Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchVietnam Veteran W.D. Ehrhart on What Americans Still Don't Know About the War (Part II)
Episode 182
Today we return to our interview with Dr. W.D. Ehrhart, for the second part of a conversation on what Americans should know about the war in Vietnam.…
3 years, 8 months ago
Vietnam Veteran W.D. Ehrhart on What Americans Still Don't Know About the War (Part I)
Episode 181
Dr. W.D. Ehrhart is a Vietnam veteran, poet, teacher, and essayist who was active in Vietnam Veterans Against The War and has written multiple volume…
3 years, 8 months ago
How to Spot Copaganda (w/ Alex Karakatsanis)
Episode 180
Alec Karakatsanis is one of the country's most forceful and persuasive critics of the criminal punishment system. Alec is the founder and executive d…
3 years, 8 months ago
Can The Minions Tell Us Anything?
Episode 179
"I will never again spend money on a Minion movie. ... I surprised myself. I went into this a huge fan of the Minions. And I thought 'Oh, they're so …
3 years, 9 months ago
Palestine Part II: Rights and Crimes in the Conflict Today
Episode 178
In our previous episode on Palestine with Rashid Khalidi, we discussed the early history of the conflict. Today we speak with Noura Erakat, human rig…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Enduring Moral Insight and Satirical Power of Charlie Chaplin and The Twilight Zone
Episode 177
Today we dive into old cinema and television, looking at the films of Charlie Chaplin and the television show The Twilight Zone, both of which have r…
3 years, 9 months ago
Sensible Thinking About U.S. Foreign Policy: Russia, China, and the Threat of World War
Episode 176
Branko Marcetic is a staff writer for Jacobin and the author of Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden. He is also a leading heterodox commentat…
3 years, 9 months ago
How Does the U.S. Exercise Power Around the World?
Episode 175
Vijay Prashad is a leading historian on the Global South and U.S. empire. His books include Washington Bullets, The Darker Nations: A People's Histor…
3 years, 9 months ago
Why Is There an Israel-Palestine Conflict in the First Place?
Episode 174
Today, we see children killed in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes, but anyone who gets their understanding of the Israel-Palestine conflict from news repor…
3 years, 9 months ago
Afghanistan Through Western Eyes
Episode 172
Current Affairs editor at large Yasmin Nair and editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson have both written articles that deal with the country of Afghanist…
3 years, 9 months ago