Weekends: Power, Profit, and the American War Machine w/ Andrew Cockburn

<p>Journalist Andrew Cockburn, author of the new book <em>The Spoils of War</em>, explains why the United States’ astronomical Pentagon budget hasn’t led to better national defense and what’s driving the growth of the military industrial complex today.</p><br /><p>Weekends with Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila features free-flowing and humorous commentary on current events and political strategy. This is the podcast version of the show from October 22, 2021, with producer Cale filling in for Nando.</p><br /><p><span>Verso book club:</span><a href="https://www.versobooks.com/bookclub" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"></a><a href="https://www.versobooks.com/bookclub" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.versobooks.com/bookclub</a></p><br /><p><span>Subscribe to Jacobin for just $10:</span><a href="https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYT" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"></a><a href="https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYT" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYT</a></p><br /><p><span>Music provided by Zonkey:</span><a href="https://linktr.ee/zonkey" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"></a><a href="https://linktr.ee/zonkey" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://linktr.ee/zonkey</a></p><br /><p><span>Patreon:</span><a href="https://www.patreon.com/jacobinmag" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"></a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/jacobinmag" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.patreon.com/jacobinmag</a></p>