cold war Archives - The Brophisticate

Oswaldo Paya w/David E. Hoffman [podcast]
By Spun Counterguy on June 3, 2023
Oswaldo Paya attempted to bring Cuba closer towards all the broken promises of Fidel Castro by peaceful, democratic means, which in the end cost Paya...
The Mariel Boatlift with Victor Triay [podcast]
By Spun Counterguy on October 14, 2022
In early 1980, a city bus crashed into the Peruvian embassy in Havana Cuba. Somehow this incident would lead to the mass exodus of over...
Amplifying the Muted Voices of Cuba IV [podcast]
By Spun Counterguy on July 3, 2019
A brief history of Cuba, including Spanish rule, the revolutionary work of Jose Marti, the dictatorships of Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, Operation Peter...
A Witness to Unfolding History
By Spun Counterguy on November 10, 2017
Former diplomat, Director of the Foreign Service Institute and Al-Qaeda target Nancy McEldowney joins us to talk about her career in the State Department and...
Fluorescent Decade on a Hill IV [1980’s podcast]
By Spun Counterguy on August 11, 2016
Not everyone in the 1980’s were walking on sunshine. On this installment of our look back podcast, we talk back to bullies, go to Southern...
The History of Mr. Ints
By Spun Counterguy on August 1, 2015
Meet “Mr. Ints”, a former professional eavesdropper and now a university dissertation proofreader who makes history come alive In the Corner Back by the Woodpile. This...
“Ich Bin Ein Berliner” and, YES, I’ll Have a Jelly Doughnut!
By Marveling Brando on May 18, 2015
So there I sat on the banks of the “bay” in Hamburg….already plotting to what is next. It wasn’t that Hamburg was bad, it was...