JFK The Enduring Secret

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. 

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,...