Hidden History

Ep 15: Right Back Where They Started 08.09.2023 34:46 ↓

In the finale of Hidden History season four, the end of the Contra war, the years of reconciliation that followed, and the dissolution of a democratic hope for the Nicaraguan people

Ep 14: A Dark Alliance (Part 3) 01.09.2023 31:33 ↓

Breaking down the reporting of Gary Webb in the San Jose Mercury News, particularly the Dark Alliance series laying out the Contra operation to smuggle cocaine into the US for funds to fight the Sandinistas, and the involvement of the CIA

Ep 13: How a US Backed Militia Terrorized Nicaragua (Part 2) 18.08.2023 31:59 ↓

The rise of the Contras in response to the revolutionary government of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas

Ep 12: How A Leftist Guerilla Group Humiliated The US (Part 1) 11.08.2023 30:11 ↓

How a guerilla group rose up to take out one of Latin America's most repressive dictatorships. Part two of our series on Nicaragua under the Sandinistas is next week.

Ep 11: Thomas Sankara's Tragic Quest To Remake Burkina Faso 04.08.2023 38:48 ↓

The incredible and tragic life of Thomas Sankara

Ep 10: Charles de Gaulle Was Almost Killed For Giving Up Algeria 28.07.2023 28:51 ↓

The incredible putsch against Charles de Gaulle, and how he survived it.

Ep 9: The Brutal Coup That Stopped Congolese Democracy 21.07.2023 35:25 ↓

The tragic death of Patrice Lumumba and its devastating consequences for the Congo and Africa at large

Ep 8: How The US Masterminded A Genocide In Indonesia 14.07.2023 31:22 ↓

The story of the anti communist 1965 genocide/politicide masterminded by the US in Indonesia against members of the PKI and other indigenous Indonesians

Ep 7: The Hidden History of the 2000 Election 07.07.2023 23:53 ↓

Examining how certain close connections and convenient decisions propelled Bush to power in 2000.

Ep 6: Russia's Devastating Transition To Capitalism 30.06.2023 27:44 ↓

Inside the process of shock therapy and the lasting impacts its had on Russian society.

Ep 5: Why The North Abandoned Reconstruction 23.06.2023 37:59 ↓

A look at the campaign to tie class solidarity to black civil rights and its poisonous reverberations throughout history. Source: https://jacobin.com/2015/08/racism-reconstruction-homestead-act-black-suffrage

Ep 4: The Hidden History of the Korean War 16.06.2023 29:23 ↓

A closer look at the actions of both sides of the Korean War, and how they affected the Korean people.

Ep 3: Bitter Fruit: How The US Destroyed Guatemalan Democracy (Part 2) 09.06.2023 37:03 ↓

The coup and the chaos that followed.

Ep 2: Bitter Fruit: How The US Destroyed Guatemalan Democracy (Part 1) 02.06.2023 34:23 ↓

The overthrow of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala and the years of unrest and violence that followed.

Ep 1: The Coup That Started Them All 26.05.2023 37:39 ↓

The background, significance, details, and legacy of the 1953 coup of Iran's democratically elected PM Mohammed Mossadegh.

Thank You 20.05.2023 1:00 ↓

But we're not done. Ep 1 Friday May 26th.

Ep 6: How Clement Attlee Won The Peace 13.01.2022 23:12 ↓

The story of the 1945 Labour government

Ep 5: Nixon's Worst Crime 06.01.2022 25:09 ↓

How candidate Nixon used a South Vietnamese backchannel to stop LBJ's promising peace negotiations, ensuring Nixon's win and seven more years of death and destruction.

Ep 4: The Plot to Assasinate George Washington 04.01.2022 18:02 ↓

In late June 1776, as a massive British fleet prepared to invade New York, a complex drama played itself out at the headquarters of General George Washington’s Continental Army in New York City: a former bodyguard of the general was set to be hanged for conspiracy against the Patriot rebellion—and against Washington, himself. On June 28, some 20,000 people gathered in a field just north of the cit...

Ep 3: Coming To Terms With the 1619 Project 30.12.2021 41:29 ↓

Analayzing Matt Karp's taking in Harpers magazine about the historical relevance of the 1619 project

Ep 2: Butler The Beast 28.12.2021 36:49 ↓

Explaining the fascinating career and life of General Benjamin Butler throughout the civil war

Ep 1: Every Man A King 21.12.2021 50:19 ↓

The story of Huey P Long

Ep 12: The Hidden History of Afghanistan 27.08.2021 30:47 ↓

Putting today's chaos in Afghanistan in 70 years of context to close out season 2 of Hidden History

Ep 11: The Heartbreaking History of Haiti 15.07.2021 46:32 ↓

Understand Haiti's current political moment with a look back through Haitian history

Ep 10: America's Only Successful Coup 08.07.2021 32:55 ↓

How Wilmington, NC a prosperous majoirty black town's government and society was destoeyed by a band of state supported white supremacists in 1898, and why no one talked about it for another 100 years