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The Truth About Venezuela, w/ Michael Paarlberg and Maria Espinosa | Ep. 190
Episode 191
What just happened in Venezuela? Matt Duss is joined by two great Latin America experts to talk about Maduro's very shady re-election, and how the US…
1 year, 5 months ago
Kamala’s Opportunity, War on the Homeless, Trade Wife Resurgence, Economic Nationalism, Netanyahu’s Nonsense
Episode 190
J.D. Vance imagines a global color line. Kamala Harris has an unprecedented opportunity to move beyond primacy and embrace a progressive foreign poli…
1 year, 5 months ago
Myanmar’s Gen Z Revolutionaries on an Everyday Grind | Ep. 188
Episode 189
What can a revolution with progressive values look like? What kinds of non-violent resistance against oppression are possible? And what does everyday…
1 year, 5 months ago
Live: Biden's Electoral Crisis, Foreign Policy Gaslighting | Ep. 187
Episode 188
The vegetable versus the fascist? The Democratic Party is in chaos. Why AOC and the Squad back Biden (for now). Biden's Trumpian turn. The truth abou…
1 year, 6 months ago
Kamala Harris and the Race to Replace Biden | Ep. 186
Episode 187
An emergency live episode of the Un-Diplomatic podcast. Van explains the situation the Democratic Party faces: who will replace Biden, why it's likel…
1 year, 6 months ago
Think Tank Life, Chiquita Banana Death Squads, The New Yorker Treatment, Defund ICBMs | Ep. 185
Episode 186
Navigating the politics of Washington think tanks. Matt's interview with The New Yorker's Isaac Chotiner. Robert O'Brien wants the entire Marine Corp…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Logic of Peacemaking: A Live Event on Nukes and Statecraft | Ep. 184
Episode 185
“One man’s deterrence is another man’s escalation.” Van spoke at an event rolling out a recent report, What Should Be Done? Practical Policies to Pre…
1 year, 7 months ago
Fake 'peace through strength,' Mexico's election, A.I. hasn't changed War, D-Day's Legacy | Ep. 183
Episode 184
Van, Julia, and Matt discuss how to think about Biden's Gaza ceasefire deal. Why "peace through strength" is a chauvinist meme. A.I. is a violent gri…
1 year, 7 months ago
Working-Class Foreign Policy and the Pivot to Asia | EP. 182
Episode 183
Van made an appearance on the Squaring the Circle podcast, a military-facing show that got into his origins in the national security state. The discu…
1 year, 7 months ago
Best of: Daniel Immerwahr on Star Wars as Low-Key Anti-Imperialism | Ep. 181
Episode 182
This re-released conversation with Daniel Immerwahr is one of our all-time top ten episodes, initially released on December 30, 2022. In Part II of V…
1 year, 7 months ago