# Consequential Actions Podcast Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158.md RSS feed: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/465374/s/4746.rss Official site: https://jeffkellick.substack.com/s/consequential-actions-podcast Author: Jeff Kellick Episodes: 80 ## Resource A discussion on the decisions that impact security, technology, and the economy. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158.md ## Episodes - [The Golden Thread](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/the-golden-thread) — 2026-06-13T00:22:23+00:00 - [Republic or Empire — Where Do We Go From Here?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/republic-or-empire-where-do-we-go-from-here) — 2026-06-05T10:30:00+00:00 - [Libertarians Being Libertarian: After Kentucky](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/libertarians-being-libertarian-after-kentucky) — 2026-05-20T20:29:40+00:00 - [The Aristocracy of Pull — From Smedley Butler to the Equity State](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/the-aristocracy-of-pull-from-smedley-butler-to-the-equity-state) — 2026-05-19T02:05:58+00:00 - [“The Monroe Doctrine Inverted” — Venezuela and the Ongoing Interventions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/the-monroe-doctrine-inverted-venezuela-and-the-ongoing-interventions) — 2026-05-15T18:00:00+00:00 - [The Adjective and the Noun](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/the-adjective-and-the-noun) — 2026-05-13T11:00:00+00:00 - [What Are Sanctions — Do They Work, and Who Pays the Price](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/what-are-sanctions-do-they-work-and-who-pays-the-price) — 2026-05-11T23:52:26+00:00 - [The Exorbitant Privilege](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/the-exorbitant-privilege) — 2026-05-08T11:00:00+00:00 - [The Bear Fed — How the Iran War Handed Russia the Negotiating Position It Could Not Win on the Battlefield](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/the-bear-fed-how-the-iran-war-handed-russia-the-negotiating-position-it-could-not-win-on-the-battlefield) — 2026-05-05T01:43:17+00:00 - [The Bear Baited](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/the-bear-baited) — 2026-05-01T14:14:06+00:00 - [Whose Liberation, Whose Loss? — The Pattern of Intervention’s Aftermath, From Baghdad to Tehran](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/whose-liberation-whose-loss-the-pattern-of-intervention-s-aftermath-from-baghdad-to-tehran) — 2026-04-27T13:10:56+00:00 - [“The Arab Spring’s Winter” — Libya, Syria, Yemen, and the Pattern Continues](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/the-arab-spring-s-winter-libya-syria-yemen-and-the-pattern-continues) — 2026-04-24T10:00:00+00:00 - [The People’s House? — The Engineered Paradox and How Congress Built a Machine Against Accountability](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/the-people-s-house-the-engineered-paradox-and-how-congress-built-a-machine-against-accountability) — 2026-04-20T12:00:00+00:00 - [“The Long War”—Afghanistan Redux and the Iraq Catastrophe](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/the-long-war-afghanistan-redux-and-the-iraq-catastrophe) — 2026-04-17T12:30:00+00:00 - [The Echo Chamber — Foreign Influence and the Iran War](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/the-echo-chamber-foreign-influence-and-the-iran-war) — 2026-04-13T14:00:00+00:00 - [“The Special Relationship and the Israel Lobby”—Foreign Influence on American Policy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/the-special-relationship-and-the-israel-lobby-foreign-influence-on-american-policy) — 2026-04-11T09:37:01+00:00 - [The Petrodollar’s Last Stand—How a War to Save Hegemony May End It](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/the-petrodollar-s-last-stand-how-a-war-to-save-hegemony-may-end-it) — 2026-04-06T10:30:00+00:00 - [The Indispensable Nation—Post-Cold War Interventionism and the Squandered Peace](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/the-indispensable-nation-post-cold-war-interventionism-and-the-squandered-peace) — 2026-04-03T11:00:00+00:00 - [Charlie Wilson's Warning—From the Mujahideen to the Kurds to the Failed State](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/charlie-wilson-s-warning-from-the-mujahideen-to-the-kurds-to-the-failed-state) — 2026-03-30T10:39:12+00:00 - [Charlie Wilson's Blowback—Afghanistan and the Creation of al-Qaeda](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/charlie-wilson-s-blowback-afghanistan-and-the-creation-of-al-qaeda) — 2026-03-27T10:00:00+00:00 - [The Lights Go Out—From Rolling Thunder to the 48-Hour Ultimatum](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/the-lights-go-out-from-rolling-thunder-to-the-48-hour-ultimatum) — 2026-03-24T00:39:47+00:00 - [Graveyard of Empires—Vietnam and the Limits of Power](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/graveyard-of-empires-vietnam-and-the-limits-of-power) — 2026-03-20T14:05:48+00:00 - [Who Guards the Guardians?—Congress, Accountability, and the Lessons of Mockingbird](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/who-guards-the-guardians-congress-accountability-and-the-lessons-of-mockingbird) — 2026-03-17T08:37:52+00:00 - [Why This War? — The Motivations Behind the War on Iran](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/why-this-war-the-motivations-behind-the-war-on-iran) — 2026-03-15T08:32:45+00:00 - [The Quiet Americans—CIA Operations from Cuba to Chile](https://stenobird.com/podcast/consequential-actions-podcast-7101158/the-quiet-americans-cia-operations-from-cuba-to-chile) — 2026-03-13T09:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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