JFK The Enduring Secret

Episode 130  addresses key events in Cuba that took place immediately in the aftermath of the coup by Batista and  mostly  just after 1952. We also begin to explore the rise of Fidel Castro to Cuba's center stage and we will make the pivot to a complet history of Castro over the next several episodes beginning in episode 131.  The aftermath and repurcussions of Batista's coup would give ...

Episode 129 addresses key events in Cuba that took place after the Havana Conference and mostly between  1948    and 1952 and which led up to the coup by Fulgencio Batista in 1952. This area and the coup would lay the seeds for the rise of the young Fidel Castro as a revolutionary force in Cuba. It is here on this island nation where  the story eventually  converges around the modern Cubans, CIA m...

Episode 128 is the third  in a multiple episode wander on the history of the Mafia's Havana Conference of 1946 which took place  in Cuba. These episodes on the conference are the backdrop and part of the rich history of the Mafia's glory period in Cuba which ran from 1952 through the fall of the Batista government in 1958. It is here on this island nation where  the story eventually  con...

Episode 127  is the second episode in a multiple episode wander about the epoch 1946 Havana Conference held by the Mafia on the island of Cuba. The conference defined the involvement of organized crime on the island through 1959 and up to the fall of Bautista. This is part of a larger wander and a larger story tell of the history of Cuba dating all the way back to the island conquest by Spain. We...

Episode 126 is the  first episode  in a multiple episode wander about the  epoch 1946 Havana Conference held by the Mafia on the island.  The conference defined the involvement of  organized crime on the island  through 1959 and up to the fall of Bautista.  This is part of a  larger  wander and a larger story tell of the history of Cuba dating all the way back to the island conquest by Spain.  We ...

Episode 125 is the third  in a multiple episode wander on the history of Cuba dating all the way back to the island conquest by Spain.  We take you swiftly through    hundreds of years of colonial rule that shaped the geopolitics of the region and defined its 20th century relationship with the United States. In today's episode we cover the period from the beginnin of the Cuban revolution of 1...

Episode 124 is the second  in a multiple episode wander on the history of Cuba dating all the way back to the island conquest by Spain.  We take you swiftly through    hundreds of years of colonial rule that shaped the geopolitics of the region and defined its 20th century relationship with the United States.  It is here on this island nation where  the story eventually  converges around the moder...

Episode 123 is the first  in a multiple episode wander on the history of Cuba.  It is here that the story converges around the Cubans, CIA men and the mafia.  All in one place.  Join us as we continue to explore  the forces that were shaping the world in that era of the twentieth century. We started first in Episode 115 with the origins of the CIA and in the last six episodes we  presented a short...

Episode 122 is the final episode in the History of the Mafia series and it is a short episode and just a bit more wander that allows us to summarize  some key elements of what we learned about the rise of the Mafia.  Lessons we can take with us as we pivot in upcoming episodes and experience the island of the Cuba and the convergance of Cubans, CIA men and the mafia. All in one place.  Join us as...

Episode 121 is the seventh  episode of a series of quasi history lessons and Part 6 of a series covering the history of the Mafia.  In part 6,  we cover the last leg of the story of the Great Awakening. The story of the government and the public finally recognizing and acknowledging  the existence of a national crime syndicate.  Episode 121 covers the infamous  Joe Valachi and the Joe Valachi hear...

Episode 120 is the sixth  episode of a series of quasi history lessons and Part 5 of a series covering the history of the Mafia.  In part 5,  we cover the infamous Apalachin Meeting that was dubbed as one of the two greatest intelligence coups in the history of the fight against the Mafia in this country. It was this event that forced J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI to acknowledge existence of a natio...

Episode 119 is the fifth  episode of a series of quasi history lessons and Part 4 of a series covering the history of the Mafia.  This series is  a prelude to what comes next as we begin to  explore the forces that were shaping the world in that era of the twentieth century.  Hear more about the great awakening of the government and the public regarding the existence of a national crime syndicate...

Episode 118 is the fourth  episode of a series of quasi history lessons and Part 3 of a series covering the history of the Mafia.  This series is  a prelude to what comes next as we begin to  explore the forces that were shaping the world in that era of the twentieth century. We started first in Episode 115 with the origins of the CIA and the history of covert operations, since they will eventuall...

Episode 117 is the third  episode of a series of quasi history lessons as we begin to explore the forces that were shaping the world in that era of the twentieth century. We started first in Episode 115 with the origins of the CIA and the history of covert operations, since they will eventually play an important role in this story. Starting  in Episode 116 and continuing in this Episode 117, we be...

Episode 116 is the second episode of a series of quasi history lessons as we begin to explore the forces that were shaping the world in that era of the twentieth century. We started first in Episode 115 with the origins of the CIA and the history of covert operations since they will eventually play an important role in this story. In Episode 116, we begin to discuss the Mafia and its historical or...

Episode 115 is  the  first episode  of a series of quasi history lessons as we begin to explore the forces that were shaping the world in that era of the twentieth century.   We start first with the origins of the CIA and the history of covert operations since they will eventually play an important role in this story.  In short order we will begin to discuss the  Cuban circumstance whose politics,...

Episode 113 is  the first of a two episode miniseries covering  the attempted murder of General Edwin Walker in Dallas on April 10, 1963.  It was learned after the assassination of JFK,  that Lee Harvey Oswald was the likely perpetrator of the attempt on Walker's life, based on evidence found at Ruth Paine's home and testimony provided by Oswald's  wife after Oswald was murdered.  W...

Episode 114 is  the second and last  of a two episode miniseries covering  the attempted murder of General Edwin Walker in Dallas on April 10, 1963.  It was learned after the assassination of JFK,  that Lee Harvey Oswald was the likely perpetrator of the attempt on Walker's life, based on evidence found at Ruth Paine's home and testimony provided by Oswald's  wife after Oswald was m...

Episode 112 is a complete wander into what we might cover next in the podcast series.  We have "stayed at it" and produced 111 episodes of JFK the Enduring Secret and covered a lot of ground.  But there is much more to cover.  And, now...it's all about where to go next....what topics and in what order are the subject of this interesting events where we reveal snippets related to the...

Episode 111  is the twelfth episode in season two of JFK The Enduring Secret. We begin our wander this season with an in depth review of Lee Harvey Oswald, the principal character in the JFK assassination. Episode 1111  continues with more on Oswald's life when he was in Russia,  and this episode  addresses the bureaucratic process that Lee and Marina undertook to obtain exit and entrance vis...

Episode 110   is the eleventh episode in season two of JFK The Enduring Secret. We begin our wander this season with an in depth review of Lee Harvey Oswald, the principal character in the JFK assassination. Episode 110  continues with more on Oswald's life when he was in Russia, but this episode is a wander. And it's a discussion about why the KGB (perhaps) has maintained over all these...

Episode 109  is the tenth episode in season two of JFK The Enduring Secret. We begin our wander this season with an in depth review of Lee Harvey Oswald, the principal character in the JFK assassination. Episode 109  continues with more on Oswald's life when he was in Minsk including his burgeoning social life, a love lost and a wife gained, ultimately a  disenchantment with the circumstance...

Episode 108   is the ninth episode in season two of JFK The Enduring Secret. We begin our wander this season with an in depth review of Lee Harvey Oswald, the principal character in the JFK assassination Episode 108 picks back up where we left off in Minsk and goes deeper.  Minsk  is where he was sent by the Russian authorities after his suicide attempt in Moscow. Join us for the whole series of e...

Episode 107  is the eighth  episode in season two of JFK The Enduring Secret.  In Episode 107, we stop to take a pause and revisit the entire timeline of the Life of Lee Harvey Oswald.  Our season two starts with the story that is Lee Harvey Oswald, the central character in the JFK assassination and some say, to know Oswald, is  key to  determining whether he truly was the lone gunman or whether h...

Episode 106  is the seventh  episode in season two of JFK The Enduring Secret.  We begin our wander this season with an in depth review of Lee Harvey Oswald, the principal character in the JFK assassination   Episode 106 is a story tell and focuses on  the first few days of Oswald's  travel and arrival in Minsk where he was sent by the Russian authorities after his suicide attempt in Moscow. ...