JFK The Enduring Secret

Episode 156 is  the sixth  in a new series of episodes  that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in  New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw.  The  first  four episodes in this series  provide commentary around the critical elements that continue to cloud our understanding of the facts surrounding  Garrison, Clay Shaw and the trial.  This episode  along with the previous  epis...

Episode 154 is  the fourth  in a new series of episodes  that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in  New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw.  This episode  addresses the bias of writers and the press,  which collectively  undermined getting at the  complete truth. We also explore  the actions taken by the CIA after it became a matter of public record that the Garrison invest...

Episode 153 is  the third  in a new series of episodes  that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in  New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw.  This episode gives Garrison the floor in 1967, recorded at a lecture attended by a supportive audience.  He outlines his view (as the facts appeared to him at that moment)  of what happened in the assassination.  Few venues (including t...

Episode 152 is  the second  in a new series of episodes  that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in  New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw.  This episode begins to introduce Jim Garrison and the events that occurred in New Orleans on the day of the Assassination and over that weekend as Garrison's team absorb the shock of the event and begin to engage in the investigat...

Episode 151 is  the first in a new series of episodes  that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in  New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw.  Jim  Garrison was the New Orleans district attorney and, a  result of his investigation into the murder of JFK, Clay Shaw was indicted  by a grand jury  and tried  on  conspiracy charges to assassinate the president. It was the only crim...

Episode 150 is an epilogue  related to  Pepe San Roman  who was the commander of Brigade 2506,  and this episode includes an equally stunning epilogue related to  the four United States airmen who died at the Bay of Pigs. There were eight Americans  from the Alabama National Guard who flew missions over Cuba as part of the invasion on April 19th, 1961 In the final hours of  the mission, four of th...

Episode 148 is the second of two episodes  in a two part series related to the CIA/Mafia plots to kill Castro. Plots  that were an integral part of the  the Bay of Pigs invasion.  Listen to this stunning story as Sheffield Edwards pitches the idea to use the mafia, and Richard Bissell buys into it.  And how they then use a "cut out" operative Robert Maheu to engage Johnny Roselli, a mafi...

Episode 148 is the first of two episodes  in a two part series related to the CIA/Mafia plots to kill Castro. Plots  that were an integral part of the  the Bay of Pigs invasion.  Listen to this stunning story as Sheffield Edwards pitches the idea to use the mafia, and Richard Bissell buys into it.  And how they then use a "cut out" operative Robert Maheu to engage Johnny Roselli, a mafia...

Episode 147 is the fifth and final  in a multi-part series on the Bay of Pigs, as we wind down our overall series on Cuba.  In this episode,  we complete the story of the actual invasion  of the Bay of Pigs.  This current episode part 5,  joins the invasion team as as they hit the beaches and the battle gets underway for the mission of the Cuban Expeditionary Force to Retake  Cuba.  Listen to a bo...

Episode 146 is the forth   in a multi-part series on the Bay of Pigs, as we wind down our overall series on Cuba. In this episode,  we  begin to tell the story of the actual invasion of the Bay of Pigs.  This current episode part 4, joins the invasion team as the ships and crew ready for the mission and make their way to Cuba.  We'll finish the story  of the battle itself in  our next episode...

Episode 145 is the third   in a multi-part series on the Bay of Pigs, as we wind down our overall series on Cuba. In this episode, we settle in for a bite size biographical profile of the key person recruited by the CIA to be the overall Cuban leader  for the Bay of Pigs project and one of the four Cuban leaders on the ground at the time of the invasion.  Join us as we get up close and personal wi...

Episode 144 is the second  in a multi-part series on the Bay of Pigs, as we wind down our overall series on Cuba.  Hear the story as the CIA team from the Guatemala coup, Operation Success is reunited for this latest task to retake Cuba. And characters including E. Howard Hunt, Bernard Barker, David Atlee Phillips are re-introducted into the scenario.   Hear how the scope and approach of the missi...

Episode 141 is a rare live episode! It is the  the first in a three-part series of episodes on the JFK Records Act featuring two expert lawyers  Andrew Iler and Mark Adamczyk who take us through the legal maze. We'll   explore the history of some of the withheld records and elements of the JFK Records Act that have impact on the continuing disclosure challenges  related to official records wi...

Episode 142 is a rare live episode! It is the  the second  in a three-part series of episodes on the JFK Records Act featuring two expert lawyers  Andrew Iler and Mark Adamczyk who take us through the legal maze. We'll   explore the history of some of the withheld records and elements of the JFK Records Act that have impact on the continuing disclosure challenges  related to official records...

Episode 143 is a rare live episode! It is the  the third and last   in a three-part series of episodes on the JFK Records Act featuring two expert lawyers  Andrew Iler and Mark Adamczyk who take us through the legal maze. We'll   explore the history of some of the withheld records and elements of the JFK Records Act that have impact on the continuing disclosure challenges  related to official...

Episode 140 is the first in a multi-part series on the Bay of Pigs, as we wind down our overall series on Cuba.  Hear the story of the Kilpatrick Report, the top secret report authored by the Inspector General of the CIA in the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs. With findings so explosive, it was labeled top secret and locked away for some 37 years in a safe before its general release to the public. He...

Episode 139 is a special edition episode which tells the story of an "Almost" appearance on the Megyn Kelly Show during her December history week series.   And along with  telling the story  in the prologue regarding that "Almost" appearance, we go ahead  in this episode 139  and provide you with a special narration  on JFK  that summarizes much of what went on that day in Deal...

Episode 138 covers the first year of Castro's regime in 1959.  Castro establishes officers of the new  government,  conducts military tribunals and holds  trial, convicts and executes over 500 war criminals. He nationalizes American owned assets on the island and makes a trade agreement with the Soviets, as the United States places sanctions on Cuba for its actions.  Join us in this continuin...

Episode 137 cover's  a few key  final events of Batista's regime and his ouster and we also go out with  the Mob  on New Year's eve and stay with Meyer Lansky in those  wee morning hours of New Year's day....as the mob scrambled in the midst of the fresh news regarding the toppled regime. Join us in this continuing miniseries on Cuban history  as we continue to set the stage an...

Episode 136 is another  Bonus Episode.    We cover the story of Castro in Mexico just prior to his return from exile and the celebrated voyage from Mexico to Cuba on the Granma, a  converted yacht. It was a trip he made with 81 other revolutionaries in rough seas and treacherous conditions and it took place  over a  seven day period  at sea.  It was Castro's treacherous return from exile to a...

Episode 135 is another  Bonus Episode.    We cover the infamous story of the failed Attack on the Moncada Barracks.  This was the  first armed attack  led by Fidel Castro against the Batista government after the1952  coup by Batista.  The attack failed miserably with 25 people killed in the attack itself and an additional 54 of the revolutionaries summarily rounded up and murdered shortly afterwar...

Episode 134 introduces the concept of a Bonus Episode.    We cover some additional history related to Angel Castro, the father of Fidel.   Join us in this continuing miniseries on Cuban history  as we continue to set the stage and  explore  the forces that were shaping the world in that era of the twentieth century. It's history that   immerses us in the  Cuban story whose politics, geography...

Episode 133   is the second  fully dedicated episode covering Fidel Castro  and the Cuban Revolution. In this episode, we give an overview of the revolutionary years and chronicle the major events of the Cuban Revolution that took place during the period between the coup by Batista in March 1952 through the fall of the Batista government,  marked by his fleeing of the country on New Year's da...

Episode 132   is the first fully dedicated episode covering Fidel Castro in what will be a mini series of episodes that covers Castro from his beginning. This current series will take us  all the way through his triumphant toppling of the Batista government on January 1, 1959.  This first episode chronicles Fidel Castro's background, and his early years at the University of Havana. We explore...

A short tribute to our fallen president on the 59th anniversary of his passing.