Weekends: How the US Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War w/ Sam Moyn
Jacobin Radio
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4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2021
⏱️ 112 minutes
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Summary
Samuel Moyn, author of the new book Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War, joins Weekends to explain why the US shifted to “humane” forms of warfare to justify and perpetuate never-ending foreign interventions.
Weekends with Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila features free-flowing and humorous commentary on current events and political strategy. This is the podcast version of the show from October 1, 2021, with Cale Brooks filling in for Ana.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone, welcome to your latest edition of Jacobin Weekends. |
| 0:20.1 | I am your host, Nando Vila, and a conspirator off today because she's doing something very |
| 0:27.6 | scary. |
| 0:28.6 | What if we can talk about it? |
| 0:30.6 | Are we allowed to talk about it, Kale? |
| 0:32.6 | I don't know. |
| 0:33.6 | I was about to mention it. |
| 0:34.6 | That's not talking about it. |
| 0:35.6 | Let's give people intrigue. |
| 0:37.6 | But yeah, she's doing something very, very skinny. |
| 0:40.6 | So I am joined today by our producer. |
| 0:43.6 | It's just hyper-oping across a volcano. |
| 0:46.6 | Yes. |
| 0:47.6 | Essentially, metaphorically. |
| 0:48.6 | With piranhas. |
| 0:49.6 | There's piranhas in the volcano. |
| 0:50.6 | They're fire-resistant piranhas that they engineered in a lab specifically for any type of |
| 0:55.6 | freaking laser beams. |
| 0:56.6 | So yes, I am joined by producer, Kale Brooks, who has got a big, big opportunity, dude. |
| 1:04.6 | Is the big opportunity to jump in front? |
| 1:07.6 | I know you've been, like, you've been championing at the bit for this for years. |
| 1:12.6 | Literally years you've been hoping that finally your contributions will be recognized and you'll get the shot at the chair. |
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