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Around The Empire

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 50 Bush DOJ Official: Deep State is Real

Ep 50 Bush DOJ Official: Deep State is Real

Dan and Joanne discuss Jack Goldsmith’s essay, “The 'deep state' is real. But are its leaks against Trump justified?” ... Read more

25 Apr 2018

1hr 40mins

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Ep 121 Epstein & the Clintons feat Whitney Webb

Ep 121 Epstein & the Clintons feat Whitney Webb

Guest: Whitney Webb. We continue the discussion on Whitney’s multi-part investigative journalism articles on the Jeffrey... Read more

25 Aug 2019

53mins

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Ep 48 Dispatch From Damascus: Syrian War Big Picture & Power Players feat Elijah Magnier

Ep 48 Dispatch From Damascus: Syrian War Big Picture & Power Players feat Elijah Magnier

Joanne talks with veteran war correspondent Elijah Magnier, from Damascus, about recent developments in Syria and his re... Read more

6 Apr 2018

1hr 37mins

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Ep 117 The Mega Group and the Epstein Affair feat Whitney Webb

Ep 117 The Mega Group and the Epstein Affair feat Whitney Webb

Guest: Whitney Webb. We continue the discussion on Whitney’s multi-part investigative journalism articles on the Jeffrey... Read more

9 Aug 2019

1hr 2mins

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Ep 146 Pompeo’s Gulf of Tonkin feat Gareth Porter

Ep 146 Pompeo’s Gulf of Tonkin feat Gareth Porter

Guest: Gareth Porter. As the news was breaking of Iranian retaliatory strikes on military bases in Iraq where American t... Read more

14 Jan 2020

46mins

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Ep 55 Imperial War, Gulf State Rivalry, Resources and Resistance in Yemen feat Isa Blumi

Ep 55 Imperial War, Gulf State Rivalry, Resources and Resistance in Yemen feat Isa Blumi

Joanne interviews Dr. Isa Blumi, an historian, an author and an Associate Professor at Stockholm University. His recent ... Read more

23 May 2018

1hr 53mins

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Ep 58 Russiagate Still Doesn’t Make Sense feat Aaron Maté

Ep 58 Russiagate Still Doesn’t Make Sense feat Aaron Maté

Dan and Joanne talk with Aaron Maté about Russiagate and the Mueller investigation. We discuss Aaron’s recent article w... Read more

25 Jun 2018

52mins

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Ep 139 All Roads Lead to Intelligence (Swapcast) feat Kyle Anzalone

Ep 139 All Roads Lead to Intelligence (Swapcast) feat Kyle Anzalone

On this Foreign Policy Focus and Around the Empire swap cast, Kyle and Joanne discuss the Democrats’ efforts to impeach ... Read more

11 Dec 2019

1hr 25mins

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Ep 66 The Mission in Yemen feat Nasser Arrabyee

Ep 66 The Mission in Yemen feat Nasser Arrabyee

Yemeni journalist and filmmaker Nasser Arrabyee speaks to us from Sanaa about the war in Yemen. In 2015, a CENTCOM comma... Read more

20 Aug 2018

46mins

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Ep 80 The Permanent War Complex feat Gareth Porter

Ep 80 The Permanent War Complex feat Gareth Porter

Joanne Leon and investigative journalist and historian Gareth Porter discuss “The Permanent War Complex” and how it deve... Read more

11 Dec 2018

1hr 3mins

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Ep 61 Escalation With China feat Peter Lee

Ep 61 Escalation With China feat Peter Lee

Dan and Joanne talk with writer and analyst Peter Lee (aka @chinahand) about the escalation between the United States an... Read more

13 Jul 2018

1hr 15mins

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Ep 85 By Ending Wars Trump Outflanks Opposition feat Scott Horton

Ep 85 By Ending Wars Trump Outflanks Opposition feat Scott Horton

Scott Horton joins us from Texas to talk about the withdrawal of troops from Syria and Afghanistan.  Scott and Joanne of... Read more

4 Jan 2019

1hr 44mins

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Ep 141 Maidan Massacre in Ukraine feat Ivan Katchanovski

Ep 141 Maidan Massacre in Ukraine feat Ivan Katchanovski

Guest: Ivan Katchanovski. We talk about his vast research and his detailed and prolific writings and presentations on th... Read more

23 Dec 2019

51mins

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Ep 49 Leaving Syria feat. Lt. Col. Daniel Davis, USA, Ret.

Ep 49 Leaving Syria feat. Lt. Col. Daniel Davis, USA, Ret.

Joanne talks with Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis, USA, Ret.about his recent article, “President Trump is right: Withdrawing fr... Read more

11 Apr 2018

40mins

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Ep 148 Low Intensity War in Northeast Asia feat Tim Shorrock

Ep 148 Low Intensity War in Northeast Asia feat Tim Shorrock

Guest: Tim Shorrock. In recent weeks there have been cries of alarm about North Korea’s missile testing all throughout t... Read more

29 Jan 2020

50mins

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Ep 57 2016 Election Intelligence Ops & Investigations feat Garland Nixon

Ep 57 2016 Election Intelligence Ops & Investigations feat Garland Nixon

Joanne talks with political analyst and Progressive Independent Garland Nixon about investigations and intelligence oper... Read more

21 Jun 2018

1hr 3mins

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Ep 145 Crowdstrike Analysis Revisited feat Jeffrey Carr

Ep 145 Crowdstrike Analysis Revisited feat Jeffrey Carr

Guest: Jeffrey Carr. Dan Wright and Joanne Leon did a reunion conversation with cybersecurity expert, Jeffrey Carr, to r... Read more

13 Jan 2020

38mins

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Ep 135 2020 Election & Impeachment feat Michael Tracey

Ep 135 2020 Election & Impeachment feat Michael Tracey

Guest: Michael Tracey. In a wide ranging discussion we talk about the Democratic primary, the progression of Russiagate,... Read more

30 Nov 2019

1hr 19mins

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Ep 149 US vs Iran Conflicts feat Danny Sjursen

Ep 149 US vs Iran Conflicts feat Danny Sjursen

Guest: Maj. Danny Sjursen, US Army (ret.) We talk about two articles that Danny wrote about the conflicts between the Un... Read more

14 Feb 2020

45mins

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Ep 134 How Democrats Became the Party of Monopoly & Corruption feat Matt Stoller

Ep 134 How Democrats Became the Party of Monopoly & Corruption feat Matt Stoller

Guest: Matt Stoller. In this episode, we discuss an excerpt of Matt’s new book: Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monop... Read more

19 Nov 2019

39mins

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