American Prestige

In this fifth episode of our series on Vietnam, Danny and Derek talk with Sean Fear, lecturer in international history at the University of Leeds, about the situation of South Vietnam after the Tet Offensive and Huế massacre of 1968. They talk about developments in rural South Vietnam, urban South Vietnam, and the increasing delegitimization of the administration of Nguyễn Văn Thiệu's government.

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Danny and Derek speak with Chapo Trap House's Matt Christman about 2021 before going into a discussion about the possibilities and pitfalls of modern politics. A fun episode for all of our Prestigeheads!

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Merry Christmas! Danny and Derek speak with the historian Terri Blom Crocker to discuss the famous Christmas Truce of 1914, when soldiers in World War I made various agreements to cede fighting. We talk about the reality of the various truces and how the truce has been memorialized and remembered since 1914.

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https://www.kentuckypress.com/9780813166155/the-christmas-truce/

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Merry Christmas! Danny and Derek speak with the historian Terri Blom Crocker to discuss the famous Christmas Truce of 1914, when soldiers in World War I made various agreements to  cede fighting. We talk about the reality of the various truces and how the truce has been memorialized and remembered since 1914.

Please find Terri's book here! 

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Merry Christmas! Danny and Derek talk about Libya’s postponed election, Chile’s new president-elect, Russian designs on Ukraine, Omicron, and the Pentagon’s systemic failure to protect civilians from its bombs. Then, the NIAC’s Sina Toossi returns to conclude our discussion of Iran’s nuclear program from the 2013 election of Hassan Rouhani through the first year of the Biden administration.

Sina’s “Iran Unfiltered” project: https://bit.ly/3qqyqhy

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Danny and Derek speak with Sean Fear, lecturer in international history at the University of Leeds, about the history of Vietnam. They discuss the life and times of Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnamese nationalism and communism, the French and Japanese occupations of Vietnam, and much more. This is the first in a series on the history of Vietnam from the perspective of the Vietnamese.

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Danny and Derek discuss the upcoming elections in Chile and France, Turkey changing its name to Türkiye, the U.S.-UAE relationship and the "New Cold War" with China, and U.S. war crimes in Syria. They then speak with Sheyda Jahanbani, associate professor of history at the University of Kansas, about liberalism and development, and why liberals have over time embraced development as a key platform in their foreign policy.

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Danny and Derek give updates on Russia-Ukraine tensions, the recent change of government in Germany, the U.S.' boycott of the Olympics, and the Summit for Democracy. They then speak with Natalie Shure, of The New Republic, and Bob Wright, of The Nonzero Newsletter, about Havana Syndrome.

Check out Natalie's piece at Slow Boring: https://bit.ly/3Gz3rGu
Check out Bob's piece at the Nonzero Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3DH49jm

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Danny is joined by Nando Vila, a producer and co-host of Jacobin Weekends, and Noah Kulwin, a writer and co-host of Blowback. The three gentlemen have gathered to discuss You Don't Mess with the Zohan, Adam Sandler's 2008 meditation on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They talk about a variety of issues, from American Jews' relationship to Israel to Sandler's oeuvre to Sandler's role as the last comedy megastar.

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Danny and Derek begin the episode with updates on the omicron COVID variant, the Honduran election, developments in Ethiopia, and the re-opening of the discussions surrounding the Iranian nuclear agreement. They then speak with Sina Toosi, Senior Research Analyst at the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), about the history of the Iranian nuclear program from the 1950s until the 2010s.

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