Episode – 2181 : Lavrentiy Beria: The Rise and Fall of Stalin’s Right-Hand Man Podcast Transcript Few figures have inspired as much fear as Lavrentiy Beria. As the ruthless head […]
Episode – 2178 : The Many Failed Assassination Attempts on Fidel Castro
Episode – 2178 : The Many Failed Assassination Attempts on Fidel Castro Podcast Transcript When Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba in 1959, the American government wanted to see […]
Episode – 2166 : Nuke the Moon: Project A119
Episode – 2166 : Nuke the Moon: Project A119 Podcast Transcript At the height of the Cold War, the United States considered a plan so audacious that it sounds like […]
Episode – 2166 : Nuke the Moon: Project A119
Episode – 2166 : Nuke the Moon: Project A119 Podcast Transcript At the height of the Cold War, the United States considered a plan so audacious that it sounds like […]
Episode – 2133 : Project Mercury: America’s First Steps Into Space
Episode – 2133 : Project Mercury: America’s First Steps Into Space Podcast Transcript In the late 1950s, the United States found itself trailing in the Space Race as the Soviet […]
Episode – 2103 : The Cuban Revolution
Episode – 2103 : The Cuban Revolution Podcast Transcript In 1959, a small band of guerrilla fighters marched out of the mountains of Cuba and toppled a government backed by […]
Episode – 2038 : The Iranian Revolution
Episode – 2038 : The Iranian Revolution Podcast Transcript The story of modern Iran is a collision between a monarchy with a history dating back to the Persian Empire and […]
Episode – 2034 : Patrice Lumumba and Congolese Independence
Episode – 2034 : Patrice Lumumba and Congolese Independence Podcast Transcript After decades of Belgian rule, Congo gained independence in June 1960 under the leadership of the nation’s first Prime […]
Episode – 2031 : Solidarity
Episode – 2031 : Solidarity Podcast Transcript In 1980, a former electrical worker at the Gdansk Shipyard did the unthinkable. He led a large group of workers in a labor […]
Episode – 2002 : The Mahan Doctrine
Episode – 2002 : The Mahan Doctrine Podcast Transcript In 1890, an obscure professor at the US Naval War College published a book that at first seemed fairly innocuous. However, […]
Episode – 2000 : The Year 2000
Episode – 2000 : The Year 2000 Podcast Transcript The year 2000 was a milestone year. It was the end of a century and of a millennium. It was one […]
Episode – 1961 : Hollow Nickel Case
Episode – 1961 : Hollow Nickel Case Podcast Transcript In 1953, a newspaper delivery boy in Brooklyn, New York, made an odd discovery. One of his customers gave him a […]
Episode – 1950 : The Year 1950
Episode – 1950 : The Year 1950 Podcast Transcript In the year 1950, the world was halfway through the 20th century. In the 25 years prior, the world had seen […]
Episode – 1947 : The 1969 Sino-Soviet Border Conflict
Episode – 1947 : The 1969 Sino-Soviet Border Conflict Podcast Transcript Many people think that the closest the world ever came to nuclear war was during the Cuban Missile Crisis. […]
Episode – 1936 : The History of NATO
Episode – 1936 : The History of NATO Podcast Transcript In the years following the end of the Second World War, the post-war world that many in the West hoped […]
Episode – 1935 : The 1989 Romanian Revolution
Episode – 1935 : The 1989 Romanian Revolution Podcast Transcript In November 1989, the world changed when the Berlin Wall came down, marking the beginning of the unraveling of the […]
Episode – 1914 : The Wannsee Conference
Episode – 1914 : The Wannsee Conference Podcast Transcript On January 20, 1942, one of the most infamous meetings in human history took place. Fifteen high-ranking Nazi officials gathered in […]
Episode – 1904 : The Velvet Revolution and The Velvet Divorce
Episode – 1904 : The Velvet Revolution and The Velvet Divorce Podcast Transcript The country of Czechoslovakia was born and died in the 20th century. It was created after a […]
Episode – 1891 : The Long Telegram
Episode – 1891 : The Long Telegram Podcast Transcript On February 22, 1946, George F. Kennan, a career diplomat working in the American embassy in Moscow, sent an 8,000-word cable […]
Episode – 1853 : Questions and Answers: Volume 33
Episode – 1853 : Questions and Answers: Volume 33 Podcast Transcript The month of August was named in honor of the emperor Augustus by the Roman Senate. Originally called Sextilis, […]