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Engels, Cultural, 1 seizoen, 58 afleveringen, 2 dagen, 8 uur
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A podcast about the American Empire.
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S5 Episode 1 - "The Wolves Are Closing In"

A prelude and a primer to this season's story: the tragedy of Cambodia.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
20-9-202444 minuten, 42 seconden
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S4 Episode 10 - "The Phantom Pain"

Donald Trump cuts a deal with the Taliban — and America begins its withdrawal.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
10-1-20241 uur, 1 minuut, 10 seconden
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S4 Episode 9 - "Peace Walker"

The Obama administration promises victory in ‘The Good War.’Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3-1-20241 uur, 10 minuten, 29 seconden
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S4 Episode 8 - "Sons of Liberty"

America runs its war in Afghanistan on the cheap — and subcontracts to crooks, kingpins, and gangsters.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
27-12-20231 uur, 9 minuten, 57 seconden
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S4 Episode 7 - "Guns of the Patriots"

The Bush administration unleashes the first war of the 21st century.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
20-12-20231 uur, 5 minuten, 6 seconden
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S4 Episode 6 - "Ground Zeroes"

The Afghan jihad spreads to Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
13-12-20231 uur, 3 minuten, 52 seconden
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S4 Episode 5 - "We Can Live With That"

The warlord years, and the rise of the Taliban.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6-12-20231 uur, 3 minuten, 44 seconden
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S4 Episode 4 - "They're Yours Now"

Operation Cyclone whips through Afghanistan — until a deal is finally struck.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
29-11-20231 uur, 10 minuten, 8 seconden
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S4 Episode 3 - "The Trap"

The USSR invades, and the Safari Club kicks things up a notch.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
22-11-20231 uur, 45 seconden
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S4 Episode 2 - "Bleeders and Dealers"

The build-up to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
15-11-20231 uur, 10 minuten, 20 seconden
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S4 Episode 1 - "Snake Eater"

Welcome to Season 4: Afghanistan.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
25-8-202343 minuten, 34 seconden
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S3 Episode 10 - "The Host"

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: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
28-11-20221 uur, 36 minuten, 32 seconden
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S3 Episode 9 - "No More Targets"

Stalemate on the battlefield does not stop the United States from obliterating North Korea.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
21-11-20221 uur, 14 minuten, 13 seconden
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S3 Episode 8 - "American Caesar"

President Truman and his “Big General in the Far East” enter their final standoff over the war.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
14-11-20221 uur, 22 minuten, 18 seconden
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S3 Episode 7 - "Mao's Poem"

The US threatens to cross the Yalu. The Chinese leadership debates its options in Korea.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
7-11-20221 uur, 4 minuten, 37 seconden
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S3 Episode 6 - "National Smile Week"

Gen. MacArthur executes his revenge.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
31-10-20221 uur, 4 minuten, 13 seconden
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S3 Episode 5 - “Train to Busan”

With a rightwing, US-backed klepto-case to his South, Kim Il-Sung bets the house.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
24-10-20221 uur, 19 minuten, 6 seconden
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S3 Episode 4 - "Red Island"

The war before the war on a self-reliant island off South Korea.Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/album/4e9hkmGdDhycmgcGKe3bF0?si=d97_H1fvS5CV84ZvcEhZqQAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
17-10-202257 minuten, 42 seconden
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S3 Episode 3 - "The Blue House"

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
10-10-20221 uur, 6 minuten, 52 seconden
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S3 Episode 2 - “The Uninvited”

A pocket-sized history of the Korean peninsula, the upstart US and Japanese empires, and World War II.Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/album/4e9hkmGdDhycmgcGKe3bF0?si=d97_H1fvS5CV84ZvcEhZqQAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
1-10-20221 uur, 11 minuten, 23 seconden
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S3 Episode 1 - “Stop Me Before I Kill Again”

A new season, a new story: The Korean War. To listen to the rest of season 3 right now, visit www.blowback.showAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
25-7-202241 minuten, 20 seconden
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Coming Soon: Blowback Season Three

The third season of Blowback — the story of the Korean War — arrives July 2022. Pre-order and listening details at https://blowback.supportingcast.fmAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12-4-202240 seconden
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S2 Bonus 10 - "Havana (Derangement) Syndrome"

Guests Helen Yaffe, José Pertierra and Marta Núñez Sarmiento discuss the protests in Cuba during July 2021. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
15-11-202144 minuten, 37 seconden
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S2 Bonus 9 - "The Most Beautiful Cause"

A rundown of the Cuban revolution's foreign policy in Africa with guest, Cuban diplomat Oscar Oramas-Oliva. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
8-11-202136 minuten, 52 seconden
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S2 Bonus 8 - "The Capital of Terrorism"

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: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
1-11-20211 uur, 8 minuten, 15 seconden
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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.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
25-10-20211 uur, 27 minuten, 41 seconden
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S2 Bonus 6 - “Neverland”

A discussion of Operation Peter Pan with Prof. Nelson Valdes, with a detour into Hungary, 1956. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
18-10-202138 minuten, 13 seconden
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S2 Bonus 5 - "Massive Retaliation"

A brief overview of how American nuclear weapons strategy ran parallel to the story in our main narrative.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11-10-202130 minuten, 12 seconden
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S2 Bonus 4 - "CIAin't Kiddin'"

Guest Luna Olavarria-Gallegos explains how the US government infiltrated and co-opted the hip-hop scene in Cuba.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4-10-202139 minuten, 10 seconden
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S2 Bonus 3 - "Watch Out For That Boy"

We talk to activists and historians about Cuba, black radicalism, and how the Revolution attacked the problem of racism. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
27-9-202132 minuten, 7 seconden
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S2 Bonus 2 - "Lo Distinto Se Parece"

Interviews with history professor Michelle Chase and Cuban scholar Marta Nuñez Sarmiento.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
20-9-202149 minuten, 9 seconden
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S2 Bonus 1 - "Red-Handed Sleight of Hand"

Guatemala: an origin story, inspiration, and cautionary tale just a few hundred miles from our main story.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
13-9-202141 minuten, 56 seconden
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S2 Episode 10 - "Infinite Crisis"

After the Kennedy assassination, US-Cuba diplomacy wanes and the embargo continues. To this day. Our story ends.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6-9-20211 uur, 19 minuten, 13 seconden
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S2 Episode 9 - "Cuba Libra"

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: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
30-8-20211 uur, 22 minuten, 42 seconden
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S2 Episode 8 - “We’ll All Meet In Hell”

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: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
23-8-20211 uur, 5 minuten, 50 seconden
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S2 Episode 7 - "Anadyr"

Fearing another American invasion — "the big one" — Soviet and Cuban leaders plot a secret response. Camelot never sees it coming.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
16-8-20211 uur, 12 minuten, 39 seconden
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S2 Episode 6 - "Nothing To Lose"

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: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
9-8-20211 uur, 2 minuten, 57 seconden
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S2 Episode 5 - "Fish Is Red"

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: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2-8-20211 uur, 18 seconden
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S2 Episode 4 - "Secret Honor"

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: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
26-7-20211 uur, 15 minuten, 38 seconden
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S2 Episode 3 - "New Normal"

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: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
19-7-20211 uur, 16 minuten, 35 seconden
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S2 Episode 2 - "Lo Hicimos"

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: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12-7-20211 uur, 20 minuten, 26 seconden
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S2 Episode 1 - "The Jupiter Menace"

Welcome back. Brendan and Noah reveal this season’s subject, explore the USA’s unrelenting Cuba mania, and introduce the cast of characters.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
19-4-202145 minuten, 37 seconden
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Coming Soon: Blowback Season 2

New episodes drop on April 19.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12-4-20211 minuut, 5 seconden
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S1 Bonus - "Shock Corridor feat. Naomi Klein"

Author Naomi Klein joins us to discuss the American exploitation-fest in Iraq, her own experience coming up during the Bush years, the rehabilitation of the Bush administration, and its continuities with the Trump gang.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
20-8-202040 minuten, 9 seconden
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S1 Bonus - "Iraqi Horror Picture Show feat. Matt Christman"

Brendan and Noah survey the underwhelming landscape of Iraq War cinema with special guest Matt Christman. They dissect both Hollywood's hits and flops — neither of which were very good — and recommend very few flicks worth watching.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
19-8-20201 uur, 55 seconden
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S1 Bonus - "Our Man In Baghdad feat. Dahr Jamail"

In this first bonus episode, Noah talks to author and journalist Dahr Jamail, one of the few journalists who covered the occupation of Iraq, on the ground, without being embedded with the US military or its allies. Dahr is the author of “Beyond the Green Zone,” “The Will To Resist,” and “The Mass Destruction of Iraq.”Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
18-8-202054 minuten, 58 seconden
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S1 Episode 10 - "The Iraq War Did Not Take Place"

Invading Iraq means never having to say you’re sorry. The end of Bush, the broken promise of Obama, and the rise of ISIS and Donald Trump.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
17-8-20201 uur, 5 minuten, 26 seconden
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S1 Episode 9 - "How Do You Fuck That Up?"

The empire strikes back. As Iraq deteriorates into civil war, the Bush administration taps a new man to lead a new American strategy. Which means saying goodbye to an old friend.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
10-8-20201 uur, 2 minuten, 24 seconden
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S1 Episode 8 - "Electioneering"

The American public votes to give Bush another term, right before a big dose of buyers’ remorse. 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
3-8-202059 minuten, 9 seconden
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S1 Episode 7 - "#Resistance"

Somehow not expecting it, the Americans now face an insurgency problem, as both Sunni and Shi'a militants emerge to kick us out. War crimes and atrocities in Fallujah, Sadr City and Abu Ghraib fuel the flames of anti-American resistance.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
27-7-20201 uur, 36 seconden
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S1 Episode 6 - "Year Zero"

Welcome to the Green Zone, where America rules from Saddam’s old palace. The US occupation begins the destruction of Iraq, Rudy Giuliani almost becomes Viceroy, and Halliburton hunts and kills baby kittens.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
20-7-20201 uur, 3 minuten, 55 seconden
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S1 Episode 5 - "Dead Links feat. Will Menaker"

The media episode, breaking down some of the journalistic fuck-ups and pundit idiocy that steered us toward war in Iraq. Featuring special guest Will Menaker. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
13-7-20201 uur, 1 minuut, 48 seconden
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S1 Episode 4 - "Mars Attacks"

America sends Colin Powell, Good Cop, to the UN for one last PR stunt before we invade Iraq. The portal to Gozer the Destructor is opened and the war begins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6-7-202059 minuten, 47 seconden
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S1 Episode 3 - "Curveball"

September 11th gives America the perfect excuse to finish our hit job on Iraq. We put together the Bush administration's case for war — WMD and al-Qaeda — and take it apart piece by piece.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
29-6-20201 uur, 1 minuut, 3 seconden
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S1 Episode 2 - "American Psycho"

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. The Gulf War, brutal sanctions, and the End of History. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
22-6-20201 uur, 1 minuut, 21 seconden
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S1 Episode 1 - "Rosebud"

We trace the origins of America’s perverse relationship with Iraq, from the Cold War to the Iran-Iraq War in the 80s. Assassinations, coups, counter-coups, and the rise of Saddam. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
15-6-202058 minuten, 18 seconden
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S1 Episode 0 - "Iraqnophobia" feat. H. Jon Benjamin & James Adomian

Brendan and Noah drag the Iraq War out of America’s memory hole to see how it shaped our world today. Meet the rogues’ gallery of George W. Bush’s administration and Saddam Hussein’s family. Featuring special guests James Adomian and H. Jon Benjamin.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
17-3-202035 minuten, 59 seconden
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New Podcast Coming Soon: Blowback

The Iraq War did not take place.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
9-3-202031 seconden