Blowback

Epizode

• "No Daylight" - Teaser 29.05.2026 16min

  A preview of Blowback's new mini-series: No Daylight. A three-part study of the turbulent times in the U.S.-Israel relationship, you can receive exclusive access to it by signing up here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• S6 Episode 10 - "Zero-Sum" 16.02.2026 1h 1min

  The Cold War ends. Apartheid falls. But Savimbi's war continues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• S6 Episode 9 - "Something Big and Bloody" 09.02.2026 1h 16min

  The fate of southern Africa is decided at Cuito Cuanavale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• S6 Episode 8 - "Cut Off Their Hands" 02.02.2026 1h 19min

  The Reagan Doctrine puts Angola in the crosshairs as aid to UNITA is uncorked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• S6 Episode 7 - "Constellation" 26.01.2026 1h 5min

  Reagan arrives, emboldening South Africa and Savimbi. The MPLA hangs on. Cuba recommits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• S6 Episode 6 - "Total Onslaught" 19.01.2026 1h 7min

  Carter goes Cold Warrior. Savimbi visits Washington. Angola loses a founding father. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• S6 Episode 5 - "Kicking the Dog" 12.01.2026 1h 18min

  The MPLA and Jimmy Carter struggle to find their footing. Jonas Savimbi licks his wounds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• S6 Episode 4 - "Zulu & Foxbat" 05.01.2026 1h 18min

  South Africa invades. Cuba intervenes. Angola becomes independent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Coming Soon: No Daylight 29.12.2025 1min

  What lies ahead for Blowback in 2026? A mini-series on Israel and America, a comic book, our seventh season and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• S6 Episode 3 - "The Stand" 29.12.2025 1h 18min

  Angolan anti-colonial rebels challenge Portugal. Cuba brings its revolution to Africa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• S6 Episode 2 - "Economy of Terror" 22.12.2025 1h 2min

  A look into the Portuguese empire in southern Africa and the stirrings of nationalism in Angola. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• S6 Episode 1 - "The Dead Myth" 22.09.2025 50min

  An introduction to and overview of our sixth season: the story of Angola, Cuba, and apartheid South Africa's Cold War showdown. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Coming Soon: Blowback Season 6 10.09.2025

  New episodes drop September 22. This season, Cuba sends an army to defend newly independent Angola from the combined forces of apartheid South Africa, the CIA, and one of the most infamous warlords of Africa. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• S5 Episode 10 - "The Terrible But Unfinished Story" 14.02.2025 1h 10min

  Wounded but not destroyed, Cambodia staggers into the 21st century. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• S5 Episode 9 - "Le Cercle Rouge" 07.02.2025 1h 10min

  Vietnam ends Democratic Kampuchea and the US backs the Khmer Rouge. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• S5 Episode 8 - "Third World War" 31.01.2025 1h 17min

  Khmer Rouge horrors spiral toward conflict with an ex-comrade: Vietnam. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• S5 Episode 7 - "Less Than Zero" 24.01.2025 1h 11min

  Cambodia slips into darkness, as the Khmer Rouge seize the country. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• S5 Episode 6 - "Dream Warriors" 17.01.2025 1h 14min

  The short-lived reign of the Khmer Republic; the end of Nixon. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• S5 Episode 5 - "Last Tango In Paris" 10.01.2025 1h 9min

  One Cambodian coup, two US invasions and an unlikely American friend: China. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• S5 Episode 4 - "Mad Men" 03.01.2025 1h 15min

  Nixon and Kissinger put Cambodia on the menu. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices