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Episode 1 - Notes, Sources, and Credits
1 | Conflict in Afghanistan
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-----Description of Podcast-----
The United States withdrawal from Afghanistan has sparked a major bipartisan uproar. The Taliban regained control of Afghanistan faster than people had expected. In this podcast, YuYu Yuan and Spencer Travis work to break down the conflict in Afghanistan and answer questions (from both sides) to explain the issues pertaining to the United States’ withdrawal.
-----Sources from this Podcast-----
A Quick and Dirty Guide to War by James Dunnigan and Austin Bay
USA Today - Afghanistan Withdrawal to Extend to Aug. 31 Deadline - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/22/afghanistan-news-7-die-kabul-airport-us-airlines-join-evacuation/8208465002/
CNN - Biden’s Withdrawal is not about Good Politics - https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/22/politics/biden-afghanistan-politics-and-polling/index.html
Aljazeera - ‘All Afghans’ should feel safe under Taliban, says security chief - https://aje.io/2adpuj
NYTimes - ISIS posing a severe threat to U.S. evacuations - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/22/us/politics/isis-kabul-airport.html?referringSource=articleShare
LA Times - With no dollars coming in, Afghanistan faces an economic cataclysm - https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-08-22/taliban-finances-collapse
Aljazeera - The history of the Taliban - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/18/this-history-of-the-taliban
Council on Foreign Relations - The Taliban in Afghanistan - https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/taliban-afghanistan
NPR - Here is why Biden is sticking with the US exit from Afghanistan - https://www.npr.org/2021/08/14/1027552833/heres-why-biden-is-sticking-with-the-u-s-exit-from-afghanistan
Military History - First Anglo-Afghan War - https://www.military-history.org/feature/the-first-anglo-afghan-war-1839-1842.htm
NYTimes - 20-Year U.S. History in Afghanistan, Explained - https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/17/world/taliban-afghanistan-news#the-united-states-20-year-war-in-afghanistan-explained
NYTimes - Taliban Rejecting Delays for U.S. Withdrawal - https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/24/world/afghanistan-taliban-kabul-news/the-taliban-block-afghans-access-to-kabuls-airport-and-reject-any-delay-of-the-us-withdrawal
NYTimes - CIA Director had Secret Meeting with the Taliban - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/24/world/asia/cia-taliban-william-burns-afghanistan.html
NYTimes - G7 virtual summit is expected to push Biden to extend the evacuation deadline - https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/24/world/afghanistan-taliban-kabul-news/g7-leaders-are-expected-to-push-biden-to-extend-the-evacuation-timeline
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-----About The Half Hour-----
The Half Hour is a current events podcast designed with the intention of helping Extemp competitors (and other Speech and Debate members, as well as listening for the general public) understand the importance of political, social, or economical events on a domestic and international scale. As Extemp competitors only have half an hour to prep a speech, the podcast is designed to brief competitors in the same amount of time it would take for them to prep. Each episode looks at both sides of current events while providing background information to help expand upon the issue. The Half Hour also looks into common questions that people may be asked relating to current events and will work to answer them based on credible news sources from both sides.
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-----Credits and Credentials-----
Video/Audio Recording: Zoom Video Communications
Production Recording: OBS Studio
Design Production: Adobe Spark
Hosts: YuYu Yuan, Spencer Travis
Managed By: YuYu Yuan
Produced By: Spencer Travis
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Music By: Lyle Wiley (Production: GarageBand)
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