Episodes
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Radio War Nerd EP #142* [REPOST] — Iran War Scenarios
Originally recorded July 24, 2018 By popular demand from our subscribers, we're reposting free for the public our episode on Iran War scenarios, and the disasters that each scenario brings. War with Iran is reckless, insane, stupid, immoral and doomed to failure — which is exactly why the sleazy...
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FREE PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #179 — Max Blumenthal on "The Management of Savagery"
Guest: Max Blumenthal, author, journalist, podcaster Recorded: April 26, 2019 For non-subscribers, here is a 30+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode #179 with guest Max Blumenthal talking about his controversial new book "The Management of Savagery: How America's National Security State…
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FREE PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #174 — War of the Triple Alliance
Guest: Thomas Whigham, author & professor Recorded: March 22, 2019 For non-subscribers, here is a 25+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode #174 on the War of the Triple Alliance — the bloodiest war in South America, a war that resulted in the near total-extermination of Paraguay's adult male...
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FREE PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #171 — "Finks": CIA, Paris Review & Cultural Cold War
Guest: Joel Whitney, author Recorded: February 27, 2019 For non-subscribers, here is a 25+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode #171 ... The War Nerd talks to author Joel Whitney about his book "Finks: How The CIA Tricked The World's Best Writers" on the hidden relationships between America's...
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FREE PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #162 — The Rise & Fall of Sparta
Guest: Philip Matyszak, author & historian Recorded: December 17, 2018 For non-subscribers, here is a 25+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode #162 about ancient Sparta—the ultimate warrior tribe, romanticized by everyone from Plato to Bush-era neocons, and waffendweebs in between. We talk to...
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FREE PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #161 — Populism vs "populism" with Dr. Christopher Phelps
Guest: Dr. Christopher Phelps, associate professor U. Nottingham & author Recorded: December 11, 2018 For non-subscribers, here is a 25+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode #161 on the original Populism of the late-19th c. America, the myths about the original populists, and the hollowing…
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FREE PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #158—Somalia & Al-Shabaab
Guests: Harun Maruf & Dan Joseph, authors & journalists Recorded: November 27, 2018 For non-subscribers, here is a 30+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 158 on Somalia and the Al-Shabaab jihadist insurgency, with Harun Maruf and Dan Joseph, co-authors of a new book "Inside Al-Shabaab: The...
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FREE PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #154—Brazil's Military Dictatorship & 2018 Elections
Guest: Brian Mier, editor Brasil Wire Recorded: October 23, 2018 For non-subscribers, here is a 25+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 154 on Brazil's military dictatorship & its recent elections, with Brian Mier of Brasil Wire . . . Mier walks us through Brazil's political history of the...
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FREE PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #153—Terrorism Expert Max Abrahms on "Rules For Rebels" & DC's Think-Tank Culture
Guest: Max Abrahms, author & Assistant Professor at Northeastern U Recorded: October 14, 2018 For non-subscribers, here is a 25+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 153 with Max Abrahms. In this episode, the War Nerd talks to terrorism expert Max Abrahms about his new book, "Rules For…
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FREE PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #149—Uyghur Oppression, with Carl Zha
Guest: Carl Zha, podcaster Recorded September 14, 2018 For non-subscribers, here is a 20+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 149 with Carl Zha on recent stories about China forcing millions of Uyghurs into reeducation camps — and the recovered history of Xinjiang's demographic and political...
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #148—Spanish-American War, Neocons & Anti-Interventionists, with Stephen Kinzer
Guest: Stephen Kinzer, author & Senior Fellow Recorded September 7, 2018 For non-subscribers, here is a 20+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 148 with Stephen Kinzer on the Spanish-American War. Kinzer is the author of perhaps the only good book on that crummy war: "The True Flag: Theodore...
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Radio War Nerd EP #147* [REPOST] — "Destroying Yemen" & Gulf Clan Wars, with Isa Blumi
Guest: Isa Blumi, author and professor Recorded August 28, 2018 By popular demand from our subscribers, we're reposting free for the public our important interview with Isa Blumi on the Yemen war's little-reported deep causes — political, financial, imperialist — and the high-stakes Gulf Clan...
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #147—"Destroying Yemen" with Isa Blumi
Guest: Isa Blumi, author and professor Recorded August 28, 2018 For non-subscribers, here is a 20+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 147 with Isa Blumi, author of "Destroying Yemen: What Chaos in Arabia Tells Us About the World" about the Yemen war's little-reported deep causes: political,...
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Radio War Nerd EP #128* [REPOST] — The War On Yemen w/Nasser Arrabyee
Recorded April 5, 2018 Guest: Nasser Arrabyee, Yemeni journalist & documentary producer RWN subscribers asked us to repost our interview with Nasser Arrabyee free and open to the public, because his story—the story of the US-backed Saudi war on his country Yemen, needs to be heard. Nasser spoke…
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #123—Interview With A YPG Combat Medic Volunteer (Part 1)
For non-subscribers, here is a 20+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 123 with Patrick Kasprik, a combat medic volunteer who served with the Syrian Kurdish YPG in 2016. Our interview with Kasprik was too good for one episode, so we recorded a second part about his experiences after the…
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Radio War Nerd EP #120* [REPOST]—Secret Military History of the Internet, with Yasha Levine
Recorded February 4, 2018 Guest: Yasha Levine, author & journalist We're reposting a free unlocked version of our interview with Yasha Levine on his new book "Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet" . . . Levine dives deep into the origins of the Internet, designed by...
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #120—The Secret Military History of the Internet, with Yasha Levine
Guest: Yasha Levine, author & journalist Recorded February 4, 2018 For non-subscribers, here is a 25+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 120 with Yasha Levine talking about his new book, "Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet", in which we dive deep into the...
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #118—Afrin Invasion, Turkey & US Syria Policy, with Joshua Landis
Guest: Joshua Landis, Director of Center for Middle East Studies & editor of Syria Comment blog Recorded January 23, 2018 For non-subscribers, here is a 25+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 118 with Joshua Landis trying to make sense of Turkey's invasion of Syria's Afrin province, US...
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #117—Iran Protests, Politics & the MeK Cult, with Nima Shirazi
Guest: Nima Shirazi, journalist and podcaster Recorded January 14, 2018 For non-subscribers, here is a 25+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 117 with Nima Shirazi to make sense of recent Iran protests, Iranian politics, western media hacks & the weird, sick MeK cult that's become the…
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #110 — Disinformation Warfare
For non-subscribers, here is a 25+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 110 on Washington's "Russian disinformation" panics, both today and during the Cold War . . . We discuss the meaning and history of "disinformation warfare" and go over some examples of how disinformation has been used,...
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #109—Kashmir Separatism with Ahsan Butt
Guest: Ahsan Butt, author & professor For non-subscribers, here is a 20+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 109 with professor and author Ashan Butt to help make sense of Kashmir separatism in all its complexities—ethnicity, local separatism vs regional geopolitics, the struggle between…
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Radio War Nerd EP #107* [REPOST]—The War Nerd Iliad
*Originally posted October 31, 2017 To celebrate the book release of The War Nerd Iliad, we're reposting a free unlocked version of our special episode on Dr. Dolan's modern translation of Homer's Ur-war nerd classic. The War Nerd discusses why he chose that book, how he approached the…
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #104—Kurdistan Referendum & Rojava
Guest: Wladimir van Wilgenburg, Kurdish affairs analyst For non-subscribers, here is a 30+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 104 with guest Wladimir van Wilgenburg reporting live from Kobane on Rojava and the Kurdish Referendum. Wladmir's been on the ground there through the roughest…
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #103—1857 Indian Rebellion
Guest: Aditya Velivelli For non-subscribers, here is a 30+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 103 on the 1857 Indian uprising against British colonial rule. Known in the Anglo world as "The Sepoy Mutiny" and in India as "The First War for Independence", for a century it was framed as a...
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #101—Rohingya, Myanmar & The Empire
Guest: Kayleigh Long, journalist For non-subscribers, here is a 25+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 101 with Myanmar-based journalist Kayleigh Long on the the Rohingya crisis and the grim history and politics of the region. The story we're being told is that Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung...
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #100—East Africa War Reporting, with Jeffrey Gettleman
For non-subscribers, here is a 25+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 100 on reporting in East Africa and its shifting war zones, with longtime New York Times Africa correspondent Jeffrey Gettleman, who has a new book out now: "Love, Africa: A Memoir of War, Romance and Survival"... Our…
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Radio War Nerd EP #98* [REPOST]—American Nazis from Oregon to Charlottesville, with Jason Wilson
Guest: Jason Wilson, Guardian columnist & journalist *Originally posted August 21, 2017 By popular demand from our generous Radio War Nerd subscribers, we're reposting a free unlocked version of our interview with Jason Wilson of the Guardian on what he personally witnessed and reported at the…
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #98—American Nazis, with Jason Wilson
For non-subscribers, here is a 20+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 98 on American Nazis & right-wing militias from the Oregon standoff to Charlottesville — with the Guardian's Jason Wilson, our very first RWN guest and an eyewitness to this growing American Nazi shitshow... Would you…
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #95—Tajikistan Civil War, with Bruce Pannier
For non-subscribers, here is a 25+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 95 on the Tajikistan civil war 1992-7, with longtime Central Asia reporter Bruce Pannier of RFE/RL. We discuss the origins of the civil war, the roles played by Uzbekistan and Russia, and how the wars in Afghanistan...
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Radio War Nerd EP #92* [REPOST]—2006 Hezbollah-Israel War, with Amal Saad
Guest: Amal Saad, author & professor * Originally posted July 12, 2017 Reposting the War Nerd's interview with Hezbollah scholar Amal Saad, author of "Hizbu'llah: Politics and Religion" and professor of political science at the Lebanese University in Beirut — recorded on the 11th anniversary of…
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #92—Hezbollah-Israel War, with Amal Saad
For non-subscribers, here is a 20+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 92 on the Hezbollah-Israel War in 2006, with guest Amal Saad, expert on Hezbollah and professor of political science at the Lebanese University in Beirut...Amal Saad is author of "Hizbu'llah: Politics and Religion" and...
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #91—Recovered History of July 4, 1776 with William Hogeland
For non-subscribers, here is a 25+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 91 on the hidden history of the American Declaration of Independence, with our guest William Hogeland, author of Declaration: The Nine Tumultuous Weeks When America Became Independent. . . . We learn about the armed,...
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RWN EP #64* [REPOST*] — Sci-Fi & Fascism
Guest: David Forbes, journalist and author The War Nerd and David Forbes have an intense inside-sci-fi-nerd discussion about how sci-fi became dominated by far-right politics and narratives, Heinlein, Philip K Dick, and the newer wave of sci-fi writers breaking out of the traditional molds . . ....
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #90 — First Sino-Japanese War, 1894-5
For non-subscribers, here is a 20+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 90 on the forgotten but pivotal First Sino-Japanese War (1894-5), with guest Carl Zha. We talk about the background to the war, the battles, and why this war reshaped east Asia in ways still being felt today... Would you...
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #88—Syria & Iraq with Elijah Magnier
For non-subscribers, here is a 20+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 88 with war reporter Elijah Magnier in Damascus, just out of Baghdad. Magnier helps us make sense of the US military moves in SE Syria, the rise of Islamic State, and the cold cynical logic of the sponsors of these…
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RWN EP #85* [REPOST*]—William Hogeland on America's First (Forgotten) War
Guest: William Hogeland, author of "Autumn of the Black Snake: The Creation of the U.S. Army and the Invasion That Opened the West" Reposting the War Nerd's interview with historian William Hogeland (guest on RWN EP #63 ) about his new book on America's first war in the early 1790s against a...
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd #85—William Hogeland on America's First (Forgotten) War 1790-94
For non-subscribers, here is a 20+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 85 with author William Hogeland on his new book "Autumn of the Black Snake: The Creation of the US Army and the Invasion that Opened the West" about America's first and most forgotten war. Would you like to know more?...
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd EP #81 — Early Uighur History with Carl Zha
Guest: Carl Zha For non-subscribers, here is a 20+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd's first deep dive into Uighur history with the incomparable Carl Zha . . . The history of the Uighurs is a history packed full of wars, migrations, intrigues & mass extinctions, all taking place over huge swathes…
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Radio War Nerd EP #76* [*REPOST] — Robert Parry on Lost History & Death of US Journalism
Guest: Robert Parry, journalist & author *Originally posted March 20, 2017 Reposting the War Nerd's interview with Robert Parry [starts at 33:30], one of the original crusading investigative journalists who broke the Iran-Contra and Contra-cocaine stories in the 80s, the October Surprise— and...
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd EP #78 — Eileen Jones on Movies & War
For non-subscribers, here is a 20+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd with the world's best film critic Eileen Jones, on movies & war, and why so many war movies are so damn awful... Would you like to know more? Subscribe to Radio War Nerd here on our patreon page, to listen to the episode 78 and…
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd EP #76 — Robert Parry on Lost History & Death of American Journalism
For non-subscribers, here is a 20+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 76 with journalist Robert Parry on the rise and fall of American investigative journalism. Parry broke the Iran-Contra and Contra-cocaine stories in the 80s, as well as the October Surprise stories and Nixon's secret 1968...
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Radio War Nerd EP #69* [*REPOST] — Rania Khalek on Syria & Druze
Guest: Rania Khalek, journalist & podcast co-host *Originally posted January 29, 2017 Reposting the War Nerd's interview with journalist Rania Khalek, who talks to us to talk about her trip to war-torn Syria and Lebanon, what Syrians inside Syria told her about the war, how she was smeared and…
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd EP #70 — Iran-Iraq War, 1980-88
For non-subscribers, here is a 20+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 70 on the Iran-Iraq War from 1980-88, the longest conventional war of the 20thC and one of the bloodiest. Would you like to know more? Subscribe to Radio War Nerd here on our patreon page, to listen to the entire episode…
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd EP #69 — Rania Khalek on Syria, Druze
For non-subscribers, here is a 20+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 69 with journalist Rania Khalek on the Syria war, western propaganda, Druze and other minorities, and neocon sleaze. . . Would you like to know more? Subscribe to Radio War Nerd here on our patreon page, to listen to the...
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Radio War Nerd EP #63* [*REPOST] — William Hogeland on The Whiskey Rebellion
Guest: William Hogeland, author & historian *Originally posted Dec 19, 2016 Reposting the War Nerd's interview with historian William Hogeland: Setting the record straight on the "Whiskey Rebellion", Alexander Hamilton & the Founding Fathers, and why it matters today . . . Afterwards in World Of...
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd EP #67 — Crimean War
For non-subscribers, here is a 20+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 67 on the Crimean War. Would you like to know more? Subscribe to Radio War Nerd here on our patreon page, to listen to the entire episode 67 and all previous locked episodes. Depending on your pledge, you can also get our...
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd EP #66 — Yasha Levine on Russia Hacker Panic
For non-subscribers, here is a 20+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 66 on the Russia Hacker Panic with journalist Yasha Levine in St. Petersburg, Russia. Would you like to know more? Subscribe to Radio War Nerd here on our patreon page, to listen to the entire episode 66 and all previous...
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Radio War Nerd, EP #51 *[REPOST]—Return of the Red Scare!
*Originally posted September 20, 2016 Since the 2016 Russia Panic only grew weirder and worse in the months since we recorded this show—we're reposting this RWN episode from September on the Reagan-era panic over alleged Russian "disinformation war" subverting American democracy, a panic fed by a...
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Radio War Nerd, EP #61 *[REPOST]—Jack Murphy on Syria & Chickenhawks
Reposting The War Nerd's interview with writer/vet Jack Murphy about parachuting, Lindsay Lohan, transition from military to academia . . . Think-tank chickenhawks Charles Lister, Michael Weiss, Eli Lake . . . Farcical CIA "vetting" Syrian rebels, tensions between CIA and Special Forces, MENA...
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PREVIEW: Radio War Nerd EP #63 — William Hogeland on The Whiskey Rebellion
For non-subscribers, here is a 25+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 63 on the Whiskey Rebellion with William Hogeland, author and historian . Would you like to know more? Subscribe to Radio War Nerd here on our patreon page, to listen to the entire episode 63 and all previous locked...