Radio War Nerd

Guest: Max Blumenthal, The Grayzone Recorded: May 27, 2026 Max Blumenthal returns to RWN to discuss his latest exposé on Trump's corrupt viceroy for Venezuela and the fine line between Delcy Rodriguez as hostage or collaborator. We also discuss Cuba, US politics and the Zionist-Techlord oligarchy in

Guest: TP Huang Recorded: May 14, 2026 We talk to TP Huang about China's military strategy and hardware, Taiwan, Thucydides Trap, the Hellscape Strategy and more... Subscribe to TP Huang's substack. Follow TP Huang on Twitter. Total time: 1:29:37 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here * Buy & review

Co-hosts: American Prestige Recorded: March 27, 2026 We're joined by Danny Bessner and Derek Davison of American Prestige for our first crossover ep to discuss the US-Israel war on Iran and the condition of the American Empire. Subscribe to American Prestige and Derek's newsletter Foreign Exchanges.

Guest: Aamer Recorded: March 18, 2026 Aamer returns to discuss how Bahrain is managing the US-Israel-Iran "situation", the early videos of Bahrainis cheering on the Iranian missiles hitting US bases, the loathed ruling family, Bahrain's relations with other GCC states, and more. Further listening wi

Guest: Greg Grandin Recorded: February 18, 2026 Greg Grandin returns to RWN for a wide-ranging discussion around his latest book, America, América, the differences between Catholic Spanish América & Anglo North America, why Latin America has so few wars vs the rest of the world, and the evolution of

Recorded: February 3, 2026 We discuss Bass Pro shops, Trump's imperial armada over Iran, the grim fate of Syria's Kurds and the SDF project, Russian missiles destroying Ukrainian energy infrastructure... Total time: 1:02:00 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here * Buy & review John Dolan's new book,

Guest: Seth Harp, journalist Recorded: August 10, 2025 Seth Harp returns to RWN to discuss his new book, The Fort Bragg Cartel, on the gory underbelly of America Empire, death squads, drug-running, addiction & bringing it all back to the Motherland. Buy Seth's book Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Traffickin

Guest: Jakob Stenfalk Recorded: February 5, 2025 We talk to Denmark-based friend of the show Jakob Stenfalk about Greenland, Trump, Erik the Red, shipping lanes & Empire... *Maps -A lot of us grow up thinking Greenland is bigger than Africa -it's still big... -Geological map -Perfect place for a Tru

Recorded: January 14, 2024 Part 2 of our series on the US Empire's first stab at "reshaping the Middle East", this episode we follow CIA man Wilbur Crane Eveland as he's sent to Lebanon and Syria in the mid-1950s to spread more democracy in the form of coups, election meddling, and ultimately invasi

Recorded: January 9, 2025 With all the boasting in Washington about "reshaping the Middle East" today, we look back at the first time the US Empire tried "reshape the Middle East" from the early Cold War years up through Ike's 1958 intervention in Lebanon, using ex-CIA agent Wilbur Crane Eveland's m

Recorded: December 11, 2024 The War Nerd returns from the bowels of hell, otherwise known as "The Social Security Administration office on Alabama Street", to discuss some of the latest developments in coups, false flags, war defeats & forgotten nerds... (image: h/t Tom Parsons) Total time: 1:18:54

Guest: Cyrus, MENA researcher *Guest co-host: Aamer Recorded: December 6, 2024 We talk to friend of the show "Cyrus" about the two major recent events: the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire, and Assad's collapsing Syrian state. (Note: The War Nerd had to slip away on a dark mission before recording this ep

Guest: Kelley Vlahos, Responsible Statecraft Recorded: November 24, 2024 We're joined by longtime friend of the show Kelley Vlahos for our quadrennial look at the New Boss's foreign policy. Spoiler: don't get yer hopes up. Check out Kelley's site Responsible Statecraft. Previous RWN with Kelley: *EP

Guest: Ryan Grim, Drop Site News Recorded: October 29, 2024 Ryan Grim joins us from the Swamp to discuss the upcoming US election to decide which coastal warlord will threaten the planet for the next 4 years, Israel's expanding rampage & genocide, and Ryan's new media outlet Drop Site News... Check

Guest: Greg Grandin, author, professor of history Recorded: December 6, 2023 Greg Grandin joins us to stomp on Henry Kissinger's grave, his career & his legacy. *Buy Greg's book "Kissinger's Shadow: The Long Reach of America's Most Controversial Statesman" Total time: 1:26:55 Direct link to this epi

Recorded: November 15, 2023 Roundup of the latest war news: Myanmar's new rebel alliance; Ethiopia's got its eye on someone else's beachfront property; Ukraine no longer the belle of Washington's ball; latest in the Gaza slaughter... *Music break by Brendon Anderegg (check out his group Mountains he

Guest: Mouin Rabbani, writer & researcher Recorded: November 6, 2023 For you podcast-only peeps, here is the audio version of our livestream with Mouin Rabbani, discussing the Gaza war, Hamas' strategy & political history, Israel & the Blob, and more... Read Mouin's articles at Jadaliyya, DAWN, Al J

Guests: Brendan James & Noah Kulwin, Blowback Recorded: September 6, 2023 The new Blowback season on Afghanistan dropped and it's their best yet. We talk to MM. James & Kulwin about the new season, the sordid Angloid imperial history of weaponizing reactionary Islamism, the face of evil that is Zbig

Guest: Dr Jeremy Rich, professor Recorded: August 31, 2023 We talk to Dr Jeremy Rich about Gabon's history from French colonialism up to the recent coup Gabon overthrowing the Bongo dynasty. Dr Rich also shares his personal experiences in Gabon in the 1990s up through his strange gig as an election

Guest: Jonathan Katz, author & journalist Recorded: December 15, 2022 We talk to Jonathan Katz about US Marines Gen. Smedley Butler's journey from the US Empire's lead "racketeer" in small wars and coups from China to the Caribbean, to anti-militarist hero and whistleblower who took down the crypto-

Guest: Andrew Cockburn, Harpers magazine Recorded: September 15, 2021 The War Nerd welcomes back author and Harpers DC editor Andrew Cockburn, to discuss his excellent new book "The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine." Check out past RWN episodes with Andrew Cockburn: -EP 191:

Guest: Max Blumenthal, author, journalist, podcaster Originally recorded: May 25, 2021 By popular demand from our subscribers, we're reposting free & unlocked our latest interview with journalist Max Blumenthal about the latest Israel-Gaza war in the context of Israel's years-long wars on Gaza & Pal

Guest: Max Blumenthal, author, journalist, podcaster Recorded: May 25, 2021 We talk to friend of RWN Max Blumenthal about the latest Israel-Gaza war in the context of Israel's years-long wars on Gaza & Palestinians, late-stage Zionism, and the manufactured postwar "anti-Semitism" hysteria sweeping A

Guest: Kelley Vlahos, Responsible Statecraft editor Recorded: December 4, 2020 Kelley Vlahos returns to RWN to size up the successes and failures of Trump foreign policy, warn us about the return of the Blob under Biden, and throw us for bit of a loop with some potentially positive developments for

Guest: Annibale, Italian war nerd Recorded: November 30, 2019 Here is part 2 of our series on the Venetian empire. In this episode, Annibale familiarizes us with life and politics in the Republic of Venice, a remarkably powerful, innovative & enduring city-state for much of the second millennium. On

Guest: "Annibale", legendary war nerd Recorded: November 24, 2019 Long before Venice became a mere tourist museum with canals, it was one of the most ruthless, enduring, efficient and innovative empires of the second millennium. Growing up in the US public school system, we at Radio War Nerd natural

Guest: Carl Zha, podcaster Recorded: October 11, 2019 First, the War Nerd and Ames discuss the grim news out of Rojava as Turkish tanks and their throat-slitter jihadi proxies roll into northern Syria . . . At 25:11 — we're joined by Carl Zha for the second part of our series on Genghis Khan and the

Recorded: December 29, 2018 We always knew the betrayal would come, and here it is: Trump announces US withdrawal from Syria war, and DC neocon crocodile tears started flowing for Rojava Kurds, and blue state liberals are now the outraged militarists they once pretended at least to oppose . . . We a

Guest: Kelley Vlahos, NatSec journalist at The American Conservative Recorded 2 days after Trump's election victory, The War Nerd interviews national security reporter Kelley Vlahos on the Washington DC foreign policy/military establishment's reactions to Trump's surprise election victory, and what