In the Context of Empire

By Jonathan Lancaster and Matthew McKenna

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Episodes: 60


 Jun 7, 2021

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A podcast where two social studies teachers discuss history, American empire, US politics and their own lives. Traditional narratives regarding American history are challenged in a tone that ranges from playful to hostile.

Episode Date
Episode 61: The New York Times Advertises for Mercenaries!
Nov 03, 2022
Episode 59: NPR Distorts History and Obfuscates US Role in the Current Crisis in Afghanistan with Bryce Greene
Sep 27, 2022
Episode 58: Public School Teachers Play Geopolitics!
Mar 18, 2022
Episode 57: Russia-Ukraine Conflict and US Media Malfeasance with Bryce Greene
Feb 25, 2022
Episode 56: Jonny goes to Vietnam!
Feb 24, 2022
Episode 55: An Endorsement of Whataboutism, Tankies and Moral Equivalence with Justin Podur
Dec 31, 2021
Episode 54: The Not So Good Neighbor Policy with Alex Avina
Nov 20, 2021
Episode 53: Wait... Who is the Extraordinary Threat? Venezuela as a Case Study in US Imperialism & Propaganda with Justin Podur and Joe Emersberger
Nov 20, 2021
Episode 52: For US Media, Apparently 40 Years of War on Afghans is Insufficient with Joey Tavarez
Aug 18, 2021
Episode 51: US Schools are Engaged in Genocide Denial
Jun 05, 2021
Episode 50: Obama the Smooth War Criminal with Jeremy Kuzmarov
May 28, 2021
Episode 49: Viewing Palestine Through the Anti-Imperialist Lens with Justin Podur.
May 24, 2021
Episode 48: Understanding the US Manual for Regime Change with Vijay Prashad
May 14, 2021
Episode 47: Ending US Aggression on the Korean Peninsula with Christine Ahn
Apr 15, 2021
Episode 46: Countering the Imperialist's Narrative with Justin Podur
Apr 12, 2021
Episode 45: Iran's Phantom Nuclear Weapons Program with John Ghazvinian
Apr 08, 2021
Episode 44: The Dissenting Warriors of the US Empire with Chris Lombardi
Apr 06, 2021
Episode 43: Hope and Skepticism as the US War in Yemen Turns Six with Shireen Al-Adeimi
Mar 12, 2021
Episode 42: Dissecting the War Propagating Tendencies of US Media with Janine Jackson
Mar 10, 2021
Episode 41: The War Industry Vs. Humanity with Christian Sorensen
Mar 06, 2021
Episode 40: The Pathology of Government Secrecy, the Value of Wikileaks, and the Realities of Julian Assange's Case with Kevin Gosztola
Feb 28, 2021
Episode 39: Challenging Settler Colonialism in Hawaii and the Philippines with Ellen-Rae Cachola
Feb 22, 2021
Episode 38: The Long and Complicated Relationship Between Iran and the United States with John Ghazvinian
Feb 19, 2021
Episode 37: Parsing Through the Convoluted Logic of US Foreign Policy with Danny Sjursen
Feb 16, 2021
Episode 36: Imperial Hypocrisy with Ben Norton
Feb 09, 2021
Episode 35: Questions of Violence and Sovereignty Under the US Empire with Darryl Li
Jan 27, 2021
Episode 34: Avoiding Nuclear War with Martin J. Sherwin
Jan 22, 2021
Episode 33: This Film has Been Modified to Meet Imperial Demands with Tom Secker
Jan 18, 2021
Episode 32: Tearing Down the Bipartisan Imperial Consensus with Daniel Bessner
Jan 15, 2021
Episode 31: A Revolutionary Moment with Makasi Motema
Jan 11, 2021
Episode 30: Insurrection Reflections
Jan 08, 2021
Episode 29: Deflating Anti-Venezuela Propaganda with Leonardo Flores
Jan 05, 2021
Episode 28: The Truth About the War in Afghanistan with Anand Gopal
Jan 01, 2021
Episode 27: Avoiding Peace at All Costs with Scott Horton
Dec 28, 2020
Episode 26: Reckoning with The Destruction of Forever War with David Vine
Dec 24, 2020
Episode 25: Breaking Down the Methods of the World's Leader in Foreign Interference with Stephen Kinzer
Dec 21, 2020
Episode 24: The Mythical "Radical Left" Educators Have Arrived
Dec 16, 2020
Episode 23: Calculating the Immense Destruction of the War on Terror with Neta C. Crawford
Dec 14, 2020
Episode 22: No Seriously, They Actually Are War Criminals with Rebecca Gordon
Dec 09, 2020
Episode 21: Waging Peace with David Swanson
Dec 06, 2020
Episode 20: Civility is Overrated! Confronting Warmongers with Medea Benjamin
Dec 03, 2020
Episode 19: The Foundational Racism of the American Empire with Gerald Horne
Nov 25, 2020
Episode 18: Uncle Sam's Destructive Hand in the Middle East with Dr. Stephen Zunes
Nov 23, 2020
Episode 17: Blood Money and Other Corrupting Forces in the MIC with Ben Freeman
Nov 20, 2020
Episode 16: The Pathology of American Exceptionalism with (Ret.) U.S Army Major Danny Sjursen
Nov 18, 2020
Episode 15: Taking on the Mythologies of the Permanent War State with Gareth Porter
Nov 13, 2020
Episode 14: Bipartisan War Crimes- A Discussion of American Complicity in Genocide in Yemen with Shireen Al- Adeimi
Nov 06, 2020
Episode 13: Some 740 Billion Dollar Questions with Stephen Semler
Nov 05, 2020
Episode 12: A Dispatch Before the Impending Chaos
Oct 30, 2020
Episode 11: Debate Reactions...These People are so Damn Predictable.
Oct 23, 2020
Episode 10: A Disheartening Reality from New Jersey to Afghanistan
Oct 16, 2020
Episode 9: Democrats 2020- Punching Left and Forgiving War Criminals!
Oct 09, 2020
Episode 8: The Imaginary "Radical Left" American Educator
Oct 02, 2020
Episode 7: Declaring War on "Patriotic Education"
Sep 24, 2020
Episode 6: So Like... What's Your Solution Man?
Sep 18, 2020
Episode 5: The Tragic Lost Opportunities of September 9/11
Sep 11, 2020
Episode 4: "We May Have Committed Some Light... Treason"- George Bluth
Sep 04, 2020
Episode 2: "How Many Words Does You Know" - Ali G
Sep 02, 2020
Episode 3- Right Wing Snowflakes
Sep 02, 2020
Episode 1 - The Road from Beer to Mass Murder
Sep 02, 2020