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

Ep 15: Right Back Where They Started

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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Ep 14: A Dark Alliance (Part 3)

September 1, 2023 • 31 mins
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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Ep 13: How a US Backed Militia Terrorized Nicaragua (Part 2)

August 18, 2023 • 31 mins
The rise of the Contras in response to the revolutionary government of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas
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Ep 12: How A Leftist Guerilla Group Humiliated The US (Part 1)

August 11, 2023 • 30 mins
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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Ep 11: Thomas Sankara's Tragic Quest To Remake Burkina Faso

August 4, 2023 • 38 mins
The incredible and tragic life of Thomas Sankara
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Ep 10: Charles de Gaulle Was Almost Killed For Giving Up Algeria

July 28, 2023 • 28 mins
The incredible putsch against Charles de Gaulle, and how he survived it.
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Ep 9: The Brutal Coup That Stopped Congolese Democracy

July 21, 2023 • 35 mins
The tragic death of Patrice Lumumba and its devastating consequences for the Congo and Africa at large
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Ep 8: How The US Masterminded A Genocide In Indonesia

July 14, 2023 • 31 mins
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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Ep 7: The Hidden History of the 2000 Election

July 7, 2023 • 23 mins
Examining how certain close connections and convenient decisions propelled Bush to power in 2000.
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Ep 6: Russia's Devastating Transition To Capitalism

June 30, 2023 • 27 mins
Inside the process of shock therapy and the lasting impacts its had on Russian society.
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Ep 5: Why The North Abandoned Reconstruction

June 23, 2023 • 37 mins
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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Ep 4: The Hidden History of the Korean War

June 16, 2023 • 29 mins
A closer look at the actions of both sides of the Korean War, and how they affected the Korean people.
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Ep 3: Bitter Fruit: How The US Destroyed Guatemalan Democracy (Part 2)

June 9, 2023 • 37 mins
The coup and the chaos that followed.
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Ep 2: Bitter Fruit: How The US Destroyed Guatemalan Democracy (Part 1)

June 2, 2023 • 34 mins
The overthrow of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala and the years of unrest and violence that followed.
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Ep 1: The Coup That Started Them All

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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Thank You

May 19, 2023 • 1 min
But we're not done. Ep 1 Friday May 26th.
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Ep 6: How Clement Attlee Won The Peace

January 13, 2022 • 23 mins
The story of the 1945 Labour government
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Ep 5: Nixon's Worst Crime

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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Ep 4: The Plot to Assasinate George Washington

January 4, 2022 • 18 mins
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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Ep 3: Coming To Terms With the 1619 Project

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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