Dr. Carlos Eire returns to talk about how his life as a Cuban refugee and being taken in by Jewish foster parents affected his faith,...
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...
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...
On July 11th of last year protests broke out all over Cuba over several issues, ranging from lack of food and medical access to the...
It didn’t take long for the people of Cuba to realize after the “revolution” of 1959, they were now under the rule of an even...
On July 11th of this year, the streets throughout the island of Cuba erupted with chants of “Libertad! Libertad!”. Immediately, both Cuban communist state media...
We’re back in the 1980s talking summer camps and trips, dancing, the film Scarface and the Mariel Boatlift. To hear on Stitcher, click here! To...
Cuban rapper Denis Solis was arrested by communist state security forces in November of 2020 and sentenced to prison for 8 months for “insulting” police....
We’re back in the 1980s talking baseball, football, soccer, karate and one family’s escape from communist Vietnam. To hear on Stitcher, click here! To...
Artist and musician Jace Seavers tell his epic story of living nearly a decade in the Jesus People USA commune in Chicago. Consisting of good...
Knowing others through their written words, trapped inside of time within a small room, enemies using your past words against you and other troubles are...
Lin Zhao was an enthusiastic member of the Chinese Communist Party but in time her comrades would sentence her to death. Professor Xi Lian comes...
Marcell Felipe the both founder of the Inspire America Foundation– an organization dedicated to promoting democracy in Cuba and the Americas- and the Chairman of the...
Bay of Pigs Veteran Bill Muir reflects on his life in Cuba before Castro, his work in the underground while the Communists ruled the country,...
Nicolas Guitierrez is a Cuban American lawyer who was directly involved in the drafting, passage and enforcement of the Cuban Liberty & Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD)...
Poet, writer, professor, art collector and critic Ricardo Pau-Llosa comes Back By the Woodpile to talk all these things and more! To hear on Stitcher,...
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...
Hip-Hop music during certain time periods has conveyed various messages and beliefs. Professor Kalonji McClellan gives us a run through as to where some of...
Philisophical haggling of ideas! On this episode we talk the safety of loneliness, the last thoughts before execution, courage to protect others at one’s own...
Artists in Cuba are unable to express themselves freely without fear of reprisals from the Communist government. To help us learn their names and stories Babalublog.com’s...
Philosophical hashing outs Back by the Woodpile this episode, talking hating in others what we despise about ourselves, jump starting self awareness, clean moon observations,...
Alberto de la Cruz of Babalublog comes Back by the Woodpile to talk the plight of musicians inside and out of Cuba’s repressive regime, including Celia Cruz,...
The Chinese Communist Party without a doubt affects our daily lives without us knowing it. Epoch Times’ Joshua Philipp comes Back By the Woodpile to explain this...
Alberto de la Cruz of Babalublog.com comes back by the woodpile to talk about the plight of persecuted Cubans, including Damas de Blanco, Oswaldo Paya, Rosa Maria Paya and others. ...
Final chapter of Spun Counterguy’s Taoist adventures in China and America! This time around: sleeping on belts and dreaming of snakes, your value based on...
Poet Juana Rosa Pita comes Back by the Woodpile to share not only her poetry but glimpses into her life’s story and of the miraculous...
Taoist adventures in China! The is the second part of an American’s quest in the Middle Kingdom to learn more about the Tao Te Ching,...
Adventures in China all in pursuit of the Tao! Spun Counterguy tells stories and proverbs both ancient and modern all in his quest to know...
Peter Horse is back ready to talk about all kinds of things that could get us carted off to prison, including Liu Xiaobo, Taylor Swift...
Our woodpile is over in China again! This time around Peter Horse brings over his chair and mouth to talk writer Lu Xun (鲁迅), Chinese...