Podcasts about Havana

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Outubro de 1965. O diplomata suíço Raymond Quendoz espera pela mulher na pista do aeroporto de Havana, mas a portuguesa Annie Silva Pais simplesmente não aparece. Toda a gente quer saber onde ela está. Porque Annie não é só casada com um diplomata. Também é filha de um dos homens mais importantes do Estado Novo, Fernando Silva Pais, o diretor da PIDE. O desaparecimento de Annie vai dar origem a um mistério de dimensão internacional que vai mobilizar o responsável da CIA em Havana, o chefe dos serviços de segurança suíços, o mais alto representante de Portugal em Cuba, e até Salazar e Fidel Castro. Durante meses, todas estas pessoas vão andar à procura de Annie. Todas, menos uma: há alguém que sabe muito bem onde ela está. "Os Escândalos de uma Revolucionária" é o novo Podcast Plus do Observador. É narrado por Bárbara Branco e tem banda sonora original de Frankie Chávez. Pode ouvir semanalmente os episódios na playlist própria do podcast na Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube ou outras plataformas de podcast. Os assinantes standard e premium do Observador têm acesso exclusivo e antecipado a todos os episódios em observador.pt. Pode assinar aqui.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Outubro de 1965. O diplomata suíço Raymond Quendoz espera pela mulher na pista do aeroporto de Havana, mas a portuguesa Annie Silva Pais simplesmente não aparece. Toda a gente quer saber onde ela está. Porque Annie não é só casada com um diplomata. Também é filha de um dos homens mais importantes do Estado Novo, Fernando Silva Pais, o diretor da PIDE. O desaparecimento de Annie vai dar origem a um mistério de dimensão internacional que vai mobilizar o responsável da CIA em Havana, o chefe dos serviços de segurança suíços, o mais alto representante de Portugal em Cuba, e até Salazar e Fidel Castro. Durante meses, todas estas pessoas vão andar à procura de Annie. Todas, menos uma: há alguém que sabe muito bem onde ela está. "Os Escândalos de uma Revolucionária" é o novo Podcast Plus do Observador. É narrado por Bárbara Branco e tem banda sonora original de Frankie Chávez. Pode ouvir semanalmente os episódios na playlist própria do podcast na Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube ou outras plataformas de podcast. Os assinantes standard e premium do Observador têm acesso exclusivo e antecipado a todos os episódios em observador.pt. Pode assinar aqui.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Outubro de 1965. O diplomata suíço Raymond Quendoz espera pela mulher na pista do aeroporto de Havana, mas a portuguesa Annie Silva Pais simplesmente não aparece. Toda a gente quer saber onde ela está. Porque Annie não é só casada com um diplomata. Também é filha de um dos homens mais importantes do Estado Novo, Fernando Silva Pais, o diretor da PIDE. O desaparecimento de Annie vai dar origem a um mistério de dimensão internacional que vai mobilizar o responsável da CIA em Havana, o chefe dos serviços de segurança suíços, o mais alto representante de Portugal em Cuba, e até Salazar e Fidel Castro. Durante meses, todas estas pessoas vão andar à procura de Annie. Todas, menos uma: há alguém que sabe muito bem onde ela está. "Os Escândalos de uma Revolucionária" é o novo Podcast Plus do Observador. É narrado por Bárbara Branco e tem banda sonora original de Frankie Chávez. Pode ouvir semanalmente os episódios na playlist própria do podcast na Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube ou outras plataformas de podcast. Os assinantes standard e premium do Observador têm acesso exclusivo e antecipado a todos os episódios em observador.pt. Pode assinar aqui.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Outubro de 1965. O diplomata suíço Raymond Quendoz espera pela mulher na pista do aeroporto de Havana, mas a portuguesa Annie Silva Pais simplesmente não aparece. Toda a gente quer saber onde ela está. Porque Annie não é só casada com um diplomata. Também é filha de um dos homens mais importantes do Estado Novo, Fernando Silva Pais, o diretor da PIDE. O desaparecimento de Annie vai dar origem a um mistério de dimensão internacional que vai mobilizar o responsável da CIA em Havana, o chefe dos serviços de segurança suíços, o mais alto representante de Portugal em Cuba, e até Salazar e Fidel Castro. Durante meses, todas estas pessoas vão andar à procura de Annie. Todas, menos uma: há alguém que sabe muito bem onde ela está. "Os Escândalos de uma Revolucionária" é o novo Podcast Plus do Observador. É narrado por Bárbara Branco e tem banda sonora original de Frankie Chávez. Pode ouvir semanalmente os episódios na playlist própria do podcast na Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube ou outras plataformas de podcast. Os assinantes standard e premium do Observador têm acesso exclusivo e antecipado a todos os episódios em observador.pt. Pode assinar aqui.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Outubro de 1965. O diplomata suíço Raymond Quendoz espera pela mulher na pista do aeroporto de Havana, mas a portuguesa Annie Silva Pais simplesmente não aparece. Toda a gente quer saber onde ela está. Porque Annie não é só casada com um diplomata. Também é filha de um dos homens mais importantes do Estado Novo, Fernando Silva Pais, o diretor da PIDE. O desaparecimento de Annie vai dar origem a um mistério de dimensão internacional que vai mobilizar o responsável da CIA em Havana, o chefe dos serviços de segurança suíços, o mais alto representante de Portugal em Cuba, e até Salazar e Fidel Castro. Durante meses, todas estas pessoas vão andar à procura de Annie. Todas, menos uma: há alguém que sabe muito bem onde ela está. "Os Escândalos de uma Revolucionária" é o novo Podcast Plus do Observador. É narrado por Bárbara Branco e tem banda sonora original de Frankie Chávez. Pode ouvir semanalmente os episódios na playlist própria do podcast na Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube ou outras plataformas de podcast. Os assinantes standard e premium do Observador têm acesso exclusivo e antecipado a todos os episódios em observador.pt. Pode assinar aqui.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Outubro de 1965. O diplomata suíço Raymond Quendoz espera pela mulher na pista do aeroporto de Havana, mas a portuguesa Annie Silva Pais simplesmente não aparece. Toda a gente quer saber onde ela está. Porque Annie não é só casada com um diplomata. Também é filha de um dos homens mais importantes do Estado Novo, Fernando Silva Pais, o diretor da PIDE. O desaparecimento de Annie vai dar origem a um mistério de dimensão internacional que vai mobilizar o responsável da CIA em Havana, o chefe dos serviços de segurança suíços, o mais alto representante de Portugal em Cuba, e até Salazar e Fidel Castro. Durante meses, todas estas pessoas vão andar à procura de Annie. Todas, menos uma: há alguém que sabe muito bem onde ela está. "Os Escândalos de uma Revolucionária" é o novo Podcast Plus do Observador. É narrado por Bárbara Branco e tem banda sonora original de Frankie Chávez. Pode ouvir semanalmente os episódios na playlist própria do podcast na Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube ou outras plataformas de podcast. Os assinantes standard e premium do Observador têm acesso exclusivo e antecipado a todos os episódios em observador.pt. Pode assinar aqui.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Outubro de 1965. O diplomata suíço Raymond Quendoz espera pela mulher na pista do aeroporto de Havana, mas a portuguesa Annie Silva Pais simplesmente não aparece. Toda a gente quer saber onde ela está. Porque Annie não é só casada com um diplomata. Também é filha de um dos homens mais importantes do Estado Novo, Fernando Silva Pais, o diretor da PIDE. O desaparecimento de Annie vai dar origem a um mistério de dimensão internacional que vai mobilizar o responsável da CIA em Havana, o chefe dos serviços de segurança suíços, o mais alto representante de Portugal em Cuba, e até Salazar e Fidel Castro. Durante meses, todas estas pessoas vão andar à procura de Annie. Todas, menos uma: há alguém que sabe muito bem onde ela está. "Os Escândalos de uma Revolucionária" é o novo Podcast Plus do Observador. É narrado por Bárbara Branco e tem banda sonora original de Frankie Chávez. Pode ouvir semanalmente os episódios na playlist própria do podcast na Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube ou outras plataformas de podcast. Os assinantes standard e premium do Observador têm acesso exclusivo e antecipado a todos os episódios em observador.pt. Pode assinar aqui.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Outubro de 1965. O diplomata suíço Raymond Quendoz espera pela mulher na pista do aeroporto de Havana, mas a portuguesa Annie Silva Pais simplesmente não aparece. Toda a gente quer saber onde ela está. Porque Annie não é só casada com um diplomata. Também é filha de um dos homens mais importantes do Estado Novo, Fernando Silva Pais, o diretor da PIDE. O desaparecimento de Annie vai dar origem a um mistério de dimensão internacional que vai mobilizar o responsável da CIA em Havana, o chefe dos serviços de segurança suíços, o mais alto representante de Portugal em Cuba, e até Salazar e Fidel Castro. Durante meses, todas estas pessoas vão andar à procura de Annie. Todas, menos uma: há alguém que sabe muito bem onde ela está. "Os Escândalos de uma Revolucionária" é o novo Podcast Plus do Observador. É narrado por Bárbara Branco e tem banda sonora original de Frankie Chávez. Pode ouvir semanalmente os episódios na playlist própria do podcast na Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube ou outras plataformas de podcast. Os assinantes standard e premium do Observador têm acesso exclusivo e antecipado a todos os episódios em observador.pt. Pode assinar aqui.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Outubro de 1965. O diplomata suíço Raymond Quendoz espera pela mulher na pista do aeroporto de Havana, mas a portuguesa Annie Silva Pais simplesmente não aparece. Toda a gente quer saber onde ela está. Porque Annie não é só casada com um diplomata. Também é filha de um dos homens mais importantes do Estado Novo, Fernando Silva Pais, o diretor da PIDE. O desaparecimento de Annie vai dar origem a um mistério de dimensão internacional que vai mobilizar o responsável da CIA em Havana, o chefe dos serviços de segurança suíços, o mais alto representante de Portugal em Cuba, e até Salazar e Fidel Castro. Durante meses, todas estas pessoas vão andar à procura de Annie. Todas, menos uma: há alguém que sabe muito bem onde ela está. "Os Escândalos de uma Revolucionária" é o novo Podcast Plus do Observador. É narrado por Bárbara Branco e tem banda sonora original de Frankie Chávez. Pode ouvir semanalmente os episódios na playlist própria do podcast na Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube ou outras plataformas de podcast. Os assinantes standard e premium do Observador têm acesso exclusivo e antecipado a todos os episódios em observador.pt. Pode assinar aqui.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Outubro de 1965. O diplomata suíço Raymond Quendoz espera pela mulher na pista do aeroporto de Havana, mas a portuguesa Annie Silva Pais simplesmente não aparece. Toda a gente quer saber onde ela está. Porque Annie não é só casada com um diplomata. Também é filha de um dos homens mais importantes do Estado Novo, Fernando Silva Pais, o diretor da PIDE. O desaparecimento de Annie vai dar origem a um mistério de dimensão internacional que vai mobilizar o responsável da CIA em Havana, o chefe dos serviços de segurança suíços, o mais alto representante de Portugal em Cuba, e até Salazar e Fidel Castro. Durante meses, todas estas pessoas vão andar à procura de Annie. Todas, menos uma: há alguém que sabe muito bem onde ela está. "Os Escândalos de uma Revolucionária" é o novo Podcast Plus do Observador. É narrado por Bárbara Branco e tem banda sonora original de Frankie Chávez. Pode ouvir semanalmente os episódios na playlist própria do podcast na Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube ou outras plataformas de podcast. Os assinantes standard e premium do Observador têm acesso exclusivo e antecipado a todos os episódios em observador.pt. Pode assinar aqui.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Outubro de 1965. O diplomata suíço Raymond Quendoz espera pela mulher na pista do aeroporto de Havana, mas a portuguesa Annie Silva Pais simplesmente não aparece. Toda a gente quer saber onde ela está. Porque Annie não é só casada com um diplomata. Também é filha de um dos homens mais importantes do Estado Novo, Fernando Silva Pais, o diretor da PIDE. O desaparecimento de Annie vai dar origem a um mistério de dimensão internacional que vai mobilizar o responsável da CIA em Havana, o chefe dos serviços de segurança suíços, o mais alto representante de Portugal em Cuba, e até Salazar e Fidel Castro. Durante meses, todas estas pessoas vão andar à procura de Annie. Todas, menos uma: há alguém que sabe muito bem onde ela está. "Os Escândalos de uma Revolucionária" é o novo Podcast Plus do Observador. É narrado por Bárbara Branco e tem banda sonora original de Frankie Chávez. Pode ouvir semanalmente os episódios na playlist própria do podcast na Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube ou outras plataformas de podcast. Os assinantes standard e premium do Observador têm acesso exclusivo e antecipado a todos os episódios em observador.pt. Pode assinar aqui.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Outubro de 1965. O diplomata suíço Raymond Quendoz espera pela mulher na pista do aeroporto de Havana, mas a portuguesa Annie Silva Pais simplesmente não aparece. Toda a gente quer saber onde ela está. Porque Annie não é só casada com um diplomata. Também é filha de um dos homens mais importantes do Estado Novo, Fernando Silva Pais, o diretor da PIDE. O desaparecimento de Annie vai dar origem a um mistério de dimensão internacional que vai mobilizar o responsável da CIA em Havana, o chefe dos serviços de segurança suíços, o mais alto representante de Portugal em Cuba, e até Salazar e Fidel Castro. Durante meses, todas estas pessoas vão andar à procura de Annie. Todas, menos uma: há alguém que sabe muito bem onde ela está. "Os Escândalos de uma Revolucionária" é o novo Podcast Plus do Observador. É narrado por Bárbara Branco e tem banda sonora original de Frankie Chávez. Pode ouvir semanalmente os episódios na playlist própria do podcast na Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube ou outras plataformas de podcast. Os assinantes standard e premium do Observador têm acesso exclusivo e antecipado a todos os episódios em observador.pt. Pode assinar aqui.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this  twenty-third installment of our Jack Ruby miniseries, we revisit Jack Ruby's infamous summer 1959 trip to Cuba and unravel the paper trail that shatters sixty years of official cover stories. For decades, the Warren Commission portrayed Ruby's presence in Havana as an innocent, week-long vacation, backed by a single postcard sent to his girlfriend Alice Nichols from the FOCSA  building. However, official Cuban immigration tourist cards and federal archives expose a massive physical contradiction: while his immigration card registered a continuous 34-day stay from August 8 to September 11, 1959, Dallas bank deposit logs and FBI contact reports place him physically in Texas on three  separate dates during that exact window. Forensic handwriting analysis confirmed Ruby personally signed these tourist cards, proving he was not taking a simple holiday, but executing a series of rapid, clandestine flights back and forth across the Straits of Florida.We examine the covert mechanics of Ruby's Cuban operations, beginning with the sworn account of car rental agent Elaine Minier. Minier revealed that before her own trip to Havana, Ruby met her in Dallas and instructed her to deliver a written, coded message to casino boss Lewis McWillie on the Tropicana floor, declaring that "Sparky from Chicago is coming." We reconstruct the findings of the House Select Committee on Assassinations, which established at least three separate trips in August and September 1959—including a 24-hour turnaround flight between Miami, Havana, and New Orleans—and trace eyewitness testimonies from Chicago tourists who met Ruby at the Tropicana over Labor Day weekend. Furthermore, we investigate the ten-day overlap when Ruby was in Havana while mob boss Santo Trafficante Jr. was held at the minimum-security Trescornia detention camp, examining British journalist John Wilson Hudson's report that Ruby visited Trafficante with food and supplies, alongside McWillie's evasive, shifting under-oath admissions about visiting the camp with Ruby.Finally, we confront Ruby's mysterious arms trafficking ventures and his repeated visits to Ray's Hardware in Dallas. We detail the uninvestigated claims of Texas gunrunner Robert Ray McKeown, who testified that Ruby visited his Houston drive-in seeking a letter of introduction to Fidel Castro in exchange for surplus Jeeps in Shreveport and slot machines in New Mexico, while offering thousands in cash to secure the release of detained associates in Cuba. We trace Ruby's history of acquiring firearms—from his failed attempt to ship a .38 Smith & Wesson Centennial revolver COD to McWillie in Las Vegas to his January 1960 purchase at Ray's Hardware, where he walked in alongside a Dallas police officer and a prizefighter to buy the blue steel .38 Colt Cobra snub nose (serial number 2744LW). This very weapon, bought in the company of Dallas law enforcement, would ultimately become the instrument used to execute Lee Harvey Oswald in the City Hall basement.

Fernando Frías was a successful cafe and restaurant owner in Havana. But when Fidel Castro came to power, the government nationalized Fernando's businesses and imprisoned him when he tried to leave the country. Eventually he got out, settling near Miami like so many other Cuban expats. Even though Fernando never went back to Cuba, he was always searching for pieces of his homeland in the Cuban-American community in Miami. This week Dan talks with Fernando's son, Carlos Frías, who's now an investigative editor at USA TODAY. Carlos was close with his father until Fernando was tragically murdered in 2020. In his grief, Carlos sought a new connection with his father by writing about Miami's first ventanita.This episode originally aired on June 27, 2022, and was produced by Dan Pashman, Emma Morgenstern, Andres O'Hara, Kimmie Gregory, and Jared O'Connell. The Sporkful team now includes Dan Pashman, Emma Morgenstern, Andres O'Hara, Kameel Stanley, and Jared O'Connell.Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Sporkful ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this gripping nineteenth installment of our Jack Ruby miniseries, we take a seat at the table during one of the most mysterious and heavily obscured meetings of the assassination weekend: Jack Ruby's Saturday night dinner on November 23, 1963, at the glittering, mob-financed Dallas Cabana Motor Hotel. Ostensibly a playground for mid-century celebrities, the Cabana was built using millions from Jimmy Hoffa's Teamsters pension fund and was managed by close associates of organized crime. Though the Warren Commission initially brushed past this critical evening as a simple, fleeting telephone call, congressional investigators later exposed the sworn testimony of Chicago sporting goods manager Lawrence Meyers. Meyers confessed under oath that Jack Ruby was actually his personal guest for a long, intense dinner at the hotel restaurant, where the nightclub owner paced and seethed, not with national grief, but with a bitter, commercial fury that his competitors, the Weinstein brothers, kept their clubs wide open and packed to the doors while his own lay dark.But the mystery of the Cabana runs far deeper than a disgruntled nightclub owner's complaints. We peel back the layers of Lawrence Meyers' background, revealing that he was not just a sporting goods salesman, but a direct link to Ruby's gambling idol, Lewis McWillie, who had once purchased free plane tickets to Havana for both men in 1959. We trace the chilling presence of other Cabana guests that weekend, most notably Eugene Hale Brading—a high-level mafia courier on California parole with ties to Sam Giancana and Johnny Roselli—who checked into Room 132 and was arrested on the third floor of the nearby Dal-Tex building minutes after the shots were fired in Dealey Plaza. We also dissect a shocking, overlooked FBI report from a witness who overheard a frantic phone call while at the  Cabana, claiming that Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby had taken a secret road trip to Mexico together that summer, and placing Ruby in the hotel lobby on Thursday night flanked by several "rough-looking boys."We juxtapose these dark syndicate shadows with the surreal, comedic theater that only Jack Ruby could provide. In the very same lobby, the day after the  assassination, Ruby stood in his flashy suit, demonstrating a plastic-wrapped "twist board" exercise gadget to Lawrence Meyers' brother, swiveling his hips for nearly an hour in a desperate attempt to pitch the novelty toy. This "clown and courier" paradox defines the dual nature of Jack Ruby's final Saturday. Finally, we follow him through the midnight hours as he makes one last, crucial scouting run back to the third floor of the central police station, where he stands among exhausted reporters and absorbs the quiet consensus of the room: the highly publicized 10:00 a.m. Sunday morning transfer of Lee Harvey Oswald has slipped, and the logistics are delayed. Armed and informed,  Ruby returns to his apartment, counting down the final 12 hours until his fateful date with history in the police basement.

This week marks the 1-year anniversary of Trump's boat strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific oceans. On September 2, 2025, President Donald Trump announced the first air strike on a boat in the Caribbean. Trump said the boat allegedly carried drugs off the coast of Venezuela. It marked the beginning of a hostile U.S. foreign policy that has seen the U.S. invade Venezuela, unleash a devastating oil blockade on Cuba, and justify it all under a renewed Monroe Doctrine, which the President is calling his Donroe Doctrine.Meanwhile, the boat strikes have continued until today, even though Trump administration officials say they have not actually decreased the amount of drugs arriving on U.S. soil. As of this week, the U.S. government has attacked at least 68 boats over the last year, killing more than 220 people.The Trump administration is now using his foreign policy to attack progressive opponents at home, labelling them pawns of Cuba, and "one of the single largest, most sophisticated and dangerous vectors for hostile foreign influence in modern American history."In this episode, Michael Fox walks through the anniversary of the boat strikes. He dissects a new Cuban report published by the State Department to attack dissidents at home, and then looks at the regional resistance to Trump at the Panamerican Congress, which was held in August in Montevideo, Uruguay. This is Episode 13 of Under the Shadow, Season 2.Under the Shadow is an investigative narrative podcast series that walks back in time, telling the story of the past by visiting momentous places in the present. Season 2 responds in real time to the Trump administration's onslaught on Latin America.Follow Under the Shadow on Spotify and Apple PodcastsHosted by Latin America-based journalist Michael Fox.This podcast is produced in partnership between The Real News Network and NACLA.It is supported, in part, by Global Exchange.Theme music by Michael Fox's band, Monte Perdido. Monte Perdido's 2024 album Ofrenda is available on Spotify, Deezer, Apple Music, YouTube or wherever you listen to music.Other music from Blue Dot Sessions and Epidemic Sound.Script editing by Heather Gies.Hosted, written, produced, mixed, and edited by Michael Fox.Guests: Alexander MainJake JohnstonResources: Belly of the Beast is a U.S-based independent media outlet, reporting from Havana. Many thanks for their incredible ongoing work. You can visit their site here: www.bellyofthebeastcuba.comBelow are links to the video clips used in today's episode: “Helping” Cuba While Destroying Its Economyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TRYNU9-h5AThis History Professor Graded Marco Rubio's Cuba Report. He Got an F.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8hqJI4kOWcMany thanks to Alex Main and Jake Johnston from the Center for Economic and Policy Research for taking the time to speak with me and for their excellent analysis and insight.You can visit CEPR's Live Tracker on Latin America.You can check out Michael Fox's Patreon.More background… The Beginning: Monroe and migration | Under the Shadow, Episode 1Panama. US Invasion. | Under the Shadow, Episode 13The legacy of Monroe | Under the Shadow, Bonus Episode 4 Support Under the Shadow: Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox's reporting on his Patreon account: patreon.com/mfox. There you can also see exclusive pictures, video, and interviews.You can subscribe to Michael Fox's new free speech podcast, The Battle for Free Speech On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033olXvh3dLzQFJc1HSd6O?si=7eda46a92fe14894Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-battle-for-free-speech/id1896829044Or wherever you get your podcasts.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Follow us on:Bluesky: @therealnews.comFacebook: The Real News NetworkTwitter: @TheRealNewsYouTube: @therealnewsInstagram: @therealnewsnetworkBecome a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today!

Abra sua conta na COINBASE e ao comprar R$1000 ganhe $10 USDC:https://coinbase-consumer.sjv.io/c/7081608/3861328/9251Você já conhece o meu aplicativo? No HOC ACADEMY você tem acesso a cursos e aulas exclusivas, além do BUNKER DO HOC, um feed de notícias e análises em tempo real sobre as coisas mais importantes que acontecem no mundo. Clica no link e não fique de fora dessa!A crise em Cuba abriu uma disputa silenciosa sobre quem pode comandar a ilha no futuro.No centro dessa história está Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, conhecido como “El Cangrejo”: neto de Raúl Castro, ex-guarda-costas do avô e hoje um dos nomes envolvidos nas negociações entre Havana e Washington.Segundo reportagens recentes, ele já manteve conversas com autoridades americanas, incluindo Marco Rubio e o diretor da CIA, John Ratcliffe, enquanto o governo Trump aumenta a pressão econômica e política sobre o regime cubano.Neste vídeo, mostramos como o colapso energético, a perda do apoio venezuelano, o êxodo de milhões de cubanos e a fragilidade do governo de Miguel Díaz-Canel colocaram a sucessão de Cuba no centro das atenções.Também explicamos quem é o neto de Raúl Castro, sua ligação com a elite econômica e militar cubana, as acusações que aparecem em documentos judiciais americanos e por que Washington pode enxergá-lo como um possível interlocutor para o futuro da ilha.A revolução cubana está chegando a um momento decisivo. E, mesmo depois de décadas, o sobrenome Castro continua no centro da disputa pelo poder.Você já conhece o meu aplicativo? No HOC ACADEMY você tem acesso a cursos e aulas exclusivas, além do BUNKER DO HOC, um feed de notícias e análises em tempo real sobre as coisas mais importantes que acontecem no mundo. Clica no link e não fique de fora dessa!LINK HOC ACADEMY:https://lp.hocacademy.com.br/home-nova/#coinbase #cuba #castro #trump

The Jokermen examine Leonard Cohen's travels through London, Hydra, and Havana on his way to the publication of his second volume of poetry, The Spice-Box of Earth. SUBSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON FOR ACCESS TO ALL EPISODES AD-FREE

Today's guest is Sean Williams. Sean is an investigative report whose work has apeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, Rolling Stone, GQ, The Daily Beast, The New Republic, Wired, The Economist, The Guardian, Sports Illustrated and many more. He host The Underworld Podcast, a weekly show investigating global organized crime with journalist Danny Gold. He recently spent 4 weeks in Havana investigating the situation there. Borderland: Narcosis is an IRONCLAD Original. Sponsors: 1st Phorm: Go to⁠ ⁠https://www.1stphorm.com/borderland⁠⁠ and get free shipping on any orders over $75, free 30 days in the app for new customers, and 110% money back guarantee on all of our products. Marek Health: Visit https://marekhealth.com/ and use code IRONCLAD to receive 10% off The Uprising: From the director of JASON BOURNE, Paul Greengrass brings you THE UPRISING. Andrew Garfield stars as the leader of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II. Set against the true events of the Uprising that helped inspire the legend of Robin Hood, he forms an army of the people to face the King's might in a fight for justice. Now-8/26: Only in theaters September 10. Watch The Trailer. 8/27-9/6: Only in theaters September 10. Get tickets. *9/7-9/9: Only in theaters this Thursday. Get tickets. 9/10-on: Now playing only in theaters. Get tickets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"To solve a double murder in Cuba, US Army Captain Billy Boyle will need to build unlikely alliances with Havana's underworld and British intelligence, including Lieutenant Commander Ian Fleming, whose naval wartime service would later inspire the James Bond novels." Terrance Layhew interviews author James R. Benn about the 21st Billy Boyle WWII mystery novel, The Ninth Circle, set in Cuba. The conversation covers the research behind the book's historical elements, the portrayal of Ian Fleming as a character, and the evolution of the series over 20+ years. Order The Ninth Circle - https://a.co/d/0gcMIm2H Order my medieval swashbuckler, Thorn https://a.co/d/04i4kDUi Order my crime adventure, Diamonds in Denver https://a.co/d/aHi7p9z Order my 1920's Aviator novella, Unwanted Passenger https://a.co/d/5FVQJWU Order my pulp treasure hunt novel, One Man's Treasure https://a.co/d/i19YMn7  Follow James: https://www.jamesrbenn.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jamesrbenn/ https://www.facebook.com/jamesrbenn Follow The Show! https://terrancelayhew.com/suitup/ https://www.instagram.com/suitup.author https://www.facebook.com/tlayhew https://suitupwith.substack.com/      

Step inside the sweltering, smoke-filled basement assembly room of the Dallas Police Headquarters at 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 23, 1963, as District Attorney Henry Wade addresses a packed room of over one hundred global journalists. Looking to deliver the first formal summary of the murder charges against Lee Harvey Oswald, the exhausted prosecutor makes a staggering, cold-war slip of the tongue—accidentally declaring to the world that Oswald was a member of the anti-Castro "Free Cuba movement" rather than the pro-Castro "Fair Play for Cuba Committee." Before the error can fully scramble the public's understanding of the suspect's political alignment, a voice rings out clearly from the back of the room near a concrete abutment. It is Jack Ruby, a local strip club owner holding a notepad and pencil, who loudly corrects the District Attorney and establishes the record on live national television.While assistant prosecutors would later note that Ruby delivered his correction in a normal, helpful tone, his sudden public display of political literacy immediately raises eyebrows. When later questioned by the FBI on how a politically uneducated nightclub owner knew the exact name of Oswald's organization, Ruby offered a straightforward defense, claiming he had simply heard it on local radio and that it had stuck in his mind. But to historical researchers, his familiarity with Cuba was already a matter of record, tracing back to his highly scrutinized, documented trips to revolutionary Havana in the summer of 1959 to visit Tropicana casino gambling manager Lewis McWillie. Rather than keeping a low profile, the self-styled Dallas showman eagerly intercepts Henry Wade as he leaves the press conference, extending his hand for a personal handshake and proudly declaring, "Henry, I want you to know that I was the one that corrected you."Determined to continue playing "producer" for the media, Ruby spends his post-midnight hours acting as a self-appointed press liaison in the corridors of police headquarters. After running into competing KBOX radio reporters Jerry Gunkle (alt. spelling Gunkel)  and Sam Pease, Jack manages to secure the unlisted, highly restricted newsroom hotline for KLIF radio. Slipping behind the records counter, Jack dials the station to offer a box of sandwiches, and upon seeing Henry Wade walk past the counter, he physically pulls the District Attorney to the phone. By handing KLIF the live, exclusive telephone scoop of the night, Jack earns an ecstatic invitation from the newsroom, with the overnight staff promising to leave the locked back door open for exactly five minutes so he can bring the food up.But Jack's desperate, pathological need to secure favor and be helpful ultimately sabotages his strict five-minute entry window. On his way out of the building, he runs into KLIF disc jockey Russ Knight—known to his listeners as "the Weird Beard"—who is searching for the press action. Forgetting the clock, Jack insists on escorting the DJ back downstairs to introduce him to Henry Wade for another taped interview. By the time Jack drives his white Oldsmobile a single block to the KLIF studios, his entrance window has expired and the doors are locked tight. In this episode, we follow the self-appointed king of the Dallas strip as he is forced to wait outside on the chilly pavement for fifteen minutes, clutching a heavy box of pastrami sandwiches and soda pop, setting the stage for a mysterious 2:30 a.m. parking lot meeting that would alter the course of the entire weekend.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ada Ferrer has spent decades wading through archives in Havana, helping to unearth and weave the untold stories of Cuba’s people and the island. But the most personal and profound source material she has ever found was a box of letters from the brother her mother left behind in Cuba when the family migrated to the US. Ada Ferrer joins Maria Hinojosa to discuss her new book, Keeper of My Kin, which traces her family’s story. They dive into exile, inherited trauma, and how the hostile relationship between the US and Cuba continues to shape the stories of families today. Latino USA is the longest-running news and culture radio program in the U.S., centering Latino stories and hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa. Follow the show to get every episode. Want to support our independent journalism? Join Futuro+ for exclusive episodes, sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes chisme on Latino USA and all our podcasts. Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. Subscribe to our newsletter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The war in Vietnam is no longer happening far away. Images of conflict flood American living rooms and the anti-war movement explodes. LBJ is convinced the protests cannot be truly domestic. Someone must be behind them: Moscow, Havana, perhaps both. He orders Richard Helms and the CIA to find the foreign influence driving unrest at home. But as the Agency moves closer to spying on American citizens, Eloise Page begins to see a different force at work. Not a secret network. Not a Soviet plot. Something much more powerful, sitting in plain sight: television.Starring Kim Cattrall, Kelsey Grammer and Johnny Flynn.Eloise Page..........Kim Cattrall Lyndon Baines Johnson..........Kelsey Grammer Richard Helms..........Johnny Flynn Young Eloise Page..........Elena Delia Cynthia McKelvie..........Rachael Stirling Bob McNamara.......... Rob Benedict Tom Karamessines ..........Akie Kotabe Richard Ober..........Richard Southgate Dean Rusk..........Joseph Balderrama Geri Whittington..........Nettie ChickeringAll other parts played by the castOriginal music by Sacha PuttnamProduction: Written by Greg Haddrick, who created the series with Jeremy Fox Sound Design and Editing by Adam Woodhams, Andreina Gomez Casanova and John Scott Dryden Assistant Director: Flynn Hallman Sonica Studio Sound Engineers: Mat Clark & Paul Clark Sonica Runner: Lily LefkowDirector: John Scott Dryden Producer & Casting Director: Emma Hearn Executive Producers: Howard Stringer, Jeremy Fox, Greg Haddrick and John Scott Dryden.A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4

Our guest today, Mario Cartaya, was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1951. Eight years later, the turbulent winds of change forced his family to immigrate to the United States in search of a new life lived in freedom.  Fifty-six years later, Mario returned to Cuba in search of the long-forgotten memories of his childhood. Now a successful American architect, this once "unsung child" of the Cuban diaspora went back to face his old demons (who were no longer there) and to recall his earliest experiences. In Journey Back Into The Vault, Mario confronts the contents of the mental lockbox he had built to protect him from his challenging past. Mario's personal story is a universal one: how love and enlightenment can only begin with our search for self-actualization and peace of mind. LINKS  Please check out Mario's book, "Journey Back Into the Vault" right HERE. Also see his just-released new book, "Before the Revolution." HERE.

This week the glasses held Christophe Mignon ADN, the stories went global, and our guest casually mentioned designing buildings in 18 countries like the rest of us mention brunch plans. Pat Bosch, Design Director and Principal of Perkins&Will's Miami studio, joined us for a conversation that starts in Havana and somehow ends up in Riyadh, Rio, and Accra before landing back home in Miami.Pat grew up the only child of two architects, spending her childhood in her mother's office and on construction sites with her father, then carried that inheritance through Puerto Rico, Columbia, ETH Zurich, and the New York studios of Richard Meier and Steven Holl. In 1996, in her early 30s, she bet everything on Miami and co-founded Perkins&Will's studio here with three people. Thirty years later it's one of the firm's most celebrated design hubs.We talk about designing the world's largest university for women in Saudi Arabia, building Africa's first LEED-certified hospital in Ghana with little more than smart passive design, and structuring an entire L'Oreal research center in Rio around bossa nova. We also get into her lifelong love affair with concrete, a material most people treat as a means to an end and Pat treats like poetry, from the cantilevered concrete of Miami Dade College to facades that somehow make the heaviest material on earth look weightless. And she explains the philosophy that runs through all of it: leave things better than you found them.Pour something with a little sparkle and press play. Pat builds in concrete, but this episode is pure Champagne.Connect with usWant to dive deeper into Miami's commercial real estate scene?

Welcome to the conclusion of our conversation on Graham Greene's novel. This week we're answering your questions and topics include: * The difference between a Catholic novel and a novel with Catholic characters* Green's personal faith and its influence on his writing* The book's depiction of religion and piety* The conflict between the Catholic moral vision and modernity* Humor, satire, and irony in Green's narrative techniques* The significance of Millie's character and her faith* The role of realism in literature and its effects on reader sympathy* Green's background as a journalist and diplomat influencing his fiction* The concept of truth versus fiction in espionage and storytelling* The importance of particular love and community over abstract idealsThanks so much for listening. Happy listening! Don't forget to check our CiRCE's upcoming event: A World without Heroes. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit closereads.substack.com/subscribe

Proletarian TV | 15 August 2026 General secretary of the CPGB-ML Ranjeet Brar brings a message of Greeting from Havana, Cuba on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Fidel Castro. The people of Cuba continue to resist the genocidal blockade, in place continuously and illegally since the Cuban missile crisis of 1962! Though Trump has tightened it and is attempting to starve and strangle the Cuban people - just as they are committing genocide with Britain and Israel in Palestine and across the middle east - their socialist system and resolve to remain independent, dignified and free makes them indomitable! We must support our Cuban brothers and sisters and demand an end to the criminal blockade! In Britain, as freedom of speech and political action is curtailed, we must fight the legal battle against the IHRA, that seeks to make all criticism of Britain's genocidal and aggressive foreign policy illegal, and this allow British workers the freedom to prevent or “Labour” government driving our nation towards world war. https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/legal-challenge-against-the-ih/ to support the legal campaign. Reach out and get involved! ---------------------------------------------- Subscribe! Donate! Join us in building a bright future for humanity! www.thecommunists.org www.lalkar.org www.redyouth.org Telegram: t.me/thecommunists Twitter: twitter.com/cpgbml Soundcloud: @proletarianradio Rumble: rumble.com/c/theCommunists Odysee: odysee.com/@proletariantv:2 Facebook: www.facebook.com/cpgbml Online Shop: https://shop.thecommunists.org/ Education Program: https://thecommunists.org/education-programme/ Each one teach one! www.londonworker.org/education-programme/ Join the struggle www.thecommunists.org/join/ Donate: www.thecommunists.org/donate/

Christian Parenti discusses the intellectual and political legacy of his father, the Marxist writer Michael Parenti, and the lessons that legacy offers for understanding socialism, imperialism, political power and the contemporary left. He reflects on his father's anti-imperialist worldview, his defence of actually existing socialism, and his willingness to confront uncomfortable political realities that much of the left preferred to avoid. The conversation examines the contradictions of socialist societies, including the problem of labour discipline and the difficulty of building systems that depend on people being motivated by collective moral commitments rather than material incentives. Parenti considers the collapse of the Soviet Union, drawing on the work of David Kotz and Fred Weir, and discusses the role of elite interests, economic pressures and political transformation. He also addresses the failures of ideological purity and wishful thinking on the contemporary left, including the political lessons of COVID. From there, the discussion turns to human nature, aggression, self-interest and the question of how societies can function when people do not contribute equally. Parenti also explores Cuba's revolutionary history, its struggle for sovereignty, US pressure, the CIA and the continuing conflict between Washington and Havana. A substantial portion of the conversation examines his father's views on the Kennedy assassination, the CIA and the divisions this created within the Marxist left, including his disagreement with Noam Chomsky. Throughout, Parenti argues for a political realism grounded in history, material conditions and an honest assessment of power rather than ideological comfort. Get full access to Savage Minds at www.savageminds.co/subscribe

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The oldest cemetery in the country of Cuba is known by several names. There is La Necropolis de Cristobal Colon or El Cementerio de Cristóbal Colón or Colon Cemetery or in English, the Christopher Columbus Cemetery. Clearly, this city of the dead was named for Christopher Columbus. The Colon Cemetery is in the capital of Havana and was founded in 1876 and has over 800,000 burials. The cemetery appears to be a sea of monuments, some beautiful and some in disrepair, and is the final resting place for many historical figures and also legendary characters, one of which is a well-known figure in Santeria.  Intro and Outro music "Stones and Bones" was written and produced by History Goes Bump and any use is strictly prohibited. Check us out at: https://historygoesbump.com

Proletarian TV | 2 August 2026 A brilliant and empassioned speech given by our dear comrade, Her Excellency Ismara Vargas-Walter, Cuban ambassador to the UK and Ireland, at our spirited celebration of the international anti imperialist struggle in Southall today. Our Chair Joti Brar gives an introduction to comrade Her Ismara, and makes some piercing observations in response. Ismara celebrates the 100th anniveraary of the birth of Fidel Castro, leader and inspirer of the Cuban Revolution, as well as the storming of the Moncada Barracks on 26th July 1953, that triggered the Revolution. Although that heroic assault on the fortress of US comprador Batista failed, it led to the trial of Fidel and his comrades, which Fidel turned into a tribunal of the reactionary and dictatorial regime. “History will absolve me!” Declared Fidel, at the conclusion of his epic speech of defence! And on January 1st 1959, the revolutionary forces led by Fidel, Raul and Che Guevara victoriously entered Havana, ushering in the rule of the Working People and the dawn ofa socialist era in Latin America. The US IMPERIALISTS HAVE NEVER FORGIVEN the people of Cuba for breaking free of their grip, and today desire to have their brothels, casinos, landed estates and latifundia, wage slaves, peasants, vassels, monopolies and sweat-shops restored to their corrupt and mafiosi-led grip. Despite the vindictive sanctions - intensified to fever pitch by this vindictive and unstable Trump regime - and the special economic measures that the Cubans have had to take to withstand those sanctions, Cuba stands firm, on the front line of the anti Imperialist struggle. We must all demand the lifting of the criminal US blockade and do all in our power to aid Cuba: the hope of the Latin American and Caribbean peoples, and a beacon pf humanity's bright, humane, just and rational socialist future. Also at the meeting, our comrade from the London Embassy of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Comrade Yong Ri and for the CPGB-ML our general secretary Ranjeet Brar. Sign up for email updates at thecommunists.org ---------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe! Donate! Join us in building a bright future for humanity! www.thecommunists.org www.lalkar.org www.redyouth.org Telegram: t.me/thecommunists Twitter: twitter.com/cpgbml Soundcloud: @proletarianradio Rumble: rumble.com/c/theCommunists Odysee: odysee.com/@proletariantv:2 Facebook: www.facebook.com/cpgbml Online Shop: https://shop.thecommunists.org/ Education Program: https://thecommunists.org/education-programme/ Each one teach one! www.londonworker.org/education-programme/ Join the struggle www.thecommunists.org/join/ Donate: www.thecommunists.org/donate/

As we get to the end of Graham Greene's novel it's time to discuss such things as whether the book has a happy ending, who the villain of the book is, the spiritual underpinnings in the story (and Milly's role therein), the madness Beatrice refers to in the final passage, and much more. Happy listening! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit closereads.substack.com/subscribe

Archipelago is a book about connection and isolation as described in the essays by Vicki Goldberg and Jean Dykstra. Chovan-Dalton and Del Amo discuss Del Amo's influence from the worlds of theater and dance, they also talk about teaching and the changes to their practices through the fall and rise of film photography.Photo of Yolanda del Amo credit: Ignacio Evangelista https://www.yolandadelamo.comhttps://www.instagram.com/yolanda.delamo/Yolanda del Amo is a Spanish-born, New York-based artist who works in photography. She questions how social constructs such as class, gender and family influence community, interpersonal psychology, and identity. Her work looks at individuals through a sociological and psychological lens, exploring how we live and connect with ourselves and others, and how we shape the world around us.Solo exhibitions have been held at the Centro Cultural de la Torriente Brau in Havana, Hudson Franklin Gallery in New York City, and Light Work in Syracuse, New York, among others. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at venues such as Julie Saul Gallery in New York City, the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover and the National Portrait Gallery in London.She has been the recipient of multiple awards, such as a commendation at the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition organized by the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC and the second prize at the Salón Nacional de Artes Visuales in Buenos Aires. Institutions and Foundations that have supported her work through production grants include the Jerome Foundation, the John Anson Kittredge Fund and the Spanish Ministry of Culture.Del Amo has been a resident artist at the Terra Foundation for American Art in Giverny, France, the Spanish Academy in Rome, Light Work in Syracuse, New York, the Lower Manhattan Culture Council in New York City (LMCC) and the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris.She is currently Professor of Photography and Digital Media at Ramapo College of New Jersey.This podcast is sponsored by the Charcoal Book Club - Begin Building your dream photobook library today at:https://charcoalbookclub.com

On August 8, 1959, Jack Ruby boarded a plane to Havana, embarking on what he would spend the rest of his life claiming was a simple, eight-day vacation to visit his close friend, syndicate gambler Lewis McWillie. But official Cuban immigration cards, flight manifests, bank records, and the memories of eye-witnesses at the famous Tropicana casino paint a far more complex and troubling picture. Jack wasn't just on vacation; he was traveling back and forth to the island, even making a mysterious, unexplained one-day round trip to Miami. Decades later, congressional investigators would look at this erratic, secret itinerary and draw a chilling inference: that the "Dallas strip king" was serving, at a very minimum, as a courier for international gambling interests desperately trying to move their cash and assets out of the reach of Fidel Castro's newly installed revolutionary government.We also dig into the official paper trail of Jack's underworld associations and his bizarre relationship with federal law enforcement. Long before his fateful moment in the Dallas police basement, the FBI's Dallas office recognized his proximity to the criminal element and attempted to cultivate him as a potential criminal informant. Though Special Agent Charles Flynn ultimately closed the file after nine meetings because Jack was far more interested in trying to get his competitor strip clubs in trouble than providing actual mob intelligence, the files prove a deeper truth: Jack Ruby was small-time, but he was far from isolated. He had direct and indirect lines to some of the most powerful syndicate bosses in the country, including Santo Trafficante and associates of New Orleans boss Carlos Marcello.Furthermore, we expose the massive gaps in the Warren Commission's original 1964 investigation, which chose to ignore key witnesses, phone logs, and travel records that did not fit their comfortable "lone wolf" narrative. We analyze his frantic flurry of long-distance calls in the weeks leading up to the assassination, connecting him to Teamster officials, mob bondsmen, and New Orleans associates. We also look at the terrifying jailhouse conversation recalled by carousel comedian Wally Weston, where a shaken, imprisoned Ruby whispered that the authorities were finally going to "find out about Cuba... the guns... and everything."Finally, we examine the shocking moment on the night of November 22, 1963, in a crowded hallway at Dallas Police Headquarters. As District Attorney Henry Wade held an impromptu midnight press conference, a voice from the crowd corrected Wade's mistake about Lee Harvey Oswald's political affiliations, shouting out the exact name of the "Fair Play for Cuba Committee." The voice belonged to Jack Ruby. Why did a Dallas strip club owner know the nuances of revolutionary Cuban politics better than the district attorney? Join us as we dismantle the comfortable historical portrait of Ruby as a harmless, unconnected hanger-on who simply snapped, and look instead at a man deeply enmeshed in a highly dangerous shadow world.

Sometimes music takes us back or far into the future. Other times, time and travel are at the very core of the music we listen to. On this edition of Soundcheck, the (mostly) Havana-based band Orquesta Akokán takes us on a musical time travel through the classic Cuban dance sounds of the mid-20th century, live from our studio. After a substantial dose of mambo, cha-cha-chá, rumba, salsa, and more, Dallas-born and now New York-based singer-songwriter Hannah Jadagu studies the themes of time and travel in her dreamy alt-pop songs, which contain layered vocals that are as light as air.  Orquesta Akokán's Setlist: 1.Con Licencia 2.Pan con Tibiri 3.Caracoles 4.Suave Suave Hannah Jadagu's Setlist: 1.Give Me Time 2.Normal Today 3.My Love Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week on The Cigar Authority, we learn about life in Havana City Cuba with Reinier Lorenzo, Owner of HVC Cigars & blender of The World's Strongest Cigar! Reinier takes us through what it's like growing up in Havana & we launch return of The World's Strongest Cigar! Join Mr. Jonathan, David Garofalo and Ed Sullivan as we light up cigars and talk about them. The Cigar Authority is a member of the United Podcast Network and is recorded live in front of a studio audience at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe upstairs at Two Guys Cigars in Salem, NH. Disclosure: Some advertisements and segment introductions in this episode were generated using artificial intelligence.

P.M. Edition for Aug. 13. The U.S. is sending a fresh aircraft carrier to the Middle East amid growing concerns over living conditions aboard the carrier currently stationed there, the USS Abraham Lincoln. Plus, seven months into the U.S. energy blockade against Cuba, everyday people are struggling to sleep in the heat and to afford food as blackouts persist. We hear from Journal reporter José de Córdoba about what he is hearing from people across the country. And the proliferation of restaurant reservation apps have made it a nightmare for diners to get a table at a buzzy restaurant. Reporter Heather Haddon explains why restaurants keep doing business with the apps. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

For decades, Cuba has deployed doctors on medical missions around the world, often to places where skilled health workers are badly needed. These missions have a genuine humanitarian component—but they also generate billions of dollars for the Cuban government, making medical services Havana's most lucrative export. The United States is now pressuring countries to end these agreements, threatening one of Cuba's last major sources of income. The story of Cuba's doctors therefore raises a much larger question: What is the United States actually trying to accomplish in Cuba—and what does its pressure campaign mean for the doctors and the communities they serve? Journalist Sarah Maslin recently wrote a fascinating piece in The Economist about the precarious situation facing thousands of Cuban doctors amid the U.S. crackdown—and what it could mean for Cuba's future.

Joyce talks about:Havana Syndrome and those experiencing unexplained neurological attacks while overseas.Politicians care for the rights of marginalized groups but not so much traditional groups. Plan to build larger Mosque in McKinney, Texas faces backlash with residents fearing the take over of Sharia law. The horseshoe phenomenon with extremist of both political sides spreading lies against Israel. Has been happening in the US but now also happening in the UK. Socialist selling a dream to Americans who are struggling while republicans appear to be ignoring the struggle all together.Conservative commentator Elijah Schaffer compares women's sports to the Special Olympics during interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored. Newly released FBI memo details that the Biden family Ukrainian coverup scheme including members of both political parties. The cost of living, people asking government to stop making life so expensive. Florida needs help managing success while maintaining affordability. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

For decades, Cuban intelligence has been seen as a force that punches above its weight. Shaped during the Cold War through cooperation with the Soviet Union, its intelligence officers received extensive training by the KGB. But where does Cuba's spy service stand today, especially as it faces pressure from Washington? Retired FBI special agent Peter J. Lapp, who wrote Queen of Cuba, came in to discuss Havana's capabilities, the Americans who spied for Cuba, and the Cubans who spied for us. Subscribe to Sasha's Substack, HUMINT, to get more intelligence stories: https://sashaingber.substack.com/ For more information about the International Spy Museum, visit:  https://www.spymuseum.org/ And if you have feedback or want to hear about a particular topic,  you can reach us by email at spycast@spymuseum.org. This show is brought to you by N2K Networks, Goat Rodeo, and the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC. This episode was produced by Flora Warshaw and the team at Goat Rodeo. At the International Spy Museum, Mike Mincey and Memphis Vaughan III are our video editors. Emily Rens is our graphic designer. Joshua Troemel runs our SPY social media. Amanda Ohlke is our Director of Adult Education and Mira Cohen is the Vice President of Programs. 

Welcome back to our series on Graham Green's “Our Man in Havana!” This week we're discussing Wormold and Beatrice's relationship, the symbolism of masks and shadows, Greene's commentary on bureaucracy and truth, the role of marriage and domestic life, and much more. As always, happy listening! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit closereads.substack.com/subscribe

49:51- John Solomon, award-winning investigative journalist, founder of "Just The News," and the host of “Just the News, No Noise” on the Real America’s Voice network Topic: Primaries today; Fauci's concerns about miscarriages with COVID vaccine; Other news of the day 59:40- Marilyn Schlossbach, Chef with two restaurants in Long Branch and Spring Lake and founder of Oshin Oil Topic: Monmouth/Ocean County Spotlight 1:08:33- K.T. McFarland, Former Trump Deputy National Security Advisor and the author of "Revolution: Trump, Washington and 'We The People'” Topic: Latest in Iran; Donald Trump's impending visit to Havana 1:22:00- David Fischer, CEO of Landmark Capital Topic: Japanese bonds, Gold & Silver news 1:32:42- Hans von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow in the new Edwin Meese III Institute for the Rule of Law at Advancing American Freedom Topic: President Trump's $10 billion BBC lawsuit 1:42:41- Dr. Marc Siegel, physician, Professor of Medicine at the NYU Langone Medical Center, author of "The Miracles Among Us," and contributor to Fox News Topic: President Trump's executive order to reduce the number of recommended childhood vaccines; Dr. Fauci's warning of miscarriage risks related to the COVID vaccine 1:56:56- Eric Barrett, Jimmi Hendrix's road manager and the author of the new book "Experienced: On the Road with Jimmi Hendrix and Beyond" Topic: His new book, his career working with Jimmi Hendrix and other musiciansSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join us in this prelude episode of  a miniseries  series covering Jack Ruby.  Our podcast coverage  now moves to tell the story of this central character in the assassination.  Jack Ruby was an enigmatic figure that some say was the "cleanest available test of the conspiracy hypothesis". While sixty years of intense debate over Lee Harvey Oswald's guilt have left questions of ballistics, trajectories, and acoustics in a perpetual draw, what Jack Ruby did is not in dispute—his crime was captured live on national television before millions of stunned viewers. The opening chapter argues that while every other line of inquiry in this historic case requires proving that a specific event occurred, the puzzle of Jack Ruby only asks us to explain a tragedy that the world saw happen in real time.  The ultimate tragedy was the denial of access to Lee Harvey Oswald and the trial that never was... the trial that might have produced the truth or at least got us closer to itTo build an investigative roadmap for the episodes to come, this prelude episode reconstructs a series of glaring anomalies and timeline mysteries from that fateful November weekend. It probes the oddities of Ruby's alibi—including why he was counting cash for strip club ads at the Dallas Morning News desk with a clear view of Dealey Plaza at the exact moment of the motorcade shooting—his highly debated presence at Parkland Hospital that afternoon, and his bizarre ability to infiltrate the midnight police press conference to correct the District Attorney on Oswald's political affiliations. Most striking of all is the razor-thin four-minute gap between Ruby's Western Union receipt at 11:17 AM and the fatal basement shot at 11:21 AM, prompting listeners to evaluate whether he was simply a grieving citizen acting on impulse or part of a coordinated security failure.The episode also sets the stage for a deep dive into the dark institutional and underworld networks that defined Ruby's existence. It previews the upcoming investigations into his sudden spike in late-1963 phone calls to high-level mob and Teamster figures, his mysterious 1959 trips to Havana, and his hidden history as a potential FBI informant. Crucially, the series prepares to confront the chilling legacy of the jail cell itself—exploring Ruby's frantic deathbed claims that he was being poisoned, his private visits from MKULTRA-linked psychiatrist Dr. Jolly West, and the highly suspicious, rapid succession of deaths that silenced the journalists and associates who tried to tell his story, including reporters Bill Hunter, Jim Koethe, attorney Tom Howard, and Broadway columnist Dorothy Kilgallen.Ultimately, the miniseries is anchored by a compelling, tragic psychological portrait of a man whose life was propelled by a volatile cycle of "aspiration and humiliation". Drawing on a remarkable 1922 psychiatric report that diagnosed an eleven-year-old Ruby as an egocentric attention-seeker, the series traces how a lifetime of failed commercial ventures—from liquid vitamins to exercise twist boards—and a hyper-sensitivity to anti-Semitic slurs transformed into a desperate, final bid for recognition. This essential opening chapter invites listeners to sit as the jury, laying out the raw evidence to decide whether Jack Ruby's fatal act was a chaotic institutional failure or a chillingly coordinated design

Havana Syndrome refers to a mysterious set of symptoms—headaches, dizziness, tinnitus, and cognitive issues—that has affected more than 1,500 U.S. intelligence and diplomatic personnel since 2016. The latest case, which was the most high-profile to date, is that of the former CIA Director James Woolsey, whose wife said that he was suffering from Havana Syndrome in the years leading up to his recent death. Let's go through the details of what we know about this mysterious malady.

Havana Rose Liu sits down with Perri Nemiroff for an in-depth conversation on Collider Ladies Night to discuss her riveting role as Ruthie in Daniel Roher's new crime-thriller, Tuner, also starring Leo Woodall and Dustin Hoffman. She also opens up about taking a massive leap into the blockbuster realm with Alex Garland's highly anticipated A24 live-action film adaptation of Elden Ring.In this 56-minute deep dive, Havana tracks her unique career trajectory, from being street-cast in New York's Washington Square Park to the life-changing, culture-shifting impact of her breakout ensemble role in the queer comedy hit Bottoms.Plus, she breaks down her immersive preparation for Tuner, detailing how she built an emotional and physical relationship with the piano to find her character, what it was like collaborating with co-star Leo Woodall despite their opposite prep styles, and why her upcoming blockbusters under the A24 banner feel like the perfect next step for her creative journey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“It's very important that we expose this work early on, so that people from different cultures see ballet as a way of a career. But in the 1990s or 2000s, it was pretty much closed, we didn't have - even in school - a lot of black ballet dancers from which to choose from. But now, obviously, things have moved on. Now, diversity is at the top of every director's agenda… it's great that we've seen a big shift and we see the right kind of representation of the world as we have it today, on stage.”Michael Berkeley speaks to ballet star Carlos Acosta about his life and career.Born in 1973, Acosta grew up in a poor part of Havana, where he was the 11th child in a very large family.He began training at the National Ballet School of Cuba at 9 years old, and quickly rose to prominence. At 18, he became the youngest principal dancer at the English National Ballet.After gaining further international experience, Acosta joined the Royal Ballet in 1998 - making it his home for nearly two decades, and performing every major classical role. Such was his impact, in 2014 he received a CBE in Queen Elizabeth's honours list for services to ballet.Now the Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, he's fostered some unexpected collaborations, including a show based on the music of the city's heavy rock legends Black Sabbath, as well as classics like Swan Lake and the Nutcracker.Thank you to the Private Passions team for their help in making this programme. The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC, including episodes with Oscar-winning filmmaker Sir Christopher Nolan, music icon Chaka Khan, and artist Tracey Emin. You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter: Michael Berkeley Producers: Ben Cooper and Clare Walker Editor: Damon RoseGet in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.(Image: Carlos Acosta. Credit: Tolga Akmen/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: America may be running low on some of its most important long-range precision weapons after five months of war with Iran. We examine the new reporting, what it says about the Pentagon's munitions stockpiles, and why military planners are increasingly concerned about U.S. readiness for future conflicts. The Trump administration is quietly expanding America's intelligence footprint in Cuba. We'll explain what's behind the move and what it could signal about Washington's strategy toward the communist regime in Havana. Syria is offering to dramatically reduce its reliance on Russian oil in exchange for relief from U.S. sanctions. We'll look at what the proposal could mean for both Moscow and the balance of power in the Middle East. In today's Back of the Brief, the U.S. and its allies are warning companies that North Korean operatives are posing as remote IT workers to funnel money back to Kim Jong Un's regime—and potentially gain access to sensitive corporate networks. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President's Daily Brief by visiting https://PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Lean: Get 20% off plus free rush shipping when you go to https://TAKELEAN.comand use code PDB Quince: Refresh your wardrobe with timeless, high-quality pieces from Quince—go to https://Quince.com/PDBfor free shipping and 365-day returns! ZBiotics: Go to https://zbiotics.com/PDBand use PDB at checkout for 15% off any first time orders of ZBiotics probiotics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time for a new series, this time on one of Sean's very favorite authors, Graham Greene! So join in as we dig into the origins of this “elevated entertainment,” the way the book explores the plight of modern man, the important role of the protagonist's daughter, the book's treatment of espionage, and much more. Happy listening! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit closereads.substack.com/subscribe