Radio War Nerd

Recorded: September 15, 2022 We wrap up our RWN series on Turkey's 1974 invasion of Cyprus (EP #337, #339). This episode, Kissinger takes control of the Empire during the chaos of Watergate, making the world an even shittier place than ever — greenlighting the Greek junta's coup against Makarios, an

Recorded: July 21, 2022 "If two fish are fighting in the water, an Englishman was there" In part 2 of our series on Turkey's 1974 invasion of Cyprus (part 1: EP #337), we start with the sham independence constitution forced on Cyprus by the departing Brits ensuring sectarian strife and British bases

Guest: Gabriel Ernst, journalist Recorded: March 3, 2021 We discuss Myanmar's numerous ethnic militias & civil wars, some of which have been raging for over half a century, with guest "Gabriel Ernst" who has spent years researching and writing about the region. First: taking up a commenter's challen

Guest: Vincent Bevins, journalist & author Recorded: May 15, 2020 The 1965 anticommunist holocaust in Indonesia killed somewhere between 500,000 and 2 million, though we don't know the actual figure, for reasons we discuss—and it was fully supported by the US Embassy and Washington. Why do we know s

Guest: Pablo Ben, associate professor Recorded: June 13, 2019 "Peronismo" has dominated Argentina's politics for nearly 8 decades now. But who was Juan Perón? Was he a fascist, according to popular received ideas in the US and elsewhere? Pablo Ben, a Buenos Aires native and associate professor of hi