The Control Zone
A podcast series exploring how modern occupations sustain colonial power under new names.
Episodes
In this episode of The Control Zone, hosts Jessica Buxbaum and Kellie Kuenzle speak with Dean Saranillio, author of Unsustainable Empire: Alternative Histories of Hawaiʻi Statehood, about Hawaiʻi’s transformation from a sovereign kingdom into a US territory and, eventually, a state in 1959.
This discussion examine how race, economic interests, US expansionism, and Cold War anticommunism shaped the debate over Hawaiʻi&rs...
In this episode of The Control Zone, hosts Kellie Kuenzle and Jessica Buxbaum speak with Siranush Sargsyan, an Artsakhtsi Armenian journalist and human rights advocate who was displaced from her homeland in 2023.
Currently in Portugal, Sargsyan talks to The Control Zone about living through war, her experience as a refugee in Armenia and abroad, and her hopes to return to Artsakh.
This is the third and final episode in our three-p...
In this episode of The Control Zone, hosts Kellie Kuenzle and Jessica Buxbaum speak with Javid Agha, an Azerbaijani journalist currently in exile in Warsaw, Poland, on the history of Armenian and Azerbaijani occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh, or Artsakh.
We speak with Agha on the conflict's origins, Soviet influence, and the international community's short attention span in regards to solving the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis. Agha shares t...
In this episode of The Control Zone, hosts Jessica Buxbaum and Kellie Kuenzle speak with Thomas de Waal, a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe and the author of Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War, a definitive study of Nagorno-Karabakh, or Artsakh, a mountainous enclave claimed by both Armenia and Azerbaijan, two former Soviet republics.
Our conversation covers the conflict's history from the collapse of ...
This is the second installment of The Control Zone's two-part conversation with Palestinian writer and political analyst Muhammad Shehada and the final episode of our series, The Occupation of Gaza: From the Early 20th Century to Today.
In this episode of The Control Zone, hosts Jessica Buxbaum and Kellie Kuenzle speak with Shehada about the current state of Gaza, proposed US-led reconstruction schemes a...
In this episode of The Control Zone, hosts Jessica Buxbaum and Kellie Kuenzle speak with Palestinian writer and political analyst Muhammad Shehada about the current state of Gaza, the aftermath of the ceasefire, Israel’s military expansion, proposed US-led reconstruction schemes, and the rise of Israeli-backed criminal gangs accused of looting humanitarian aid.
Shehada explains how Gaza’s des...
In this episode of The Control Zone, hosts Jessica Buxbaum and Kellie Kuenzle speak with modern Middle East historian Dr. Anne Irfan on the history of Israel's occupation Gaza from the 1967 Arab-Israeli War until the outbreak of Israel's genocidal war on Gaza in 2023. Irfan, author of the newly-released, A Short History of the Gaza Strip, breaks down the rapid transition from Egyptian rule to Israeli military occupation in 1967 &md...
In this episode of The Control Zone, hosts Jessica Buxbaum and Kellie Kuenzle launch a four-part series exploring the history of military occupation in Gaza. Joined by historian Roberto Mazza, a visiting scholar at the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs at Northwestern University and host of the Jerusalem Unplugged podcast, the conversation traces the historical foundations that shaped Gaza long before what we see today.
The epis...
In the debut episode of The Control Zone, hosts Jessica Buxbaum and Kellie Kuenzle trace the long and contested history of military occupation, from its earliest legal foundations to the complex, technological systems of control we see today.
Their first guest, occupation studies scholar Peter Stirk, former director of the Centre for the History of Political Thought at Durham University, unpacks the origins of military occupation a...
Popular Podcasts
Betrayal Weekly is back for a new season. Every Thursday, Betrayal Weekly shares first-hand accounts of broken trust, shocking deceptions, and the trail of destruction they leave behind. Hosted by Andrea Gunning, this weekly ongoing series digs into real-life stories of betrayal and the aftermath. From stories of double lives to dark discoveries, these are cautionary tales and accounts of resilience against all odds. From the producers of the critically acclaimed Betrayal series, Betrayal Weekly drops new episodes every Thursday. If you would like to share your story, you can reach out to the Betrayal Team by emailing them at betrayalpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram at @betrayalpod and @glasspodcasts. Please join our Substack for additional exclusive content, curated book recommendations, and community discussions. Sign up FREE by clicking this link Beyond Betrayal Substack. Join our community dedicated to truth, resilience, and healing. Your voice matters! Be a part of our Betrayal journey on Substack.
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
Listen to 'The Bobby Bones Show' by downloading the daily full replay.
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show. Clay Travis and Buck Sexton tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and current events with intelligence and humor. From the border crisis, to the madness of cancel culture and far-left missteps, Clay and Buck guide listeners through the latest headlines and hot topics with fun and entertaining conversations and opinions.