Our series takes a closer look at the people, events, and structures that have shaped and reinforced America’s military overreach—from America’s annexation of the Philippines in 1898 to the reporters and think tanks beating the drums of war on Ukraine today.
New episodes are available weekly on Thursday through Open Source's podcast feed (available through Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and more), on Open Source's website. The show is also broadcast on WBUR on Thursdays at 9:00 PM EST and Sundays at 2:00 PM EST, as well as throughout the week on dozens of radio stations across the U.S.
In the series premiere, Quincy Institute President Andrew Bacevich joins Lydon for a wide-ranging discussion on the history of U.S. foreign policy and how America became an empire, his own experiences in the Cold War and Vietnam, and how he went from a career soldier to an historian and prominent critic of militarism.
Future episodes will explore the twists and turns of nuclear negotiations with Iran, the possibility of a new cold or possibly hot war with China, Afghanistan in the aftermath of U.S. withdrawal, the history and future of NATO among other topics. The conversations will challenge conventional understandings and point to different and better ways forward.
