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Recorded: March 8, 2025 We discuss Syrian Sunni pogroms against Alawis and Christians, plus Trump's Great Lakes threats, Ukraine war, PKK ceasefire... Music interlude by Brendon Anderegg. Check out music from his group Mountains here Total time: 1:02:39Direct link to this episode's mp3 here * Subscribe to Radio War Nerd at patreon.com/radiowarnerd Sound production by Telescope Audi

Recorded: March 4, 2025 In part 2 of the War Nerd's series on M23 and the Congo wars, we discuss the origins of M23, the role of Canadian mining companies, and the enduring biases of the "international community" that happen to align with global capital. (Part 1 here) First: We briefly discuss the latest news out of the Washington asylum...At 18:10 - Part 2 of the series on M23 &am

Recorded: February 26, 2025 The War Nerd begins a 2-part series on the M23 rebels and the Congo wars with a brief history of the region's messy & gory 20th century and the aftermath colonial rule... Total time: 1:07:02Direct link to this episode's mp3 here * Subscribe to Radio War Nerd at patreon.com/radiowarnerd Sound production by Telescope Audio Check out the Radio War N

Recorded: February 21, 2025 The Ukraine war enters its fourth year with a shocking twist: its main patron in the White House is mighty aggrieved, and vindictive, and the source of his grievances all seem to spring from Ukraine. We look back at Russiagate, Trump's first impeachment, and how Ukraine is victim to both imperial proxies wars, and elite factional battles within the DC/Br

Recorded: February 18, 2025 Part 2 of the War Nerd's retelling of Tecumseh's tragi-heroic story (part 1 here), and why he's better remembered than more successful Native American warriors. First - brief on the latest Ukraine-Trump shitshow.At 26:55 - The War Nerd resumes the Tecumseh story... Total time: 1:22:44Direct link to this episode's mp3 here * Subscribe to Radio War Nerd at

Recorded: February 13, 2025 The story of Tecumseh is too big to fit into the War of 1812 episode, so RWN is doing a 2-part series on Tecumseh. This episode: historical context of the hostile world Tecumseh was born into. First - We discuss the Trump Admin's rug-pull on the Ukraine War cause.At 30:55 - The War Nerd dives into Tecumseh's back story *Check out RWN #85 with guest Willi

Recorded: February 11, 2025 For our 500th episode (we made it!), the War Nerd discusses one of the least wars of the last few centuries, a war that only a WN could love: The War of 1812. Total time: 1:06:05Direct link to this episode's mp3 here * Subscribe to Radio War Nerd at patreon.com/radiowarnerd Sound production by Telescope Audio Check out the Radio War Nerd Merch store here

Recorded: February 7, 2025 We discuss Trump's headline-onslaught as familiar old GOP strategy. Then (at 1:12:00) we look back at USAID's dirty work from torture & assassination programs to post-Cold War privatization and state subversion programs. Reading:-"The murderous history of USAID, the US Government agency behind Cuba's fake Twitter clone" by Mark Ames, Pando, 2014-The W

Guest: Jakob StenfalkRecorded: February 5, 2025 We talk to Denmark-based friend of the show Jakob Stenfalk about Greenland, Trump, Erik the Red, shipping lanes & Empire... Total time: 1:26:28Direct link to this episode's mp3 here * Subscribe to Radio War Nerd at patreon.com/radiowarnerd Sound production by Telescope Audio Check out the Radio War Nerd Merch store here! Order you

Guest: Rob AshlarRecorded: January 28, 2025 We talk to researcher Rob Ashlar about the social-political roots of the jihadist insurgencies in the Sahel, which have only grown and spread with each failed counter-insurgency effort. Glossary:JNIM: Al Qaeda franchise and most powerful jihadist group in the SahelAQIM (Al Qaeda in the Maghreb): Algeria-based Al Qaeda hq-like branch that