Anti-Imperialism/Foreign Policy

Introducing “American Prestige” and “Tech Won’t Save Us”

Introducing American Prestige and Tech Won’t Save Us
Two popular podcasts join our existing roster of provocative news programming devoted to providing unconventional perspectives that challenge authority, question the status quo.
We are proud to announce The Nation will be adding two new weekly programs to our ever-expanding roster of regular podcasts: American Prestige and Tech Won’t Save Us. Offering fresh perspectives on our tangible and intangible worlds, the complementary programs will challenge conventional wisdom about the figures and forces shaping power, policy, and politics around the globe and in our everyday lives.

 

American Prestige fills a niche in the landscape of foreign policy podcasts. Skeptical of the narrow range of views on offer by most in the mainstream, cohosts Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison begin with a revolutionary premise: What would US foreign policy look like if the interests of all the people in the world, and not only those of a tiny subset of Americans, were taken into account? New episodes air Tuesdays, and the first episode presented by The Nation is “Kissinger and Nixon in Southeast Asia with Carolyn Eisenberg.”

 

Tech Won’t Save Us similarly offers a challenge to dominant narratives—those of Silicon Valley—by presenting a better understanding of how power is wielded through technology, and why behemoths of the industry must be questioned and their motives exposed. Recognizing that tech is inherently political and that ignoring that has serious consequences, host Paris Marx encourages listeners to think beyond the confines of capitalism, to consider how we can dismantle oppressive technologies and develop technological power for the public good. New episodes air Thursdays, and the first episode presented by The Nation is “What Social Media Meant for the Mass Protest Decade.”

 

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Kissinger and Nixon in Southeast Asia With Carolyn Eisenberg
On this episode of American Prestige, an exploration of Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon’s joint pursuit of war in Southeast Asia during the 1960s and ’70s.
 
What Social Media Meant for the Mass Protest Decade
On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Vincent Bevins discusses why the horizontalism of the 2010s mass protest movements didn’t quite work.
 
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