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Andor Season 1 Finale with David Austin Walsh | Bang-Bang Cross-Over | Ep. 241
Episode 242
Free full-episode cross-over with the Bang-Bang Podcast. Van (minus Lyle) is joined by historian David Austin Walsh to explore episodes 10-12 of Andor’s first-season finale. Their conversation focuse…
Published on 4 months ago
Labor Strategy at the End of the World w/ Eric Blanc | Ep. 240
Episode 241
Why is the US unlikely to have a manufacturing revival, and who would benefit if it did? What happens to the rest of the world when the US tries to reshore manufacturing? What makes national security…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Katrina vanden Heuvel on Europe's Far Right, European Rearmament, and the Trump Effect | Ep. 239
Episode 240
Katrina vanden Heuvel--editorial director and publisher of The Nation magazine--joins Dr. Van Jackson to talk about: Europe's far right; the failure of centrist parties in the UK, France, and Germany…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Kashmir Nuke Crisis | Houthi Ceasefire | China's 6th-Gen Fighter | Post-American Asia | Fascist Budgeting | Ep. 238
Episode 239
Covering the latest in the India-Pakistan military conflict and its nuclear risk; the US tentative ceasefire with the Houthis marks another lost war; why China's tech breakthroughs make arms-racing s…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Andor, Episodes 1–3 w/ Jenny G. Zhang | Bang-Bang Podcast Cross-Over | Ep. 237
Episode 238
Free preview cross-over with the Bang-Bang Podcast. Van and Lyle kick off their Andor series with Slate culture editor Jenny G. Zhang, diving into the show’s slow-burn opening arc where imperial boot…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Nuke-You-Lear Strategy w/ Emma Claire Foley | Ep. 236
Episode 237
What's wrong with trying to be a Washington insider these days? How different is nuclear thinking under Trump compared to previous Democratic and Republican presidencies? Is Trump's "golden dome" ide…
Published on 5 months ago
The Siege (1998) w/ Kevin Fox | Bang-Bang Podcast Cross-Over | Ep. 235
Episode 236
Free preview cross-over with the Bang-Bang Podcast. Long before the Patriot Act, long before “See Something, Say Something,” long before 9/11—there was The Siege. Released in 1998, this Bruce Willis–…
Published on 5 months ago
Zombie Economic Nationalism | Antifascist Protest | Arundhati Roy | Who Tariffs Are Good For Ep. 234
Episode 235
In this episode, Dr. Van Jackson appears as a guest on A Public Affair, a radio show with a live call-in segment. The conversation ended up being deliciously wide-ranging, including: Why the oligarch…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
The Four Books Billionaires Think Explain International Relations (and why they're wrong!) | Ep. 233
Episode 234
The tech billionaires who are part of the Trump-MAGA coalition have repeatedly boosted the same collection of books that they think explain international relations. Dr. Van Jackson--a professor of in…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Tariffs as Unwinnable Economic War in an Emerging Post-American Order | Ep. 232
Episode 233
Live on location from Wellington Harbor (outdoors)! How did tariffs in the 1930s lead to World War II in Asia? How big of a deal is the China-Japan-South Korea coordinated response to Trump's tariffs…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago