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Safe for Democracy

A look at the foreign policy disasters of the United States and their long-term consequences, both for the people in question and for the world today.

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Vietnam IV: The First Indochina War

Vietnam IV: The First Indochina War

We’re getting into the French War proper now, and we’ll make it almost all the way to the outbreak of the war in Korea b... Read more

14 May 2018

3hr 7mins

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Vietnam III: The World at War

Vietnam III: The World at War

Well, we’re making time now, and I hope that keeps up. I’ve got some interesting stuff to show you today. First is the c... Read more

23 Apr 2018

2hr 13mins

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Aftermath Part I

Aftermath Part I

Hey everybody, welcome to Safe for Democracy and our second episode. If you’ve listened to the first podcast, you know t... Read more

5 Aug 2016

1hr

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SFD Short—Refugees

SFD Short—Refugees

Hey folks, I thought I’d try something new with the show notes this time around and just give you the script. The only t... Read more

1 May 2018

38mins

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SFD Talk—Vietnam in the US Imagination

SFD Talk—Vietnam in the US Imagination

Hey folks, in lieu of notes this time, I’m going to give you the full outline that Rob and I were ostensibly working off... Read more

17 Apr 2018

1hr 55mins

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Vietnam II: Ho Chi Minh

Vietnam II: Ho Chi Minh

It’s a day late but nowhere near a dollar short (except, I guess, in terms of what I’m paid for these shows; in that cas... Read more

4 Apr 2018

1hr 25mins

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SFD Talk — Unending Oil

SFD Talk — Unending Oil

I’m back from down south in Oaxaca, and I’ve got the cut-down of the show that Rob Morris and I did, along with my buddy... Read more

27 Mar 2018

1hr 40mins

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Vietnam I: Ancient History

Vietnam I: Ancient History

We're starting, literally, with the dawn of human history and carrying it all the way up to the 1700s. Like the folks ov... Read more

26 Feb 2018

56mins

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Vietnam: A Plan

Vietnam: A Plan

Writing on the first script starts in earnest this week, and I thought everybody deserved to know more or less where we’... Read more

19 Feb 2018

13mins

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SFD Short—Monopolies

SFD Short—Monopolies

It’s the last of all news shows, folks, and it’s barely newsy at all. We’re talking about monopolies in the American eco... Read more

13 Feb 2018

34mins

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Diminished US Power—A Conversation with Rob Morris

Diminished US Power—A Conversation with Rob Morris

I’m getting back on track after my internet outage, and as promised, here’s a make-up of a sort for those last couple of... Read more

8 Feb 2018

1hr 56mins

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SFD Short—Maintenance

SFD Short—Maintenance

Well, my face isn’t totally unstuffed-up yet, but I think the nasal quality has dropped out enough to record, and I want... Read more

9 Jan 2018

27mins

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Announcement 1.8.18

Announcement 1.8.18

I’m sick, basically, and my voice is gross. Show’ll be out as soon as I can speak again.

8 Jan 2018

1min

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SFD Short—Land and Food and Capitalism

SFD Short—Land and Food and Capitalism

We’re talking about capitalism, and specifically the ways in which unrestrained, industrialized, late-stage capitalism l... Read more

2 Jan 2018

39mins

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SFD Short—Trickledown

SFD Short—Trickledown

I have a whole new show all written up but between family stuff and, well, more family stuff, I haven’t been able to fin... Read more

28 Dec 2017

27mins

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NAFTA

NAFTA

Hey Everybody— The folks on Patreon have voted the news shows into wider circulation, so they’ll be coming out either re... Read more

4 Dec 2017

26mins

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Saving the State Department—A Conversation with Rob Morris

Saving the State Department—A Conversation with Rob Morris

Hey folks, This show’s coming to you on a Tuesday just because of that new job I mentioned and because Thanksgiving happ... Read more

30 Nov 2017

1hr 26mins

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Iran IX: The End

Iran IX: The End

We’re covering a pretty long period in this one, from half or most of the way through the war with Iraq all the way up t... Read more

21 Nov 2017

2hr 21mins

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Iran VIII Part One: The War

Iran VIII Part One: The War

Hey folks— It’s explained in the show, but the tortured titling here comes from that I promised the last Iran show this ... Read more

13 Nov 2017

1hr 43mins

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SFD Short—Ends and Means, Again

SFD Short—Ends and Means, Again

Matching ends to means, the Kennedy Administration, and the War on Terror

30 Oct 2017

21mins

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