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Blowback

A podcast about American Empire.

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February 14, 2025 67 mins

Wounded but not destroyed, Cambodia staggers into the 21st century.



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Vietnam ends Democratic Kampuchea and the US backs the Khmer Rouge.



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January 31, 2025 73 mins

Khmer Rouge horrors spiral toward conflict with an ex-comrade: Vietnam.



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January 24, 2025 68 mins

Cambodia slips into darkness, as the Khmer Rouge seize the country.



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January 17, 2025 71 mins

The short-lived reign of the Khmer Republic; the end of Nixon.



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January 10, 2025 66 mins

One Cambodian coup, two US invasions and an unlikely American friend: China.



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January 3, 2025 72 mins

Nixon and Kissinger put Cambodia on the menu.



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December 27, 2024 71 mins

Sihanouk struggles to keep Cambodia out of LBJ's war in Vietnam.



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December 20, 2024 60 mins

Indochina rises up, the French Empire ends, the Cold War begins.



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September 20, 2024 44 mins

A prelude and a primer to this season's story: the tragedy of Cambodia.



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January 10, 2024 61 mins

Donald Trump cuts a deal with the Taliban — and America begins its withdrawal.



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January 3, 2024 70 mins

The Obama administration promises victory in ‘The Good War.’



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December 27, 2023 69 mins

America runs its war in Afghanistan on the cheap — and subcontracts to crooks, kingpins, and gangsters.



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December 20, 2023 65 mins

The Bush administration unleashes the first war of the 21st century.



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December 13, 2023 63 mins

The Afghan jihad spreads to Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.



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December 6, 2023 63 mins

The warlord years, and the rise of the Taliban.



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November 29, 2023 70 mins

Operation Cyclone whips through Afghanistan — until a deal is finally struck.



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November 22, 2023 60 mins

The USSR invades, and the Safari Club kicks things up a notch.



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November 15, 2023 70 mins

The build-up to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.



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August 25, 2023 43 mins

Welcome to Season 4: Afghanistan.



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