Radio War Nerd

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: Lyle Jeremy Rubin, author Recorded: November 25, 2022 We talk to Afghanistan War vet & author Lyle Jeremy Rubin about his new memoir, Pain Is A Weakness Leaving The Body, and about that all too familiar (to us) journey from reactionary youth leftward. Buy Lyle's memoir, and check out his webs

Recorded: March 25, 2021 Seems like every few weeks on this show, something nefarious in the world traces its funding back to the bland-sounding "National Endowment for Democracy" — the notorious regime-change "NGO" that happens to be fully funded by the GO part of NGO, i.e., the US government. So w

Guest: Max Blumenthal, author, journalist, podcaster Recorded: September 22, 2019 Max Blumenthal drops in to the Radio War Nerd control & command center for what was supposed to be a quick chat about his recent controversial trip to Syria, but which turned into a great wide-ranging conversation on p

Guest: Joey L., photographer & filmmaker Recorded: July 6, 2019 For non-subscribers, here is a 30+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode #189 with guest Joey Lawrence about his incredible stories & photos from his journeys to Iraqi Kurdistan & Rojava. Joey talks about his new book, "We Came From

Guest: Max Blumenthal, author, journalist, podcaster Recorded: April 26, 2019 For non-subscribers, here is a 30+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode #179 with guest Max Blumenthal talking about his controversial new book "The Management of Savagery: How America's National Security State Fueled

Recorded February 18, 2019 One Reagan Era zombie returns to power, another returns to the grave. The War Nerd and Ames first look at Elliott Abrams, Trump's recently-appointed Venezuela regime-change viceroy, and the El Mozote massacre that Abrams ran cover for nearly 4 decades ago . . . At 1:22:00

Guest: Max Abrahms, author & Assistant Professor at Northeastern U Recorded: October 14, 2018 For non-subscribers, here is a 25+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 153 with Max Abrahms. In this episode, the War Nerd talks to terrorism expert Max Abrahms about his new book, "Rules For Rebels: T

Guest: Rania Khalek, journalist & podcast co-host Sarandë, Albania — The War Nerd escaped the icy inland Balkans for the "Albanian Riviera" only to find it freezing . . . Guest Rania Khalek joins us to talk about her recent trip to Syria and Lebanon, what Syrians told her about the war, how she was

Reposting the War Nerd's interview with the great Andrew Cockburn on the Yemen slaughter, and his article "Acceptable Losses," published in Harper's magazine. Cockburn is the Washington editor at Harper's Magazine & author of "Kill Chain: Rise of the Hi-Tech Assassins" and brother of RWN guest Patri