80
Episodes
10
Transcribed
3,279
Ratings
Daily
Cadence
2020
First episode
353K
YouTube views

About Blowback

A podcast about the American Empire.

Publisher
Blowback
Category
society & culture
Language
en
Explicit
Yes
First episode
9 Mar 2020
Latest episode
29 May 2026

Latest episodes

10 of 80 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 29 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

    "No Daylight" - Teaser

  2. 16 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

    S6 Episode 10 - "Zero-Sum"

  3. 9 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

    S6 Episode 9 - "Something Big and Bloody"

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"No Daylight" - Teaser

Published 29 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So, too, with Israel. There is a baseline tension between Washington and Tel Aviv. The history of that tension and what it could spell for the future is the subject of this miniseries. This series will focus on three key moments of the U.S.-Israel relationship. The first episode will cover the battle over Israel's foundation. President Harry Truman and nearly his entire foreign policy apparatus opposed for years the establishment of a Jewish state demanded by the Zionist movement until an exhausted and incurious Truman surrendered to political pressure. We'll then see how that newly formed state ran afoul of the Eisenhower administration, both by attacking the Suez Canal and perpetrating a massacre of Palestinians that generated a scandal, which itself led to the formation of AIPAC, the most influential and notorious pro-Israel lobby still in existence today. […]

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YouTube views
352,738
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
4.8 / 5
3,279 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100

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Quality
43
Social presence
0
YouTube
86
Engagement
94

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