Jun 13, 2025 | Free, Podcast, Premium |
In this episode of the Cold War podcast, Cam and Ray continue their wild ride through Cuban history, focusing on the rise and fall of Gerardo “Macho Man” Machado, the proto-strongman president who turned Cuba into a playground for rich tourists—and a pressure cooker...
May 19, 2025 | Podcast, Premium |
In this episode, Cam and Ray pick up the story of post-independence Cuba as it slides from colonialism into an economic and racial stranglehold orchestrated by the United States. They trace the rise and fall of early Cuban presidents like José Miguel Gómez and Mario...
May 19, 2025 | Podcast, Premium |
In this wild episode, Cam and Ray kick things off with a “Cam-hole” into the politics and economics of Cuba in the early 20th century. From rigged elections to sugar-fueled financial collapses, and from macho presidents to the American colonization of Cuba’s economy,...
Apr 19, 2025 | Podcast, Premium |
In this episode, Cameron opens with a wild midnight ER visit that turns into a rumination on aging, mortality, and kung fu-induced hypochondria. Once the chest pains are out of the way, we pick up where we left off on Cuba’s “independence” after the Spanish-American...
Mar 27, 2025 | Podcast, Premium |
Following the Spanish-American War, the U.S. Occupation Government of Cuba forced elections. They tried to engineer Cuba into voting to become one of the United States – instead the Cuban people chose independence. So the U.S. introduced the Platt Amendment,...
Mar 19, 2025 | Podcast, Premium |
We look at the complexities surrounding America’s occupation of Cuba at the dawn of the 20th century – General Leonard Wood’s appointment as governor, his controversial educational and economic reforms favoring American interests, and the racial tensions...
Mar 3, 2025 | Podcast, Premium |
Towards the end of 1899, a new American governor was appointed in Cuba – General Leonard Wood, the recent commander of the Rough Riders along with Teddy Roosevelt. He set up thousands of free schools and introduced economic reforms – which caused a massive...
Feb 17, 2025 | Podcast, Premium |
When the U.S. troops landed in Cuba, it changed the nature of the war. The old racism returned. Of course, when the war was over in July, the U.S. had no intention of letting the Cuban people have their independence. As the commander of US forces in Cuba said:...
Feb 1, 2025 | Free, Podcast, Premium |
When the U.S. troops landed in Cuba, it changed the nature of the war. The old racism returned. Of course, when the war was over in July, the U.S. had no intention of letting the Cuban people have their independence. As the commander of US forces in Cuba said:...
Jan 21, 2025 | Podcast, Premium |
So in January of 1898, the Cubans were on the verge of victory in their battle for independence against Spain. And while the US government was happy to see Spain out of the picture, they had no intention of allowing Cuba to be independent. Since the days of Jefferson...
