The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

Van Jackson, Matt Duss, Julia Gledhill

Episodes 307
Avg. Duration 48m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.6 (76)
Since Sep 2019
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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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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Who Should Run Democratic Party Foreign Policy? Not the Genocide Squad! With Harrison Mann | Ep. 306

Jun 12, 2026 1h 2m

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…

Anti-Tech Extremism, or Populism? | China-Data Center Conspiracy Theory | New Zealand’s Military Trap | Bernie’s A.I. Proposal | Hegseth’s Shangri-La Primacy Fantasy | Ep. 305

Jun 05, 2026 45m

The government is now going after regular people who oppose data centers and are calling it "anti-tech extremist violence.” Congress's anti-China conspiracy theory about data center opposition in the…

Comedians Against Nuclear War, War Crimes, and Wars on Democracy, w/ Orli Matlow and William Hartung | Ep. 304

May 29, 2026 1h 7m

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…

Live! Imperial End Times: The Geopolitics of Class War in a Post-American World | Ep. 303

May 21, 2026 1h 2m

This episode is a live public lecture to the New Zealand Fabian Society in Wellington. Our governments are clinging to outdated mental maps of the world—maps that obscure the pain and profit…

China Summit Realism | Graham Platner Defines the Working Class | Gorka's Counter-Terrorism Anxiety | Ep. 302

May 15, 2026 45m

What does Trump's summit with China's Xi Jinping mean for rivalry, the permanent war economy, strategic stability, and US imperial decline? The deep sexual anxieties underneath the White House's…

A Non-Aligned Global Order and the Post-American World, w/ Nils Gilman | Ep. 301

May 08, 2026 1h

Is a new Non-Aligned Movement emerging to counter the United States (and is it trying to counter the US)? What was the original Non-Aligned Movement during the Cold War? What was the New…

Imperialist Worldmaking | Graham Platner’s Victory | Israeli Piracy | China Threat Decline | Rubio’s Panama Problem | Ep. 300

May 01, 2026 30m

Why Graham Platner's victory in the Democratic primary for Maine's senate seat is so important for the antifascist antiwar movement. Why Americans no longer believe the hype about the China threat.…

Palantir’s Fascist Manifesto | Substack Controversy | Iran Blockade Contradiction | Graham Platner’s NYT Debut | SecNav Fired | Ep. 299

Apr 24, 2026 42m

What Palantir's manifesto says about its the politics of militarism. The Substack controversy about Andrew Tate, and why we stand with Talib Kweli and W. Kamau Bell. Ben Rhodes co-signs Graham…

Peace or Barbarism! Guest Morgan Spector on Leftist Foreign Policy, Anti-Imperialism, and a Crisis of Capitalism | Ep. 298

Apr 16, 2026 1h 8m

Why did the US invade Iran? What does it have to do with American imperial decline? Why do oligarchs need the permanent war economy? Why is left populism impossible without an anti-war movement? What…

Live! Iran War Ceasefire Fail | Trump Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz | US As Anti-Hegemon | Ep. 297

Apr 13, 2026 25m

The fragile US ceasefire with Iran has collapsed. Why? What is "goliath's curse" and how does it help us understand America's maximalist demands? Is Trump's new threat to blockade the Strait of…

Live! Iran Ceasefire and the (ongoing) Risks of Nuclear War | Ep. 296

Apr 08, 2026 13m

Emergency episode covering the terms of the US-Iran ceasefire; why it signals the end of US hegemony; the risks of nuclear war, which remain in place; Israel’s role as a spoiler; indicators of…

AOC Against Arming Israel | Iran War as Class War | “3,000 Targets Left” is Not A Strategy | NATO’s America Problem | Ep. 295

Apr 02, 2026 32m

AOC announces that she opposes arming Israel in any way--a welcome shift. What makes the Iran war a class war that takes money from every worker in the world. NATO has many problems, but its biggest…

Oil Crisis, Food Crisis, and Revolution | Iran War Casualties | Bombing Ecuador | Cuba Blockade | Far-Right Death Threats | Ep. 294

Mar 27, 2026 43m

While America's war in Iran slides into higher casualties and greater costs, most of the world remains distracted from America's illegal blockade of Cuba--an act of war. Why the oil crisis is going…

The Anti-Imperialist Opportunity w/ Morgan Spector: A Bang-Bang Podcast Crossover | Ep. 293

Mar 26, 2026 44m

Free episode crossover with The Bang-Bang Podcast! You might know Morgan Spector as the critically acclaimed leading man in The Gilded Age and The Plot Against America. Or for his appearances in…

The Iran War is a Global financial Crisis | China Doesn't Want Hegemony | Joe Kent's Resignation | Ep. 292

Mar 20, 2026 30m

Why the Iran war is creating a global financial crisis. Why China doesn't want global hegemony, but if it did, now is the best time imaginable. Signs of American hegemonic decline. And Joe Kent's…

Trading War with China for War with Iran? The Truth About A Munitions Shortfall | Ep. 291

Mar 11, 2026 18m

What is the US shortage of standoff weapons? What's Iran's strategy? Why are missile defense systems moving from South Korea to the Middle East? And why is it wrong to believe that war with Iran…

Techno-Industrialism and the Plot to Save America, w/ Maddy Crowell | Ep. 290

Mar 06, 2026 34m

What is techno-industrialism, who benefits from it, and what does it mean for the working class? Maddy Crowell joins Julia Gledhill on the podcast to discuss her new article in Harper’s Magazine, in…

Five Uncomfortable Truths About War Against Iran | Ep. 289

Mar 02, 2026 16m

In this episode live on location in the Kapiti Coast (the background noise is the ocean), Dr. Van Jackson explains five truths about war with Iran that account for why the war happened, who benefits…

Iran War Conspiracy | A.I. Nuclear Escalation Threat | Joint Staff Purge | Palantir Democrats | Ep. 288

Feb 27, 2026 37m

As the Trump administration prepares for war with Iran, why does it suddenly care about manufacturing consent? Inside the US military's munitions shortfall and what it says about capitalism,…

AOC's Anti-Fascist Foreign Policy | Iran War Dilemma | Anthropic A.I. Against the War Machine? | Democratic Party in Crisis | Ep. 287

Feb 20, 2026 41m

What did AOC reveal about her foreign policy vision during her trip to Germany and the Munich Security Conference? Why is the US about to illegally attack Iran, again? Proof from the New York Times…

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