Episodes

  • Bonus - 20th Century Iraq and the Rise of Ba'athism, Ep. 4 w/ Brandon Wolf-Hunnicutt (Preview)

    Bonus - 20th Century Iraq and the Rise of Ba'athism, Ep. 4 w/ Brandon Wolf-Hunnicutt (Preview)
    Jan 12 2025
    Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt, associate professor of history at California State University, Stanislaus, is back to conclude the series on his book The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy: Oil and Arab Nationalism in Iraq. The group delves into the aftermath of the 1963 coups, American narratives that formed around the Middle East in light of "petro dollar Christianity", President Abdul Salam Arif, the founding of the Iraq National Oil Company, the Ba'athist return in the 1968 17 July Revolution, and the state of play in US-Iraqi relations in the 1970s. Subscribe now for the full episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    8 mins
  • AP x Nonzero - Jimmy Carter vs. Donald Trump w/ Robert Wright

    AP x Nonzero - Jimmy Carter vs. Donald Trump w/ Robert Wright
    Jan 10 2025
    The bi-monthly collaboration between AP and Nonzero Newsletter continues! Our dear paid subscribers also get access to the additional "Overtime" conversation and a discounted membership to Nonzero, so subscribe now for that and much more content! Video 0:00 The NonZero-American Prestige punk-rock crossover continues 1:49 Is it time to freak out about Trump? 9:06 Are international norms eroding? 21:16 Jimmy Carter’s legacy 28:38 Heading to Overtime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 mins
  • News - Lebanon Elects a President, Afghanistan and Pakistan Skirmish at the Border, Trump Embraces Imperialism

    News - Lebanon Elects a President, Afghanistan and Pakistan Skirmish at the Border, Trump Embraces Imperialism
    Jan 10 2025
    Danny and Derek return to the newsroom for the first time in 2025! This week: the transition process continues in Syria (1:48) as the US government beginning relations with the new Syrian leadership (7:11), but fighting continues between Turkey and the SDF (10:25); in Lebanon, the IDF faces a withdrawal deadline (13:48) and the parliament finally elects a new president (15:46); yet more Gaza ceasefire talks are underway (19:37); the downing of a civilian aircraft strains Azerbaijan-Russia relations (22:54); Afghanistan and Pakistan exchange cross-border fire (26:05); South Korea is still trying to arrest impeached president Yoon while the interim president is also impeached (27:55); the Biden administration determines that the RSF is committing genocide in Sudan (31:13); as a new Ukrainian offensive is underway in Kursk (33:49), the Russians continue advancing in eastern Ukraine (35:36); Austria looks to be getting a far-right government (37:21); Justin Trudeau resigns as prime minister of Canada (40:21); and Donald Trump appears to warm up to the idea of conquering everything (43:12). To help support people in LA: Los Angeles Tenants Union A comprehensive list of mutual aid resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    51 mins
  • Special - The LA Fires and Lifeboat Capitalism w/ Hamilton Nolan

    Special - The LA Fires and Lifeboat Capitalism w/ Hamilton Nolan
    Jan 9 2025
    Danny and Derek speak with journalist Hamilton Nolan about the current LA fires, how we contend with climate change under capitalism, the prospect for labor organizing to help move things in a more sustainable direction, and more. More of Hamilton's work: Read Hamilton's piece "Lifeboat Capitalism". Also take a look at his book The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor. Follow him on Bluesky. To help support people in LA: Los Angeles Tenants Union A comprehensive list of mutual aid resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 mins
  • E192 - Y2K: The Future That Never Was w/ Colette Shade

    E192 - Y2K: The Future That Never Was w/ Colette Shade
    Jan 7 2025
    Danny and Derek speak with Colette Shade, who just released her debut collection of essays Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything (Essays on the Future That Never Was). They discuss the fine line between ordinary nostalgia and lamenting the decline in material conditions, the advent of the internet and how it shaped a generation, how the millenials who grew up with the promise of the 90s compare with Gen Z and Alpha, the reality of globalization, how 9/11 magnified some of the more unfortunate trends of the 90s, the '08 recession, and more. Subscribe now for ad-free episodes and much more content! Go to Colette's website for more of her work and more information on her upcoming live appearances! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Bonus - 20th Century Iraq, Ep. 3 w/ Brandon Wolf-Hunnicutt (Preview)

    Bonus - 20th Century Iraq, Ep. 3 w/ Brandon Wolf-Hunnicutt (Preview)
    Jan 5 2025
    Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt, associate professor of history at California State University, Stanislaus, joins Derek to continue the series on his book The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy: Oil and Arab Nationalism in Iraq. This episode delves into the February 1963 coup, Abdul-Karim Qasim and his ideology, the US role in the coup itself, the tenuous Nasserist-Ba'athist coalition, the subsequent November 1963 coup, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    8 mins
  • Special -The US Goverment Funding a Major Journalism Project w/ Ryan Grim and Yann Philippin

    Special -The US Goverment Funding a Major Journalism Project w/ Ryan Grim and Yann Philippin
    Jan 3 2025
    Danny and Derek speak with Ryan Grim of Drop Site News and Yann Philippin of the European Investigative Collaborations (EIC) about Drop Site's story on revelations about the US government being the largest funder of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), the journalistic organization working with outlets to bring to light such stories as the Panama Papers or the Pandora Papers. Read the full piece, "A Giant of Journalism Gets Half its Budget From the U.S. Government". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    38 mins
  • E191 - Grand Strategies of the Left w/ Van Jackson

    E191 - Grand Strategies of the Left w/ Van Jackson
    Dec 31 2024
    Danny welcomes back to the program Van Jackson, senior lecturer in international relations at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, to explore grand strategy and a progressive foreign policy to make a more just and stable world. They discuss where grand strategy falls in the fields of political science and international relations, dominant grand strategies like offshore balancing, neoliberal institutionalism, and anti-hegemonism, how these strategies relate to what's happening in DC, and more. Grab a copy of Van's book Grand Strategies of the Left: The Foreign Policy of Progressive Worldmaking. Subscribe now and support the pod! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 16 mins