic sabotage, assassination attempts, psyops, etc. Join Brandon, Scott, Quintin, and T.J. as we laugh and learn a thing or two about the world and just maybe ourselves. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. The interviews are a big difference from Season One does America still make it difficult to speak with people in Cuba? James: If that happened in a country like Cuba, or Russia, or China, American newspapers would mock the fact that it was the government providing evidence for its own agenda. Blowback is a weekly comedy podcast with recurring segments covering trivia, current events, mundane moral quandaries, and the crispest can openings you'll ever hear. We have such an embedded commitment to rooting out communism, that were still comfortable having harbored all these nasty terrorists. But it also prominently features interviews with Cubans who offer an invaluable, previously stifled perspective on the Cuban Revolution that diverges greatly from whats typically presented in the United States. 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. He stopped teaching his regular exercise class at Slimmons, cut off his closest friends, and removed himself from the public eye after decades as one of the most accessible celebrities in the world. The two series serve together as a convenient case study in how we might approach them and where they might lead us. Really well done & essential for those new to this material. Join Brandon, Scott, Quintin, and T.J. as we laugh and learn a thing or two about the world and just maybe ourselves.New Podcasts every Friday at 6/9ET am. 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. And will it bring you eternal happinessand, perhaps, eternal life? In the first episode, you talk about how, after the Spanish American War, the U.S. started using Cuba as kind of a testing ground for this new brand of 20th-century empire. Search the history of over 797 billion It shows the falsity of our rhetoric about international democracy and human rights, because if we really cared about spreading international democracy and human rights, we would have showed up to Cuba with notepads and not guns.. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices, ^Nzdi^ Blowback (2022) Teljes film magyarul HD_ 4K, Program Podcast: Obama Libya Coup Blowback, Kyrsten Sinema faces Arizona blowback over becoming the Senate's new unmovable roadblock. After claiming your Listen Notes podcast pages, you will be able to: Respond to listener comments on Listen Notes, Use speech-to-text techniques to transcribe your show and If you are a podcaster, the best way to manage your podcasts on Listen Notes is by claiming your Listen Notes Because of things like World War One and national liberation movements, America realized it had to adjust its language as any good marketing campaign is aware of with the trends. 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. James: Everywhere you look in our modern world, the lines on the map, figurative and literal, come from this ongoing campaign. When in fact, thats the minority of people who tend to care about this stuff. How, when, and why we remember it matters, making this podcast skirmish a historical signpost in its own right. Theres a lot of great journalism [by Jack Colhoun, Mary Ferrell, Warren Hinckle, and William Turner] thats done about as much as you can to make these things concrete. What is it? But a peace treaty never comes. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. To what extent do you think these anti-communist impulses that fueled American foreign policy in Cuba and elsewhere during the 20th century are still alive today? Thank you for helping to keep the podcast database up to date. 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 Blowback Binge-Worthy Documentary Military History Society Communities Military. Kulwin: Most of the folks Ive interviewed were alive in the Sixties, and I think its been a lot harder for them to have these conversations about the implications that these agencies did X, how much we can trust them and how accountable they are. But theres also the capacity for people to understand some of the really bad things our government did and continues to do. But apt as it may be, James (who also composed the score for Season Two and will release it later this year as an album co-produced with Wets Joe Valle and Marty Sulkow) stresses that its somewhat tongue-in-cheek. Warfare minus two thousand years. Joe Biden, Donald Trump, John McCain and Bernie Sanders all came to agree that the war was a mistake. But Rumsfeld remained unapologetic about Iraq until the very end, and in the process, made his name and that mistake largely synonymous. They bring that same high quality analysis & rescue from the memory hole to the other stories they cover. Both Rumsfeld and our Iraqi experiment in nation-building have now passed into history. Hosted by Phoebe Judge. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy, Noah talks with Jos Pertierra, a Cuban-American immigration attorney who has long tangled with right-wing Miami Cubans in the media and in court. Like the multiple attempted hits on Fidel Castro by Sam Giancana and Johnny Roselli in partnership with the CIA. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. Well researched. If it is the first time you login, a new account will be created automatically. Kulwin and James narrative is emotionally satisfying and symmetrical: an overconfident American empire, led by glib, hard-charging middle-management types like Rumsfeld, stuck its nose where it didnt belong, caused mass immiseration and reaped the whirlwind. 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. 08.23.2021 S2 Episode 8 - "We'll All Meet In Hell" All three hosts are millennials whose respective series gave listeners a detailed and, speaking as a listener, sometimes too detailed account of the folly, hubris and collective mania that led to the Iraq War. by noted film historian Joseph McBride, who said he had this conversation with Pakula.] It matters how we write them, what we include, and what we leave out. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy, Guest Luna Olavarria-Gallegos explains how the US government infiltrated and co-optedthehip-hop scene in Cuba. As decades roll on, the war becomes permanent. Sign up free. The Iraq War is history. Its insulting to paint the situation that way because the majority of people who care about this stuff are the people in countries that are gonna get fucked over by America, but they dont have a voice. These are people who came from a variety of backgrounds and were open about what they saw as Cuban societys flaws, Kulwin says. Now: The Russian Revolution Next: ??? But what felt crazy was, they articulated this country, this government and this revolution that was doing things like teaching people how to read. These are people who came from a variety of backgrounds and were open about what they saw as Cuban societys flaws, Kulwin says. in the Nineties. 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" The difference might seem stylistic, not substantial. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy, A brief overview of how American nuclear weapons strategy ran parallel to the story in our main narrative. Amir, Chase, Tim & Doug discuss the season premiere of Game of Thrones, Season 5. One would be wrong. Blowback, as its hosts explain in their introductory episode, is history with a perspective. Assassinations, coups, counter-coups, and the rise of Saddam. Its a fairly unheralded fact that things like WhatsApp allow for open and free communication between the U.S. and the island. We really appreciate everyone's support and understanding during this time and hope to be bringing you our regular sub-par content as soon as possible. Imperfect Paradise is a longform narrative podcast showcasing California stories with universal significance. But history is storytelling, and in the world of storytelling, style matters. And apparently, [Pakula] was said to have responded, Ive heard that, but I cant think about that right now or Ill go crazy. [. Because of things like World War One and national liberation movements, America realized it had to adjust its language as any good marketing campaign is aware of with the trends. James: Look at Guatemala. The Gulf War, brutal sanctions, and the End of History. TJ, the youngest son of Tito . Two Years After Patria Y Vida, Cuban Rapper Maykel Osorbo Remains in Jail. Put this image on your website to promote the show -, S3 Episode 1 - Stop Me Before I Kill Again, Report inappropriate content or request to remove this page. Its all cherry-picked and drawn from outlets like CubaNet. 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. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. This was done under the banner of anti-communism, regardless of whether a country was actually communist or just too left-leaning for Americas taste. 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. And its not all about Castro either I think thats one way American narratives try to discredit the revolution, by putting it all on one guy. Brendan James: The canned history is the classic: A romantic revolution is popular and admirable, but betrayed by the people who led it, in this case, Fidel Castro, his brother [Ral Castro] and Che Guevara. Kulwin: I would say Fidel Castro is cast as a villain on the level of Saddam Hussein in America. But a peace treaty never comes. Slates effort was a copycat, they said. Amir, Chase, Chris & Doug discuss hacks and hoaxes. For example, Blowback is satisfied to gawk at the press worst pro-war excesses and excuses, which is funny and authentically shocking in some cases, but ultimately not very edifying as the war cheerleaders are reduced to one-dimensional ghouls, to use their frequent term of art. It can also blinker one to the Butterfly Effect-like systems of cause-and-effect behind something as vast and amorphous as American public life. Truthfully, I dont remember his exact words, neither do I care. The armistice in Korea is supposed to be temporary. The armistice in Korea is supposed to be temporary. Ill save everyone the listening time: EVERY (and I mean every) action taken by America and all western countries since at least 1944 was pure evil; and EVERY action taken by the always peace loving, egalitarian, democratic, pacifist communist nations is justified, rational and for the good of the world. But a peace treaty never comes. As a matter of fact, that war in Korea never ended. This. 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. Check out Ben's brand new weekly series, Debunked. 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. But if you were paying attention recently, a revealing skirmish over their place in it was waged in a very modern medium: the serialized podcast. The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time The term "blowback" describing the unintended consequences of covert foreign activities was coined in a 1954 CIA document that catalogued the agency's work in toppling Iranian Prime Minister. The failure of the Iraq War that Rumsfeld championed is pretty much the only thing about which Americans of all political stripes agree. Nobody has heard from him - and no one knows why he left. But they thought it was a pretty good idea, so they went with one of the most obvious arrangements that offered plausible deniability. The story of the 1959 Cuban Revolution and its aftermath, as James recently told, , the first episode of which arrives on all platforms Monday, April 19th (the first two episodes are available on. The Blowback is a semi-regular, hour-long podcast featuring four transplants from the South, West, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest to New York, giving their insights and irreverent opinions on the funniest, most interesting and unusual news stories of the day. 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. There are millions of people who, with executive action, could have their lives improved drastically. The sanctions are still in place, were not moving toward an end of the embargo and were making up shit like sonic attacks in Havana that have no basis in reality. The immense, Shakespearean tragedy of Iraq means that, like Watergate, it will lace those narratives for decades. As decades. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy, Welcome to the Green Zone, where America rules from Saddams old palace. Meet the rogues gallery of George W. Bushs administration and Saddam Husseins family. And Comey said he kept this letter to remind him of the bad things the FBI had done and to always be mindful of justice, or what justice means, or something. On February 15, 2014, fitness guru Richard Simmons disappeared. James: Its a myth, for example, that in the Kennedy era there was this liberal, enlightened government that was trying to I dont know kill Castro the right way, or the moral way, and the CIA were just the dirty guys getting too crass about it. The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time Each story takes on something essential about California -- its progressiveness, its reputation as a home for dreamers and schemers, its heartbreaking inequality, its varied and diverse communities, its unique combination of dense cities and wild places -- and each season breaks it down into multiple 20-40 minute episodes that will be released sequentially. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. And what would actually make it more effective, more insidious, was using progressive language while still performing the same nasty business. Some were charged with firsthand emotion and experience. We should maintain a healthy distrust of institutions that are supposedly responsible for acting in the name of national security, and who are also theoretically responsible for being transparent to Congress and the public. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy, The war before the war on a self-reliant island off South Korea. But apt as it may be, James (who also composed the score for Season Two and will release it later this year as an album co-produced with Wets Joe Valle and Marty Sulkow) stresses that its somewhat tongue-in-cheek. Who were their Generals? So, this slick messaging that happens around these things is very clever and insidious, but I hope its not a terribly effective way of manufacturing consent around these things in 2021. 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. Assassinations, coups, counter-coups, and the rise of Saddam. Blowback: Season 2 | Premium Edition A podcast about the American Empire. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands James: Additionally, this totalitarian system produces only poverty and hunger, and these poor, hungry people hightail it to the United States. The armistice in Korea is supposed to be temporary. A weekly podcasting exploring great political revolutions. Join Brandon, Scott, Quintin, and T.J. as we laugh and learn a thing or two about the world and just maybe ourselves. . Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy, A pocket-sized history of the Korean peninsula, the upstart US and Japanese empires, and World War II. As decades roll on, the war becomes permanent. Soundtrack:https://open.spotify.com/album/4e9hkmGdDhycmgcGKe3bF0?si=d97_H1fvS5CV84ZvcEhZqQ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy, S3 Episode 1 - Stop Me Before I Kill Again, A new season, a new story: The Korean War. Ancient Warfare Magazine will try and answer these questions. When youre dealing with inherently secretive groups like the mafia and the CIA, you inevitably end up in the realm of innuendo. Theres a fun philosophical version of this, which is, what really is the Central Intelligence Agency? Send us a tip using our anonymous form. People with real blood on their hands were protected and nurtured by the American government repeatedly. [Ed. Skip to main content Blowback gets its title from a bit of Central Intelligence Agency jargon the unintended and adverse consequences of covert operations. Brendan James and Noah Kulwin travel back to the most significant events of the 20th century to unveil how they were influenced by the US and how they still affect us today. One might imagine that they would feel a certain solidarity, a shared mission to provide their generation with a clear-eyed, heavily researched and reported view of a conflict that shaped the world in which they came of age and are now inheriting. The Chinese leadership debates its options in Korea. Fidel Castro had any communist leanings after he came to power in 1959; that changed a few months later when Cubas government began reclaiming Cuban land from American corporations like United Fruit and King Ranch. Related Stories Starring: Amir (the doctor), Chase (the lawyer), Chris (the tech expert) and Doug (the Dutchman). Starring: Amir (the doctor), Chase (the. But when the National Endowment for Democracy produces evidence on countries on our naughty list, its solemnly reported on. Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. If you go to CubaNet and say, Where do they get their money from? They get it from the National Endowment for Democracy, which is the U.S. government. Some were downright tasteless. Blowback gets its title from a bit of Central Intelligence Agency jargon the unintended and adverse consequences of covert operations. Blowback is a podcast about American history and foreign policy hosted by Noah Kulwin and Brendan James. Who sells it? And apparently, [Pakula] was said to have responded, Ive heard that, but I cant think about that right now or Ill go crazy. [Ed. 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. In my opinion, relying too heavily on sound clips for comic relief. Founding myths are powerful. And for them and, I would argue, in most of the world Castro is viewed, rather uncontroversially, as a hero. People with real blood on their hands were protected and nurtured by the American government repeatedly. And in fact, other countries take cues from us on how to discipline their restive populations. Derek Robertson is the digital editor for Indianapolis Monthly. Nuance, on the other hand, can reveal the inner nature of such events while providing precious little of the desperately needed instruction about what to do in their aftermath. But what felt crazy was, they articulated this country, this government and this revolution that was doing things like teaching people how to read. I dont think you can answer that with a straight-up, Yes. The CIAs emphasis was on covert operations and psychological warfare. Any questions? 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. Dec 21, 2022 A flagship anti-corruption drive under the tenure of US-backed Iraqi Prime Minister Kadhimi used incommunicado detention, torture and sexual violence to extract confessions from senior Iraqi officials and businessmen. No credit card needed. Visit us at www.civilwarpodcast.org. Kulwin: Also, theres what they wouldve called in the Watergate days, a limited hangout the fact that the government often puts out deceptive information. note: CubaNet is a non-profit media outlet that says its dedicated to promoting the alternative press in Cuba and sharing information about the reality of the island.] If you go to CubaNet and say, Where do they get their money from? They get it from the National Endowment for Democracy, which is the U.S. government. It might seem at first like a typical intra-left difference in temperament. 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. A five-part series from the makers of Serial and The New York Times. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Pre-order and listening details at https://blowback.supportingcast.fm Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy, S2 Bonus 10 - "Havana (Derangement) Syndrome", Guests Helen Yaffe, Jos Pertierra and Marta Nez Sarmiento discuss the protests in Cuba during July 2021. [4] But the series falters when it fails to adequately push back against that consensus. We live in a destabilizing time and people have a different relationship with the government now, as every octogenarian Ive interviewed has reminded me (at least the American ones). In inviting the reflections of both Cassandras like Danner and the Nations Katha Pollitt, as well as reformed hawks, the series makes it terrifyingly apparent to the listener how the whims of personality and motivated reasoning can contribute to a very real body count.
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