TomCast from TomDispatch.com
By noreply@blogger.com (TomDispatch)
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Podcast Description
Interviews and insight from TomDispatch contributors for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of our post-9/11 world, and a clear sense of how our global imperial system actually works.
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The Big Game | Robert Lipsyte, long-time sports columnist for The New York Times and author most recently of An Accidental Sportswriter, talks about why we should watch the Super Bowl and what it can teach us about American culture. Download mp3 at www.archive.org | 2/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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It Can't Happen Here | TomDispatch founder and author most recently of The United States of Fear, Tom Engelhardt, talks about contemplating reversals in foreign and military policy and American involvement in the Greater Middle East. Download mp3 at www.archive.org | 1/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Weapons 'R' Us | William Astore, history professor and retired lieutenant colonel (USAF), talks about his early fascination with weaponry, his changing attitude over the years, and the current state of arms dealing. Download mp3 from www.archive.org | 1/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Drone Disasters | Nick Turse, an award-winning journalist and TomDispatch regular, talks about the reality of US drone warfare. Download mp3 www.archive.org | 1/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Blood on Whose Hands? | Chase Madar, a civil rights attorney, TomDispatch regular, and author of the upcoming book The Passion of Bradley Manning talks about the current legal status of Private First Class Manning and the possible strategies of his defense team. Download mp3 at www.archive.org | 1/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Danger Waters | Michael Klare, a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, a TomDispatch regular, and author most recently of Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet, talks about the transportation of fossil fuels and how it affects foreign policy. Download mp3 at www.archive.org | 1/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hopefully Naïve | Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, and founder of 350.org, talks about the money behind current environmental policy and the benefits of being hopefully naïve. Download mp3 at www.archive.org | 1/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A New Cold War in Asia | Michael Klare, a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, a TomDispatch regular, and author most recently of Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet, talks about the US military's expanding presence in the Pacific, and how it may lead to a new cold war in Asia. Download mp3 at www.archive.org | 12/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Thirst in the Southwest | William deBuys, an environmental activist and author most recently of A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest, talks about the politics of water in the southwestern United States. Download mp3 at www.archive.org | 12/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Political Victory for OWS | Andy Kroll, the Washington D.C. correspondent for Mother Jones magazine and an associate editor for TomDispatch, talks about what he describes as the Occupy Wall Street movement's first political victory. Download mp3 at www.archive.org | 11/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The American Exceptionalism of My Childhood | TomDispatch founding editor Tom Engelhardt discusses his childhood in post–World War II America, and the propaganda of American exceptionalism. Download mp3 from www.archive.org | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Big Change | Retired US Army Colonel and professor of History and International Relations at Boston University Andrew Bacevich discusses the changing influences in the lives of his students. Download mp3 at www.archive.org | 11/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Poor Argument? | Frances Fox Piven, activist, educator, and author most recently of Who's Afraid of Frances Fox Piven?: The Essential Writings of the Professor Glenn Beck Loves to Hate, talks about her book, her reaction to Occupy Wall Street, and Glenn Beck's unhealthy obsession with her work and that of her late husband Richard Cloward. Download mp3 at www.archive.org | 11/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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From the Hudson to the Potomac | Lawrence Weschler discusses his latest book Uncanny Valley: Adventures in the Narrative. Download mp3 at www.archive.org | 10/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hitting a Wall | TomDispatch founding editor Tom Engelhardt shares his reaction to the Occupy Wall Street movement and the unpredictability of popular protests. Download mp3 at www.archive.org | 10/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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An Aural Occupation | This week we present a soundscape composed of clips from the protest in Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, in the heart of the financial district. You will hear a range of voices and modes of expression. For the best listening experience, we recommend listening through a pair of quality headphones. Download mp3 at www.archive.org | 10/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The All-American Occupation | Historian Steve Fraser talks about the current demonstrations on Wall Street and their historical precedents. Download mp3 at www.archive.org | 10/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Allende's Words for Obama | Ariel Dorfman, Chilean-American novelist, playwright, essayist, journalist and human rights activist, talks about his latest book Feeding on Dreams: Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile, and his latest piece for TomDispatch, a poem in which Dorfman invokes the voice of former Chilean president Salvador Allende to offer words of advice to Barack Obama. Download mp3 at www.archive.org | 10/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pacific Power or Pacific Partner? | John Feffer, the co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies, talks about the US presence in the Pacific, the upcoming elections in East Asia, and what changes would have to take place for the United States to shift from a Pacific power to a pacific partner. Download mp3 at www.archive.org | 10/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The West and the Rest | Pepe Escobar, a correspondent for Asia Times, TomDispatch regular, and author most recently of Obama does Globalistan, shares his reflections on the state of the global economy and what future, if any, it might have in store. Download mp3 at www.archive.org | 9/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Burial Grounds | TomDispatch founding editor Tom Engelhardt joins us for our 100th TomCast episode and reflects on the origins of TomDispatch and where we are as a country 10 years after the events of September 11, 2001. Download mp3 at www.archive.org | 9/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Grace? Yeah, I know her. | Andrew Bacevich, a professor of history and international relations at Boston University and author of Washinton Rules: America's Path to Permanent War, talks about the concept of cheap grace, military spectacle, and what it would mean to truly support our troops. mp3 available for download at www.archive.org | 7/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Crashing the Party | Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz and Ecology of Fear, among many others, and a creative writing professor at the University of California, Riverside, talks about the interaction of financial crises throughout the world, and the tenuous Chinese real estate market. mp3 available for download at www.archive.org | 7/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 23 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Informative look into post 9/11 world
Recommended listen from articles on tomdispatch.com
National/Global news viewed with historical eye
A smart lefty look at current world events from a perspective of Western corporate, capitalist and 'imperial' power and history. (Much more interesting that that sounds!)
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