Blowback
A podcast about the American Empire.
Episodes
September 22, 2025 • 50 mins
An introduction to and overview of our sixth season: the story of Angola, Cuba, and apartheid South Africa's Cold War showdown.
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September 10, 2025 • 1 min
New episodes drop September 22. This season, Cuba sends an army to defend newly independent Angola from the combined forces of apartheid South Africa, the CIA, and one of the most infamous warlords of Africa.
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February 14, 2025 • 70 mins
Wounded but not destroyed, Cambodia staggers into the 21st century.
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February 7, 2025 • 70 mins
Vietnam ends Democratic Kampuchea and the US backs the Khmer Rouge.
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January 31, 2025 • 77 mins
Khmer Rouge horrors spiral toward conflict with an ex-comrade: Vietnam.
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January 24, 2025 • 71 mins
Cambodia slips into darkness, as the Khmer Rouge seize the country.
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January 17, 2025 • 74 mins
The short-lived reign of the Khmer Republic; the end of Nixon.
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January 10, 2025 • 69 mins
One Cambodian coup, two US invasions and an unlikely American friend: China.
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January 3, 2025 • 75 mins
Nixon and Kissinger put Cambodia on the menu.
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December 27, 2024 • 74 mins
Sihanouk struggles to keep Cambodia out of LBJ's war in Vietnam.
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December 20, 2024 • 64 mins
Indochina rises up, the French Empire ends, the Cold War begins.
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September 20, 2024 • 47 mins
A prelude and a primer to this season's story: the tragedy of Cambodia.
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January 10, 2024 • 64 mins
Donald Trump cuts a deal with the Taliban — and America begins its withdrawal.
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January 3, 2024 • 73 mins
The Obama administration promises victory in ‘The Good War.’
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December 27, 2023 • 73 mins
America runs its war in Afghanistan on the cheap — and subcontracts to crooks, kingpins, and gangsters.
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December 20, 2023 • 68 mins
The Bush administration unleashes the first war of the 21st century.
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December 13, 2023 • 67 mins
The Afghan jihad spreads to Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.
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December 6, 2023 • 66 mins
The warlord years, and the rise of the Taliban.
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November 29, 2023 • 73 mins
Operation Cyclone whips through Afghanistan — until a deal is finally struck.
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November 22, 2023 • 64 mins
The USSR invades, and the Safari Club kicks things up a notch.
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