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Aftershock: The War on Terror

Episode 1: With Us or Against Us

20 Nov 2025

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In the days after 9/11, George W. Bush declared a state of emergency and initiated what would become an unprecedented expansion of US power. Public debate narrowed: there were new limits on what was acceptable, and not acceptable, to say. The London Review of Books published a number of pieces that challenged this consensus, forcing its editor, Mary-Kay Wilmers, to defend the paper on national radio. More from the LRB The Belgrano Diary: https://lrb.me/belgranowotpod Subscribe to the LRB: ⁠⁠https://lrb.me/subswotpod Close Readings podcast: ⁠https://lrb.me/crwotpod LRB Audiobooks: ⁠https://lrb.me/audiobookswotpod Bags, binders and more at the LRB Store: ⁠https://lrb.me/storewotpod Get in touch: [email protected] Archive in this episode: Rutgers Law Review‘CNN Live’/CNN‘Good Morning America’/ABC‘Good Day New York’/FOX5 New York/FOX‘SmackDown’/USA Network/WWE‘Meet the Press’/NBC/NBC News Productions‘Broadcasting House’/BBC Radio 4/BBC

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