Cam & Ray's Cold War Podcast

Cameron Reilly & Ray Harris
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A NSFW, detailed and funny long-form podcast about The Cold War.

  1. 12시간 전

    Cold War 312: Fatherland or Death (CUBAN REVOLUTION #37)

    A Belgian munitions ship called La Coubre blows up in Havana Harbour, killing somewhere between 75 and 100 people…. and Castro immediately points the finger at Washington, which is awkward given that the US had already been bombing Cuban sugar fields from Florida. Also at this funeral, Alberto Korda snaps a photo of Che Guevara that will eventually end up on condoms worldwide, and Castro coins the phrase that becomes the revolution’s motto: Patria O Muerte. The diplomats are starting to figure out what the CIA already knew months ago.

    17분

  2. 6월 25일

    Cold War 311: Coletillas (CUBAN REVOLUTION #36)

    Mikoyan, Soviet deputy premier and ice cream king, rolls into Havana in February 1960 with a 40-person delegation, a science exhibit, and advice for Castro to just take all the American-owned land without compensation. Meanwhile, Cuba’s newspaper workers start inserting little clarification notes next to stories they disagree with…. which escalates until the clarifications are longer than the articles, and publishers start fleeing to Miami to write for the Herald. The oldest paper on the island holds an actual funeral for itself, complete with a coffin.

    19분

  3. 6월 9일

    Cold War 310: Ice Cream and Ideology (CUBAN REVOLUTION #35)

    Cuba, 1959/1960, and Fidel Castro is desperately trying to walk the middle path…. no communism, no capitalism, just “humanism” – liberty with bread, bread without terror. Meanwhile one of his most senior commanders, Huber Matos, publicly resigns in protest at communist influence and ends up in solitary for 16 of the next 20 years. And then the Soviet Union’s most durable political survivor – the man who outlasted Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev and Brezhnev, and personally controlled USSR ice cream quality standards – turns up in Havana.

    28분

  4. 5월 27일

    The Man Who Owned Everything: Cold War 309: Cuban Revolution #34

    This week we dig into the fallout from Castro’s agrarian reform law — the land grabs, the diplomatic notes flying between Havana and Washington, and the moment a Texas cattle baron handed Eisenhower the blueprint for 60+ years of US Cuba policy. We also cover Castro’s brilliant political theatre: a fake resignation on live TV that ended with a million people in the streets demanding he come back, and a new president who lasted about ten minutes.

    31분

  5. 5월 7일

    The Land They Were Never Meant To Own – Cold War 308 (Cuban Revolution #33)

    On this episode we dig into the centrepiece of Cuba’s revolution — the Agrarian Reform Act of 1959. We break down exactly what the law said, why even the Cuban Communist Party thought Castro was moving too fast, and how ordinary Cubans from all walks of life started pooling their own money to make it happen. And we set up the moment one wealthy, well-connected American walked into Eisenhower’s office and arguably shaped US-Cuba policy for the next 75 years.

    13분

  6. 4월 29일

    Fidel Does America – Cold War 307 (Cuban Revolution #32)

    Fidel is the newly installed as Prime Minister of Cuba — and immediately does on a charm offensive to the United States, where he wows crowds, spars with Richard Nixon, and somehow convinces a CIA analyst he’s basically anti-communist. Meanwhile, back in Washington, Eisenhower is conveniently playing golf… and quietly ordering the CIA to start planning Castro’s removal.

    32분

  7. 4월 26일

    Prime Minister Castro – Cold War #306 (Cuban Revolution #31)

    This week we’re deep in the early days of Castro’s Cuba — watching a revolutionary figure out he’s now got to actually run a country. We cover Castro’s sweeping reforms: dissolving Congress, banning political parties, freezing corrupt officials’ assets, and the messy reality of ruling from outside the government before finally taking the job of Prime Minister. Along the way, Cameron and Ray dig into why Latin America has never managed to unite against US interference — and why, in 2026, that failure is playing out in real time as Cuba goes dark.

    23분

  8. 4월 14일

    Revolutionary Justice – Cold War 305 (Cuban Revolution #30)

    This week we dig into the messy aftermath of Castro’s victory — the revolutionary tribunals, the firing squads, and the international blowback that followed. We also get into Fidel’s complicated personal life, including his stunning mistress Naty Revuelta, his secret illegitimate daughter Alina, and the gatekeeper Celia Sanchez who kept everyone at arm’s length. Plus, Britain tells Castro to get stuffed when he asks for an apology, and Castro fires back at American media hypocrisy with some genuinely ballsy rhetoric.

    30분
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A NSFW, detailed and funny long-form podcast about The Cold War.

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  • 제작진
    Cameron Reilly & Ray Harris
  • 방송 연도
    2016년 - 2026년
  • 에피소드
    188
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    © Cameron Reilly & Ray Harris jr
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