Recorded: August 11, 2021
We talk to author Anatol Lieven, who first reported on Afghanistan back in the late 1980s, about the the shocking speed of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, and the collapse of US-backed Afghanistan regime.
At 58:40 - the Nerd & Ames discuss the latest from the Tigray-Ethiopia conflict, and the books they're reading.
Have to say this is one of my favorite podcasts at the moment. I'm listening to their recent episode on the ANC insurgency in South Africa and it's just so amazingly informed.