Blowback

S6 Episode 10 - "Zero-Sum"

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

The Cold War ends. Apartheid falls. But Savimbi's war continues.

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S6 Episode 9 - "Something Big and Bloody"

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

The fate of southern Africa is decided at Cuito Cuanavale.

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S6 Episode 8 - "Cut Off Their Hands"

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

The Reagan Doctrine puts Angola in the crosshairs as aid to UNITA is uncorked.

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S6 Episode 7 - "Constellation"

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

Reagan arrives, emboldening South Africa and Savimbi. The MPLA hangs on. Cuba recommits.

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S6 Episode 6 - "Total Onslaught"

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

Carter goes Cold Warrior. Savimbi visits Washington. Angola loses a founding father.

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S6 Episode 5 - "Kicking the Dog"

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

The MPLA and Jimmy Carter struggle to find their footing. Jonas Savimbi licks his wounds.

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S6 Episode 4 - "Zulu & Foxbat"

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

South Africa invades. Cuba intervenes. Angola becomes independent.

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Coming Soon: No Daylight

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:54:00 -0000

What lies ahead for Blowback in 2026? A mini-series on Israel and America, a comic book, our seventh season and more.

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S6 Episode 3 - "The Stand"

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

Angolan anti-colonial rebels challenge Portugal. Cuba brings its revolution to Africa.

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S6 Episode 2 - "Economy of Terror"

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

A look into the Portuguese empire in southern Africa and the stirrings of nationalism in Angola.

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S6 Episode 1 - "The Dead Myth"

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 13:00:55 -0000

An introduction to and overview of our sixth season: the story of Angola, Cuba, and apartheid South Africa's Cold War showdown.

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Coming Soon: Blowback Season 6

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:15:37 -0000

New episodes drop September 22. This season, Cuba sends an army to defend newly independent Angola from the combined forces of apartheid South Africa, the CIA, and one of the most infamous warlords of Africa.

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S5 Episode 10 - "The Terrible But Unfinished Story"

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:35:32 -0000

Wounded but not destroyed, Cambodia staggers into the 21st century.

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S5 Episode 9 - "Le Cercle Rouge"

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:10:00 -0000

Vietnam ends Democratic Kampuchea and the US backs the Khmer Rouge.

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S5 Episode 8 - "Third World War"

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 11:15:00 -0000

Khmer Rouge horrors spiral toward conflict with an ex-comrade: Vietnam.

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S5 Episode 7 - "Less Than Zero"

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:20:00 -0000

Cambodia slips into darkness, as the Khmer Rouge seize the country.

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S5 Episode 6 - "Dream Warriors"

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 11:15:00 -0000

The short-lived reign of the Khmer Republic; the end of Nixon.

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S5 Episode 5 - "Last Tango In Paris"

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:15:00 -0000

One Cambodian coup, two US invasions and an unlikely American friend: China.

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S5 Episode 4 - "Mad Men"

Fri, 03 Jan 2025 11:30:00 -0000

Nixon and Kissinger put Cambodia on the menu.

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S5 Episode 3 - "Listen to the Thunder"

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:30:00 -0000

Sihanouk struggles to keep Cambodia out of LBJ's war in Vietnam.

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S5 Episode 2 - "The French Connection"

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:05:00 -0000

Indochina rises up, the French Empire ends, the Cold War begins.

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S5 Episode 1 - "The Wolves Are Closing In"

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 10:55:00 -0000

A prelude and a primer to this season's story: the tragedy of Cambodia.

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S4 Episode 10 - "The Phantom Pain"

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 08:30:00 -0000

Donald Trump cuts a deal with the Taliban — and America begins its withdrawal.

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S4 Episode 9 - "Peace Walker"

Wed, 03 Jan 2024 08:30:00 -0000

The Obama administration promises victory in ‘The Good War.’

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S4 Episode 8 - "Sons of Liberty"

Wed, 27 Dec 2023 08:30:00 -0000

America runs its war in Afghanistan on the cheap — and subcontracts to crooks, kingpins, and gangsters.

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S4 Episode 7 - "Guns of the Patriots"

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 08:30:00 -0000

The Bush administration unleashes the first war of the 21st century.

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S4 Episode 6 - "Ground Zeroes"

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 20:20:00 -0000

The Afghan jihad spreads to Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.

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S4 Episode 5 - "We Can Live With That"

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 08:15:00 -0000

The warlord years, and the rise of the Taliban.

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S4 Episode 4 - "They're Yours Now"

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 08:15:00 -0000

Operation Cyclone whips through Afghanistan — until a deal is finally struck.

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S4 Episode 3 - "The Trap"

Wed, 22 Nov 2023 19:33:00 -0000

The USSR invades, and the Safari Club kicks things up a notch.

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S4 Episode 2 - "Bleeders and Dealers"

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 16:00:00 -0000

The build-up to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

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S4 Episode 1 - "Snake Eater"

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:05:00 -0000

Welcome to Season 4: Afghanistan.

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S3 Episode 10 - "The Host"

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 09:00:00 -0000

The armistice in Korea is supposed to be temporary. But a peace treaty never comes. As decades roll on, the war becomes permanent.

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S3 Episode 9 - "No More Targets"

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:02:00 -0000

Stalemate on the battlefield does not stop the United States from obliterating North Korea.

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S3 Episode 8 - "American Caesar"

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 12:10:00 -0000

President Truman and his “Big General in the Far East” enter their final standoff over the war.

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S3 Episode 7 - "Mao's Poem"

Mon, 07 Nov 2022 14:30:00 -0000

The US threatens to cross the Yalu. The Chinese leadership debates its options in Korea.

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S3 Episode 6 - "National Smile Week"

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 10:00:00 -0000

Gen. MacArthur executes his revenge.

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S3 Episode 5 - “Train to Busan”

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 10:00:00 -0000

With a rightwing, US-backed klepto-case to his South, Kim Il-Sung bets the house.

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S3 Episode 4 - "Red Island"

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 10:00:00 -0000

The war before the war on a self-reliant island off South Korea.

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S3 Episode 3 - "The Blue House"

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 08:00:00 -0000

After a flash of hope post-WWII Korea is divided into North and South.

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S3 Episode 2 - “The Uninvited”

Sat, 01 Oct 2022 13:20:02 -0000

A pocket-sized history of the Korean peninsula, the upstart US and Japanese empires, and World War II.

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S3 Episode 1 - “Stop Me Before I Kill Again”

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 04:00:00 -0000

A new season, a new story: The Korean War. To listen to the rest of season 3 right now, visit www.blowback.show

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Coming Soon: Blowback Season Three

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 18:15:00 -0000

The third season of Blowback — the story of the Korean War — arrives July 2022. Pre-order and listening details at https://blowback.supportingcast.fm

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S2 Bonus 10 - "Havana (Derangement) Syndrome"

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Guests Helen Yaffe, José Pertierra and Marta Núñez Sarmiento discuss the protests in Cuba during July 2021.

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S2 Bonus 9 - "The Most Beautiful Cause"

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 16:43:30 -0000

A rundown of the Cuban revolution's foreign policy in Africa with guest, Cuban diplomat Oscar Oramas-Oliva.

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S2 Bonus 8 - "The Capital of Terrorism"

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 16:09:03 -0000

Noah talks with José Pertierra, a Cuban-American immigration attorney who has long tangled with right-wing Miami Cubans in the media and in court.

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S2 Bonus 7 - "Sweet Dirty Tony's Baadasssss Song"

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 17:35:00 -0000

Guest Bill Corbett (Mystery Science Theater 3000, Rifftrax) and Brendan hang out and talk about some bad Cuba movies.

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S2 Bonus 6 - “Neverland”

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 04:04:00 -0000

A discussion of Operation Peter Pan with Prof. Nelson Valdes, with a detour into Hungary, 1956.

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S2 Bonus 5 - "Massive Retaliation"

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 04:05:00 -0000

A brief overview of how American nuclear weapons strategy ran parallel to the story in our main narrative.

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S2 Bonus 4 - "CIAin't Kiddin'"

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 16:20:00 -0000

Guest Luna Olavarria-Gallegos explains how the US government infiltrated and co-opted the hip-hop scene in Cuba.

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S2 Bonus 3 - "Watch Out For That Boy"

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 04:00:00 -0000

We talk to activists and historians about Cuba, black radicalism, and how the Revolution attacked the problem of racism.

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S2 Bonus 2 - "Lo Distinto Se Parece"

Mon, 20 Sep 2021 04:00:00 -0000

Interviews with history professor Michelle Chase and Cuban scholar Marta Nuñez Sarmiento.

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S2 Bonus 1 - "Red-Handed Sleight of Hand"

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 12:15:00 -0000

Guatemala: an origin story, inspiration, and cautionary tale just a few hundred miles from our main story.

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S2 Episode 10 - "Infinite Crisis"

Mon, 06 Sep 2021 04:00:00 -0000

After the Kennedy assassination, US-Cuba diplomacy wanes and the embargo continues. To this day. Our story ends.

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S2 Episode 9 - "Cuba Libra"

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 04:00:00 -0000

Castro, Khrushchev, and Kennedy take tentative steps toward the path of peace post-Crisis. Cuban exile groups, and their CIA sponsors, are not pleased.

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S2 Episode 8 - “We’ll All Meet In Hell”

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 04:00:00 -0000

The USA announces to the world there are missiles in Cuba. Fidel prepares for war. Khrushchev secretly haggles with Kennedy. Americans enjoy Betty Crocker Super Moist Cake Mix.

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S2 Episode 7 - "Anadyr"

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 04:00:00 -0000

Fearing another American invasion — "the big one" — Soviet and Cuban leaders plot a secret response. Camelot never sees it coming.

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S2 Episode 6 - "Nothing To Lose"

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 04:00:00 -0000

Smarting from failure at the Bay of Pigs, the White House sets in motion a new plan to thwart the Cuban Revolution: Operation Mongoose.

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S2 Episode 5 - "Fish Is Red"

Mon, 02 Aug 2021 04:00:00 -0000

The CIA and the Cuban exiles get their long-awaited shot at taking out Castro and the Revolution. The subsequent battle in Cuba sends shockwaves around the world.

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S2 Episode 4 - "Secret Honor"

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 04:00:00 -0000

JFK outmuscles Richard Nixon on Cuba and into the White House. The CIA begins training Cuban exiles in Central America for an invasion. And Fidel pays a visit to Harlem.

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S2 Episode 3 - "New Normal"

Mon, 19 Jul 2021 04:00:00 -0000

The Cuban Revolution takes power and the counter-revolution begins. The U.S. government, organized crime, and Cuban exiles carry out a campaign of terrorism, assassination, sabotage and psy-ops to turn back the clock.

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S2 Episode 2 - "Lo Hicimos"

Mon, 12 Jul 2021 04:00:00 -0000

A long short history of Cuba’s relationship with the United States, climaxing with the Cuban revolutionaries’ war to liberate the island from the dictator Batista and his backers in the United States.

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S2 Episode 1 - "The Jupiter Menace"

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 04:00:00 -0000

Welcome back. Brendan and Noah reveal this season’s subject, explore the USA’s unrelenting Cuba mania, and introduce the cast of characters.

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Coming Soon: Blowback Season 2

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 04:00:00 -0000

New episodes drop on April 19.

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S1 Bonus - "Shock Corridor feat. Naomi Klein"

Thu, 20 Aug 2020 04:00:00 -0000

Author Naomi Klein joins us to discuss the American exploitation-fest in Iraq, her own experience coming up during the Bush years, the rehabilitation of the Bush administration, and its continuities with the Trump gang.

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S1 Bonus - "Iraqi Horror Picture Show feat. Matt Christman"

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 04:00:00 -0000

Brendan and Noah survey the underwhelming landscape of Iraq War cinema with special guest Matt Christman. They dissect both Hollywood's hits and flops — neither of which were very good — and recommend very few flicks worth watching.

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S1 Bonus - "Our Man In Baghdad feat. Dahr Jamail"

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 04:00:00 -0000

In this first bonus episode, Noah talks to author and journalist Dahr Jamail, one of the few journalists who covered the occupation of Iraq, on the ground, without being embedded with the US military or its allies. Dahr is the author of “Beyond the Green Zone,” “The Will To Resist,” and “The Mass Destruction of Iraq.”

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S1 Episode 10 - "The Iraq War Did Not Take Place"

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 04:00:00 -0000

Invading Iraq means never having to say you’re sorry. The end of Bush, the broken promise of Obama, and the rise of ISIS and Donald Trump.

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S1 Episode 9 - "How Do You Fuck That Up?"

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 04:00:00 -0000

The empire strikes back. As Iraq deteriorates into civil war, the Bush administration taps a new man to lead a new American strategy. Which means saying goodbye to an old friend.

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S1 Episode 8 - "Electioneering"

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 04:00:00 -0000

The American public votes to give Bush another term, right before a big dose of buyers’ remorse. In Iraq, the new "democracy" struggles to get elections off the ground as the situation careens toward civil war.

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S1 Episode 7 - "#Resistance"

Mon, 27 Jul 2020 04:00:00 -0000

Somehow not expecting it, the Americans now face an insurgency problem, as both Sunni and Shi'a militants emerge to kick us out. War crimes and atrocities in Fallujah, Sadr City and Abu Ghraib fuel the flames of anti-American resistance.

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S1 Episode 6 - "Year Zero"

Mon, 20 Jul 2020 04:00:00 -0000

Welcome to the Green Zone, where America rules from Saddam’s old palace. The US occupation begins the destruction of Iraq, Rudy Giuliani almost becomes Viceroy, and Halliburton hunts and kills baby kittens.

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S1 Episode 5 - "Dead Links feat. Will Menaker"

Mon, 13 Jul 2020 04:00:00 -0000

The media episode, breaking down some of the journalistic fuck-ups and pundit idiocy that steered us toward war in Iraq. Featuring special guest Will Menaker.

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S1 Episode 4 - "Mars Attacks"

Mon, 06 Jul 2020 04:00:00 -0000

America sends Colin Powell, Good Cop, to the UN for one last PR stunt before we invade Iraq. The portal to Gozer the Destructor is opened and the war begins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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S1 Episode 3 - "Curveball"

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 04:00:00 -0000

September 11th gives America the perfect excuse to finish our hit job on Iraq. We put together the Bush administration's case for war — WMD and al-Qaeda — and take it apart piece by piece.

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S1 Episode 2 - "American Psycho"

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 04:00:00 -0000

Before George W. Bush, there was Daddy Bush and Bill Clinton, who killed thousands of Iraqis and pushed the country to the brink of famine. The Gulf War, brutal sanctions, and the End of History.

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S1 Episode 1 - "Rosebud"

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 04:00:00 -0000

We trace the origins of America’s perverse relationship with Iraq, from the Cold War to the Iran-Iraq War in the 80s. Assassinations, coups, counter-coups, and the rise of Saddam.

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S1 Episode 0 - "Iraqnophobia" feat. H. Jon Benjamin & James Adomian

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 01:00:00 -0000

Brendan and Noah drag the Iraq War out of America’s memory hole to see how it shaped our world today. Meet the rogues’ gallery of George W. Bush’s administration and Saddam Hussein’s family. Featuring special guests James Adomian and H. Jon Benjamin.

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New Podcast Coming Soon: Blowback

Mon, 09 Mar 2020 22:00:00 -0000

The Iraq War did not take place.

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