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Turbulence
Turbulence is a podcast about the end of the American empire, or the end of the world—whichever comes first. Join Dylan Saba, M Ceniza, and friends as they navigate the geopolitical chaos of a world-system in flux.
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Episodes
TurbulenceEpisode 17: Settler Empire w/ Darryl Li
Darryl Li joins us to assess the post-October 7 conjuncture, the US-Israel relationship, and the new regional order emerging out of the Iran war. This is the…
TurbulenceBONUS: Operation Epic Mistake
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We continue our coverage of the Iran war with a discussion of the new…
TurbulenceEpisode 16: Cuba, Defiant w/ Helen Yaffe
Helen Yaffe joins us to discuss the Trump administration’s escalating attacks on Cuba, the country’s history of medical internationalism, and Che Guevara’s…
TurbulenceBONUS: Escalation Dominance
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss the rapidly expanding scope, duration, and intensity of the…
TurbulenceBONUS: Make it a World War
We discuss the US and Israel’s war of aggression on Iran that has dragged the entire region into chaos. This is a special public release of our News of the…
TurbulenceBONUS: State of the Union
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss the killing of “El Mencho” in Jalisco, an attempted gusano…
TurbulenceEpisode 15: Ghost in the Machine w/ Edward Ongweso Jr.
In the first installment of our Political Economy of Genocide series, we are joined by Edward Ongweso Jr. to discuss the use of artificial intelligence in war…
TurbulenceBONUS: A Masterclass in Munich
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss the legal troubles of the British royal family, the…
TurbulenceEpisode 14: Policing and the Counterinsurgency State w/ Stuart Schrader
Stuart Schrader joins us to discuss the Cold War origins of modern policing, the ongoing ICE and CBP deployments, and Zohran Mamdani’s attempts to reform the…
TurbulenceBONUS: A War on Cuba
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss the blockade of Cuba, the US-Iran negotiations, an…
TurbulenceEpisode 13: UAE's Weaponized Interdependence w/ Andreas Krieg
Andreas Krieg joins us to discuss the United Arab Emirates’ regional rivalry with Saudi Arabia, its cultivation of an ‘Axis of Secessionists,’ and what its…
TurbulenceBONUS: Mutually Assured Destruction
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss the US-Iran negotiations in Muscat, the end of nuclear…
TurbulenceEpisode 12: Ecology of Empire w/ Abby Martin
Abby Martin of Empire Files joins us to discuss the devastating environmental impacts of US militarism, the murder-suicide pact embraced by our ruling class…
TurbulenceBONUS: A New World Order w/ Jake Romm
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com In part two of our conversation with Jake Romm, we discuss October 7th…
TurbulenceEpisode 11: Deconstructing the Law of War w/ Jake Romm
Jake Romm joins us to discuss the construction of the liberal international order, the latent imperialism of just war theory, and the legal infrastructure of…
TurbulenceBONUS: Catastrophic Success
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss the state of the world order as seen from Davos, Ahmed…
TurbulenceEpisode 10: Gaza vs. the World w/ Abdaljawad Omar
Abdaljawad Omar joins us to discuss life under occupation in the West Bank, Israel’s strategy of permanence through crisis, and what Palestinian resistance…
TurbulenceBONUS: We Are Jerome Powell
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss the Tony Dokoupil Century of Humiliation, NATO’s troop…
TurbulenceEpisode 9: Venezuela Under Siege w/ José Luis Granados Ceja
José Luis Granados Ceja joins us to discuss the abduction of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, the US’s long war on the Bolivarian Revolution, and what to…
TurbulenceBONUS: The Border is Everywhere
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss the abduction of Nicolás Maduro, the murder of Renee Nicole…
TurbulenceEpisode 8: The Scramble For Somalia w/ Samar Al-Bulushi
Samar Al-Bulushi joins us to discuss Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, US intervention in the Horn of Africa, and why the Red Sea corridor has become such a…
TurbulenceBONUS: Botched Bari
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss Trump’s threatened blockade of Venezuelan oil, the expanded…
TurbulenceEpisode 7: Black Internationalism w/ Adom Getachew
Adom Getachew joins us to discuss self-determination, pan-Africanism, and the life and thought of Marcus Garvey. Check out Getachew’s book, Worldmaking After…
TurbulenceBONUS: December Q&A Livestream
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com In our first Q&A livestream, we were joined by Hassan from Episode 4…
TurbulenceEpisode 6: Lebanon and the Party of God w/ Rania Khalek
Rania Khalek joins us to discuss the history of Hezbollah, Lebanon’s struggle for sovereignty in the face of US interference and Israeli aggression, and the…
TurbulenceBONUS: Dirty Laundry
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss the death of Yasser Abu Shabab, Netanyahu’s corruption…
TurbulenceEpisode 5: The Axis of Resistance w/ Rob Ashlar
Our friend Rob Ashlar joins us to discuss the myths and realities of the Axis of Resistance, Iranian grand strategy, and the unifying power of the Palestinian…
TurbulenceBONUS: The Brazilian Bungler
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss Jair Bolsonaro’s failed attempt to escape from house…
TurbulenceBONUS: Bored of Peace
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit turbulencepod.substack.com We discuss the McDonald’s Summit, the Donroe Doctrine, Mohammad bin…
TurbulenceEpisode 4: Sudan in the World-System w/ Hassan
Our friend Hassan joins us to discuss the devastating civil war in Sudan, the geopolitical strategy of the United Arab Emirates, and US counter-rationality as…
TurbulenceTEASER: Mamdani Madness
We discuss Kazakhstan joining the Abraham Accords, the absurd failure of Saudi Arabia’s Neom, Jolani’s White House visit, and offer a critical assessment of…
TurbulenceEpisode 3: Black August, Black September w/ Orisanmi Burton
Orisanmi Burton joins us to discuss the legacy of Assata Shakur, the prison as a form of warfare, and transnational solidarity between Black and Palestinian…
TurbulenceEpisode 2: The Palestine-Mexico Border w/ Alexander Aviña
Alexander Aviña joins us to discuss Israel’s Cold War involvement in Latin America, the invention of “narcoterrorism,” and the potential for solidarity between…
TurbulenceEpisode 1: Yemen's Solidarity Blockade w/ Laleh Khalili
Laleh Khalili joins us to discuss Ansarallah’s naval blockade in support of Palestine, the politics and history of the commodities trade in the Arabian…
TurbulenceEpisode 0: Introducing Turbulence
Audio: George Habash speaks on U.S. role in Palestine and Lebanon, January 1979. Theme: Eye for an Eye, Haram (2017) Art: Vivek Venkatraman The American…
TurbulenceTEASER: Turbulence (Premiering October 28, 2025)
Audio: George Habash speaks on U.S. role in Palestine and Lebanon, January 1979. Theme: Eye for an Eye, Haram (2017) The American Century is ending. So far…