Around the Empire podcast explores the massive apparatus of the American Empire. In-depth interviews, discussions. Hosted by Joanne Leon.
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Ep 272 ATE Live: Nuclear Threats Panel with Kyle Anzalone, Dan Wright
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10/19/22 Panel: Joanne Leon, Kyle Anzalone, Dan Wright. Discussion of Ukraine war, risk of nuclear escalation plus Kyle’s article being tweeted by Elon Musk. FOLLOW Kyle @KyleAnzalone_ @Con_Interest FOLLOW Dan @DSW_xyz Recorded on October 19, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey. Around the Empire aroundtheempire.com is listener supported, independent m…
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Ep 271 ATE Live Ukraine War Panel with Connor Freeman, Kelley Lane, Patrick MacFarlane, Riley Waggaman, Dan Wright
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Panel: Joanne Leon, Connor Freeman, Kelley Lane, Patrick MacFarlane, Riley Waggaman, Dan Wright. Discussion about the war in Ukraine and latest developments. Recorded on September 15, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey. Reference Links: Ukraine's counterattack: Unheeded warnings from Russia's pro-war hardliners, Riley Waggaman Military summary channel…
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Ep 270 Crisis in Iraq PANEL feat Elijah Magnier Kyle Anzalone Dan Wright
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Panel: Kyle Anzalone, Joanne Leon, Elijah Magnier, Dan Wright. Discussion about the protests and political crisis in Iraq and the Iran deal JCPOA. Elijah Magnier is a veteran war correspondent and political analyst with over 35 years of experience covering the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Kyle Anzalone is the opinion editor of Antiwar.com, …
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Ep 269 Trouble in Eurasia: China, Korea, Russia, Ukraine feat Kyle Anzalone
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Guest: Kyle Anzalone. We discuss a number of new articles written by Kyle about China, Korea, Russia and Ukraine. In a bonus segment we talk about how the war in Ukraine seems to be changing from a conventional war to an insurgency and dirty war. We also talk about Dugin car bombing. Kyle Anzalone is the opinion editor of Antiwar.com, news editor o…
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Ep 268 One Nation Under Blackmail: The Enterprise, PROMIS and Casolaro feat Whitney Webb
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Guest: Whitney Webb. We discuss her new book “One Nation Under Blackmail: The Sordid Union between Intelligence and Organized Crime that gave rise to Jeffrey Epstein.” We focus on the story of the PROMIS software and the “Enterprise Network” that Danny Casolaro was investigating for his story about “The Octopus”. In a bonus segment we discuss the s…
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Ep267 Ukraine War and Logistics feat Tyler Weaver (Armchair Warlord)
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Hosts: Joanne Leon, Kyle Anzalone. Guest: Tyler Weaver (Armchair Warlord) Discussion with Tyler Weaver aka Armchair Warlord about the war in Ukraine with some focus on logistics and armaments. A retrospective look at the war and also the recent developments. In a bonus segment we talk about Russia’s objectives in Ukraine at the point of invasion an…
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Around the Empire LIVE: Ep 266 Taiwan / China Panel
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Hosts: Joanne Leon, Dan Wright Guests: Peter Lee, Patrick MacFarlane, Connor Echols Around the Empire aroundtheempire.com is listener supported, independent media. SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW on Rokfin rokfin.com/aroundtheempire, Patreon patreon.com/aroundtheempire, Paypal paypal.me/aroundtheempirepod, YouTube youtube.com/aroundtheempire, Spotify, iTunes, iHe…
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Ep 265 Third Party Candidates Disrupt the Status Quo PANEL
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Hosts: Joanne Leon, Kelley Lane. Guests: Shannon Bray, Matthew Hoh, Scott Horton, Angela McArdle Panel discussion about the importance of third party candidates, especially anti-interventionist candidates who can act as a political insurgency to disrupt the establishment status quo. We also discuss the recent scandal with the North Carolina electio…
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Ep 264 Ukraine War From a Baltic Perspective Swapcast Eastern Border
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This is a swapcast with Kristaps Andrejsons, host of the Eastern Border podcast. We talk about life in Latvia, what it’s like to be a small former Soviet republic country with a big neighbor like Russia, and the Ukraine war from a Baltic perspective. In a bonus segment we discuss the increase in NATO troops in Europe and the Baltic countries. Krist…
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Ep 263 Financial War: Fed Declares Independence feat Tom Luongo
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Guest: Tom Luongo. We continue our conversations from previous episodes about the Federal Reserve and financial war underlying the conflicts and crises around the world right now. We discuss recent moves by the Fed and what it means, along with a lot of other political and philosophical commentary mixed in. In a bonus segment I ask Tom how the US a…
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Ep 262 Yemen Ceasefire and Reasons Behind It feat Isa Blumi
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Guest: Isa Blumi. We talk about the ceasefire in Yemen, the circumstances and the reasons why it happened. We also talk about energy development, the Hodeidah blockade, the situation in Aden, the ousting of Hadi and creation of a new Presidential Council and we continue our discussion from previous episodes about the war within wars in Yemen and th…
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Ep 261 War in Ukraine Panel Podcast
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Panel: Connor Freeman, Kelley Lane, Joanne Leon, Stephen Semler, Dan Wright. A wide ranging discussion about the war in Ukraine, the possible escalation to nuclear war and the billions of dollars being approved by Congress. FOLLOW @stephensemler, @WrightLeaning, @Kelleyswords, @FreemansMind96, @joanneleon, @AroundtheEmpire Around the Empire aroundt…
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Ep 260 Intel Influence Operations and British Leadership feat Kit Klarenberg
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Hosts: Joanne Leon and Dan Wright. We had a long and fascinating discussion with Kit Klarenberg about his recent report “Operation Surprise: leaked emails expose secret intelligence coup to install Boris Johnson” and his latest report “Leaked emails expose UK Home Secretary Priti Patel’s connection to MI6-style ‘research and influence operation’”. …
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Ep 259 War Planning in the Pacific feat Peter Lee
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Guest: Peter Lee. We discuss two of Peter’s recent China Threat Report episodes titled Death By Oil: US Warplanning in the Pacific and The Escalation Solution with a focus on Taiwan. In a bonus segment, we talk about the escalation in Ukraine, timely catastrophes and why Peter now considers himself a “catastrophist”. Peter Lee has decades of experi…
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Ep 258 The Sword and Cross at Albright’s Funeral feat Sam Husseini
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Hosts: Joanne Leon and Kelley Lane. Guest: Sam Husseini. We talk about his recent article, Albright's Funeral -- The Sword and the Cross Come Together and more. In a bonus question, we talk about the convergence of neoliberal and neoconservative actors in the foreign policy establishment and the Biden administration. Sam Husseini is a Washington, D…
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Ep 257 Checkered Relations of U.S. and Russia Through History feat Peter Kuznick
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Guest: Peter Kuznick. We talk about the checkered history of relations between the United States and Russia (and the USSR). We talk about the book “The Untold History of the United States” including a second edition with some new chapters on more recent history. In a bonus question we talk about possible Russian revanchism and whether the Baltic st…
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Ep 256 Clare Daly & Mick Wallace: The Anti-war Voices Heard Around the World
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Guest: Clare Daly and Mick Wallace. We talk to the Irish Members of the European Parliament who are now some of the most powerful anti-war voices heard around the world. We discuss the war in Ukraine, sanctions, flooding the war with more arms and how all of these things lead to more war and destruction, not peace. We disagree with taking sides in …
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Ep 255 It’s a Financial War feat Tom Luongo
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Guest: Tom Luongo. We continue and update our conversation from Episode 229 Central Bank Wars about the financial war underlying the conflicts and crises around the world right now. We discuss the global financial infrastructure, LIBOR and it’s replacement, SOFR, the Federal Reserve, the great power wars, the hot war in Ukraine, and more. In a long…
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Ep 254 Analyzing VAERS: The Unacceptable Interview feat Jessica Rose
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Guest: Dr. Jessica Rose. We talk about her work analyzing the VAERS database and more. Due to censorship issues, most of this episode will not be available on Youtube but the full episode is available on our other platforms. You can find those on aroundtheempire.com. Dr. Jessica Rose is a brilliant Canadian scientist with integrity. She is an immun…
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Guest: Jeffrey Carr. We talk about his experience working with the Ukraine Ministry of Defense cyber warfare team when the invasion began. Jeffrey Carr has been an internationally-known cybersecurity adviser, author, and researcher since 2006. He has worked as a small business/entrepreneur in Russia for the CIA’s Open Source Center Eurasia Desk. He…
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Ep252 Global Finance & Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine (Swapcast)
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Kyle Anzalone (Conflicts of Interest) and Joanne Leon (Around the Empire). We talk about some global finance aspects of the ongoing hybrid war, the invasion of Ukraine and geopolitics. FOLLOW on Twitter: @KyleAnzalone_ and @Con_Interest and find Kyle and the Conflicts of Interest podcast at Libertarian Institute Around the Empire aroundtheempire.co…
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Ep 251 Global Technocracy feat Iain Davis
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Guest: Iain Davis. We talk about his article titled: “Technocracy: The Operating System For The New International Rules-Based Order.” We discuss the western international rules-based order vs a new international laws based order proposed by China and Russia and the governing mechanism of global technocracy. We also talk about global stakeholders, p…
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Guest: Dr. Isa Blumi. A wide ranging discussion where we discuss the various wars within wars in Yemen and other areas. We talk about the turmoil in Lebanon, competition between the Gulf states, Europe’s gas supply and the gas fields in Eastern Mediterranean and more. Dr. Isa Blumi is an historian, an author and Professor of Global History, Islamic…
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Ep 249 Realistic View of Ukraine and Russia feat Mary Dejevsky
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Guest: Mary Dejevsky. We talk about the recent communications between US, NATO and Russia with a realistic view of Russia and Ukraine. In a bonus segment we talk about why the UK establishment is hostile toward Russia. Mary Dejevsky is a veteran journalist and columnist, a former foreign correspondent in Moscow, Paris, Washington and a special corr…
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Ep 248 Russia’s Range of Options for Ukraine Crisis feat Mark Sleboda
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Guest: Mark Sleboda. We talk about the likelihood of Russian intervention in Ukraine, the options available to them, and the overall situation with the standoff between NATO and Russia. Mark Sleboda is an International Affairs & Security Analyst, a US Navy veteran, a university lecturer and a foreign policy realist. FOLLOW Mark on Twitter @MarkSleb…
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