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A podcast about the United States and all the friends it's made along the way.
E234 - The Rise of Shareholder Primacy w/ Sean Delehanty

Danny, Derek, and Sean Delehanty detail how shareholder value came to be and how it transformed the American economy.

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January 27, 2026 at 4:18 PM
News - Syria Offensive Against SDF, Israel Moves on Rafah, Trump and Greenland

Danny and Derek report stories from around the globe con gusto!

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January 23, 2026 at 3:06 PM
E243 - Film and Cold War Industrial Power w/ Alice Lovejoy

Alice Lovejoy joins the podcast to talk about the history of film technology's relationship to the military and the Cold War.

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January 20, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Bonus - Green Energy and Fossil Capital w/ @triofrancos.bsky.social

Thea Riofrancos is on the show today to talk about climate politics and what's actually possible in a green energy transition.

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January 18, 2026 at 3:02 PM
News – U.S. Plan for Venezuela’s Oil, Gaza Ceasefire Phase Two, Iran Protests w/ Matt Lech and Negar Mortazavi

Danny’s sick, so Derek gets news help from Matt Lech followed by an interview on Iran with Negar Mortazavi.

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January 16, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Bonus - Prediction Markets and the Financialization of Death w/ @sambiddle.com and Jay Caspian Kang

Sam Biddle of @theintercept.com and Jay Caspian Kang of @ttsgpod.bsky.social are on the show to talk gambling, from sports to wars, taking over society.

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January 11, 2026 at 2:47 PM
News - U.S. Kidnaps Maduro, Israel Escalation, Yemen Separatist Collapse

2026 has only just begun, but Danny & Derek deliver a packed news roundup.

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January 9, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Re-Post - The Global Turn of American Policing w/ @stschrader1.bsky.social

We've unlocked our episode with Stuart Schrader on the evolution of American policing and how it got to this point.

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January 8, 2026 at 7:34 PM
E241 - Venezuela, Latin America, and the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy w/ Greg Grandin

Greg Grandin joins the pod to help us make sense of the Venezuela situation.

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January 6, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Bonus - Regime Change in Venezuela w/ Gabriel Hetland

Danny, Derek, and Gabriel Hetland talk about the U.S. operation in Venezuela and what might come next.

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January 4, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Special - The U.S. Kidnaps Nicolás Maduro w/ Alex Jordan

Danny, Derek, and Alex Jordan of @quincyinst.bsky.social t bring us up to speed on what we know about the strikes on Venezuela and kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro.

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January 3, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Bonus - Fort Bragg and U.S. Special Operations Post-9/11 w/ Seth Harp

Seth Harp is on the show to talk Fort Bragg, drug trafficking, and special ops.

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January 2, 2026 at 8:18 PM
E240 - Manosphere Politics and the Climate Crisis w/ Daniel Waite Penny

Daniel Waite Penny of the Non-toxic podcast joins the show to talk about Carbon Bros, a collaborative miniseries focusing on the manosphere and climate denial.

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December 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Bonus - Venezuela, the Drug War, and U.S. Power in the Caribbean w/ Aileen Teague

Historian Aileen Teague is on the show to talk about the recent U.S. escalation in the Caribbean and Latin America framed as part of the War on Drugs.

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December 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
E339 - Lula and the Rise of the Workers’ Party in Brazil w/ @apagliar.bsky.social

Andre Pagliarini is back on the show to talk Lula and the PT!

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December 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Bonus - Protests Without Politics w/ @vincentbevins.bsky.social

Vincent Bevins is on the show to talk about the so-called Gen Z protests.

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December 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
News - Thailand–Cambodia Fighting, Venezuela Escalation, Yemen Separatists

The news roundup is out for all.

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December 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Special - Who Controls Southern Yemen? w/ Annelle Sheline

Annelle Sheline of @quincyinst.bsky.social is back on the show, this time to talk about fragmentation of southern Yemen.

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December 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
E338 - Trump’s National Security Strategy w/ Julia Gledhill and @vanjackson.bsky.social

Julia and Van of the Un-Diplomatic podcast join the show to talk about what on earth is going on in the new NSS.

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December 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Unlocked - The History of the Maccabees w/ Joseph Scales

Our annual Hanukkah episode is up for all!

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December 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Bonus - Managing Gaza After the “Ceasefire” w/ Rashid Khalidi

Rashid Khalidi returns to the show to take a look at Gaza two months after the so-called ceasefire began, as well as his course on Palestine at The People’s Forum.

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December 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Bonus - The Life and Death of Hollywood w/ @adewaard.bsky.social

Andrew deWaard is back on the show, this time to talk about the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery and its implications.

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December 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Unlocked - Blowback: The Forgotten Cold War Front in Angola w/ Brendan James and Noah Kulwin

We've released our recent episode with Brendan and Noah of the Blowback podcast from behind the paywall for all to enjoy!

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December 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
News - U.S. Moves Toward Venezuela Attack, Double-Tap Strike in Caribbean, DRC–Rwanda Peace Deal Collapses

Your weekly news roundup is here for the bold and the beautiful.

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December 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
E336 - The Political Economy of Porn w/ Molly Lambert

Molly Lambert is on the show to talk about the porn industry's transformation in the 90s-00s and how it helped shape modern media.

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December 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM