https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/hidden-history--2893201enHistoryCopyright SWRNhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a4fc239c683245e4cc56ef8e0af36ac2.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/hidden-history--2893201Sat, 01 Jun 2024 04:49:58 +0000SWRNSWRNfeeds@spreaker.comHidden 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.falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-15-right-back-where-they-started--56633253https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56633253Fri, 08 Sep 2023 10:00:03 +0000SWRNIn 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 people2086cia,contras,history,nicaragua,sandinistasfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-14-a-dark-alliance-part-3--56629384https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56629384Fri, 01 Sep 2023 10:00:03 +0000SWRNBreaking 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 CIA1893cia,cocaine,contras,history,sandinistasfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-13-how-a-us-backed-militia-terrorized-nicaragua-part-2--56507978https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56507978Fri, 18 Aug 2023 10:00:03 +0000SWRNThe rise of the Contras in response to the revolutionary government of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas1919contras,history,nicaragua,ortega,sandinistasfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-12-how-a-leftist-guerilla-group-humiliated-the-us-part-1--56433649https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56433649Fri, 11 Aug 2023 10:00:03 +0000SWRNHow 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.1811americanhistory,nicaragua,samoza,sandinistas,worldhistoryfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-11-thomas-sankara-s-tragic-quest-to-remake-burkina-faso--56363296https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56363296Fri, 04 Aug 2023 10:00:03 +0000SWRNThe incredible and tragic life of Thomas Sankara2328africa,assassinations,burkinafaso,history,thomassankarafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-10-charles-de-gaulle-was-almost-killed-for-giving-up-algeria--56256567https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56256567Fri, 28 Jul 2023 10:00:03 +0000SWRNThe incredible putsch against Charles de Gaulle, and how he survived it.1731algeria,charlesdegaulle,cia,france,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-9-the-brutal-coup-that-stopped-congolese-democracy--56171818https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56171818Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:00:02 +0000SWRNThe tragic death of Patrice Lumumba and its devastating consequences for the Congo and Africa at large2125belgium,cia,congo,history,usafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-8-how-the-us-masterminded-a-genocide-in-indonesia--56066111https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56066111Fri, 14 Jul 2023 10:00:02 +0000SWRNThe story of the anti communist 1965 genocide/politicide masterminded by the US in Indonesia against members of the PKI and other indigenous Indonesians1882coldwar,history,indonesia,suharto,unitedstatesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-7-the-hidden-history-of-the-2000-election--56021736https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56021736Fri, 07 Jul 2023 10:00:03 +0000SWRNExamining how certain close connections and convenient decisions propelled Bush to power in 2000.1433bush,cheney,history,iraq,news,politics,trumpfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-6-russia-s-devastating-transition-to-capitalism--55536842https://api.spreaker.com/episode/55536842Fri, 30 Jun 2023 10:00:03 +0000SWRNInside the process of shock therapy and the lasting impacts its had on Russian society.1664communism,history,russia,ukraine,ussrfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-5-why-the-north-abandoned-reconstruction--54829028https://jacobin.com/2015/08/racism-reconstruction-homestead-act-black-suffrage]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54829028Fri, 23 Jun 2023 10:00:02 +0000SWRNA 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-suffragehttps://jacobin.com/2015/08/racism-reconstruction-homestead-act-black-suffrage]]>2279blackhistory,civilwar,juneteenth,lincoln,reconstructionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-4-the-hidden-history-of-the-korean-war--54363792https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54363792Fri, 16 Jun 2023 10:00:02 +0000SWRNA closer look at the actions of both sides of the Korean War, and how they affected the Korean people.1763coldwar,history,korea,sovietunion,usafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-3-bitter-fruit-how-the-us-destroyed-guatemalan-democracy-part-2--54146534https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54146534Fri, 09 Jun 2023 10:00:02 +0000SWRNThe coup and the chaos that followed.2223cia,guatemala,hiddenhistory,history,usfalse43fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-2-bitter-fruit-how-the-us-destroyed-guatemalan-democracy-part-1--54072188https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54072188Fri, 02 Jun 2023 10:00:03 +0000SWRNThe overthrow of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala and the years of unrest and violence that followed.2063americanhistory,arbenz,cia,guatemala,historyfalse42fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-1-the-coup-that-started-them-all--54003410https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54003410Fri, 26 May 2023 10:00:02 +0000SWRNThe background, significance, details, and legacy of the 1953 coup of Iran's democratically elected PM Mohammed Mossadegh.2259cia,greatbritain,history,iran,usafalse41fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thank-you--53937156https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53937156Sat, 20 May 2023 00:05:42 +0000SWRNBut we're not done. Ep 1 Friday May 26th.60history,politics,trailerfalsetrailerhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-6-how-clement-attlee-won-the-peace--48285859https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48285859Thu, 13 Jan 2022 20:49:35 +0000SWRNThe story of the 1945 Labour government1392churchill,clementattlee,history,labour,toriesfalse3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-5-nixon-s-worst-crime--48196228https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48196228Thu, 06 Jan 2022 22:54:16 +0000SWRNHow 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.1509history,kissinger,lbj,nixon,vietnamfalse3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-4-the-plot-to-assasinate-george-washington--48168742
On June 28, some 20,000 people gathered in a field just north of the city and watched a private in the Continental Army mount the gallows on charges of sedition, mutiny and treachery. The doomed man was Thomas Hickey, an Irish-born former British soldier who had joined the rebel cause after the outbreak of war in 1775- History]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48168742Tue, 04 Jan 2022 21:12:18 +0000SWRNIn 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...
On June 28, some 20,000 people gathered in a field just north of the city and watched a private in the Continental Army mount the gallows on charges of sedition, mutiny and treachery. The doomed man was Thomas Hickey, an Irish-born former British soldier who had joined the rebel cause after the outbreak of war in 1775- History]]>1082history,revolution,washingtonfalse3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-3-coming-to-terms-with-the-1619-project--48111903https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48111903Thu, 30 Dec 2021 18:14:41 +0000SWRNAnalayzing Matt Karp's taking in Harpers magazine about the historical relevance of the 1619 project24891619,newyorktimes,project,racism,slaveryfalse3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-2-butler-the-beast--48088229https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48088229Tue, 28 Dec 2021 19:23:12 +0000SWRNExplaining the fascinating career and life of General Benjamin Butler throughout the civil war2209bulter,civilwar,history,reconstructionfalse3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-1-every-man-a-king--48014441https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48014441Tue, 21 Dec 2021 18:44:58 +0000SWRNThe story of Huey P Long3019fdr,history,hueylong,newdealfalse3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-12-the-hidden-history-of-afghanistan--46264529https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46264529Fri, 27 Aug 2021 17:32:31 +0000SWRNPutting today's chaos in Afghanistan in 70 years of context to close out season 2 of Hidden History1847afghanistan,daoud,muslims,taliban,warfalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-11-the-heartbreaking-history-of-haiti--45710851https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45710851Thu, 15 Jul 2021 17:54:54 +0000SWRNUnderstand Haiti's current political moment with a look back through Haitian history2792dominican,france,haiti,history,touissantloverturefalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-10-america-s-only-successful-coup--45628390https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45628390Thu, 08 Jul 2021 17:47:06 +0000SWRNHow Wilmington, NC a prosperous majoirty black town's government and society was destoeyed by a band of state supported white supremacists in 1898, and why no one talked about it for another 100 years1975history,kkk,tulsa,whitesupremacy,wilmingtonfalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-9-the-assassination-of-fred-hampton--45531176https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45531176Thu, 01 Jul 2021 18:27:19 +0000SWRNHow a conspiracy between the FBI and the Chicago Police Department murdered one of the most influential leaders of the civil rights movement, Chairman Fred Hampton2005cointelpro,fbi,fredhampton,history,hooverfalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-8-the-rise-and-fall-of-augusto-pinochet--45435161https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45435161Fri, 25 Jun 2021 03:12:47 +0000SWRNA history of "the donkey"'s bloody rein in Chile2297allende,chile,coldwar,history,pinochetfalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-7-the-story-of-john-brown--45343845https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45343845Thu, 17 Jun 2021 18:04:56 +0000SWRNThe life and times of John Brown, the radical abolitionist who helped kill slavery with his famous Harpers Ferry raid2045civilwar,history,johnbrown,robert,slaveryfalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-6-how-nazi-scientists-helped-build-the-apollo-program--45158359https://allthatsinteresting.com/operation-paperclip]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45158359Fri, 04 Jun 2021 00:05:37 +0000SWRNOperation Paperclip, the US's hiring of Nazi scientists to help fight the Soviet Union explained. https://allthatsinteresting.com/operation-papercliphttps://allthatsinteresting.com/operation-paperclip]]>1263history,hitler,nazi,truman,ww2false2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-5-who-killed-dr-king--45064588https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45064588Thu, 27 May 2021 15:24:14 +0000SWRNInvestigating the questions around the murder of Martin Luther King Jr1877conspiracy,fbi,history,jamesearlray,mlkfalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-4-how-israel-was-founded-the-nakba--44804668https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44804668Fri, 14 May 2021 03:05:44 +0000SWRNTelling the story of how Israel gained a homeland and Palestine lost one. Solidarity to all those remembering family members this Nakba Day on Saturday1555history,israel,middleeast,nakbaday,palestinefalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-3-malcolm-x-vs-the-fbi-part-2--44646011https://jacobinmag.com/2020/07/who-killed-malcolm-x-fbi-cointelpro-elijah-muhammad]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44646011Thu, 06 May 2021 11:00:07 +0000SWRNReviewing the evidence that the killer of Malcolm X wasn't the Nation of Islam dispute previously thought. Source material is this article https://jacobinmag.com/2020/07/who-killed-malcolm-x-fbi-cointelpro-elijah-muhammadhttps://jacobinmag.com/2020/07/who-killed-malcolm-x-fbi-cointelpro-elijah-muhammad]]>2167cointelpro,crime,fbi,history,malcolmxfalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-2-malcolm-x-vs-the-fbi-part-1--44540839https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44540839Thu, 29 Apr 2021 11:00:21 +0000SWRNExamining a new Netflix series which goes through the case the FBI could have killed Malcolm X1938blm,conspiracy,fbi,history,malcolmfalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-1-did-the-mob-steal-the-1960-election-for-jfk--44425875https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44425875Thu, 22 Apr 2021 11:00:16 +0000SWRNWeighing the evidence about the mob's involvement in winning Illinois for Kennedy in the 1960 election.1759crime,history,jfk,mob,politicsfalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-8-the-p-word-part-2--43239883https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43239883Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:00:08 +0000SWRNA history of American populism, including how and why it started, and why it fizzled out and what that says about where we are today.2664bernie,populism,trumpfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-7-the-p-word-part-1--43239877https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43239877Wed, 03 Feb 2021 12:00:17 +0000SWRNA history of American populism, including how and why it started, and why it fizzled out and what that says about where we are today.2070bernie,populism,trumpfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-6-how-the-cia-brought-acid-to-america--42916482https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42916482Wed, 20 Jan 2021 12:00:27 +0000SWRNHow the CIA's MKUltra program brought one of the most infamous drugs to our nation's shores in the heat of the Cold War.1260cia,history,mkultra,secretsfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-5-the-secret-plot-to-overthrow-fdr--42916464https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42916464Wed, 13 Jan 2021 14:13:21 +0000SWRNHow the business community made a run at the greatest presidency in American history1984business,fdr,historyfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-4-the-hidden-story-of-the-kennedy-assassination--42633725https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42633725Wed, 23 Dec 2020 17:12:54 +0000SWRNThings you didn't know about that famous day 57 years and one month ago .2998assassination,bush,cia,history,kennedyfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-3-how-lbj-stole-his-first-election--42518390https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42518390Wed, 16 Dec 2020 13:32:18 +0000SWRNHow LBJ stole his first election2309history,lbjfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-2-the-uprising-that-never-happened--42396766https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42396766Wed, 09 Dec 2020 13:48:28 +0000SWRNThe story of the failed Bay of Pigs invasion.3215castro,crown,cuba,history,kennedyfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-1-the-rise-of-el-caudillo--42264856https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42264856Wed, 02 Dec 2020 05:00:17 +0000SWRNExamining the rise and fall of the fascist dictator of Spain, Francisco Franco.3363caudillo,fascism,franco,nazi,spainfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/uprising-announcement--41478959https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41478959Thu, 15 Oct 2020 17:38:40 +0000SWRNA preview for the show.114falsetrailer