Blowback

Blowback

  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    S6 Episode 7 - "Constellation"

    Reagan arrives, emboldening South Africa and Savimbi. The MPLA hangs on. Cuba recommits.

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    26 January 2026, 11:00 am
  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    S6 Episode 6 - "Total Onslaught"

    Carter goes Cold Warrior. Savimbi visits Washington. Angola loses a founding father.

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    19 January 2026, 11:00 am
  • 1 hour 18 minutes
    S6 Episode 5 - "Kicking the Dog"

    The MPLA and Jimmy Carter struggle to find their footing. Jonas Savimbi licks his wounds.

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    12 January 2026, 11:00 am
  • 1 hour 18 minutes
    S6 Episode 4 - "Zulu & Foxbat"

    South Africa invades. Cuba intervenes. Angola becomes independent.

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    5 January 2026, 11:00 am
  • 1 minute 12 seconds
    Coming Soon: No Daylight

    What lies ahead for Blowback in 2026? A mini-series on Israel and America, a comic book, our seventh season and more.

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    29 December 2025, 1:54 pm
  • 1 hour 18 minutes
    S6 Episode 3 - "The Stand"

    Angolan anti-colonial rebels challenge Portugal. Cuba brings its revolution to Africa.

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    29 December 2025, 11:00 am
  • 1 hour 2 minutes
    S6 Episode 2 - "Economy of Terror"

    A look into the Portuguese empire in southern Africa and the stirrings of nationalism in Angola.

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    22 December 2025, 11:00 am
  • 50 minutes 5 seconds
    S6 Episode 1 - "The Dead Myth"

    An introduction to and overview of our sixth season: the story of Angola, Cuba, and apartheid South Africa's Cold War showdown.



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    22 September 2025, 1:00 pm
  • 30 seconds
    Coming Soon: Blowback Season 6

    New episodes drop September 22. This season, Cuba sends an army to defend newly independent Angola from the combined forces of apartheid South Africa, the CIA, and one of the most infamous warlords of Africa.



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    10 September 2025, 5:15 pm
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
    S5 Episode 10 - "The Terrible But Unfinished Story"

    Wounded but not destroyed, Cambodia staggers into the 21st century.



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    14 February 2025, 11:35 am
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
    S5 Episode 9 - "Le Cercle Rouge"

    Vietnam ends Democratic Kampuchea and the US backs the Khmer Rouge.



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    7 February 2025, 11:10 am
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