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JL;DR SUMMARY The episode features discussions on various historical and political topics, focusing particularly on the geopolitical dynamics involving the U.S., Central America, and the legacy of Neville Chamberlain. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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U.S. Foreign PolicyObama AdministrationCommunismNeville ChamberlainGeopolitical HistoryTrump Russia CollusionCentral AmericaMedia NarrativesJust War TheoryJean Kirkpatrick

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"our 15th annual roast is coming up on October 19th here in New York City."
United States
"10% of all e-commerce in the U.S."
El Salvador
"the main issue in american foreign policy was our uh involvement in the um uh civil war in el salvador"
Nicaragua
"and what the reagan administration was intending to do about the unquestionably communist regime that had overthrown the somoza dictatorship in nicaragua"
Cuba
"but that totalitarian communist regimes cannot. And that proved to be correct, and not just on the continent of South America. It proved to be correct in Taiwan. It proved to be correct in South Korea. It proved to be correct in the Philippines. This is a story of the end of the 20th century, the beginning of the 21st century, that is little told. For the final point that John in Hollywood makes, which is, the question of whether or not there was a kind of wokeness, conservative wokeness in opposing communism or using communism as a kind of catch-all for what it is that we should oppose. And the overthrow of Arbenz in 1954 in Guatemala being the this sort of test case of that."
Guatemala
"And the overthrow of Arbenz in 1954 in Guatemala being the this sort of test case of that."
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