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Global power to the people. A show about the class politics of geopolitics. Hosted by Van Jackson, Julia Gledhill, and Matt Duss. The views expressed are theirs alone (not those of any institution or employer).
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Signup to Generate a PitchGlobal power to the people. A show about the class politics of geopolitics. Hosted by Van Jackson, Julia Gledhill, and Matt Duss. The views expressed are theirs alone (not those of any institution or employer).
Recent episodes include "The MAGA-Diplomat Problem | Pentagon Spies Blowing It in China | Saudi Escalation in Yemen | Ep. 325" (23 October 2026, 31 minutes), ""Greater North America" is Fascist Imperialist Geopolitics | Chris Murphy Banned | Iran War as Oligarchy’s Revenge | Nuking San Diego? | Ep. 323" (9 October 2026, 44 minutes), and "Pete Hegseth's Counter-Revolutionary Future of War | Ep. 322" (3 October 2026, 74 minutes).
The Un-Diplomatic Podcast publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 65 minutes across 326 episodes.
Booking probability for The Un-Diplomatic Podcast is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Un-Diplomatic Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Un-Diplomatic Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for The Un-Diplomatic Podcast are Government & Politics. The Un-Diplomatic Podcast has a news audience and around 2,200 subscribers on YouTube.
The Un-Diplomatic Podcast is a news podcast with 326 episodes published.
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Episode #327
The State Department is now vetting career employees for political loyalty to the president...in the past and now, against the law. The Pentagon is deploying corporate spies in China to steal tech secrets. Saudi Arabia...
The Trump administration's new geopolitical concept of "Greater North America" is fascist imagineering of international relations. It's imperialist, but a variation that differs meaningfully from liberal empire..and the...
Separating truth from fiction in Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's "State of the Force" speech at Quantico. How is a crisis of capitalism driving a crisis of American militarism? Why is he accusing journalists of treason...
A new campaign just launched called Drop The Genocide 20. It demands banning the leading officials from the Biden administration most responsible for Gaza policy since October 7, 2023--and every person with a policy...
A new report from Defense Priorities has a radical proposal: End US alliances with South Korea, Japan, Australia, and the Philippines; drastically cut US military presence in East Asia; declare a non-intervention policy...
In this episode: Why "purging immigrants" doesn't fix working-class wages—it's a wealth story, not a race story. Attending New Zealand's student-led "School Strike 4 Climate" in Wellington—how the movement's demands...
Episode #319
How has labor organizing of tech workers changed from the early 2010s to today? What has been the tech oligarch playbook for labor repression, and why have tech billionaires mutated into oligarchs? How did Kickstarter...
Why are US troops in South Korea? Dr. Van Jackson talks about his history working Korea policy, and why he doesn't think the old rationale holds up in 2026. The real meaning of the Pentagon's announcement to produce...
What Tupac Shakur would've made of Marco Rubio (nothing good!). Tyler Austin Harper's essay in The Atlantic about leaving academia out of frustration at being a "Token Black Professor." University students skipping...
What is the meaning of empire? Ta-Nehisi Coates commiserates with Hasan Minhaj about living unaware of American imperialism for too long, and Dr. Van Jackson explains why coming to consciousness about empire was key to...
What is the meaning of left populism and what does it stand for? Inside the politics of the most popular candidates running in 2026, from William Lawrence to Francesca Hong. What happened at the Pentagon's secret...
The Trump administration is trying to manufacture a new anti-communist red scare, enlisting the national security state into a counter-revolutionary political project. Marco Rubio is obsessed with making Cuba an enemy...
Trump's speech to the nation claiming that China stole the election from him is a farce, and an excuse to use the power of the state against his political enemies. Dr. Van Jackson warned about this in the 2025 book The...
Why we're seeing a rise in geopolitical gambling, speculation, and insider trading. Why the Iran War ceasefire was always going to fail. How to make sense of China's submarine-launched ballistic missile test over the...
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is winning elections around the US. Their growing popularity is a democratic response to growing insecurity in an age of oligarchy. Zach Woods (from HBO's Silicon Valley) goes...
Episode #310
Why is America no longer the global hegemon? What is world order becoming after liberal hegemony? What's happening to international relations as a discipline? What does it mean to say that the era of ideology is over...
Inside the peace deal end the US war against Iran--and the spoilers that can bring it down. What’s behind the Department of War’s name change from Indo-Pacific Command to Pacific Command? Why decolonizing the Pacific...
Episode #308
Harrison Mann was an army intelligence officer who resigned in protest against the genocide in Gaza in 2024. Since then, he's been a man on a mission--against war, against the political appointees who perpetuate war...
<p>The government is now going after regular people who oppose data centers and are calling it "anti-tech extremist violence." Congress's anti-China data center conspiracy theory is a very real farce. Bernie Sanders is...
<p>Antiwar comedy kills! Orli Matlow (host of War is Stupid: An Antiwar Podcast About War) and William Hartung (co-author of the Trillion-Dollar War Machine) are both comedians who make jokes against militarism and war...
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executive vice-president, Center for International Foreign Policy
State Representative, candidate for U.S. Senate, Democratic Socialists of America
retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future
U.S. House candidate, Michigan U.S. House
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