Episode 140 is the first in a multi-part series on the Bay of Pigs, as we wind down our overall series on Cuba. Hear the story of the Kilpatrick Report, the top secret report authored by the Inspector General of the CIA in the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs. With findings so explosive, it was labeled top secret and locked away for some 37 years in a safe before its general release to the public. Hear that much of the weak planning surrounding the invasion attempt was accepted because there was a c...
Dec 31, 2022•53 min•Season 2Ep. 140
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 Dealey Plaza. A story similar to what you would have heard from me, at least in part, had the "Almost" episode been aired. Let us kn...
Dec 20, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 139
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 continuing miniseries on Cuban history as we continue to set the stage and explore the forces that were shaping the wor...
Dec 14, 2022•57 min•Season 2Ep. 138
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 and explore the forces that were shaping the world in that era of the twentieth century. It's history that immerses us in the Cu...
Dec 11, 2022•38 min•Season 2Ep. 137
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 again set foot on Cuba and eventually wage a successful guerilla war against the Batista regime. Join us in this co...
Dec 09, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 136
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 afterward. Fidel Castro escaped into the mountains but was subsequently apprehended and brought to trial. While he wa...
Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 135
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, and economic circumstances would all collide and create an epicenter of geopolitical consequences. Consequences th...
Dec 05, 2022•29 min•Season 2Ep. 134
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 day 1959. The aftermath and repercussions of Batista's coup would give rise and voice to the young Fidel Castro ...
Nov 28, 2022•41 min•Season 2Ep. 133
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 his greed and avarice as well,chronicling some of his accumulated wealth as a dictator which Forbes estimate...
Nov 24, 2022•33 min•Season 2Ep. 132
A short tribute to our fallen president on the 59th anniversary of his passing.
Nov 22, 2022•15 min•Season 2Ep. 131
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 rise and voice to the young Fidel Castro as a revolutionary force in Cuba. It is here on this island nation where ...
Nov 19, 2022•24 min•Season 2Ep. 130
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 men and the mafia. All in one place. Join us in this continuing miniseries on Cuban history as we continue ...
Nov 15, 2022•50 min•Season 2Ep. 129
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 converges around the modern Cubans, CIA men and the mafia. All in one place. Join us in this continuing miniseries on...
Nov 14, 2022•50 min•Season 2Ep. 128
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 have already taken you swiftly through hundreds of years of colonial rule that shaped the geopolitics...
Nov 07, 2022•46 min•Season 2Ep. 127
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 have already taken you swiftly through hundreds of years of colonial rule that shaped the geopolitics of the r...
Nov 06, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 126
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 1895 up through the coup by Bautista in the 1930's and we also roll the tape back a bit to add to the rich hist...
Oct 16, 2022•47 min•Season 2Ep. 125
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 modern Cubans, CIA men and the mafia. All in one place. Join us in this continuing miniseries on Cuban history as...
Oct 12, 2022•41 min•Season 2Ep. 125
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 history of the Cosa Nostra in this country, the Mafia, and its historical origins in a small wander that ...
Sep 28, 2022•24 min•Season 2Ep. 123
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 we continue to explore the forces that were shaping the world in that era of the twentieth century. We ...
Sep 24, 2022•16 min•Season 2Ep. 122
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 hearings. A story that was dubbed as one of the two greatest intelligence coups in the history of the fight ag...
Sep 17, 2022•51 min•Season 2Ep. 121
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 national crime syndicate and its influence and control in America. This series is a prelude to what comes ne...
Sep 15, 2022•30 min•Season 2Ep. 120
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 and the history of the McClellan Committee. History that will eventually tie in to the Cuban story whose ...
Sep 10, 2022•38 min•Season 2Ep. 119
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 eventually play an important role in this story. Starting in Episode 116 and continuing into our current episode ...
Sep 05, 2022•29 min•Season 2Ep. 118
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 begin to discuss the Mafia and its historical origins in a small wander that provides essential history....
Sep 04, 2022•39 min•Season 2Ep. 117
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 origins in a small wander that provides essential history. History that will eventually tie in to the ...
Sep 03, 2022•29 min•Season 2Ep. 116
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, geography, and economic circumstances would eventually collide and create an epicenter of geopolitical con...
Aug 28, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 115
Episode 114 is the second and last of a two episode miniseries covering the attempted murder of General Edwin Walker in Dallas on April 10, 1963. It was learned after the assassination of JFK, that Lee Harvey Oswald was the likely perpetrator of the attempt on Walker's life, based on evidence found at Ruth Paine's home and testimony provided by Oswald's wife after Oswald was murdered. Walker was an ultra conservative and high profile former army general who was a member of the John Birch society...
Aug 22, 2022•36 min•Season 2Ep. 114
Episode 113 is the first of a two episode miniseries covering the attempted murder of General Edwin Walker in Dallas on April 10, 1963. It was learned after the assassination of JFK, that Lee Harvey Oswald was the likely perpetrator of the attempt on Walker's life, based on evidence found at Ruth Paine's home and testimony provided by Oswald's wife after Oswald was murdered. Walker was an ultra conservative and high profile former army general who was a member of the John Birch society and was e...
Aug 22, 2022•30 min•Season 2Ep. 113
Episode 112 is a complete wander into what we might cover next in the podcast series. We have "stayed at it" and produced 111 episodes of JFK the Enduring Secret and covered a lot of ground. But there is much more to cover. And, now...it's all about where to go next....what topics and in what order are the subject of this interesting events where we reveal snippets related to the panoply of events and people that are still to be woven into the story that we are telling. Come listen to the prelud...
Aug 13, 2022•32 min•Season 2Ep. 112
Episode 111 is the twelfth episode in season two of JFK The Enduring Secret. We begin our wander this season with an in depth review of Lee Harvey Oswald, the principal character in the JFK assassination. Episode 1111 continues with more on Oswald's life when he was in Russia, and this episode addresses the bureaucratic process that Lee and Marina undertook to obtain exit and entrance visas and Marina's passport and the wait that they undertook as the process played out, once Lee made the decisi...
Aug 01, 2022•29 min•Season 2Ep. 111
