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S2 Episode 4 - "Secret Honor" Jul 26, 2021

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JFK outmuscles Richard Nixon on Cuba and into the White House. The CIA begins training Cuban exiles in Central America for an invasion. And Fidel pays a visit to Harlem.

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S2 Episode 3 - "New Normal" Jul 19, 2021

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The Cuban Revolution takes power and the counter-revolution begins. The U.S. government, organized crime, and Cuban exiles carry out a campaign of terrorism, assassination, sabotage and psy-ops to turn back the clock.

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S2 Episode 2 - "Lo Hicimos" Jul 12, 2021

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A long short history of Cuba’s relationship with the United States, climaxing with the Cuban revolutionaries’ war to liberate the island from the dictator Batista and his backers in the United States.

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S2 Episode 1 - "The Jupiter Menace" Apr 19, 2021

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Welcome back. Brendan and Noah reveal this season’s subject, explore the USA’s unrelenting Cuba mania, and introduce the cast of characters.

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Coming Soon: Blowback Season 2 Apr 12, 2021

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New episodes drop on April 19.

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S1 Bonus - "Shock Corridor feat. Naomi Klein" Aug 20, 2020

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Author Naomi Klein joins us to discuss the American exploitation-fest in Iraq, her own experience coming up during the Bush years, the rehabilitation of the Bush administration, and its continuities with the Trump gang.

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S1 Bonus - "Iraqi Horror Picture Show feat. Matt Christman" Aug 19, 2020

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Brendan and Noah survey the underwhelming landscape of Iraq War cinema with special guest Matt Christman. They dissect both Hollywood's hits and flops — neither of which were very good — and recommend very few flicks worth watching.

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S1 Bonus - "Our Man In Baghdad feat. Dahr Jamail" Aug 18, 2020

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In this first bonus episode, Noah talks to author and journalist Dahr Jamail, one of the few journalists who covered the occupation of Iraq, on the ground, without being embedded with the US military or its allies. Dahr is the author of “Beyond the Green Zone,” “The Will To Resist,” and “The Mass Destruction of Iraq.”

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S1 Episode 10 - "The Iraq War Did Not Take Place" Aug 17, 2020

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Invading Iraq means never having to say you’re sorry. The end of Bush, the broken promise of Obama, and the rise of ISIS and Donald Trump.

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S1 Episode 9 - "How Do You Fuck That Up?" Aug 10, 2020

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The empire strikes back. As Iraq deteriorates into civil war, the Bush administration taps a new man to lead a new American strategy. Which means saying goodbye to an old friend.

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