The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

Global power to the people. A show about the class politics of geopolitics. Hosted by Van Jackson, Julia Gledhill, and Matt Duss.

[Van Jackson @RealVanJackson]

On Jewish privilege and going viral as an anti-war comedian. Hilarious time having Bill Hartung and Orli Matlow on the pod! @WilliamHartung

[Van Jackson @RealVanJackson]

Antiwar comedy kills! On doing comedy in a country always at war, w/ Orli Matlow (host of War is Stupid: An Antiwar Podcast About War) and William Hartung (co-author of the Trillion-Dollar War Machine) https://t.co/B6tp0bjT5z

[Van Jackson @RealVanJackson]

In “Imperial End Times,” I present my theory of (nearly) everything, explaining how global war-making, far-right politics, the dehumanization of our neighbors, and domes inequality knit together into a single story https://t.co/aJdJi9wmgC

[The Un-Diplomatic Podcast @UnDiplomaticPod]

For anyone with hangups about Substack, Un-Diplomatic posts and subscriptions will soon be available on Patreon as an alternative! https://t.co/Uv47dLMRJ6

[Julia Gledhill @JuliaGledhill]

Including a surprise appearance by my cat

[The Un-Diplomatic Podcast @UnDiplomaticPod]

“What this means is that China cannot be hegemon and likely never will be—that’s just an anachronistic way of thinking about the world.” https://t.co/CQVUEVPd2u

[The Un-Diplomatic Podcast @UnDiplomaticPod]

From China summit realism to counter-terrorism sexual anxieties to Graham Platner’s explanation of the working class, this episode’s got it all! @RealVanJackson @mattduss @JuliaGledhill https://t.co/T4geK1O1Qm

[Van Jackson @RealVanJackson]

I’ll be giving a public lecture next week about the geopolitics of class war at the NZ Fabian Society. If you’re in Wellington, come in person! If you’re elsewhere, it'll be live-streamed on YouTube https://t.co/NfAh2GPRnv

[Van Jackson @RealVanJackson]

Can America be peaceful? My convo with Nils Gilman has me taking up the role of optimist!

[Van Jackson @RealVanJackson]

“The risk that entire Pacific nations become zones for extraction or wartime sacrifice increases when policymakers imagine it as a blank canvas for a ‘great game’.” https://t.co/64mAgGFwbc

[Van Jackson @RealVanJackson]

Awesome finally getting to chat with Nils Gilman about the new Non-Aligned Movement and a global order after American hegemony https://t.co/PoPO0bgkzG

[The Un-Diplomatic Podcast @UnDiplomaticPod]

Awesome finally getting to chat with Nils Gilman about the new Non-Aligned Movement and a global order after American hegemony https://t.co/6JecpnmQbM

[Van Jackson @RealVanJackson]

On Graham Platner, ending oligarchy, and the promise of left populism. As Morgan Spector said in a recent episode of the pod, "Someone is drinking your milkshake!" @grahamformaine is gonna help you take it back

[Van Jackson @RealVanJackson]

“The toilet-paper arson is a byproduct of the oligarchy reflected in the data. And yet the policy wonks who make and interpret k-shaped data charts are not trained to grasp the pain of living on the losing end of abstractions and logic puzzles” https://t.co/II10UgMEg6

[Van Jackson @RealVanJackson]

Military spending is bad for economic productivity and has the lowest job multiplier effect of government spending compared to the same amount spent in any other sector. There are studies about this! Facts are supposed to be a constraint on liberal pablum

[Van Jackson @RealVanJackson]

We would all be a lot better off if we proceeded with the starting assumption that—with few exceptions—states are bad, because they’re ruled by self-interested elites who share little in common with those they govern. https://t.co/sjgtPJoXew

[Van Jackson @RealVanJackson]

On Iran’s appropriation of Nipsey Hussle and the anti-imperialism of fools https://t.co/cHvNrOhM62

[Van Jackson @RealVanJackson]

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[Van Jackson @RealVanJackson]

@hasanthehun “We’ve got to reimagine who we are post-Cold War and work together in some way. But that starts with PUTTING PEOPLE IN JAIL ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM!”

[The Un-Diplomatic Podcast @UnDiplomaticPod]

@DanGarrett97 You're an old fat grotesque boomer who's a cheeseburger away from a coronary. You don't have standing to talk about anyone's looks, just like your pro-imperial campist politics leave you no standing to criticize the anti-imperialism of others