S4 E9: American Empire

Scene on Radio: Capitalism

Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University

Society & Culture, Audiodoc, Radio, Documentary, Stories

4.9 • 11K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

“America” and “empire.” Do those words go together? If so, what kind of imperialism does the U.S. practice, and how has American empire changed over time?

By host and producer John Biewen, with series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika. Interviews with Nikhil Singh and Daniel Immerwahr.

The series editor is Loretta Williams. Music by Algiers, John Erik Kaada, Eric Neveux, and
Lucas Biewen. Music consulting and production help from Joe Augustine of Narrative Music.

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0:00.0	Chandra, we are opening a can of worms with this one.
0:06.2	We've talked a lot about how the US has dealt with democracy on the North American continent,
0:13.2	but we really haven't explored the US role in democracy out there in the larger world.
0:19.4	Ah, so you mean like how we've brought democracy to other people around the world?
0:25.2	Well, we brought something.
0:27.8	But yes, actually I thought we should, as part of this series, we should explore an idea
0:32.8	that is controversial for a lot of people, and that is the idea of American Empire.
0:38.6	Okay, so what you're saying is we're about to start a whole new podcast, like right now.
0:44.7	No, exactly.
0:45.9	Yeah.
0:46.9	Obviously it could at least be a 20-part series, but actually for today, maybe could we just
0:54.2	do one episode?
0:55.9	I think it's easy, actually.
0:57.6	America is not an empire.
0:59.4	We're a force for freedom in the world, and my evidence for this is World War II, and
1:06.7	I think we're done.
1:08.2	You know?
1:09.2	Thanks for listening.
1:10.2	Yeah, that does settle it, really.
1:14.0	No, man.
1:15.0	You know, this is one of those areas where I think it's good to have a podcast actually, because
1:19.6	you know, this stuff comes up in my social world, you know, like dinner parties.
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