Blowback
A podcast about the American Empire.
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May 29, 2026 • 16 mins
A preview of Blowback's new mini-series: No Daylight. A three-part study of the turbulent times in the U.S.-Israel relationship, you can receive exclusive access to it by signing up here.
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February 16, 2026 • 61 mins
The Cold War ends. Apartheid falls. But Savimbi's war continues.
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February 9, 2026 • 76 mins
The fate of southern Africa is decided at Cuito Cuanavale.
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February 2, 2026 • 79 mins
The Reagan Doctrine puts Angola in the crosshairs as aid to UNITA is uncorked.
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January 26, 2026 • 65 mins
Reagan arrives, emboldening South Africa and Savimbi. The MPLA hangs on. Cuba recommits.
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January 19, 2026 • 67 mins
Carter goes Cold Warrior. Savimbi visits Washington. Angola loses a founding father.
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January 12, 2026 • 78 mins
The MPLA and Jimmy Carter struggle to find their footing. Jonas Savimbi licks his wounds.
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January 5, 2026 • 78 mins
South Africa invades. Cuba intervenes. Angola becomes independent.
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December 29, 2025 • 1 min
What lies ahead for Blowback in 2026? A mini-series on Israel and America, a comic book, our seventh season and more.
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December 29, 2025 • 78 mins
Angolan anti-colonial rebels challenge Portugal. Cuba brings its revolution to Africa.
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December 22, 2025 • 62 mins
A look into the Portuguese empire in southern Africa and the stirrings of nationalism in Angola.
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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 • 30 secs
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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