Thats just part of the game. Amir, Chase & Doug discuss Amirs social skills in the first ever Blowback podcast. gets its title from a bit of Central Intelligence Agency jargon the unintended and adverse consequences of covert operations. But ultimately, the heart of Season Two is the interviews with people like Cuban academic Marta Nez Sarmiento and diplomat Raul Roa-Kouri. 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. No credit card needed. The reality is, Cuban exiles have committed crimes like the detonation of an airplane and a hotel bombing in the Nineties. It is a great, free way to engage the podcast community and increase the visibility of your podcasts. Send us your comment and/or suggestions to theblowbackpodcast@gmail.com. But a peace treaty never comes. Really well done & essential for those new to this material. Starring: Amir (the doctor), Chase (the. Kulwin: Were trying to find a way to write him into season three his people are difficult but well see how it goes. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. If you go back to [the Cuban Revolution] and use a similar frame, you see a lot of the same things play out., Editors picks To an extent, it is: Both shows are painstakingly researched, and tell the same cautionary tale. 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. Its like when you see an Amazon ad with a smiling worker saying, I can go to the bathroom any time I want! And its shot beautifully, it looks like a vodka commercial, but its trying to manage something deeply authoritarian, unjust, and evil. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Hosted by Chana Joffe-Walt. 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. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy, A rundown of the Cuban revolution's foreign policy in Africa with guest, Cuban diplomat Oscar Oramas-Oliva. Sign up free. I dont know if its humility or neuroses, but I get worried that a source that looks reputable could be a limited hangout. Now that Biden has reentered office, the assumption is that theres some reversion to the status quo happening, but it isnt. Season 3 tells us how being sentenced to ten years in a North Korean prison camp (along with all of your family) was a breeze as there was plenty of rodents to hunt and sometimes you got released (ep 10). when it comes to destroying an alternative social system being built somewhere in the world.. James: Look at Guatemala. is an open air prison covered by a "dome" of poisonous chemicals & run by incompetent, immoral & greedy . 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. An excellent detailed podcast professionally done without all the unnecessary corny jokes, drinking & clueless knowledge of the subject matter; I was born in 1955 and this let me know the entire world (except maybe Greenland, Iceland?) But the series falters when it fails to adequately push back against that consensus. 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. But history is storytelling, and in the world of storytelling, style matters. The two series serve together as a convenient case study in how we might approach them and where they might lead us. Revolutions, civil war, and a cast of characters from Kim Il-Sung to Mao Tse-tung to General Douglas MacArthur. 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. Blowback: S1 Episode 1 - "Rosebud" on Apple Podcasts 58 min PLAY S1 Episode 1 - "Rosebud" Blowback Society & Culture We trace the origins of America's perverse relationship with Iraq, from the Cold War to the Iran-Iraq War in the 80s. Leftist theories debunked in 15 minutes or less. Season Two of Blowback, the first episode of which arrives on all platforms Monday, April 19th (the first two episodes are available on Stitcher Premium), 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). Were far from the first to say this, but there hasnt been a meaningful conversation in this country about what American imperialism looks like in decades. http://johnstreetproductions.com/category/blowback-podcast/feed/, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blowback-podcast-john-street-productions/id972448277. When Donald Rumsfeld died this week, in-memoriams for the former secretary of defense who led the charge to war in Iraq were as blunt as the man himself. Its a myth 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. Brendan James. Hosts Brendan James and Noah Kulwin discuss the CIA's dalliances with organized crime, interviewing Cubans about the Revolution, and challenging America's canned narratives. Hit the Subscribe button to track updates in Player FM, or paste the feed URL into other podcast apps. Blowback Subscribe A podcast about the American Empire. 0:00. Sign up free. 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. If you are a podcaster, the best way to manage your podcasts on Listen Notes is by claiming your Listen Notes 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. 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, Somehow not expecting it, the Americans now face an insurgency problem, as both Sunni and Shi'a militants emerge to kick us out. But a peace treaty never comes. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Assassinations, coups, counter-coups, and the rise of Saddam. In my opinion, relying too heavily on sound clips for comic relief. 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. 1. Ancient Warfare Magazine will try and answer these questions. 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Blowback debuted last year with a widely praised season on the Iraq War, but, for season two, they chose a conflict closer to home: The Cuban Revolution. 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. But a peace treaty never comes. Blowback gets its title from a bit of Central Intelligence Agency jargon the unintended and adverse consequences of covert operations. The failure of the Iraq War that Rumsfeld championed is pretty much the only thing about which Americans of all political stripes agree. The things they did instead of intelligence gathering are the stuff of organized crime. While in both Iraq and Cuba, the U.S. tried to impose its will and interests on a foreign country, James and Kulwin note the latter offered a chance to dive deeper into Americas Cold War efforts to obliterate social and economic alternatives to capitalism. "It degrades and objectify's women in a way that's not healthy," wrote TJ Jackson on Twitter. Like, Oh, were just this bumbling giant and we accidentally gave those guys Stinger missiles, and oop, it bit us in the ass.. This. Janet Jackson's nephew has criticized her "overly sexualized" live shows. But I think one thing were trying to do is expose how that happens and, in some cases, reveal the mirror image that the United States is projecting every time it describes the horrors of communism. 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. The best Podcast API to search all podcasts and episodes. Blowback Podcast (Premium) A podcast about American Empire. James: Well, occasionally too many footprints are left and we have a decent idea of how things transpired in certain moments. 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. Visit us at www.civilwarpodcast.org. But to pretend like our government doesnt abuse societies that have open and free press systems to destabilize them is obnoxious. Thank you for helping to keep the podcast database up to date. But what felt crazy was, they articulated this country, this government and this revolution that was doing things like teaching people how to read. 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. Season three spans the dawn of America's empire in the Pacific, through the Japanese occupation of the Korean peninsula, onto the devastating conflict that broke out in 1950. You can listen in your preferred podcast app. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy, September 11th gives America the perfect excuse to finish our hit job on Iraq. Starring: Amir (the doctor), Chase (the. 1 2 3 4 5 And sure, he may have been a leader who had flaws, but what Fidel Castro did was lead a movement that led to the transformation of a country from a neo-colony, where the majority of people were poor and illiterate, to a state that is successful and healthy by any fair and modern standard. Thats just part of the game. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. There are millions of people who, with executive action, could have their lives improved drastically. 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. Any questions? Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. More Information Location: United States Genres: Arts & Culture Podcasts Networks: Stitcher Podcasts Description: A podcast about American Empire. Barring those who knew the man personally, Rumsfeld did not benefit from the hagiographic grace period thats usually allowed even the most controversial public figures in the wake of their death. Unfortunately the Blowback podcast is going to be on hold as the team tries to properly self-isolate during the Covid-19 pandemic. Thats something we saw in Iraq the escalating calamity provided for escalating opportunities to further dominate and control that region of the world, and a long line of people profited from it. On February 15, 2014, fitness guru Richard Simmons disappeared. And what would actually make it more effective, more insidious, was using progressive language while still performing the same nasty business. Kulwin: I would say Fidel Castro is cast as a villain on the level of Saddam Hussein in America. 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. New Podcasts e That dearth of well-wishes is the result of something just as socially aberrant. (This, in large part, is what initially drew the ire of the over-caffeinated Blowback fanbase: Chalabi appears here as a powerful and dangerous man, and not simply a preening wannabe oligarch as if it were somehow impossible for him to be both.). And part of that is because of movement failures, and part of that is because the government did its darndest to kill it. 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, With a rightwing, US-backed klepto-case to his South, Kim Il-Sung bets the house. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. There are millions of people who, with executive action, could have their lives improved drastically. We trace the origins of America's perverse relationship with Iraq, from the Cold War to the Iran-Iraq War in the 80s. 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, America sends Colin Powell, Good Cop, to the UN for one last PR stunt before we invade Iraq. Like, Oh, were just this bumbling giant and we accidentally gave those guys Stinger missiles, and oop, it bit us in the ass., Or, as Kulwin puts it, The things we would call fuck-ups, errors of American empire, are part of a self-sustaining system. The Chinese leadership debates its options in Korea. 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. The chaos that followed led to the rise of ISIS and the Syrian Civil War, President Barack Obamas ineffective response to such violence, and the unrest and backlash that led to the election of Donald Trump. podcast pages. 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. Subscriptions are now available here: In addition to getting all of season three at once, Blowback subscribers receive: 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. 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. 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