‘Blowback’ Podcast Season 4, Focused on America’s Involvement in Afghanistan After 9/11, Announced With Animated Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comJaden Thompson Season four of the podcast “Blowback,” co-hosted by Brendan James and Noah Kulwin, will be released on Aug. 25.
The podcast is described as “a deeply reported, and cinematically produced, historical podcast that takes a deep look at past wars and moments in history.” Season four will turn to focus on Afghanistan, following seasons on the Iraq War, the Cuban Revolution and the Korean War.
H. Jon Benjamin serves as a voice actor for historical figures included in the podcast. Against the backdrop of a tense score, the stylized animated trailer begins by depicting scientists working with an ominous substance in a lab, testing it on mice and making bullets out of it. “I was there when the first dreams came off the assembly line.
I was there when they began welding the things into their armor,” Benjamin says in his narration. The trailer also depicts scenes with armed soldiers, oil rigs, politicians, drug use and ends on a sequence of the Twin Towers.
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