Always at War
Hosted by Alex and Courtney and Alex Jordan and Courtney Rawlings · Courtney Rawlings & Alex Jordan
4.9from 94 ratings
- 38
- Episodes
- 9
- Transcribed
- 94
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About Always at War
Why is America seemingly always at war? Join the Quincy Institute’s Courtney Rawlings and Alex Jordan as they expose the monied interests, outdated ideologies, and entrenched powers that have driven the U.S. to wage nearly 400 wars and interventions. Each episode, they’ll be joined by journalists, advocates, and experts to uncover who profits from America’s endless conflicts, and to imagine how we can build a better, more peaceful U.S. foreign policy. Learn more about the Quincy Institute: quincyinst.org Contact the show: alwaysatwar@quincyinst.org
- Publisher
- Courtney Rawlings & Alex Jordan
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 30 Apr 2025
- Latest episode
- 17 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
9 of 38 episodes have a transcript.
17 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Weapons Over Human Rights: How US Foreign Policy Really Works | GOING DEEPER w/ Annelle Sheline
3 Oct 2026
Imperialist Realism: Why America Can't Quit Empire ft. Daniel Bessner
19 Sept 2026
AI Apocalypse Now!
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Weapons Over Human Rights: How US Foreign Policy Really Works | GOING DEEPER w/ Annelle Sheline
Published 17 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] That being said, in many ways, it is more intellectually honest. to acknowledge that US policy is not driven by human rights considerations. I would think about these teeny-weeny little grants that my bureau was able to give out to support journalists or civil society groups, and then the massive amounts of security assistance we were giving that were empowering these deeply authoritarian governments around the region. And so this idea that like these little bitty grants were like promoting human rights over here in contrast to everything the United States was doing opposing human rights, you know, sending signals to these authoritarian governments that like, OK, don't don't please don't lock up the journalists. […]
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- Annelle Sheline
- Daniel Bessner
- Tori Bateman
- Eli Clifton
- Ian Lustick
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 57 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 37 ratings
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- 59
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 85
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Alex and Courtney and Alex Jordan and Courtney Rawlings host the show. Published by Courtney Rawlings & Alex Jordan.
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