Radio War Nerd EP 580 — Blowback: Angola Wars, feat. Brendan James & Noah Kulwin

Guests: Brendan James & Noah Kulwin, BlowbackRecorded: February 6, 2026 The co-hosts of the great Blowback show return to RWN to talk about their series covering the long, bloody series of wars in Angola, from its independence from Portugal in 1975, when the US put a bead on Angola as its next Cold War battlefield, through the wars against apartheid South Africa with Angola's Cuban allies, and into the gory post-Cold War/post-apartheid era, when UNITA's charismatic sociopath Jonas Savimbi launched a new phase of Angola bloodletting. Subscribe to Blowback and get all the seasons & extras! Further RWN listening:-EP #475 — Blowback: Cambodia-EP #395 — Blowback: Afghanistan-EP #341 — Blowback: The Korean War-EP #232 — Cuba in Angola Wars, with Piero Gleijeses Total time: 1:32:51Direct link to this episode's mp3 here * Buy & review John Dolan's new book, They Should Have Been Hanged: War Nerd Essays on the U.S. Civil War Subscribe to Radio War Nerd at patreon.com/radiowarnerd Sound production by Telescope Audio