Radio War Nerd

Guest: Andreas Krieg Recorded: June 16, 2026 Andreas Krieg assesses the winners & mostly-losers in the aftermath of the US-Israel War on Iran, with a focus on the UAE's rude awakening. Follow Andreas on Twitter. Further listening: *RWN #564 — The UAE Empire feat Andreas Krieg *RWN #207 — Republic of

Recorded: May 30, 2026 Trump struggles with himself over when and how to capitulate to Iran, while the IDF drives deeper into Hezbollah's fpv quagmire... Total time: 51:12 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here * Buy & review John Dolan's new book, They Should Have Been Hanged: War Nerd Essays on th

Guest: "Cyrus", MENA researcher Recorded: May 7, 2026 Friend of the show Cyrus joins us from Beirut to report on other ongoing fronts in the US-Israel War on Iran: Lebanon, Syria, Iraq. Further listening with Cyrus: EP #589 - Hezbollah Rising Total time: 1:41:41 Direct link to this episode's mp3 her

Guest: "Cyrus", MENA researcher Originally recorded: March 12, 2026 We're reposting unlocked our discussion with Beirut-based researcher "Cyrus" on Hezbollah's return to battle, why Hezbollah entered the war against Israel at this time, Lebanon politics, Jolani's Syria, Iraq's pro-Iran militia group

Guest: Mohsen Milani Recorded: September 15, 2025 Here's part 2 of our talk with Mohsen Milani about the Islamic Republic of Iran's evolving geopolitical strategy. In this episode, we discuss Iran's varied relationships with the Axis of Resistance: Hezbollah, Houthis, Hamas, PIJ, Iraqi militias, and

Guest: Mohsen Milani Recorded: September 15, 2025 We talk to Iran scholar Mohsen Milani about his book Iran's Rise and Rivalry with the US in the Middle East. In part 1 of our 2-part interview, we begin at the beginning with the Achaemenid Empire, and take it up through Iran's 1979 Revolution and th

Guest: Cyrus, MENA researcher Recorded: August 17, 2025 Cyrus returns to RWN to update on Syria's worsening descent into Sunni-supremacist violence under the Jolani regime, Druze and Jews, stillborn plans to disarm Hezbollah, Israel's genocide on Palestine, and more... *Map Further listening with Cy

Originally recorded December 6, 2024 Guests: "Cyrus" + guest co-host Aamer Many of our RWN subscribers asked us to repost free & unlocked for the public our episode with MENA-based researcher "Cyrus" and guest co-host Aamer, on the two major events of November-December: the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefir

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: Cyrus, MENA researcher Recorded: October 21, 2024 We're joined by RWN guest "Cyrus" from Beirut, to talk about Israel's sectarian war strategy in Lebanon, Nasrallah's legacy, profound changes taking place in the Arab and Muslim world that have so far gone little reported, and Cyrus's own rece

Recorded: October 2, 2024 Emergency episode update on Israel's now-regional war: Iranian missile strikes on Israeli air bases and cities, deadly Israeli battles with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, plus a brief word on the fall of Vuhledar... *Table of Iran's missile arsenal *Maps *Southern Lebanon t

Guest: Joshua Landis Recorded: September 29, 2024 We talk to Joshua Landis about his 5 Takeaways from Israel's Killing of Nasrallah... Follow Joshua on Twitter. Check out our previous RWN episodes with Joshua: -EP #118 — Turkey, Syrian Kurds & Afrin Invasion -EP #150 — Idlib & the Syria Endgame -EP

Recorded: September 25, 2024 We discuss Israel's aerial massacre of over 550 Lebanese in a single day & threatened ground incursion + Zelensky's "victory plan"... Total time: 1:34:09 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here * Subscribe to Radio War Nerd at patreon.com/radiowarnerd Sound production by

Recorded: September 19, 2024 Emergency episode on Israel's wave of battery-bombings in Lebanon, rigging pagers and walkie-talkies with explosives to sow terror and target Hezbollah... Total time: 47:05 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here * Subscribe to Radio War Nerd at patreon.com/radiowarnerd S

Guest: Mouin Rabbani, writer & researcher Recorded: August 15, 2024 Last time we talked to Mouin Rabbani (EP #407), Israel was 1 month into its genocidal war on Gaza. This episode, we talk to Mouin about Israel's war now in its 10th month, in all of its insanity, brutality, and endless ability to sh

Guest: Thierry Jutel Recorded: July 29, 2024 We discuss Alex Garland's "Civil War" flick with NZ-based film professor Thierry Jutel, and roundup the latest wretched irl war news from Sudan to Ukraine... First - we talk with Thierry Jutel about "Civil War" and vibes... At 52:40 - music interlude by B

Recorded: April 16, 2024 The War Nerd & Ames break down Iran's weekend drone-missile attack on Israel, and make the mistake of trying to guess what comes next. FIRST: We chat about home drones, Trump's Gettysburg Address & parrots... AT 22:51 — We discuss Israel's April 1st bombing of Iran's embassy

Recorded: October 29, 2023 We continue our series on the history of Hamas (see EP #404 for Part 1). This episode we pick up with the founding of Hamas in 1988, through the first & second Intifadas, the 2006 legislative elections that Hamas swept, and the split with the Palestinian Authority that div

Guest: EHSANI Recorded: February 18, 2020 PORTLAND—The War Nerd returns to the Free World (free to be manhandled by Border Police jackboots, that is) to discuss the death of Charles Portis, Lebanon & Syria, and Sinn Fein's victory. 00:00 — "The fat eagle has landed": The Nerd & Ames on Portlandia &

Recorded: January 3, 2020 A special rushed-out episode to get out our first impressions of Trump's assassination of Iran's legendary Quds leader, Gen. Qasem Soleimani. Total time: 1:39:35 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here

Guests: Narin Briar & Elijah Magnier Recorded: October 23, 2019 Recorded just after Russia and Turkey announced an agreement on the dismantling of Rojava, we talked first to Kurdish-American activist Narin Briar for the Rojava perspective of this grim moment . . . At 1:05:00 we talk to longtime Midd

Guest: Amal Saad, author & professor Recorded: December 8, 2017 Things got hot & weird very fast on November 4, and the War Nerd is honored to have Lebanese University professor and author Amal Saad return to the show to help us make sense of it all. Nov 4 was a big day in Riyadh & the Levant: Leban