Pener Kropoopkin posted:

I really hope they make the Sci-Fi & Fascism episode free some time, because it's by far the most interesting episode for non-war buffs.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/radio-war-nerd-7585924


It's incredibly insightful on sci-fi as a genre, as well as the fascist sensibilities of the American white middle class which has roots going back to the late 50s.

If you're curious about the show, this one episode is well worth 10 bux if you just want to sample and cancel the subscription.

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

All of them.

I'm looking through the backlog to see which ones were especially noteworthy. A lot of them get dated because the early episodes were a lot more topical, and only an hour long.

Episode 10 is interesting, because that was the episode when War Nerd commented on Amnesty International's report about YPG/J ethnic cleansing of Arab villages, and AI wrote back saying they weren't doing any of that.

Episode 14 was around the time of the Oregon Militia standoff, so they did a bit about the Mormons' history of warfare with Midwest Protestants & the Federal government.

Episode 18 was the Patrick Cockburn interview on the rise of ISIS.

Episode 20 was the Tim Shorrock interview on Korea, and the history of conflict with the North.

As I'm writing this I'm realizing that my War Nerd fandom is gonna lead me into recommending too much so I'm gonna try and recommend the essentials. I'm just going to bold all the key words.

Episode 30 was the Opium Wars episode.

Episode 39 is about the Cold War counterinsurgencies around the world, with a special feature on Eduard Lansdale - the CIA sociopath who was the inspiration for The Quiet American.

Episode 44: the Nukes episode with physicist Dr. Sunil Sanais. It was recommended earlier ITT and it's a good one.

Episode 47: the North Carolina Civil War episode with David Forbes (prequel to the Sci-Fi & Fascism ep).

Episode 48: I know I'm recommending too much anyway, but this is a top-tier episode about The Italian Front of WW1, and poet, national hero, and raging rear end in a top hat Gabriele d'Annunzio.

Episode 49: is the second Patrick Cockburn interview.

Pretty much everything past this point has been definitely worth listening too, but I'd especially highlight episode 56: The Sikhs.

And of course, Episode 64: The Sci-Fi & Fascism episode is the god tier.

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

FREE EPISODE

https://www.patreon.com/posts/radio-war-nerd-8280857

The Rania Khalek episode was reposted free to the public. It's a great interview about the current state of the war in Syria, and how it's affected the Druze community in particular. They also talked about how Michael Weiss tried to get her and all the other journalists going to Aleppo killed.

Thug Lessons posted:

coathat posted:

It was good but they should really have Mark on since he loves botching about lovely journalists even more than them.