Hidden History

Hidden History

Hidden History is SWRN's podcast devoted to the explanation of the events that shaped our world today-- that you've never heard of. New episodes every Friday.

Episodes

September 8, 2023 34 mins
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
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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
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The rise of the Contras in response to the revolutionary government of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas
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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.
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The incredible and tragic life of Thomas Sankara
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The incredible putsch against Charles de Gaulle, and how he survived it.
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The tragic death of Patrice Lumumba and its devastating consequences for the Congo and Africa at large
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The story of the anti communist 1965 genocide/politicide masterminded by the US in Indonesia against members of the PKI and other indigenous Indonesians
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Examining how certain close connections and convenient decisions propelled Bush to power in 2000.
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Inside the process of shock therapy and the lasting impacts its had on Russian society.
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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
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A closer look at the actions of both sides of the Korean War, and how they affected the Korean people.
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The coup and the chaos that followed.
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The overthrow of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala and the years of unrest and violence that followed.
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May 26, 2023 37 mins
The background, significance, details, and legacy of the 1953 coup of Iran's democratically elected PM Mohammed Mossadegh.
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May 20, 2023 1 min
But we're not done. Ep 1 Friday May 26th.
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January 13, 2022 23 mins
The story of the 1945 Labour government
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January 6, 2022 25 mins
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.
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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 city and watched a private in the Conti...
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December 30, 2021 41 mins
Analayzing Matt Karp's taking in Harpers magazine about the historical relevance of the 1619 project
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