The Road To Venezuela Pt. 2 - Crisis In Venezuela (WITW March 2017)

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Adam Brown

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🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Adam continues the deep dive into the YDELP Network archives to revisit all of the times we've mentioned the prospect of war with Venezuela. The chronology takes a hit today with this episode of the What In The World podcast from March 2017 that actually predates the Unpopular Opinion episode we posted yesterday. On this episode, Adam and then co-host Quincy Johnson talk to a friend of Adam's with in depth knowledge of the food shortage crisis that engulfed the country of Venezuela in the early 2010s. Now includes source links!Reference Links:2016 Living Conditions Surveyhttps://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/20/venezuelas-crisis-cause-its-people-to-cut-meals-and-lose-weight.htmlExxon Mobil Lawsuit Against Venezuelahttps://www.bbc.com/news/business-29561345Obama Declares Venezuela a National Security Threathttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/3/10/obama-declares-venezuela-a-national-security-threat Hugo Chavez Imposes DIPRO Currency Controlshttps://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/06/business/worldbusiness/venezuela-imposes-currency-controls-to-shore-up.html

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. Welcome back to the Road to Venezuela, a deep dive back through the
0:07.6	You Don't Even Like Podcast Network Archives to revisit all of the times over the years
0:13.8	where we brought up the possibility that the United States would someday launch a highly
0:19.9	consequential war in Venezuela.
0:22.9	I guess this series also doubles as me checking in with everyone to let you know that,
0:29.0	hey, I'm still alive.
0:31.0	I'm reposting these Venezuela episodes while I'm laid up recovering from a recent hospitalization.
0:39.4	But we'll be back to post a new stuff real soon.
0:42.0	I swear.
0:43.1	So the idea that we could end up at war with Venezuela seemed kind of crazy when we started
0:49.3	talking about it back in 2017.
0:52.0	Way less crazy now.
0:53.7	But also, I don't know if you can even call what's happening
0:57.0	right now a war, right? It's more just an invasion. I think we skipped some of the technicalities
1:03.6	one historically goes through to formally declare a war. We just snatched a married couple out of
1:09.9	their bed and flew him to Rikers Island
1:12.4	or some shit. Anyway, I mentioned yesterday that I was wanting to post these episodes in
1:18.8	chronological order, right? Well, I already fucked that part up. As it turns out, the episode
1:25.3	you're going to listen to today is a March 2017 episode of the
1:31.5	What in the World podcast, the 18th episode ever, back when I was hosting the show with comedian
1:39.1	Quincy Johnson. So it predates the unpopular opinion episode I posted yesterday by a few weeks.
1:46.8	Gonna be honest, this is not one of my favorite episodes in retrospect.
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