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#1376 Tell Stories, Not Myths- America is a Force But Not Always For Good (Throwback)


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Original Air Date: 10-21-20

Today we take a look at some of the many zany foreign misadventures the United States has had over the past 100 years. And by "zany misadventures" I mean the naked pursuit of capitalism at any cost, the support of military coups and other undemocratic overthrows of foreign governments and wars for oil and resources in an unabashed attempt to keep America wealthy and the rest of the world less so - all while maintaining an anti-imperial, pro-democracy, pro-freedom, live-and-let-live poker face

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SHOW NOTES

Ch. 1: The bipartisan empire machine that runs the United States - Intercepted with Jeremy Scahill - Air Date 9-26-18

Ch. 2: Empire Unhinged with Aslı Bâli & Aziz Rana - The Dig - Air Date 6-11-20

Ch. 3: American Empire Part 1 - Scene on Radio - Air Date 4-29-20

Ch. 4: Ghosts of Mossadegh: The Iran Cables, U.S. Empire, and the Arc of History - Intercepted with Jeremy Scahill - Air Date 11-20-19

Ch. 5: 2020 Hindsight on Iraq - Open Source with Christopher Lydon - Air Date 1-9-20

Ch. 6: American Empire Part 2 - Scene on Radio - Air Date 4-29-20

Ch. 7: American Empire Part 3 - Scene on Radio - Air Date 4-29-20

Ch. 7: The Always Stumbling US Empire - Citations Needed - Air Date 10-25-17

Ch. 9: The Other 9/11: Part One - Making Contact - Air Date 9-3-13

Ch. 10: Empire Unhinged with Aslı Bâli & Aziz Rana Part 2 - The Dig - Air Date 6-11-20

 

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