Podcasts about juan peron

Gigi Sanna racconta un percorso tra tradizione, collaborazioni prestigiose e nuove produzioni per celebrare l'identità dell'isola Gigi Sanna parla oggi ai nostri microfoni degli Istentales, formazione musicale nata a Nuoro nel 1995, rappresentano una delle realtà più significative nel panorama musicale sardo. Il nome del gruppo deriva da una stella della costellazione di Orione, utilizzata anticamente da pastori e contadini come punto di riferimento. Fin dagli esordi, la band si distingue per il suo stile etno-pop agropastorale, che fonde sonorità moderne con la tradizione locale, raccontando storie profonde legate alla cultura dell'isola. Brani come "Amsicora" e "Deo no isco" diventano emblematici, consolidando la loro presenza sia a livello regionale che nazionale. Nel corso degli anni, gli Istentales pubblicano numerosi album, tra cui "Animu" e "Dae sa die...a sa notte", testimoniando una continua evoluzione artistica. La formazione attuale vede Gigi Sanna alla voce e chitarra, Sandro Canova al basso, Luciano Pigliari alle tastiere e Luca Floris alla batteria. Collaborazioni con artisti di fama nazionale La musica degli Istentales attira l'attenzione di importanti nomi del panorama musicale italiano. Collaborazioni con artisti del calibro di Pierangelo Bertoli, Roberto Vecchioni, Tullio De Piscopo, Eugenio Finardi, Dolcenera, Nomadi, Modena City Ramblers e Elio e le Storie Tese arricchiscono il loro repertorio, dando vita a produzioni discografiche di rilievo. Una delle collaborazioni più significative è quella con Elio e i Tenores di Neoneli nel brano "O Sardigna", un inno dedicato alla Sardegna che celebra l'identità e la cultura dell'isola. Inoltre, l'amicizia con Cristiano De André porta alla creazione di nuovi brani e a esibizioni congiunte, consolidando un'alleanza musicale tra anime sarde e rock. Celebrazione del trentennale e nuove produzioni Avvicinandosi al traguardo dei trent'anni di carriera, gli Istentales celebrano la loro storia con l'album "Zente Nostra". Questo lavoro raccoglie tredici tracce che ritraggono personaggi e figure emblematiche raccontate dalla band nel corso dei decenni, da Amsicora a Juan Peron, passando per la Brigata Sassari e s'acabadora. Come sottolinea Gigi Sanna, "Non è un disco di inediti ma un disco di editi rimodulati". Parallelamente, la band continua a produrre nuovi brani, come "Zustissia Mala – Libertà Negata", dedicato alla vicenda di Beniamino Zuncheddu, pastore ingiustamente incarcerato per oltre trentatré anni. Questo pezzo rappresenta un grido di dolore e indignazione per l'ingiustizia subita, evidenziando l'impegno sociale che da sempre caratterizza la musica degli Istentales.

Iain Dale talks to historian Gareth Russell about the life of the two time Argentinian dictator, Juan Peron Buy a signed copy of the book THE DICTATORShttps://www.politicos.co.uk/products/the-dictators-a-warning-from-history-edited-by-iain-dale-signe-copy-coming-in-2024

Argentina's constitution is among the oldest democratic constitutions in the world, and in significant respects it was modeled after the constitution of the United States. But Argentine democracy hasn't always been stable. Between the 1930s and 1970s, the government was overturned by military coups six times. Even when there have been free and fair elections, some elected leaders have governed as authoritarians. This experience of dictatorship is a source of trauma for Argentinian citizens—and also a source for the rebuilding and resilience of democracy since 1983. This conversation with Roberto Saba and Steven Levitsky explores the history of Argentine democracy and some of the parallels the country shares with the United States. Roberto Saba obtained his law degree (JD) at Buenos Aires University and his Master's (LLM) and doctoral (JSD) degrees at Yale Law School. He was the cofounder of the Association for Civil Rights (an organization inspired by the American ACLU) and served as its executive director (2000-2009). He was also executive director of Citizen Power Foundation, Transparency International's Chapter in Argentina (1995-1998), and dean of Palermo University School of Law (2009-2016). Saba is currently a professor of constitutional law at Buenos Aires University and at Palermo University Law Schools. Saba has published on a wide variety of subjects, including deliberative democracy, judicial review, constitutional theory, freedom of expression, freedom of information and structural inequality. His connection with the Kettering Foundation began in 1992, when he served as an international fellow at the foundation. Since then, he has participated in numerous Kettering seminars and workshops. He is currently a board member of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation. Steven Levitsky is David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies and professor of government at Harvard University, director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard, and a senior fellow at the Kettering Foundation. His research focuses on democracy and authoritarianism. He and Daniel Ziblatt are authors of How Democracies Die (2018) and Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point (2023), both of which were New York Times bestsellers.

All November we gotta RAISE THE CURTAIN & BELT THE CHORUS! It's musical films all month long and today's discussion got a lot of news and attention during its production back in 1996. MTV, still in the music video game back then, helped push this beloved Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber project because its star is none other the the iconic pop diva, Madonna. Stage purists of “EVITA” always have Patti Lupone's vibrant renditions in their heart but for the film adaptation by Alan Parker in 1996, Madonna really wanted the role and felt a connection to the beloved First Lady of Argentina. Webber even wrote a new song for the film that helped define a point in Madonna's career. The press helped make EVITA a hit, but how does it hold up amongst the great musical adaptations when we look back? I'll just say that Antonio Banderas looked like Orson Welles opposite Madonna who had her moments but lacked a lot of expression. Also, are the Argentines annoyed that Jonathan Pryce (a Brit) played Juan Peron since that whole Falklands thing went down? This really made us want to get some South American history books at least. This is Bob's first exposure to the Andrew Lloyd Webber style. It's a lot to take in for a man who has only seen six musicals up to this point. We will see how “EVITA” fares all these years later. Subscribe to us on YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuJf3lkRI-BLUTsLI_ehOsg Contact us here: MOVIEHUMPERS@gmail.com Check our past & current film ratings here: https://moviehumpers.wordpress.com Hear us on podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6o6PSNJFGXJeENgqtPY4h7 Our OG podcast “Documenteers”: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/documenteers-the-documentary-podcast/id1321652249 Soundcloud feed: https://soundcloud.com/documenteers Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/culturewrought

I was hired to find lost Nazi gold. I found Ariella instead.Based on a post by ronde, in 2 parts. Listen to the ► Podcast at Steamy Stories.The shiny, black, Mercedes X-Class pickup slowly worked its way down the road about a hundred meters from where I was crouched behind a rock. The fact the pickup was alone and had an M 60 machine gun on a pintle mount in the bed told me this wasn’t some unit of the Argentine Army. The Argentine Army might have been driving a Mercedes pickup, but it would have been OD green and the machine gun would have been an FN Mag.The woman nudged me then.“They’ll be on top of us in a few minutes. I’ll take out the truck driver and the M 60. That’ll slow them down while they’re trying to figure out where the shots came from. They might run then, but if they don’t it’ll take both of us to take out the rest. Are you ready for that?”I was ready, because I knew if we didn’t take out all of them, we’d be running for our lives. I’d experienced that before. I was a former US Army Ranger with two tours of Afghanistan under my belt before I decided civilian life would be a whole lot healthier.I had no reservations about what we had to do, though it was going to be tough. With it’s short barrel, iron sights, and a tendency to overheat if fired quickly, the HK G 36 C carbine I carried lost accuracy fast after about two hundred meters, so they’d have to be closer than that. I could use the old “spray and pray” technique used by some US Army soldiers before the M4 came out with a selector switch for a three round burst instead of just full-auto fire. The problem with that was I only had a hundred and twenty rounds and they wouldn’t last long if I did that. After that, all I had was a 9 millimeter Browning pistol. They’d have to be a lot closer before I had any chance of putting even one down with that.The woman was in better shape for long range shooting. The Israeli M 89 SR rifle she was crouched behind was accurate out to about a thousand meters if she knew what she was doing, and if she did, the thirty rounds in her magazine would be more than sufficient.She let the truck get to about seventy-five meters from our position and then put one 7.62  millimeter round through the windshield. The driver slumped down in the seat at the same time her second shot hit the M60 just behind the operating handle and effectively froze the action. The truck turned sharply into a rock and then the engine died. The whole thing couldn’t have taken more than about five seconds. The woman definitely knew her way around a rifle.The three guys in the truck bed and the one left in the cab bailed out, got behind the truck, and started looking for the shooter. They were going to have a difficult time finding us. The suppressor on the M89SR effectively hid any muzzle flash and any dust caused by the gasses exiting the barrel. It also reduced the sound enough that it would be difficult for the guys to pinpoint it since the echo from the mountains made the sound seem to come from all directions.The woman and I watched them for the next five minutes, and it became obvious they weren’t battle-trained troops. They were probably considered a serious threat by the local population, but to me they were just amateurs; well-equipped amateurs, but still amateurs.They were well equipped because they had money, and money was the reason I was in Argentina in the first place. Meeting the woman was just a lucky accident. Well, that’s what I thought at the time. I later found out it was no accident.How it all started.The whole thing started six weeks before I found myself with the woman crouched behind a rock and waiting to see what the guys behind the truck were going to do next.After separating myself from the US Army, I needed some way to keep myself indoors and fed. When I looked at what I knew how to do, planning for close combat and then executing that plan was all I could come up with.Given the domestic and political climate at the time, a lot of former military men were running self defense schools. After reading about a few of the schools, I decided I could make some money that way too.I’d been deployed for much of my Army career so most of my Army pay was sitting in my bank. I used half of what I had as a down payment on fifty acres in Eastern Tennessee with a house and barn on it, and built a pistol and rifle range.I was doing OK, teaching a class a couple times a week in basic gun safety and giving the Tennessee concealed-carry class and test. The other days, I taught advanced courses in long-range rifle shooting and rapid-fire pistol shooting. I also sold targets and ammunition. I wasn’t getting rich, but I was able to make the mortgage payments, put food on the table, and keep my fridge stocked with beer.One afternoon after I’d finished up my class on accurate rapid pistol fire, I was policing brass from the range when a guy in a suit and tie walked up and stuck out his hand. He introduced himself as Marcus Richter.“Mr. Dale Stevenson; did I get your name right? Ah, good. Mr. Stevenson, I understand you have somewhat of a unique background, a background I would find useful if you agree to my proposal.”I figured he’d gotten that information from my web site. I thought “US Army Ranger” sounded better than “former military” like some of the school web sites used.I shrugged.“I can teach you how to fire a weapon and how to defend yourself in an emergency if that’s what you mean.”He shook his head.“No, though the thought has crossed my mind. Fortunately, I have people who take care of those duties for me."No, I’m a successful business man in a rather unique business. I trade in world currencies. It is that business that resulted in my visit to your establishment today. I fear the explanation of that business will be quite lengthy, so would it be possible to find a place where we might sit down and out of the sun?”I’d converted part of the barn into a classroom for my classes, so I led the man there. Once we were seated, he cleared his throat.“As I said, I am a trader in world currencies and that includes gold and silver in its many forms, from coinage to bullion. My business is of necessity rather secretive, for were some in the precious metal market to have advanced knowledge of my activities, it would have an impact upon the world pricing of said precious metals. It is such advanced knowledge I hope to exploit to my advantage if you agree to perform a service for me, a service for which you will be very well compensated.”I wasn’t entirely convinced this guy was on the level, but I had no reason to stop listening to him.I smiled.“It sounds like you have some sort of secret mission you want me to do for you.”He smiled.“Yes, secrecy is of the utmost importance. When you hear the details, you will understand why."As you probably know, in the last stages of World War Two, many high-ranking members of the Nazi party and German military realized any favorable outcome to the war was an impossibility. Germany would be defeated and given the atrocities committed, those same people would be prosecuted for war crimes, found guilty, and imprisoned or executed."They began making plans to escape before they were captured by the Allies. Argentina was neutral during the war and indeed declared war on the Axis powers a month before the war in Europe ended, but many in Argentina were still sympathetic toward Germany. As a result, Argentina was viewed as a possible haven by those attempting to escape what would surely be their ultimate fate."Argentina, in fact, encouraged those high-ranking people to come there. It is well known that many were able to successfully leave Germany and take up residence in Argentina. The efforts of some Israeli organizations that were able to locate some of them and transport them back to Israel for trial is a testimony to that fact."What is not well known is how those same people funded their escape and managed to live in Argentina until they were able to find employment. There are suspicions of the transfer of gold either before or after their escape, but no proof. What is known is there were large caches of gold the Nazi’s looted from the countries and people they overran in the early stages of the war."While much of that gold was gold bars plundered from the repositories in Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland, a significant amount was in the gold taken from individuals. To date, some of that gold has been recovered, but a sizeable portion has not and there are only rumors as to its location, until about a month ago."Ah, shall we say, a friend of a friend mentioned he had been offered a small bar of gold bullion bearing the imprint of the Heraeus Corporation of Germany. I do not know if you know of this German company, but Heraeus has been in the business of refining and producing precious metals since the late 1800’s when they discovered a method of melting platinum."During World War Two, one small gold smelting facility of the Heraeus corporation located on the outskirts of Hanau, Germany was taken over by the Nazi party, managed by Nazi party members, and slave labor was used for the smelting process. They began melting the gold looted from the countries occupied by the German Army into bullion. The bullion was stamped with the hallmark of the Heraeus corporation in order to make it appear to be legitimate, though the Heraeus company per se had nothing to do with the operation."This knowledge has been common since the war ended, but what happened to the gold bullion produced by the Nazi controlled factory has been unknown until this single bar of bullion was offered to this friend of my friend. The offer was made in somewhat secretive circumstances and the design of the hallmark dated to the period of the Second World War. These two things intrigued this friend of my friend and also intrigued me."My interest was passing until I spoke to a man who wished to buy gold as an investment. He related a tale told by his grandfather of watching U-boats berthed at Helgoland, Germany when he was twelve years old. His grandfather had watched the U-boats before as they were fueled, armed, and then sent back out to sea. On a few occasions, this was not the case."According to his story, over the course of a week, several men in prison uniforms loaded six submarines with wooden cases that appeared much too heavy to be supplies and not large enough to hold munitions. He thought it unusual that they did not load any torpedoes as they always had before, but assumed the submarines were supply submarines used to re-supply U-boats at sea."Once the submarines were loaded, the men in prison uniforms were taken away and a few men in the uniform of the German navy went on board, but not in the same numbers this man had seen before. Instead of a full crew, a number of men in business dress also boarded the submarines. The submarines then left port. Three months later, those same six submarines were again docked in Helgoland and were being once again loaded as before. This cycle was repeated two more times before he witnessed the same submarines being loaded with torpedoes and manned by full crews of the German Navy."Another very interesting event happened in Argentina at the end of the war. Juan Peron was elected president and set about nationalizing industries and services while at the same time raising the wages of workers. Most importantly, he paid off the entire amount of externally held Argentine debt."Because Argentina does mine native gold and silver ore, I have people there to keep me informed about the latest developments. When I heard the stories about the bar of gold bullion and the German submarines and put that story into the context of what I know about the country, I asked my people there to do some research into the matter. The report I received a few weeks ago offered some tantalizing conclusions."At the end of the war, Argentina had external debt amounting to about two hundred million US Dollars. When Peron was elected President, he settled the national debt with payments in gold bullion, which is understandable because gold is the currency of the world. What is not understandable is where Peron was able to find enough gold to do that without bankrupting the country. The entire gold reserves of Argentina at the time were about two hundred and fifty million US dollars. He would have had to drain most of those reserves, but apparently did not. He continued to implement his policies by using that same gold reserve."My people were not able to identify how that situation changed so rapidly once Peron was in office nor the source of the gold with which he paid the Argentine debt. They were able to report that prior to settling that debt, the Argentine government ceased operations of a small, older smelter in the foothills of the Andes near Mendoza to bring that facility up to the level of current technology. They learned this from an old man who had been employed at the smelter in his youth. He said he was sent home and told to not report for work for two months."The man was interested in what changes were going to be made so over the course of seven weeks, he watched the activities at the smelter. He related to my people that the first week, he saw many trucks drive into the smelter and each truck had armed guards who were all tall men who looked European. He could not see what they did in the smelter, but he did notice the smokestack continued to emit smoke just as it had when the smelter was operating."A week before his two month furlough was to end, he witnessed those same trucks with the same armed guards drive out of the smelter and take the road that led to Buenos Aires. He also said when he returned to work, there was little difference from how the smelter had operated before.”I wasn’t sure what all this had to do with me. When I asked, his face became grim.“What I and my people believe is that a very large amount of gold was shipped to Argentina by the Nazis on submarines and used to pay the Argentine government for allowing them to stay there. That is the only explanation for how Peron was able to find the gold to pay off the national debt. It is also an explanation for the unusual loading of the submarine and for the bar of gold bullion offered to, as I said, a friend of a friend. The smelter was shut down in order to melt the Nazi gold and then recast it into bullion that bore the Argentine hallmark.”I was still confused.“OK, that’s all well and good, but again, what does that have to do with me?”He placed his hands on the table between us and smiled.“I want to pay you to find the rest of the Nazi gold.”Now, I was confused again.“The rest? I thought you said they melted it all down and recast it.”He shook his head and chuckled.“I said they melted and recast enough to pay off the Argentine debt, not that they melted and recast all the gold. The total amount of gold plundered by the Nazis is not accurately known, but it has been estimated at nearly two billion US dollars in the currency of the day. About a fourth of that can be reasonably accounted for as it was transferred to various banks in neutral countries, though some of those transfers are disputed. The rest has never been found."It is my estimate that the Nazis shipped at least four hundred tons of gold to Argentina on those submarines. In the currency of the day, that would be about half a billion US dollars. In 1945, the Argentine debt was about two hundred million US dollars. That leaves us with a difference of about three hundred million which would be a little over one and a half billion US dollars at today’s market price.”I said I didn’t think that was feasible because of the weight of gold. It wouldn’t fit on a submarine. He smiled.“Yes, gold is heavy but also very dense and does not require much space. The normal armament for a U-boat of the type loaded at Helgoland was fourteen torpedoes that weighed a little over a ton and a half each. Each submarine could have carried over twenty tons of gold if the torpedoes were not on board. The six submarines making four trips could have carried that much gold and many passengers. With a range of about nine thousand nautical miles, they could easily have made the trip from Germany to Argentina and back in about three months at sea.It sounded like another Nazi conspiracy theory to me, but it was interesting so I decided to play along for a while."So, you want me to find this gold and then what? Hire a bunch of trucks to bring it back to the US?”He smiled and shook his head.“No. I only want you to confirm its location from the information my people have developed after almost a year of research. Near Mendoza in Mendoza province, my people located the ruins of what they described as a replica of The Berghof, Hitler’s residence in Bavaria. The surrounding area is mostly unpopulated now, but was once the site of a now closed led mine. We believe the building was built to house German Army and SS officers who fled Germany and surmise the gold must have been secreted in the led mine. Once you have confirmed the gold is indeed at that location, others will orchestrate its removal and transport.That little bell in your head that tells you something’s not right started to ring."Mr. Richter, if your people know where it is, why don’t those others you talked about confirm the gold is there and then remove it?”He pursed his lips.“My people in Argentina are carefully watched by the Argentine government to detect any financial dealings they might attempt. It is highly likely some in the Argentine government are also aware of their findings. Were my people to investigate that mine, well, the current government of Argentina would consider the gold to be the property of Argentina. It is not, but Argentina would be very upset were they to find it has been discovered and removed from the country.”The little bell in my head was now clanging.“So what you’re asking me to do is illegal? I don’t much like the idea of spending time in an Argentine prison.”He shook his head.“Your involvement will only be to locate and enter an abandoned and unguarded mine, confirm with photographs that the gold is there, and then bring those photographs and an accurate location back to me. It will be as if you were a tourist seeing the countryside and just happened upon the mine during your travels. There is nothing illegal about that."You will be well compensated for your efforts. I am prepared to offer you transportation to and from Argentina, a vehicle and other equipment for your use while there, and the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. I have arranged for twenty thousand dollars to be transferred to your bank account immediately upon your arrival in Argentina and commencement of your search. You will, of course, be provided with a small sum for travel expenses. The balance will be transferred upon your return, assuming you are successful. If not, the transfer will be for an additional twenty thous

I was hired to find lost Nazi gold. I found Ariella instead.Based on a post by ronde, in 2 parts. Listen to the ► Podcast at Steamy Stories.The shiny, black, Mercedes X-Class pickup slowly worked its way down the road about a hundred meters from where I was crouched behind a rock. The fact the pickup was alone and had an M 60 machine gun on a pintle mount in the bed told me this wasn’t some unit of the Argentine Army. The Argentine Army might have been driving a Mercedes pickup, but it would have been OD green and the machine gun would have been an FN Mag.The woman nudged me then.“They’ll be on top of us in a few minutes. I’ll take out the truck driver and the M 60. That’ll slow them down while they’re trying to figure out where the shots came from. They might run then, but if they don’t it’ll take both of us to take out the rest. Are you ready for that?”I was ready, because I knew if we didn’t take out all of them, we’d be running for our lives. I’d experienced that before. I was a former US Army Ranger with two tours of Afghanistan under my belt before I decided civilian life would be a whole lot healthier.I had no reservations about what we had to do, though it was going to be tough. With it’s short barrel, iron sights, and a tendency to overheat if fired quickly, the HK G 36 C carbine I carried lost accuracy fast after about two hundred meters, so they’d have to be closer than that. I could use the old “spray and pray” technique used by some US Army soldiers before the M4 came out with a selector switch for a three round burst instead of just full-auto fire. The problem with that was I only had a hundred and twenty rounds and they wouldn’t last long if I did that. After that, all I had was a 9 millimeter Browning pistol. They’d have to be a lot closer before I had any chance of putting even one down with that.The woman was in better shape for long range shooting. The Israeli M 89 SR rifle she was crouched behind was accurate out to about a thousand meters if she knew what she was doing, and if she did, the thirty rounds in her magazine would be more than sufficient.She let the truck get to about seventy-five meters from our position and then put one 7.62  millimeter round through the windshield. The driver slumped down in the seat at the same time her second shot hit the M60 just behind the operating handle and effectively froze the action. The truck turned sharply into a rock and then the engine died. The whole thing couldn’t have taken more than about five seconds. The woman definitely knew her way around a rifle.The three guys in the truck bed and the one left in the cab bailed out, got behind the truck, and started looking for the shooter. They were going to have a difficult time finding us. The suppressor on the M89SR effectively hid any muzzle flash and any dust caused by the gasses exiting the barrel. It also reduced the sound enough that it would be difficult for the guys to pinpoint it since the echo from the mountains made the sound seem to come from all directions.The woman and I watched them for the next five minutes, and it became obvious they weren’t battle-trained troops. They were probably considered a serious threat by the local population, but to me they were just amateurs; well-equipped amateurs, but still amateurs.They were well equipped because they had money, and money was the reason I was in Argentina in the first place. Meeting the woman was just a lucky accident. Well, that’s what I thought at the time. I later found out it was no accident.How it all started.The whole thing started six weeks before I found myself with the woman crouched behind a rock and waiting to see what the guys behind the truck were going to do next.After separating myself from the US Army, I needed some way to keep myself indoors and fed. When I looked at what I knew how to do, planning for close combat and then executing that plan was all I could come up with.Given the domestic and political climate at the time, a lot of former military men were running self defense schools. After reading about a few of the schools, I decided I could make some money that way too.I’d been deployed for much of my Army career so most of my Army pay was sitting in my bank. I used half of what I had as a down payment on fifty acres in Eastern Tennessee with a house and barn on it, and built a pistol and rifle range.I was doing OK, teaching a class a couple times a week in basic gun safety and giving the Tennessee concealed-carry class and test. The other days, I taught advanced courses in long-range rifle shooting and rapid-fire pistol shooting. I also sold targets and ammunition. I wasn’t getting rich, but I was able to make the mortgage payments, put food on the table, and keep my fridge stocked with beer.One afternoon after I’d finished up my class on accurate rapid pistol fire, I was policing brass from the range when a guy in a suit and tie walked up and stuck out his hand. He introduced himself as Marcus Richter.“Mr. Dale Stevenson; did I get your name right? Ah, good. Mr. Stevenson, I understand you have somewhat of a unique background, a background I would find useful if you agree to my proposal.”I figured he’d gotten that information from my web site. I thought “US Army Ranger” sounded better than “former military” like some of the school web sites used.I shrugged.“I can teach you how to fire a weapon and how to defend yourself in an emergency if that’s what you mean.”He shook his head.“No, though the thought has crossed my mind. Fortunately, I have people who take care of those duties for me."No, I’m a successful business man in a rather unique business. I trade in world currencies. It is that business that resulted in my visit to your establishment today. I fear the explanation of that business will be quite lengthy, so would it be possible to find a place where we might sit down and out of the sun?”I’d converted part of the barn into a classroom for my classes, so I led the man there. Once we were seated, he cleared his throat.“As I said, I am a trader in world currencies and that includes gold and silver in its many forms, from coinage to bullion. My business is of necessity rather secretive, for were some in the precious metal market to have advanced knowledge of my activities, it would have an impact upon the world pricing of said precious metals. It is such advanced knowledge I hope to exploit to my advantage if you agree to perform a service for me, a service for which you will be very well compensated.”I wasn’t entirely convinced this guy was on the level, but I had no reason to stop listening to him.I smiled.“It sounds like you have some sort of secret mission you want me to do for you.”He smiled.“Yes, secrecy is of the utmost importance. When you hear the details, you will understand why."As you probably know, in the last stages of World War Two, many high-ranking members of the Nazi party and German military realized any favorable outcome to the war was an impossibility. Germany would be defeated and given the atrocities committed, those same people would be prosecuted for war crimes, found guilty, and imprisoned or executed."They began making plans to escape before they were captured by the Allies. Argentina was neutral during the war and indeed declared war on the Axis powers a month before the war in Europe ended, but many in Argentina were still sympathetic toward Germany. As a result, Argentina was viewed as a possible haven by those attempting to escape what would surely be their ultimate fate."Argentina, in fact, encouraged those high-ranking people to come there. It is well known that many were able to successfully leave Germany and take up residence in Argentina. The efforts of some Israeli organizations that were able to locate some of them and transport them back to Israel for trial is a testimony to that fact."What is not well known is how those same people funded their escape and managed to live in Argentina until they were able to find employment. There are suspicions of the transfer of gold either before or after their escape, but no proof. What is known is there were large caches of gold the Nazi’s looted from the countries and people they overran in the early stages of the war."While much of that gold was gold bars plundered from the repositories in Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland, a significant amount was in the gold taken from individuals. To date, some of that gold has been recovered, but a sizeable portion has not and there are only rumors as to its location, until about a month ago."Ah, shall we say, a friend of a friend mentioned he had been offered a small bar of gold bullion bearing the imprint of the Heraeus Corporation of Germany. I do not know if you know of this German company, but Heraeus has been in the business of refining and producing precious metals since the late 1800’s when they discovered a method of melting platinum."During World War Two, one small gold smelting facility of the Heraeus corporation located on the outskirts of Hanau, Germany was taken over by the Nazi party, managed by Nazi party members, and slave labor was used for the smelting process. They began melting the gold looted from the countries occupied by the German Army into bullion. The bullion was stamped with the hallmark of the Heraeus corporation in order to make it appear to be legitimate, though the Heraeus company per se had nothing to do with the operation."This knowledge has been common since the war ended, but what happened to the gold bullion produced by the Nazi controlled factory has been unknown until this single bar of bullion was offered to this friend of my friend. The offer was made in somewhat secretive circumstances and the design of the hallmark dated to the period of the Second World War. These two things intrigued this friend of my friend and also intrigued me."My interest was passing until I spoke to a man who wished to buy gold as an investment. He related a tale told by his grandfather of watching U-boats berthed at Helgoland, Germany when he was twelve years old. His grandfather had watched the U-boats before as they were fueled, armed, and then sent back out to sea. On a few occasions, this was not the case."According to his story, over the course of a week, several men in prison uniforms loaded six submarines with wooden cases that appeared much too heavy to be supplies and not large enough to hold munitions. He thought it unusual that they did not load any torpedoes as they always had before, but assumed the submarines were supply submarines used to re-supply U-boats at sea."Once the submarines were loaded, the men in prison uniforms were taken away and a few men in the uniform of the German navy went on board, but not in the same numbers this man had seen before. Instead of a full crew, a number of men in business dress also boarded the submarines. The submarines then left port. Three months later, those same six submarines were again docked in Helgoland and were being once again loaded as before. This cycle was repeated two more times before he witnessed the same submarines being loaded with torpedoes and manned by full crews of the German Navy."Another very interesting event happened in Argentina at the end of the war. Juan Peron was elected president and set about nationalizing industries and services while at the same time raising the wages of workers. Most importantly, he paid off the entire amount of externally held Argentine debt."Because Argentina does mine native gold and silver ore, I have people there to keep me informed about the latest developments. When I heard the stories about the bar of gold bullion and the German submarines and put that story into the context of what I know about the country, I asked my people there to do some research into the matter. The report I received a few weeks ago offered some tantalizing conclusions."At the end of the war, Argentina had external debt amounting to about two hundred million US Dollars. When Peron was elected President, he settled the national debt with payments in gold bullion, which is understandable because gold is the currency of the world. What is not understandable is where Peron was able to find enough gold to do that without bankrupting the country. The entire gold reserves of Argentina at the time were about two hundred and fifty million US dollars. He would have had to drain most of those reserves, but apparently did not. He continued to implement his policies by using that same gold reserve."My people were not able to identify how that situation changed so rapidly once Peron was in office nor the source of the gold with which he paid the Argentine debt. They were able to report that prior to settling that debt, the Argentine government ceased operations of a small, older smelter in the foothills of the Andes near Mendoza to bring that facility up to the level of current technology. They learned this from an old man who had been employed at the smelter in his youth. He said he was sent home and told to not report for work for two months."The man was interested in what changes were going to be made so over the course of seven weeks, he watched the activities at the smelter. He related to my people that the first week, he saw many trucks drive into the smelter and each truck had armed guards who were all tall men who looked European. He could not see what they did in the smelter, but he did notice the smokestack continued to emit smoke just as it had when the smelter was operating."A week before his two month furlough was to end, he witnessed those same trucks with the same armed guards drive out of the smelter and take the road that led to Buenos Aires. He also said when he returned to work, there was little difference from how the smelter had operated before.”I wasn’t sure what all this had to do with me. When I asked, his face became grim.“What I and my people believe is that a very large amount of gold was shipped to Argentina by the Nazis on submarines and used to pay the Argentine government for allowing them to stay there. That is the only explanation for how Peron was able to find the gold to pay off the national debt. It is also an explanation for the unusual loading of the submarine and for the bar of gold bullion offered to, as I said, a friend of a friend. The smelter was shut down in order to melt the Nazi gold and then recast it into bullion that bore the Argentine hallmark.”I was still confused.“OK, that’s all well and good, but again, what does that have to do with me?”He placed his hands on the table between us and smiled.“I want to pay you to find the rest of the Nazi gold.”Now, I was confused again.“The rest? I thought you said they melted it all down and recast it.”He shook his head and chuckled.“I said they melted and recast enough to pay off the Argentine debt, not that they melted and recast all the gold. The total amount of gold plundered by the Nazis is not accurately known, but it has been estimated at nearly two billion US dollars in the currency of the day. About a fourth of that can be reasonably accounted for as it was transferred to various banks in neutral countries, though some of those transfers are disputed. The rest has never been found."It is my estimate that the Nazis shipped at least four hundred tons of gold to Argentina on those submarines. In the currency of the day, that would be about half a billion US dollars. In 1945, the Argentine debt was about two hundred million US dollars. That leaves us with a difference of about three hundred million which would be a little over one and a half billion US dollars at today’s market price.”I said I didn’t think that was feasible because of the weight of gold. It wouldn’t fit on a submarine. He smiled.“Yes, gold is heavy but also very dense and does not require much space. The normal armament for a U-boat of the type loaded at Helgoland was fourteen torpedoes that weighed a little over a ton and a half each. Each submarine could have carried over twenty tons of gold if the torpedoes were not on board. The six submarines making four trips could have carried that much gold and many passengers. With a range of about nine thousand nautical miles, they could easily have made the trip from Germany to Argentina and back in about three months at sea.It sounded like another Nazi conspiracy theory to me, but it was interesting so I decided to play along for a while."So, you want me to find this gold and then what? Hire a bunch of trucks to bring it back to the US?”He smiled and shook his head.“No. I only want you to confirm its location from the information my people have developed after almost a year of research. Near Mendoza in Mendoza province, my people located the ruins of what they described as a replica of The Berghof, Hitler’s residence in Bavaria. The surrounding area is mostly unpopulated now, but was once the site of a now closed led mine. We believe the building was built to house German Army and SS officers who fled Germany and surmise the gold must have been secreted in the led mine. Once you have confirmed the gold is indeed at that location, others will orchestrate its removal and transport.That little bell in your head that tells you something’s not right started to ring."Mr. Richter, if your people know where it is, why don’t those others you talked about confirm the gold is there and then remove it?”He pursed his lips.“My people in Argentina are carefully watched by the Argentine government to detect any financial dealings they might attempt. It is highly likely some in the Argentine government are also aware of their findings. Were my people to investigate that mine, well, the current government of Argentina would consider the gold to be the property of Argentina. It is not, but Argentina would be very upset were they to find it has been discovered and removed from the country.”The little bell in my head was now clanging.“So what you’re asking me to do is illegal? I don’t much like the idea of spending time in an Argentine prison.”He shook his head.“Your involvement will only be to locate and enter an abandoned and unguarded mine, confirm with photographs that the gold is there, and then bring those photographs and an accurate location back to me. It will be as if you were a tourist seeing the countryside and just happened upon the mine during your travels. There is nothing illegal about that."You will be well compensated for your efforts. I am prepared to offer you transportation to and from Argentina, a vehicle and other equipment for your use while there, and the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. I have arranged for twenty thousand dollars to be transferred to your bank account immediately upon your arrival in Argentina and commencement of your search. You will, of course, be provided with a small sum for travel expenses. The balance will be transferred upon your return, assuming you are successful. If not, the transfer will be for an additional twenty thous

I was hired to find lost Nazi gold. I found Ariella instead.Based on a post by ronde, in 2 parts. Listen to the ► Podcast at Steamy Stories.The shiny, black, Mercedes X-Class pickup slowly worked its way down the road about a hundred meters from where I was crouched behind a rock. The fact the pickup was alone and had an M 60 machine gun on a pintle mount in the bed told me this wasn’t some unit of the Argentine Army. The Argentine Army might have been driving a Mercedes pickup, but it would have been OD green and the machine gun would have been an FN Mag.The woman nudged me then.“They’ll be on top of us in a few minutes. I’ll take out the truck driver and the M 60. That’ll slow them down while they’re trying to figure out where the shots came from. They might run then, but if they don’t it’ll take both of us to take out the rest. Are you ready for that?”I was ready, because I knew if we didn’t take out all of them, we’d be running for our lives. I’d experienced that before. I was a former US Army Ranger with two tours of Afghanistan under my belt before I decided civilian life would be a whole lot healthier.I had no reservations about what we had to do, though it was going to be tough. With it’s short barrel, iron sights, and a tendency to overheat if fired quickly, the HK G 36 C carbine I carried lost accuracy fast after about two hundred meters, so they’d have to be closer than that. I could use the old “spray and pray” technique used by some US Army soldiers before the M4 came out with a selector switch for a three round burst instead of just full-auto fire. The problem with that was I only had a hundred and twenty rounds and they wouldn’t last long if I did that. After that, all I had was a 9 millimeter Browning pistol. They’d have to be a lot closer before I had any chance of putting even one down with that.The woman was in better shape for long range shooting. The Israeli M 89 SR rifle she was crouched behind was accurate out to about a thousand meters if she knew what she was doing, and if she did, the thirty rounds in her magazine would be more than sufficient.She let the truck get to about seventy-five meters from our position and then put one 7.62  millimeter round through the windshield. The driver slumped down in the seat at the same time her second shot hit the M60 just behind the operating handle and effectively froze the action. The truck turned sharply into a rock and then the engine died. The whole thing couldn’t have taken more than about five seconds. The woman definitely knew her way around a rifle.The three guys in the truck bed and the one left in the cab bailed out, got behind the truck, and started looking for the shooter. They were going to have a difficult time finding us. The suppressor on the M89SR effectively hid any muzzle flash and any dust caused by the gasses exiting the barrel. It also reduced the sound enough that it would be difficult for the guys to pinpoint it since the echo from the mountains made the sound seem to come from all directions.The woman and I watched them for the next five minutes, and it became obvious they weren’t battle-trained troops. They were probably considered a serious threat by the local population, but to me they were just amateurs; well-equipped amateurs, but still amateurs.They were well equipped because they had money, and money was the reason I was in Argentina in the first place. Meeting the woman was just a lucky accident. Well, that’s what I thought at the time. I later found out it was no accident.How it all started.The whole thing started six weeks before I found myself with the woman crouched behind a rock and waiting to see what the guys behind the truck were going to do next.After separating myself from the US Army, I needed some way to keep myself indoors and fed. When I looked at what I knew how to do, planning for close combat and then executing that plan was all I could come up with.Given the domestic and political climate at the time, a lot of former military men were running self defense schools. After reading about a few of the schools, I decided I could make some money that way too.I’d been deployed for much of my Army career so most of my Army pay was sitting in my bank. I used half of what I had as a down payment on fifty acres in Eastern Tennessee with a house and barn on it, and built a pistol and rifle range.I was doing OK, teaching a class a couple times a week in basic gun safety and giving the Tennessee concealed-carry class and test. The other days, I taught advanced courses in long-range rifle shooting and rapid-fire pistol shooting. I also sold targets and ammunition. I wasn’t getting rich, but I was able to make the mortgage payments, put food on the table, and keep my fridge stocked with beer.One afternoon after I’d finished up my class on accurate rapid pistol fire, I was policing brass from the range when a guy in a suit and tie walked up and stuck out his hand. He introduced himself as Marcus Richter.“Mr. Dale Stevenson; did I get your name right? Ah, good. Mr. Stevenson, I understand you have somewhat of a unique background, a background I would find useful if you agree to my proposal.”I figured he’d gotten that information from my web site. I thought “US Army Ranger” sounded better than “former military” like some of the school web sites used.I shrugged.“I can teach you how to fire a weapon and how to defend yourself in an emergency if that’s what you mean.”He shook his head.“No, though the thought has crossed my mind. Fortunately, I have people who take care of those duties for me."No, I’m a successful business man in a rather unique business. I trade in world currencies. It is that business that resulted in my visit to your establishment today. I fear the explanation of that business will be quite lengthy, so would it be possible to find a place where we might sit down and out of the sun?”I’d converted part of the barn into a classroom for my classes, so I led the man there. Once we were seated, he cleared his throat.“As I said, I am a trader in world currencies and that includes gold and silver in its many forms, from coinage to bullion. My business is of necessity rather secretive, for were some in the precious metal market to have advanced knowledge of my activities, it would have an impact upon the world pricing of said precious metals. It is such advanced knowledge I hope to exploit to my advantage if you agree to perform a service for me, a service for which you will be very well compensated.”I wasn’t entirely convinced this guy was on the level, but I had no reason to stop listening to him.I smiled.“It sounds like you have some sort of secret mission you want me to do for you.”He smiled.“Yes, secrecy is of the utmost importance. When you hear the details, you will understand why."As you probably know, in the last stages of World War Two, many high-ranking members of the Nazi party and German military realized any favorable outcome to the war was an impossibility. Germany would be defeated and given the atrocities committed, those same people would be prosecuted for war crimes, found guilty, and imprisoned or executed."They began making plans to escape before they were captured by the Allies. Argentina was neutral during the war and indeed declared war on the Axis powers a month before the war in Europe ended, but many in Argentina were still sympathetic toward Germany. As a result, Argentina was viewed as a possible haven by those attempting to escape what would surely be their ultimate fate."Argentina, in fact, encouraged those high-ranking people to come there. It is well known that many were able to successfully leave Germany and take up residence in Argentina. The efforts of some Israeli organizations that were able to locate some of them and transport them back to Israel for trial is a testimony to that fact."What is not well known is how those same people funded their escape and managed to live in Argentina until they were able to find employment. There are suspicions of the transfer of gold either before or after their escape, but no proof. What is known is there were large caches of gold the Nazi’s looted from the countries and people they overran in the early stages of the war."While much of that gold was gold bars plundered from the repositories in Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland, a significant amount was in the gold taken from individuals. To date, some of that gold has been recovered, but a sizeable portion has not and there are only rumors as to its location, until about a month ago."Ah, shall we say, a friend of a friend mentioned he had been offered a small bar of gold bullion bearing the imprint of the Heraeus Corporation of Germany. I do not know if you know of this German company, but Heraeus has been in the business of refining and producing precious metals since the late 1800’s when they discovered a method of melting platinum."During World War Two, one small gold smelting facility of the Heraeus corporation located on the outskirts of Hanau, Germany was taken over by the Nazi party, managed by Nazi party members, and slave labor was used for the smelting process. They began melting the gold looted from the countries occupied by the German Army into bullion. The bullion was stamped with the hallmark of the Heraeus corporation in order to make it appear to be legitimate, though the Heraeus company per se had nothing to do with the operation."This knowledge has been common since the war ended, but what happened to the gold bullion produced by the Nazi controlled factory has been unknown until this single bar of bullion was offered to this friend of my friend. The offer was made in somewhat secretive circumstances and the design of the hallmark dated to the period of the Second World War. These two things intrigued this friend of my friend and also intrigued me."My interest was passing until I spoke to a man who wished to buy gold as an investment. He related a tale told by his grandfather of watching U-boats berthed at Helgoland, Germany when he was twelve years old. His grandfather had watched the U-boats before as they were fueled, armed, and then sent back out to sea. On a few occasions, this was not the case."According to his story, over the course of a week, several men in prison uniforms loaded six submarines with wooden cases that appeared much too heavy to be supplies and not large enough to hold munitions. He thought it unusual that they did not load any torpedoes as they always had before, but assumed the submarines were supply submarines used to re-supply U-boats at sea."Once the submarines were loaded, the men in prison uniforms were taken away and a few men in the uniform of the German navy went on board, but not in the same numbers this man had seen before. Instead of a full crew, a number of men in business dress also boarded the submarines. The submarines then left port. Three months later, those same six submarines were again docked in Helgoland and were being once again loaded as before. This cycle was repeated two more times before he witnessed the same submarines being loaded with torpedoes and manned by full crews of the German Navy."Another very interesting event happened in Argentina at the end of the war. Juan Peron was elected president and set about nationalizing industries and services while at the same time raising the wages of workers. Most importantly, he paid off the entire amount of externally held Argentine debt."Because Argentina does mine native gold and silver ore, I have people there to keep me informed about the latest developments. When I heard the stories about the bar of gold bullion and the German submarines and put that story into the context of what I know about the country, I asked my people there to do some research into the matter. The report I received a few weeks ago offered some tantalizing conclusions."At the end of the war, Argentina had external debt amounting to about two hundred million US Dollars. When Peron was elected President, he settled the national debt with payments in gold bullion, which is understandable because gold is the currency of the world. What is not understandable is where Peron was able to find enough gold to do that without bankrupting the country. The entire gold reserves of Argentina at the time were about two hundred and fifty million US dollars. He would have had to drain most of those reserves, but apparently did not. He continued to implement his policies by using that same gold reserve."My people were not able to identify how that situation changed so rapidly once Peron was in office nor the source of the gold with which he paid the Argentine debt. They were able to report that prior to settling that debt, the Argentine government ceased operations of a small, older smelter in the foothills of the Andes near Mendoza to bring that facility up to the level of current technology. They learned this from an old man who had been employed at the smelter in his youth. He said he was sent home and told to not report for work for two months."The man was interested in what changes were going to be made so over the course of seven weeks, he watched the activities at the smelter. He related to my people that the first week, he saw many trucks drive into the smelter and each truck had armed guards who were all tall men who looked European. He could not see what they did in the smelter, but he did notice the smokestack continued to emit smoke just as it had when the smelter was operating."A week before his two month furlough was to end, he witnessed those same trucks with the same armed guards drive out of the smelter and take the road that led to Buenos Aires. He also said when he returned to work, there was little difference from how the smelter had operated before.”I wasn’t sure what all this had to do with me. When I asked, his face became grim.“What I and my people believe is that a very large amount of gold was shipped to Argentina by the Nazis on submarines and used to pay the Argentine government for allowing them to stay there. That is the only explanation for how Peron was able to find the gold to pay off the national debt. It is also an explanation for the unusual loading of the submarine and for the bar of gold bullion offered to, as I said, a friend of a friend. The smelter was shut down in order to melt the Nazi gold and then recast it into bullion that bore the Argentine hallmark.”I was still confused.“OK, that’s all well and good, but again, what does that have to do with me?”He placed his hands on the table between us and smiled.“I want to pay you to find the rest of the Nazi gold.”Now, I was confused again.“The rest? I thought you said they melted it all down and recast it.”He shook his head and chuckled.“I said they melted and recast enough to pay off the Argentine debt, not that they melted and recast all the gold. The total amount of gold plundered by the Nazis is not accurately known, but it has been estimated at nearly two billion US dollars in the currency of the day. About a fourth of that can be reasonably accounted for as it was transferred to various banks in neutral countries, though some of those transfers are disputed. The rest has never been found."It is my estimate that the Nazis shipped at least four hundred tons of gold to Argentina on those submarines. In the currency of the day, that would be about half a billion US dollars. In 1945, the Argentine debt was about two hundred million US dollars. That leaves us with a difference of about three hundred million which would be a little over one and a half billion US dollars at today’s market price.”I said I didn’t think that was feasible because of the weight of gold. It wouldn’t fit on a submarine. He smiled.“Yes, gold is heavy but also very dense and does not require much space. The normal armament for a U-boat of the type loaded at Helgoland was fourteen torpedoes that weighed a little over a ton and a half each. Each submarine could have carried over twenty tons of gold if the torpedoes were not on board. The six submarines making four trips could have carried that much gold and many passengers. With a range of about nine thousand nautical miles, they could easily have made the trip from Germany to Argentina and back in about three months at sea.It sounded like another Nazi conspiracy theory to me, but it was interesting so I decided to play along for a while."So, you want me to find this gold and then what? Hire a bunch of trucks to bring it back to the US?”He smiled and shook his head.“No. I only want you to confirm its location from the information my people have developed after almost a year of research. Near Mendoza in Mendoza province, my people located the ruins of what they described as a replica of The Berghof, Hitler’s residence in Bavaria. The surrounding area is mostly unpopulated now, but was once the site of a now closed led mine. We believe the building was built to house German Army and SS officers who fled Germany and surmise the gold must have been secreted in the led mine. Once you have confirmed the gold is indeed at that location, others will orchestrate its removal and transport.That little bell in your head that tells you something’s not right started to ring."Mr. Richter, if your people know where it is, why don’t those others you talked about confirm the gold is there and then remove it?”He pursed his lips.“My people in Argentina are carefully watched by the Argentine government to detect any financial dealings they might attempt. It is highly likely some in the Argentine government are also aware of their findings. Were my people to investigate that mine, well, the current government of Argentina would consider the gold to be the property of Argentina. It is not, but Argentina would be very upset were they to find it has been discovered and removed from the country.”The little bell in my head was now clanging.“So what you’re asking me to do is illegal? I don’t much like the idea of spending time in an Argentine prison.”He shook his head.“Your involvement will only be to locate and enter an abandoned and unguarded mine, confirm with photographs that the gold is there, and then bring those photographs and an accurate location back to me. It will be as if you were a tourist seeing the countryside and just happened upon the mine during your travels. There is nothing illegal about that."You will be well compensated for your efforts. I am prepared to offer you transportation to and from Argentina, a vehicle and other equipment for your use while there, and the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. I have arranged for twenty thousand dollars to be transferred to your bank account immediately upon your arrival in Argentina and commencement of your search. You will, of course, be provided with a small sum for travel expenses. The balance will be transferred upon your return, assuming you are successful. If not, the transfer will be for an additional twenty thous

In this thought-provoking episode, Jackson van Uden joins the History Rage podcast to dissect the nuances of totalitarian regimes, comparing the atrocities committed by Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin during the 20th century. The conversation delves into the nature of political terror, genocidal actions, and the dynamics that led to the rise of dictators.Key Points:Defining Totalitarian Regimes: Jackson explores the evolution from democracy to dictatorship, authoritarianism, and finally totalitarianism. He cites examples like Juan Peron in Argentina, showcasing the varying degrees of control and power.Comparing Hitler and Stalin: The discussion revolves around the World War II era, drawing parallels between Nazi atrocities and Soviet actions. The episode highlights the Holocaust, Stalin's forced deportation of Crimean Tartars, and the genocidal actions against the kulaks.Stalin's Micromanagement: A crucial distinction is made between Hitler's overseeing approach and Stalin's micromanagement style. The conversation dissects Stalin's direct involvement in political terror, deportation, and decision-making within his regime.The Uncomfortable Alliances: Jackson examines how post-World War II alliances influenced the narrative around Stalin. The surprising portrayal of Stalin as "Uncle Joe" and positive remarks by Western leaders like Roosevelt and Churchill contribute to a skewed historical perspective.Candidates for Totalitarianism: Beyond Hitler and Stalin, Mao's regime and post-revolution France are considered. Mao's Cultural Revolution and the estimates of 30 to 45 million deaths are discussed, emphasizing the different forms of political terror.Jews in the Soviet Union vs. Nazi Germany: The episode highlights the contrasting fates of Jews in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. While persecution existed in both, Jackson notes that Soviet actions were often tied to factors beyond religious identity.Airbrushing History: The role of Western powers in airbrushing Stalin's actions from history is explored, questioning the academic bias during the post-World War II period and the social acceptability of communism compared to fascism.Closing Message: Jackson emphasizes the prevalence of political terror in the 20th century and calls for renewed awareness in the 21st century. The commitment to "never again" is challenged, urging people to be mindful of global events and persecution.Conclusion: This episode provides a comprehensive analysis of totalitarian regimes, shedding light on the complex factors that shaped 20th-century history. Jackson's insights into political terror, alliances, and the selective portrayal of historical figures offer a thought-provoking perspective on the challenges of interpreting the past.For more in-depth discussions on history, follow Jackson on Twitter @historyWJackson and check out his book, available from Pen and Sword.You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage or Paul individually @PaulBavill and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.You can join our 'Angry Mob' on Patreon as well. £5 per month gets you episodes 3 months early, the invite to choose questions, entry into our prize draws and the coveted History Rage mug. Subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/historyrage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Efendim selamlar. Tarih 101'e hoş geldiniz. Bu bölümümüzde siyaset, futbol, ekonomi, darbe, mevlit ve Latin Amerika'yı iç içe geçmiş halde bulacaksınız. 1950'lerin başlarından bir hadiseyle karşınızdayım. Arjantin'in diktatörü Juan Peron ve eşi First Lady Eva Peron'un hikayesini, Buenos Aires'te başlayan elim bir hastalığın İstanbul'a uzanış hikayesini ve devamında gerçekleşen birbirinden ilginç olayları sizler için anlatmaya gayret ettim. Keyifli dinlemeler dilerim. Video olarak izlemek isterseniz; https://youtu.be/O_hsBVt06Ec?si=RbjH_WGZsduOSIN9 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tarih101/message

Embarking on a daring venture of social and economic transformation, Argentinian President Javier Milei captivates the global stage with his flamboyant brand of libertarianism. The metamorphosis of this former economist into a head of state aligns with a broader trend across South America and Europe, witnessing the rise of assertive right-wing figures to positions of power. Yet, can this eccentric individual navigate the challenges posed by entrenched elites resistant to changes in the established order? A mere three months into his presidency, the question looms: will there be a discernible shift in tone moving forward? Moreover, the efficacy of populist rhetoric raises a critical query—how far can it bring about change without the backing of the elite class? Join Haffisz and Adi as they delve once again into the intricate realm of South American politics, historically marked by dictators and machismo strongmen. Explore the democratic transition since the era of figures like Juan Peron and unravel the complexities of Milei's journey in reshaping Argentina's socio-political landscape. It's a riveting exploration into the dynamics of power and change. Tune in to Kopitiam Council every Monday on:

L'histoire d'Eva et de Juan Peron a en Argentine une dimension mythique, voire mystique. Haïs ou adulés, Juan et Eva créèrent ensemble une pensée, un courant politique qui subsiste aujourd'hui. Celle qu'on surnommait Evita est considéré par ses admirateurs comme une sainte, une protectrice. Difficile de prendre la mesure du couple Peron, de réaliser l'importance de ces quelques années ensemble, qui se compte pourtant sur les doigts d'une main… Une histoire de destin, de coups d'état et de ferveur. Une histoire d'amour. 1944, Buenos Aires Nous sommes le 22 janvier. Il y a une semaine tout juste, un séisme de magnitude 7,4 a ravagé la ville de San Juan, à l'ouest du pays. Des milliers de personnes sont mortes. Dans la capitale, un événement caritatif se prépare suite au désastre. Plusieurs actrices sont venu présenter leur collecte en faveur des victimes. Celles qui ont amassé le plus de dons reçoivent une décoration. En haut du classement, les grandes Nini Marshall et Libertad Lamarque, icônes de leur époque. D'autres actrices sont moins reconnues, des vedettes de téléfilms ou de modestes pièces de théâtres. Ecoutez la saison précédente : Madonna et Sean Penn, le mariage le plus explosif des 80's Production et diffusion : Bababam Originals Première diffusion : 10 janvier 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

durée : 00:05:32 - Les Nuits de France Culture - par : Albane Penaranda - Portrait de la patrie du tango et de Juan Peron par ses grandes plumes, de Jorge Luis Borges à Adolfo Bioy Casares, de Julio Cortazar à Mariana Enriquez. Un programme d'archives proposé par Antoine Dhulster.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 972, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Africa'S Official Languages 1: In Benin:this. French. 2: In Gabon:this. French. 3: In Cameroon:English and this. French. 4: In Equatorial Guinea:Spanish and this. French. 5: In Rwanda:Kinyarwanda, French and this. English. Round 2. Category: Argentina 1: The president of Argentina works at the Casa Rosada or Pink House in this city. Buenos Aires. 2: In September 1955 General Eduardo Lonardi succeeded this man as leader of Argentina. (Juan) Peron. 3: In March 1985, the annual rate for this stood at 850%. inflation. 4: Ushuaia, the world's southernmost city, lies on this island territory of Argentina. Tierra del Fuego. 5: Both Argentina and the Rio de la Plata derive their names from the Latin word for this. silver. Round 3. Category: Exotic Wildlife 1: One happy girl on a Costa Rica expedition remarked that this animal "was a lot faster than I thought". a sloth. 2: Seals, beware of orcas working together in this 3-letter group--the orcas' strategies can be most effective. a pod. 3: Komodo dragons' tongues touch air, then touch chemoreceptors in the mouth as part of this smelling system. the olfactory system. 4: Polar bear cubs stay with Mom for two and a half years, ultimately going through this process of moving off her milk. weaning. 5: The calf of the Svalbard subspecies of this animal can be quite playful. a caribou (or reindeer). Round 4. Category: Musicals 1: Title amusement park ride owned by Mrs. Mullin. carousel. 2: Richard Burton played this king in "Camelot"; Tim Curry has played him in "Spamalot". King Arthur. 3: Harve Presnell played Johnny Brown, the miner husband of this title character. The Unsinkable Molly Brown. 4: City The Boys" were from in musical based on "A Comedy of Errors". Syracuse. 5: "Illya, Darling" wasn't based on "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", but on this Melina Mercouri film. Never on Sunday. Round 5. Category: The Empire Strikes Plaque 1: The British Dental Association says that most adults in the U.K. suffer from periodontal, aka this, disease. gum. 2: U.K. dentists recommend no less than 1,000 ppm of this in your 3-year-old's toothpaste. fluoride. 3: British dentistry has advanced since medieval barbers performed this procedure using a tool called the pelican. an extraction. 4: The British Dental Association says there is little danger from this element that's always present in amalgams. mercury. 5: Missing a molar in Manchester? Contact the NHS, short for this, and get a list of hospitals with a dentist on call. the National Health Service. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

Eva Perón was a woman who beat the odds to become an inspiration to the people of Argentina. While powerful and popular, in hindsight, she was also complicated and controversial. Connect with us: @AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, and FacebookSupport the show: https://www.aljazeera.com/podcasts/hindsight/

Peter Carroll's distinguished career has spanned over 100 productions and 50 years. He continues to work in musical theatre, new Australian texts, and global classics. He has worked with the major theatre companies and commercial managements in Australia including, MTC, QTC, STC, STCSA, Belvoir, Bell Shakespeare, and Opera Australia.  Peter began his career as a teacher (English, History and Drama) while gaining experiences in theatre work. In 1968 he went to London to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama where he topped the course. He returned to Sydney in 1970 and for three years headed the Voice and Speech department at the National Institute of Dramatic Art. During this time, he produced many plays for the students and kept up his acting work with guest appearances. At the end of 1973 Peter decided to attempt a full-time acting career and his work since then has more than vindicated his choice. He was a founding member in the 1970's of the Nimrod Theatre Company, performing up to seven or eight major roles a year, ranging from Shakespeare and Restoration comedy to contemporary Australian drama. He has acted for the Sydney Theatre Company from its beginnings at the Sydney Opera House. Some of his early performances were as Benedick in John Bell's hilarious production of Much Ado About Nothing, the dual roles of Hotspur and Pistol in Richard Wherrett's production of Henry IV, Jesus in a Perth Festival production of The Mystery Plays of Wakefield and Thomas à Becket in a Perth Festival production of Murder in the Cathedral. As one of Australia's most admired and popular stage actors, he is particularly well remembered for his beautifully studied role of the Catholic priest in Ron Blair's one-character play, The Christian Brothers, which was performed to acclaim from leading critics and audiences in all Australian capitals, numerous country centres, NZ and Riverside studios in London. In a vast career some standout performances include, Money and Friends, The Cherry Orchard, The Blind Giant is Dancing, A Hard God, Happy Days and Night on Bald Mountain. His repertoire is extensive. His casting in the role of Juan Peron, in the musical Evita marked a return to the earliest days of his career when he sang Gilbert and Sullivan productions at Sydney University. A resume of iconic musical theatre roles have peppered his career - Sweeney Todd, Thenadier in Les Miserables, Gus the theatre cat in CATS, Bella Zangler in Crazy for You, Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar and The Narrator in Into the Woods.His film and television career has been extensive here in Australia and internationally. TV credits include titles such as Aftertaste, The Letdown, Bloom, and Rake. Film credits include The Power of the Dog, Sleeping Beauty, The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, and Crazy Rich Asians.Peter has won many awards including Green Room Awards, a Helpmann Award, a Sydney Theatre Critics' Circle Award and an Honorary Doctorate of Creative Arts. He is the inaugural recipient of the Media Arts & Entertainment Alliance's Lifetime Achievement Award; and he continues to be a proud supporter of the union and was awarded an AM for services to the theatre in 2021. The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Recipient of Best New Podcast at 2019 Australian Podcast Awards. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages).www.stagespodcast.com.au

Peter Carroll's distinguished career has spanned over 100 productions and 50 years. He continues to work in musical theatre, new Australian texts, and global classics. He has worked with the major theatre companies and commercial managements in Australia including, MTC, QTC, STC, STCSA, Belvoir, Bell Shakespeare, and Opera Australia.  Peter began his career as a teacher (English, History and Drama) while gaining experiences in theatre work. In 1968 he went to London to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama where he topped the course. He returned to Sydney in 1970 and for three years headed the Voice and Speech department at the National Institute of Dramatic Art. During this time, he produced many plays for the students and kept up his acting work with guest appearances. At the end of 1973 Peter decided to attempt a full-time acting career and his work since then has more than vindicated his choice. He was a founding member in the 1970's of the Nimrod Theatre Company, performing up to seven or eight major roles a year, ranging from Shakespeare and Restoration comedy to contemporary Australian drama. He has acted for the Sydney Theatre Company from its beginnings at the Sydney Opera House. Some of his early performances were as Benedick in John Bell's hilarious production of Much Ado About Nothing, the dual roles of Hotspur and Pistol in Richard Wherrett's production of Henry IV, Jesus in a Perth Festival production of The Mystery Plays of Wakefield and Thomas à Becket in a Perth Festival production of Murder in the Cathedral. As one of Australia's most admired and popular stage actors, he is particularly well remembered for his beautifully studied role of the Catholic priest in Ron Blair's one-character play, The Christian Brothers, which was performed to acclaim from leading critics and audiences in all Australian capitals, numerous country centres, NZ and Riverside studios in London. In a vast career some standout performances include, Money and Friends, The Cherry Orchard, The Blind Giant is Dancing, A Hard God, Happy Days and Night on Bald Mountain. His repertoire is extensive. His casting in the role of Juan Peron, in the musical Evita marked a return to the earliest days of his career when he sang Gilbert and Sullivan productions at Sydney University. A resume of iconic musical theatre roles have peppered his career - Sweeney Todd, Thenadier in Les Miserables, Gus the theatre cat in CATS, Bella Zangler in Crazy for You, Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar and The Narrator in Into the Woods. His film and television career has been extensive here in Australia and internationally. TV credits include titles such as Aftertaste, The Letdown, Bloom, and Rake. Film credits include The Power of the Dog, Sleeping Beauty, The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, and Crazy Rich Asians.Peter has won many awards including Green Room Awards, a Helpmann Award, a Sydney Theatre Critics' Circle Award and an Honorary Doctorate of Creative Arts. He is the inaugural recipient of the Media Arts & Entertainment Alliance's Lifetime Achievement Award; and he continues to be a proud supporter of the union and was awarded an AM for services to the theatre in 2021. The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Recipient of Best New Podcast at 2019 Australian Podcast Awards. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages).www.stagespodcast.com.au

Pablo Pryluka is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History. Prior to Princeton, he did his undergraduate studies at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and earned a master's in History at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. He has received grants from the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (Argentina) and the Fulbright Commission. At the same time, he was an exchange student at the Freie Universität in 2019 and took part in different collaborative projects: he was involved in the Princeton-Humboldt Collaborative project “Contesting and Converging Stories of Global Order: Regional and National Narratives” between 2018 and 2019 and the Global History Summer Schools hosted in Berlin (2017) and Tokio (2019).Pryluka's main fields of interest are modern Latin American History and Global History, with a focus on social and economic history. His dissertation aims to provide a comparative analysis of patterns of consumption and inequality in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile during the state-led industrialization years (1930s-1970s). The dissertation addresses the social performance of state-led industrialization and its impact on inequality, looking at patterns of consumption of three specific consumer goods: refrigerators, automobiles, and televisions. He is interested not only in who had access to these goods, but also both the meanings involved in their consumption and the expectations of consumers in terms of socioeconomic status.

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What is the value of a body once it stops living? The messy political landscape of Argentina wondered that for almost 20 years following the death of its enigmatic First Lady Eva Peron, as they preserved and hid her remains.Email: tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.comFacebookInstagram

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 609, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Juan 1: Days out of prison in 1945, he married Maria Eva Duarte; we now know her as Evita. Juan Peron. 2: While trying to colonize what's now this state, Juan Ponce de Leon received a mortal wound from the natives. Florida. 3: Juan Belmonte is considered the founder of the modern version of this sport, ole!. Bullfighting. 4: 1998's MVP in the American League was outfielder Juan Gonzalez, then with this team. Texas Rangers (now with the Tigers). 5: In 1995 he was named ASCAP's Latin Songwriter of the Year and in 1996, sang a duet with Paul Anka. Juan Gabriel. Round 2. Category: "Out Of " 1: Sign for a broken soda machine. Out of order. 2: Al Fresco. Out of doors. 3: According to the proverb, something "out of sight" is this. Out of mind. 4: Taboo, or beyond the basketball sidelines. Out of bounds. 5: 1985's "Best Picture". "Out Of Africa". Round 3. Category: Swimmers 1: This other name of the ocean's devil ray comes from the Spanish for "blanket" or "cloak". manta ray. 2: Ichthyosaurs swam by undulating; plesiosaurs, mainly by moving these. fins. 3: These fish that sound like players of a pub game are named for the way they zip around the stream bottom. darters. 4: Qualified Navy submariners wear these creatures on their uniforms; sonar operators sometimes hear them in the deep. dolphins. 5: The crabeater type of this aquatic mammal doesn't eat crabs but mainly krill. a seal. Round 4. Category: Been There 1: ZIP codes beginning 007 won't get mail to James Bond but to this Caribbean commonwealth. Puerto Rico. 2: This South Dakota city settled in 1876 got its name from the fast-running creek it's on. Rapid City. 3: St. Louis, Missouri is on the Mississippi; Saint-Louis, Senegal is a port on this ocean. Atlantic. 4: You can survey Rio from Pao de Acucar, "Sugarloaf", and Quito from Panecillo, meaning this kind of roll. Bread roll. 5: In the 1700s Vientiane, now capital of this Asian country, was capital of its own kingdom. Laos. Round 5. Category: Smart Choices 1: After hitting .202 in the minors in '94, he went back to his day job of all-universe NBA star. (Michael) Jordan. 2: When God told him to get a-buildin' in Genesis 6:14, he was smart enough to say yes. Noah. 3: In 1989 the people at Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts were smart cookies to acquire RJR this. Nabisco. 4: He married Catherine Zeta-Jones. Michael Douglas. 5: In a prudent move, he ran for the vice presidency and his Senate seat in 2000. Joe Lieberman. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

J-2 au Brésil avant une cruciale élection présidentielle qui opposera surtout le président sortant de la droite radicale Jair Bolsonaro à l'ancien président de gauche Luis Inácio Lula da Silva. Le plus grand pays d'Amérique du Sud retient son souffle. « Allelula ? », lance en prière la Une de Libération, avec un point d'interrogation de circonstance, tant ce néologisme en forme d'interjection relève tout à la fois de l'espoir et de la crainte de ce journal. Lequel, certes, souligne que le candidat de gauche à l'élection présidentielle brésilienne « part favori », mais, dans le même temps, prévient aussi que Jair Bolsonaro est « déterminé à garder coûte que coûte la mainmise sur le pays qu'il a ravagé ». Prudence d'autant plus de mise que le président sortant est un « fou furieux », bucheronne Libé, et que Lula, président du Parti des travailleurs, « fait peur » à la significative partie conservatrice de l'électorat brésilien. Lula président ? C'est d'autant « l'espoir » de L'Humanité que l'élection présidentielle brésilienne a une « portée mondiale », souligne le quotidien communiste, les récentes élections en Italie ayant montré « combien fascistes et populistes tissent une dangereuse internationale ». Crainte dont ne se fait pas l'écho la seule presse proche de la gauche en France. Témoin le journal La Croix. Pour ce quotidien catholique, la messe devrait être dite, « l'enjeu » de dimanche étant, selon La Croix, « la victoire – ou non – de Lula dès le premier tour ». Bien sûr, ce journal, généralement, n'est pas forcément considéré comme étant proche de la droite (ou de la gauche, du reste), mais selon lui, si le candidat du Parti des travailleurs franchit la ligne des 50% d'une courte tête, La Croix se demande « comment réagira le camp Bolsonaro », d'autant plus qu'en cas de second tour, le président sortant pourrait jusqu'alors, utiliser « sans scrupule » les services de l'Etat à son profit. Épouses en pleine lumière Lula-Bolsonaro, donc, mais aussi duel de leurs épouses dans cette campagne électorale tendue. Portraits croisés de ces épouses dans Libération et Le Figaro. Ici, la « charismatique et très populaire » Michelle Bolsonaro, « omniprésente dans la campagne » électorale pour défendre son « époux machiste », énonce Libé ; là, la tout aussi « omniprésente » Janja, conjointe de Lula, « de vingt ans sa cadette », surnommée « la Evita brésilienne », en référence à Eva Peron, qui fut l'épouse du caudillo argentin Juan Peron, et qui est chargée de « moderniser » la stratégie de communication de son mari, signale Libération. Les épouses en campagne, donc, car au Brésil, les femmes représentent « la majorité de l'électorat », explique Le Figaro, et les « saillies misogynes » du président sortant les ont rebutées. Comme le remarque ce quotidien, « toutes les deux sont passées de l'ombre à la lumière. C'est à peu près tout ce que Michelle Bolsonaro et Rosangela da Silva ont en commun. Tout le reste les oppose ». LR : dissolution ? Même pas peur En France, le débat prend de l'ampleur sur la réforme des retraites voulue par Emmanuel Macron. Le président ne disposant pas de majorité absolue, il prévient qu'en cas de motion de censure, il prononcerait la dissolution de l'Assemblée nationale. Emmanuel Macron ayant brandi cette menace de dissolution si les députés d'opposition tentent de censurer le gouvernement lors de la présentation de la réforme des retraites qu'il entend mener à bien après trois mois de concertation. Dans Le Parisien, le député Olivier Marleix, président du groupe LR à l'Assemblée nationale, assure qu'en cas de dissolution, « le président n'aurait plus beaucoup de députés En Marche. Il ne semble pas être au courant de l'ambiance dans le pays », dit encore Olivier Marleix dans Le Parisien.

Ojai author Ron Phillips starts his new book with a macabre true incident; Argentinian dictator Juan Peron's gravesite was disinterred and his hands were severed and stolen by unknown burglars in 1987, 13 years after his death. Why? It remains a mystery. Phillips joins the podcast to talk about "The Hands of Juan Peron" and the journey to getting his suspense-filled novel out into the world. It was during a visit to Buenos Aires that the idea was hatched, and it took decades to get it told. It is Phillip's second novel, his first, "Donnyboy," about German POWs in South Dakota, was released in 2011. Phillips' distinguished pedigree includes winning every major advertising award, including Gold and Silver Lions at Cannes, having helmed international advertising agencies, N.W. Ayer and Campbell-Ewald for clients such as AT&T and United Airlines. He has also written for print media in Reader's Digest, TV Guide and the Detroit Free Press, and directing a feature film and several award-winning children's films. He is also involved in many local causes, including the Ojai Music Festival and Ojai Film Society. He attributes his success in commercials to storytelling, and he applies that talent to this story, which posits a terrifying, yet plausible, story about an investigative reporter with a dark legacy and a tenacious thirst for the truth that takes him into page-turning drama and astonishing twists and turns. We also talk about growing up in small towns, fathers and sons, travel and men's fashion. We did not talk about Baz Luhrman's "Elvis," the Hulu series, "The Bear," or the Chinese treasure fleet.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 516, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The '40'S 1: Though faster than a speeding bullet, he was ruled 4-F. Superman. 2: By war's end, they had banked over 13 million units of blood for plasma. the Red Cross. 3: Not his singing, but a lack of lunch caused fan to swoon at his Paramount Theater concert. Frank Sinatra. 4: Destination of MacArthur's "I shall return". the Philippines. 5: Wartime pseudonym of Mrs. I. Toguri D'Aquino. Tokyo Rose. Round 2. Category: "Ta" Ta For Now 1: Head to Agra, India to see this famous marble mausoleum completed around 1643. the Taj Mahal. 2: Known for its aniselike flavor, this aromatic herb is widely used in cooking. tarragon. 3: In a Bobbie Gentry No. 1 hit song from 1967, Billie Joe MacAllister jumps off this. Tallahatchie Bridge. 4: (Hi. I'm Hal Sparks.) This former E! entertainment channel TV show helped further the careers of me, John Henson and Greg Kinnear. Talk Soup. 5: "Saucy" name for the crusty areas on your teeth made from mineral salts reacting with plaque and saliva. tartar. Round 3. Category: Historical Blogs. 1: 1865: Everyone talks about my "march to the sea", but my trip through the Carolinas ain't no picnic, either. William Sherman. 2: Circa 8th c. B.C.: Writing the 2 epic poems that'll make me famous! Scholars would never doubt my existence... d'oh!. Homer. 3: 2005: After the wedding, wife will be Duchess of Cornwall. Retiring pickup line "you could be the next Duchess of Cornwall". Prince Charles. 4: 1945: I'm just a colonel.1946: Stand back, Buenos Aires! Call me Mr. President!. Juan Peron. 5: July 1, 1937: Fred and I are leaving New Guinea for Howland Island. 2,600 miles... wish us luck!. Amelia Earhart. Round 4. Category: From The Latin 1: This lowly chess piece takes its name from the Latin for "foot soldier". pawn. 2: This adjective meaning shifty or deceptive is derived from "de via", meaning away from the road. Devious. 3: Of the 3 virtues mentioned in the King James Version of I Corinthians 13;13, the 2 that are from Latin. faith and charity. 4: This word for an official announcement, as in the emancipation one, comes from the Latin "to cry out". a proclamation. 5: The 4-letter Latinate word for "highest point" that ends in "X". apex. Round 5. Category: Go Jump In A Great Lake! 1: On Nov. 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in this largest lake in the Western Hemisphere. Superior. 2: The smallest of the Great Lakes, it has a surface area of about 7,500 square miles. Ontario. 3: Named for the region's Indians, this second-largest Great Lake was the first one seen by Europeans. Huron. 4: Rivers draining into this lake include the Muskegon, Kalamazoo and St. Joseph in the East. Michigan. 5: It's the shallowest of the Great Lakes, with its greatest depth only 210 feet. Erie. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 504, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Bein' Green 1: The shape left when it leaves is a "polygon":. Parrot. 2: A mini matador may take it on:. Bullfrog. 3: Watch it "snatch the pebble from my hand":. Grasshopper. 4: If one of these rides up on you at your wedding, have the bridegroom throw it away:. Garter snake. 5: This lizard's not just happy to meet you, he's this:. "Frilled" to meet you. Round 2. Category: 1945 1: He was preparing for the U.N. conference in San Francisco when he died in Warm Springs, Ga. on April 12. Franklin D. Roosevelt. 2: Truman's state or battleship site of Japan's surrender. Missouri. 3: Since "It's the Real Thing", this 4-letter name was registered as a trademark in 1945. Coke. 4: Developed from radar research, it was first marketed for fast food preparation in '45. microwave creation. 5: In a surprise coup, he overthrew Argentina's new government and set up his own cabinet. Juan Peron. Round 3. Category: Howard's End 1: Upon leaving the White House, this president with the middle name Howard told his successor, "I'm glad to be going". Taft. 2: For $500 million, this comedian got Sirius and ended his terrestrial radio career. Howard Stern. 3: At the end of the day, you can bunk at one of this chain's more than 400 hotels in 18 countries. Howard Johnson. 4: Reports have this billionaire's fingernails ending somewhere between 2 to 12 inches in length, at their peak. Howard Hughes. 5: This failed 2004 presidential candidate once got an "A" rating from the NRA. Howard Dean. Round 4. Category: The '97 World Almanac 1: In 1983 only 7% of U.S. homes had one of these; in 1996 40%, 18% with modems. Computers. 2: This red planet will be visible in the sky all year long; keep an eye on it if you're worried about invasions. Mars. 3: Born Feb. 27, 1980, this White House resident is among the "Widely Known Americans of the Present". Chelsea Clinton. 4: According to the U.S. treasury, as of March 1996 there were 6,046,024,130 of these in circulation. U.S. Dollars. 5: Among the top stories is the flare-up of violence over a tunnel entrance in this Mideast city. Jerusalem. Round 5. Category: Biblical Military Men 1: This Philistine had a "helmet of brass" and a coat of mail weighing 5,000 shekels. Goliath. 2: The Roman centurion Cornelius, possibly the first Gentile Christian, was converted by this fisherman. Peter. 3: Moses designated him to defend Israel against Amalek; he later brought down the walls of Jericho. Joshua. 4: Benaiah was commander of this wise king's army. Solomon. 5: This Hittite soldier was sent to the front lines of battle so that David could take his wife Bathsheba. Uriah. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Philip Quast graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1979 and began his career with State Theatre Company of South Australia debuting as Adam in The Mystery Plays of Wakefield. He went on to appear in numerous productions with the company including On The Wallaby, A Hard God, No End of Blame and The Threepenny Opera. His first musical was in the title role of Nimrod Theatre Company's Candide. Philip also began appearing as a presenter on the Australian children's show Play School, a program he would continue to present for 17 years.He shot to prominence in 1987 when he appeared as Javert in the original Australian production of Les Misérables. This performance won him a Sydney Critic Award and in 1989, he travelled to London to play Javert on the West End and eventually in Les Misérables: The Dream Cast at The Royal Albert Hall.Philip's stage success continued as he won the coveted role of Georges Seurat in the original London production of Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George at the National Theatre where he also performed in David Hare's Stuff Happens, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Forum, South Pacific and most recently the award winning Follies (which screened live around the world.)He has won three Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Actor in a Musical; Sunday in the Park with George, South Pacific and The Fix.He has appeared with the Sydney Theatre Company in Coriolanus, Sondheim's Into the Woods,The Cherry Orchard, Democracy and the much-lauded production of Waiting For Godot. Most recently with Death of a Salesman.Philip has been a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company's seasons in London and Stratford Upon Avon with The White Devil, Macbeth, Troilus and Cressida and The Secret Garden.His other innumerable roles include Juan Peron in Andrew Lloyd Webber's 2006 production of Evita at the Adelphi Theatre, Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd at London's Royal Festival Hall, The Lincoln Centre in New York and for The English National Opera. He played Georges in the Menier Chocolate Factory's production of Jerry Herman's La Cage aux Folles in the West End.His many film and television appearances include; Midsomer Murders, Morse, UltraViolet, Brides of Christ, The Damnation of Harvey McCue,Truth, Hacksaw Ridge,The Devil's Double and Picnic At Hanging Rock.Philip can be heard in over 15 cast recordings. He now devotes much of his time to directing, writing and teaching.Philip will be performing at this year's Adelaide Cabaret Festival with Moments In The Woods – Songs & Stories of Sondheim, directed by Mitchell Butel. Moments In The Woods also features Geraldine Turner, Queenie van de Zandt, Josie Lane and Mitchell Butel. The show plays June 23rd at Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide.The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Whooshkaa, Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Recipient of Best New Podcast at 2019 Australian Podcast Awards. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages).www.stagespodcast.com.au

Philip Quast graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1979 and began his career with State Theatre Company of South Australia debuting as Adam in The Mystery Plays of Wakefield. He went on to appear in numerous productions with the company including On The Wallaby, A Hard God, No End of Blame and The Threepenny Opera. His first musical was in the title role of Nimrod Theatre Company's Candide. Philip also began appearing as a presenter on the Australian children's show Play School, a program he would continue to present for 17 years.He shot to prominence in 1987 when he appeared as Javert in the original Australian production of Les Misérables. He travelled to London to play Javert on the West End and eventually in Les Misérables: The Dream Cast at The Royal Albert Hall.Philip's stage success continued as he won the coveted role of Georges Seurat in the original London production of Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George at the National Theatre where he also performed in David Hare's Stuff Happens, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Forum, South Pacific and most recently the award winning Follies (which screened live around the world.)He has won three Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Actor in a Musical; Sunday in the Park with George, South Pacific and The Fix.He has appeared with the Sydney Theatre Company in Coriolanus, Sondheim's Into the Woods,The Cherry Orchard, Democracy and the much-lauded production of Waiting For Godot. Most recently with Death of a Salesman.Philip has been a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company's seasons in London and Stratford Upon Avon with The White Devil, Macbeth, Troilus and Cressida and The Secret Garden.His other innumerable roles include Juan Peron in Andrew Lloyd Webber's 2006 production of Evita at the Adelphi Theatre, Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd at London's Royal Festival Hall, The Lincoln Centre in New York and for The English National Opera. He played Georges in the Menier Chocolate Factory's production of Jerry Herman's La Cage aux Folles in the West End.His many film and television appearances include; Midsomer Murders, Morse, UltraViolet, Brides of Christ, The Damnation of Harvey McCue,Truth, Hacksaw Ridge,The Devil's Double and Picnic At Hanging Rock.Philip can be heard in over 15 cast recordings. He now devotes much of his time to directing, writing and teaching.Philip will be performing at this year's Adelaide Cabaret Festival with Moments In The Woods – Songs & Stories of Sondheim, directed by Mitchell Butel. Moments In The Woods also features Geraldine Turner, Queenie van de Zandt, Josie Lane and Mitchell Butel. The show plays June 23rd at Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide.The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Whooshkaa, Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Recipient of Best New Podcast at 2019 Australian Podcast Awards. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages).www.stagespodcast.com.au

Open-Door Playhouse presents the audio play of VOICES starring Bill Mendieta as Esteem, Saige Spinney as Anger, Heather Taylor as Love; and written by Jonathan Tschudy, and directed by Gary Lamb. Synopsis for VOICE: A shy, small for his age, young boy struggles to fit into his first year of high school, leaving heavily on his inner voices of Love, Anger and Esteem.Jonathan Tschudy (Playwright), currently, resides at the Ohio State Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections. His writing came to the attention of Bernadette Armstrong through her association with the PEN America Prison Writing Program.Gary B. Lamb (Director) has appeared as a stage actor in more than 50 plays and musicals. He recently completed a national tour of Evita as Juan Peron and the title role in Macbeth for Shakespeare at The Castle in Ohio. He has been behind the camera directing several films (including The Box; The Bug A Creepy Comedy; Roommate Rules; and most recently, Fitzwater & Mutton, A Buddy Film). He recently can be heard on a newly released podcast, Dreamland as Bruce; and various voiceovers that include animated series and dubbing on several Columbian Novellas. He also has acted, directed, and produced television and film.Open-Door Playhouse is a podcast that supports new and emerging writers by producing plays in the style of living Radio Plays popular in the 1940s & 1950s. Open-Door Playhouse is a 501c3 non-profit organization that is supported by listeners like you through tax-deductible donations.Recent Reviews on Open-Door Playhouse's plays: Podcast News' Daily Brief for podcasts and on-demand: https://bit.ly/3Gc1C1V  Broadway World's Off-Off-Broadway Shows: Insomnia https://bit.ly/3g5QJUvSupport the show (https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/open-door-playhouse)

Though Eva Peron (Evita), is not canonized as a saint by the Catholic church, many still hold her to this divine status. Growing up poor, Evita worked her way to the top and became the First Lady of Argentina when she married Juan Peron in the 1940's who soon became the president. As Admirer's of German and Italian Fascist governments, Juan and Evita built a similar political party and even gave refuge to escaping German Nazi's after World War II, but managed to gain the love of their country through (mostly feigned) charitable work and implementing worker's rights and women's rights to vote. Come dive in with People Time podcast as we discuss the controversial figure of Maria Eva Peron!       #PeopleTime #Podcast #History #Biography #MariaEvaDuarte #MariaEvaPeron #Evita #Politics #Fascism #Argentina #WWII #FirstLady #Peronist #Peronism #Nazi #Germany #Charity #Saint 

This is the second of two episodes regarding Argentinian dictator Juan Peron.  We go more in-depth into Peronism, the political philosophy, as well as the relationship between Juan and Eva Peron in order to show how her death contributed to his fall from power.  Policies from his second and third term as President are covered.  We discuss his legacy in great detail - including the argument that he was a democratically elected dictator.  The material in this podcast serves as an introduction to the International Baccalaureates' Paper two topic 10  - Authoritarian States (20th century).

Fascism, populism, Juan Peron, Argentina, Eva Peron,  Peronism, Otto Skorzeny, Huey Long, the assassination of Huey Long, the assassination of Admiral Darlan, JFK assassination, Le Cercle, stay-behinds, secret armies, Gladio, La Cagoule, strategy of tension, le guerre revolutionaire, Italy, Years of Lead, Belgium, "Bloody 80s," Marc Dutroux, Prince Bernhard, Dutroux affair, VIP pedophile rings, Colonia Dignidad, Operation Condor, 1968, Los Tecos, dirty wars, AAA, CAL, drug cartels, Medellin cartel, Guadalajara cartel, Sinaloa cartel, Cali Cartel, fundamentalist Mormonism, LeBarons, LeBaronism, Colonia LeBaron, Mitt Romney, Allred family, Ted Bundy, serial killers, Adolfo Constanzo, Santeria, The Finders, Kenneth Grant, Chicago, Florida, Louisiana, Latin America, Americas, Hand of Death, Henry Lee Lucas, White Eagle underground   Additional resources/Farm episodes referenced: Secret History of International Fascism I Secret History of international Fascism II   WACL V: Los Tecos WACL VI Ted Bundy White Eagle Lodge

This is the first of two episodes regarding Argentinian dictator Juan Peron.  We begin with a short history of the preceding eras of the nation's history - including the Radical Era and the Infamous Decade.  We'll then travel along with Peron through the GOU-led military coup in 1943.  We will examine in detail the concept of patronage regarding his time as Secretariat of Labor before being expelled from government and the launching of his own Presidential campaign.  We also detail the initial meeting of his second wife Evita through charity related to the San Juan earthquake.   The material in this podcast serves as an introduction to the International Baccalaureates' Paper two topic 10  - Authoritarian States (20th century).

Paulo Szot is an award winning Baritone who has starred in operas & musical theatre productions around the world! Paulo won the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critic's Circle & Theater World Awards for his Broadway debut in Lincoln Center's revival of South Pacific, co-starring Tony Award Winner Kelli O'Hara. Currently, Paulo is back on Broadway in the Tony Award Winning revival of Chicago The Musical through November 21 as slick lawyer "Billy Flynn." Paulo is also celebrating his 10-Year Anniversary of performing at Feinstein's/54 Below with a week of concerts. An Enchanted Evening or Una Noche Encantada will play Feinstein's/54 Below November 24-27. Click here for tickets! Connect with Paulo: Website Facebook Twitter Instagram Connect with Feinstein's 54 Below: Website Facebook Twitter Instagram Like What You Hear? Join my Patreon Family to get backstage perks including advanced notice of interviews, the ability to submit a question to my guests, behind-the-scene videos, and so much more! Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Visit: https://callmeadam.com for more my print/video interviews Special Thanks: My Patreon Family for their continued support: Angelo, Reva and Alan, Marianne, Danielle, Tara, Alex, and The Golden Gays NYC. Join the fun at https://patreon.com/callmeadamnyc. Theme Song by Bobby Cronin (https://bit.ly/2MaADvQ) Podcast Logo by Liam O'Donnell (https://bit.ly/2YNI9CY) Edited by Adam Rothenberg Outro Music Underscore by CueTique (Website: https://bit.ly/31luGmT, Facebook: @CueTique) More on Paulo: Paulo Szot was born in São Paulo & raised in Ribeirão Pires, Brazil. Paulo studied at the Jagiellonian University in Poland, the country from which his parents had emigrated following World War II. He began singing professionally in 1989 with the Polish National Song & Dance Company Slask. In 1997 he made his operatic debut as Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia in a production of the Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, directed by Enzo Dara & conducted by Luiz Fernando Malheiro. He has gone on to appear with most major opera companies throughout the world in Europe, the United States, Australia & Brazil. Paulo made his Broadway debut in the revival of South Pacific at Lincoln Center Theatre, directed by Bartlett Sher. He won the Tony Award, Drama Desk, Outer Critic's Circle & Theater World Awards for his portrayal, becoming one of a few actors to receive such honors on a Broadway debut. Paulo appeared in a solo concert in the Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center & several times at New York City's prestigious Café Carlyle & Feinstein's/54 Below for a series of critically acclaimed solo performances. He appeared with the New York Philharmonic alongside Liza Minnelli conducted by Marvin Hamlisch & made his Carnegie Hall debut with the New York Pops Orchestra in a program of Lerner & Loewe with Kelli O'Hara. To his native Brazil, Paulo has performed with any of the major orchestras & opera companies including Osesp, TMSP, TMRJ, Teatro São Pedro, Teatro Amazonas, Filarmônica MG, OPES, OMB, OSB, Palácio das Artes, among others. Also, in São Paulo he starred as Henry Higgins in the 2016 revival of My Fair Lady at the Teatro Santander, directed by Jorge Takla. With more than 70 opera productions in his résumé since 1997, Paulo had his Metropolitan Opera debut in 2010 as Kovalyov in The Nose by Dimitri Shostakovich, conducted by Valery Gergiev and directed by William Kentridge. He returned to the Met for the six following seasons as Escamillo in Carmen (2011), Lescaut in Manon (2012), Kovalyov in The Nose (2013), Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus (2013/14), The Captain in John Adams' The Death of Klinghoffer (2014), Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus (2015/16). In 2019 Paulo starred in Opera Australia's Evita as Juan Peron in Melbourne opposite Tina Arena as Evita; the Opera di Roma as Count Danilo in Lehar's Merry Widow; appeared with OSESP, in Brazil and returned to the Metropolitan Opera House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron, Dien Bien Phu falls, Rock Around The Clock! We're back with our history lesson courtesy of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire", this time with the year 1954. Also, Rachel gives a quick recap of her recent visit to the American HorrorPlex. Plus the news, your feedback, and some housekeeping. Our blog: http://thefiveishfangirls.com Twitter: @fiveishfangirls Email: fiveishfangirls@gmail.com Become a supporter on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/FiveishFangirlsPodcast Support us by shopping Amazon through our link We have merch! https://www.redbubble.com/people/fiveishfangirls

Rob Koch, Ph.D., is a historian of Latin America and combat veteran whose research focuses on the geopolitics of Argentine Peronism and the notion of forming a 'Third Position' or 'Third Way' to bring about a post-imperial world order. His work also looks at the global proliferation of counterinsurgency during the Cold War, including the international spread of dirty war methods. In this episode, Dr. Rob Koch talks about his research on Juan Perón, Fascism, and the Global Cold War.***More articles by Dr. Rob Koch:https://usf.academia.edu/RobertDKoch***Artwork by Nacer Ahmadi: IG @x.filezzzAudio by TwistedLogix 

This episode I talk about the former President of Argentina Juan Peron

J. Posadas! Juan Peron! Leon Trotsky! We come back to the topic of Posadism, only this time we talk to the guy who wrote the book. A.M. Gittlitz (a.k.a. AP Andy from the Antifada) joins us to talk about his book _I Want to Believe: Posadism, UFOs, and Apocalypse Communism_ We discuss J. Posadas, Juan Peron and Lopez Rega, cults, and what does a revolutionary look like now? Pick up Andy's book here: https://redemmas.org/titles/34691-i-want-to-believe--posadism-and-leftwing-ufology Check out Andy's substack here: https://gittlitz.substack.com/ Listen to the Antifada! https://podtail.com/en/podcast/the-antifada/ --- Help us make the show! http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic - Find us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/givingthemic - Questions/comments/suggestions for great local Korean food: givingthemic@gmail.com - http://facebook.com/givingthemic/ - - Main theme by The Mysterious Breakfast'r Cereal on SoundCloud @chiptheme - - All items trademarked and copyright their respective owners. Please don't sue. Please don't sue. Please don't sue.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 50, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 50, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Let's Get Married! 1: Instead of throwing rice, some guests release these insects--painted ladies, for example. butterflies. 2: There wasn't a traditional song for this pair to dance to at the reception until the following was written:"You filled my life /With so much joy /As I watched you grow /From that little boy". the groom and his mom. 3: It was once believed evil spirits hovered at this part of the house, so the bride is carried over it. the threshold. 4: This queen wore English lace on her 1840 bridal gown to give the British lace-making industry a boost. Victoria. 5: A cap named for this Capulet adorns many a blushing bride. Juliet. Round 2. Category: Zoology 1: The turkey type of this bird has an exceptional sense of smell for detecting carrion on the ground. the vulture. 2: During courtship and fast maneuvers, this bird can beat its wings more than 200 times per second. a hummingbird. 3: When the European mole wants lunch, it goes after this annelid that comes out after the rain. Earthworm. 4: The affenpinscher is grouped as one of these small "plaything" dogs. a toy. 5: The green sea type of this swims over 1,000 miles from South America to Ascension Island, in order to breed. turtle. Round 3. Category: Historical Blogs. 1: 2005: After the wedding, wife will be Duchess of Cornwall. Retiring pickup line "you could be the next Duchess of Cornwall". Prince Charles. 2: 1945: I'm just a colonel.1946: Stand back, Buenos Aires! Call me Mr. President!. Juan Peron. 3: 1865: Everyone talks about my "march to the sea", but my trip through the Carolinas ain't no picnic, either. William Sherman. 4: Circa 8th c. B.C.: Writing the 2 epic poems that'll make me famous! Scholars would never doubt my existence... d'oh!. Homer. 5: July 1, 1937: Fred and I are leaving New Guinea for Howland Island. 2,600 miles... wish us luck!. Amelia Earhart. Round 4. Category: On Their Tombstones 1: "Hajj Malik El-Shabazz". Malcolm X. 2: "Law West of the Pecos". Judge Roy Bean. 3: "The celebrated navigator who first transplanted the breadfruit tree from Otahete to the West Indies". Captain William Bligh. 4: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country". Nathan Hale. 5: "1880 - 1946", not "On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia" as rumored. W.C. Fields. Round 5. Category: Johnny Gilbert Rocks! 1: The title track of a 1976 album, this song topped the charts in 1977:"You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave". "Hotel California". 2: This song was written for a 1967 film:"Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio /A nation turns its lonely eyes to you (Woo, woo, woo)". "Mrs. Robinson". 3: People were crazy about this 1999 song:"Her lips are devil-red and her skin's the color of mocha...". "Livin' La Vida Loca". 4: More than 2,000 versions of this 1965 song have been recorded:"Suddenly /I'm not half the man I used to be /There's a shadow hanging over me". "Yesterday". 5: This song topped the pop, and and country charts in 1957:"The warden said, 'Hey, buddy, don't you be no square /If you can't find a partner, use a wooden chair'". "Jailhouse Rock". Thanks for listening! Come bac

Interesting Orson talk on South America dominates today's show!

Orson talks of Ruben's Restaurant, Boats, Welfare Island, and Argentina's Colonel Juan Peron

Heute vor 75 Jahren gewann Juan Peron die Präsidentschaftswahlen in Argentinien.

Writer:Michael J MooreHis books include Highway Twenty, which appeared on the Preliminary Ballot for the Bram Stoker Award, the bestselling post-apocalyptic novel, After the Change, which is used as curriculum at the University of Washington and the psychological thriller, Secret Harbor. His work has received awards, has appeared in various anthologies, journals, newspapers (including TheHuffPost) and magazines (including The Nation), on television and has been adapted for the theater. In particular, his play, Tomorrow is the Dream for the Hopeless was produced by The New Alchemists, and his play, Ninja Girl was performed in Seattle by Earthseed Seattle. Follow him at: twitter.com/MichaelJMoore20 or https://instagram.com/michaeljmoorewriting.Cast:Monique Gonsalves, as HannahMonique Gonsalves holds a BA in Theater Arts with an Emphasis in Acting from the California State University of Fullerton. She has enjoyed success as a Children’s Theater Director for Town Hall Kids at the Town Hall Theater in Lafayette, CA. As well as her extensive experience as a costume character performer ranging from Princess Parties as Barbie and Cinderella to singing telegrams as Betty Boop and various events as a Marilyn Monroe Impersonator. After many years of moving across America and living and loving in some of its greatest cities like Chicago and New York- she is happy to be back on the best coast ardently pursuing the dream in Hollywoodland.Bill Mendieta as KeithBill Mendieta has been working in theatre in a variety of roles for many years. He is best known for playing Ricky Ricardo in I Love Lucy Live On Stage in Los Angeles, Chicago, and the 1st national tour for over 500 performances and in a new show presented at the National Comedy Festival. He earned the Broadway World Award for Best Actor.He played a leading role in the award-winning film Soldier of God, Dead Border and She’s Out of His Mind. He’s also appeared on NBC’s Days of Our Lives and in the web series: The Sanctum and The Nevermore Chronicles.Eddie Padillo as CWEdward Padilla is an actor, singer, stage director, and producer. He was raised in San Diego, CA, but has been in Los Angeles most of his life. He has performed throughout the US. Stage Actor credits include Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas at Geffen, The Marriage of Figueroa with LA Opera Connects, Luisa Fernanda at Ricardo Montalban & Million Dollar Theaters, and workshop productions of Sister Act at Pasadena Playhouse and Zorro the musical in LA, SF, and NY. Film credits include Spider-Man 3, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and Mr. Jones. He has done over 150 on-camera & voice-over commercials. Director: Gary B. LambGary B. Lamb has appeared as an actor in more than 50 plays and musicals as well as on TV and film. He recently completed a National Tour of EVITA as Juan Peron and the title role in MACBETH for Shakespeare @ The Castle in Ohio. His Voice-Over work includes several animated series and dubbing on several Columbian Novellas. Gary has been a stage actor/director/producer for most of his life. Repair at www.GBLambMusic.com. Available on iTunes and Amazon.Sound Production: Recorded at ES Audio Services in Glendale, CA. Recorded and Mixed by Hall CantrellSound Editor: Hall CantrellSupport the show (https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/open-door-playhouse)

Juan and Eva Peron are some of Argentina's biggest cultural and political icons of the past century. Eva (AKA "Evita") captured the heart of the nation as a First Lady of the people and President Juan Peron brought prosperity to the working class. In this week's episode, we learn how this couple's love for each other and their country propelled them to new heights.

Story:Bart, who is seventy, and Tyler, who is twenty-eight, happen to be on the same elevator when it becomes stuck between floors.Bart is concerned that his daughters will think he has gotten lost again and might send him to a retirement community. Tyler does not seem too concerned about anything. In the few minutes, they share in the elevator the two find a unique friendship that crosses age barriers.Writer: Lawson CaldwellLawson’s work has been produced in Germany as well as the United States. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, Lawson holds a Masters Degree in Theatre and Speech from the University of South Carolina. His play, Waltzing, One, Two, Three, was a Heideman Award Nominee (Actors Theatre of Louisville) and was produced at the Out Works Festival (Louisiana State University), the Gary Garrison Playwriting Festival (Beaumont, TX), Notes from the Underground Festival (NYC) and, most recently, by The New American Theatre Company (Los Angeles). The play was also selected for a reading by Village Playwrights as part of New York City’s Pride Tribute. Lawson is also the author of a popular children's book, "Colors Belong to Everyone."Director: Gary LambGary B. Lamb has appeared as an actor in more than 50 plays and musicals as well as on TV and film. He recently completed a National Tour of EVITA as Juan Peron and the title role in MACBETH for Shakespeare @ The Castle in Ohio. He can be heard on the recently released podcast DREAMLAND as Bruce. Gary has been a stage actor/director/producer for most of his life. Repair at www.GBLambMusic.com. CASTFranco Machado Franco was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and moved to the United States at the age of 3. Franco has lived in Chicago, Ann Arbor, and now resides in Los Angeles. Since the age of 16, Franco has worked both in front and behind the camera, which has allowed him to explore and embrace different perspectives within his writing. In 2019, he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Screenwriting and a minor in Sociology from Chapman University’s Dodge College. Franco has had the opportunity to work with many well-known artists including Anthony Ramos, Leonardo DiCaprio, Francis F. Coppola, Rita Wilson, Jessy Terrero, Lil Peep, Lil Twist, and CD9. He’s directed two short films, Our Lives Matter (2017) and Be a Man (2017), and a music video for TAKARA. Noelle Evangelista- as FrancineDaamen Krall Daamen has worked as a professional actor/voice-over artist in films and television for the past 38 years. Some of the recent film credits include THE POST, CARS III, AMERICAN PASTORAL, UNBROKEN 2, and, for television, SLEEPY HOLLOW and MADMEN. One of his favorite projects was starring in the title role of the award-winning remake of THE CABINET OF DOCTOR CALIGARI. He also produced the award-winning short film HIDE. Under the banner of MIDNIGHT SCREAM PRODUCTIONS with partner Robert Shelby, he is currently in post-production for the web series THE LISTENER. Daamen is also the host and sometimes cast member of the return of radio’s theatre of thrills, SUSPENSE, which is ha gained fans around the world and was nominated twice for a Peabody Award.Sound Production: Recorded at ES Audio Services in Glendale, CA. Recorded and Mixed by Hall CantrellSound Editor: Hall CantrellSound Effects: Ryan MarshSupport the show (https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/open-door-playhouse)

Argentina went from being the tenth wealthiest country in the world in 1913 to 69th now, and it all started with the rise of the populist Juan Perón. Argentina has vacillated between Perónism, dictatorships and democracy for most of the 20th century and the result has been nationalizations, confiscations and multiple debt defaults. America is entering a period of political and economic instability. In this podcast, the Edifice of Trust host, Victor Bolles, looks at the sources of this instability and attempts to find a way for America to avoid being the Argentina of the 21st century.

Writer: Pamela E. KingsleyPamela Kingsley is an actress and director with more than 200 productions to her credit. A playwright, Pamela's work has been selected by theatres in cities across the U.S. including Buffalo, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Kansas City, New Haven, N. ... She is a member of The Dramatists Guild.Director: Gary LambGary B. Lamb has appeared as an actor in more than 50 plays and musicals as well as on TV and film. He recently completed a National Tour of EVITA as Juan Peron and the title role in MACBETH for Shakespeare @ The Castle in Ohio. He can be heard on the recently released podcast DREAMLAND as Bruce. He has also been behind the camera directing several films including; THE BOX (over 5 million hits on youtube); THE BUG A CREEPY COMEDY; ROOMMATE RULES and most recently FITZWATER & MUTTON, A BUDDY FILM. His Voice-Over work includes several animated series and dubbing on several Columbian Novellas. Gary has been a stage actor/director/producer for most of his life. Repair at www.GBLambMusic.com. Available on iTunes and Amazon.CASTGoreti da SilvaGoreti da Silva has had the pleasure of working on several of Bernadette Armstrong’s plays: Dark Stage, Unheard Voices, Simple Lives, and Joan. Goreti has won The Michael Grossman Most Inspirational Award for her work in the Desert, and the Valley Theatre Award for her work in “Park Plays: Portland”.Dennis GerstenDennis is co-artistic director of Theatre Unlimited in the Noho Arts District in L.A. He is a founding member of the Michael Chekhov Studio in L.A., and Stagewrights, Inc. in NYC, as well as a teaching artist with Inside Out Community Arts/P.S.Arts. He has directed and performed in many original and classic works, garnering multiple awards.Sound Production: Recorded at ES Audio Services in Glendale, CA. Recorded and Mixed by: Hall CantrellSound Editor: Hall CantrellSound Effects: Ryan MarshSupport the show (https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/open-door-playhouse)

Let's debate the debates, Typhoid Donald Trump, Joe Biden's campaign, Election2020, Covid-19 and that's just where we begin this week on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show with Matthew Cooper. The Halli Casser-Jayne Show is available at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com, on all your favorite apps, and on your Alexa device, too. As we do every week, Halli and her partner in politics, veteran White House correspondent Matthew Cooper, take a deep dive into the current political landscape in their weekly snap, crackle and pop conversation. And what a week it has been. Donald Trump tested positive for Covid-19, was dramatically medevacked to Walter Reed Medical Center, took us all on a wild ride through the streets of D.C., waving his hand as if he was the Queen of England. But hey, Trump was just beginning. After returning to the White House Trump gave us more drama when he played the part of Argentine dictator Juan Peron on the White House balcony “don't cry for me tra la la.” Finally, there was the Vice-Presidential debate and just when you thought it couldn't get any crazier, a fly landed on the tarmac that is Mike Pence's thick patch of white hair, and they say Gd works in mysterious ways. There's more, tune in. You don't want to miss Halli's brilliant prediction, too! Let's debate the debates, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Mike Pence, Election2020, Trump's Covid-19 diagnosis--it's a wild ride this week for Halli and Matt -- and the fly on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show with Matthew Cooper, always available at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com, on all your favorite apps, and on your Alexa device too. Let's talk politics! lISTEN HERE >> https://bit.ly/2GRlL41

For his 10th episode, Yoni is joined by very special guest, multiple Tony Award-winner and Broadway legend, Michael Cerveris. Michael, best known to TV audiences for his recurring role as September, in the TV series, "Fringe," also starred in the original Broadway production of "The Who's Tommy," "Hedwig And The Angry Inch," the 2005 revival of Stephen Sondheim's, "Sweeney Todd," Juan Peron in the 2012 Broadway revival of "Evita," and won the 2015 Best Actor In A Musical Tony Award for the show, "Fun House." Michael and Yoni talk theater, television, and even get in some politics. Yoni also gets a few things off his chest re the current occupant of The White House, following this week's first presidential debate of 2020.

Calling all up-and-coming broadcast talent – here's your chance to make a name for yourself overnight. Compete against others in SiriusXM's “MLB Fan Call of the Month” contest.  Visit SiriusXM dot com slash MLB Fan Call, and make your voice heard before the contest closes on September 10th at 10AM Eastern.  One winner, as judged by the SiriusXM programming team, will have their play-by-play call air on SiriusXM MLB Radio, and advance to compete in the final “Fan Call of the Year” contest for a grand prize that includes a trip for two (2) to attend the 2021 MLB All Star Game at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, plus the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to call a half-inning of the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game, LIVE on SiriusXM MLB Radio! Go to SiriusXM dot com slash MLB Fan Call for a full set of contest rules, prizing details and more.    Hey everybody, I'm Brian Clapp, VP of Content and Engaged Learning for WorkInSports.com and this is the Work in Sports podcast… Buenos Aires, the Paris of the South, known for its architecture, cuisine, shopping, history, entertainment, beaches  -- one of the top travel destinations in the world.  But in the 1970's Buenos Aires was in the midst of the Dirty War, a period when Argentina's military dictatorship turned against its own people.  Quick trip down history lane -- it was 1976 when the Argentine military overthrew the government of Isabel Peron, the widow of populist president Juan Peron. It was a political coup called Operation Condor and it was sponsored and supported by the United States.  The military took power by force, and turned against Argentina's citizens, taking away political dissidents and people it suspected of being aligned with leftist, socialist or social justice causes and incarcerating, torturing, and “disappearing”  an estimated 30,000 people.   Still to this day, every Thursday, the mothers and grandmothers of the 30,000 unaccounted for victims of the Dirty War, gather in one of Argentina's most famous public squares, the Plaza De Mayo, wearing white scarves and holding signs covered with names.  Why am I bringing all fo this up? Why the trip down Argentinian history?  Today's guest is one of the most famous sports broadcasters in the world, Andres Cantor, known around the globe for his legendary play by play call when a goal is scored in soccer. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL! I can't do it, nor will I try.  But to really understand a person, you have to know where they came from.  When I was given the opportunity to interview Andres, a man I have long admired for his artful, entertaining work in soccer, the Olympics, and as a leader in the Spanish-speaking  community - I wanted to understand the man behind the call, not just the call itself. Andres grew up in Argentina, in Buenos Aires, during the Dirty War, when the military took to the streets and people he knew disappeared.  His family fled the country, and came to America, where he had to completely restart his life.  I strongly believe we are formed by our early years, they become our foundation for what we believe is true, valued and important - our early experiences shape the way we see the world.   Not put yourself in Andres shoes. War-torn country, on his doorstep, in his vision every single day. Fleeing the country, starting over, new people, a new language, new culture, new everything.  He had ever reason to make excuses, to blame the world for its injustices, to crumble in the face of the challenges ahead of him.  But he didn't.  He became a legend.  This year Andres celebrated his 20th year at Telemundo, and I had the honor of interviewing him on his illustrious career. One note before we get started -- 5 minutes before we started our interview, Andres' phone started blowing up because Lionel Messi announced he wanted to leave Barcelona. He has sincere retracted, but in that moment,

Get Onto My Cloud Podcast 13 continues the story of the first ever revelation of Evita - as a record, not as a show, back in 1976. The album featured Julie Covington as Eva Peron, Paul Jones as Juan Peron and Colm Wilkinson as Che. Tim plays some lesser-known items from the recording including extracts that never made it onto stage two years later. Plus the First Lady of Musical Theatre singing the song Madonna first sang in the movie - You Must Love Me. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Celebrations are on at Three In a Bar HQ as they reach episode 10, and what better way to mark this milestone than with a chat to Puerto Rico’s finest, Ektor Rivera.Seb and Verity catch up via zoom with singer/dancer/actor/artist Ektor at his LA home. He earns serious guest points early on declaring his new found love for London, having travelled there for the first time last year to play Juan Peron in Evita at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.  During their conversation Ektor chats about his time on Broadway, a house visit from J-Lo and returning to Puerto Rico for an exciting new production of ‘In The Heights’, as well as a major solo art exhibition in St Juan.Seb and Verity delve deep into Ektor’s past, unearthing some excellent anecdotes involving a cassette tape, a Polaroid, Emilio Estefan and some questionable dreadlocks./ / /SHOW NOTESTwitter: @EktorRiveraInstagram: @ektorriveraEKTOR RIVERA WEBSITEEKTOR RIVERA ARTEKTOR AND JENNIFER LOPEZ - QVIVA THE CHOSENJENNIFER LOPEZ SUPER BOWL 2020INFO ON HURRICANE MARIA/ / /Subscribe to:THREE IN A BAR'S EXCELLENT SONGS (SPOTIFY PLAYLIST) Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 11 includes an interview with Neil O'Donnell, a longtime educator, professional, and tradesman with varied life experiences living and learning around the world. At University of Massachusetts at Amherst, he studied Anthropology and had the opportunity to travel to Mexico and participate in archaeological digs. At an even younger age, Neil spent time in Spain learning about the history, language, and culture. He spent his life around boats. He taught in Harlem, at a prison, and at High Schools. Lydia hopes that our listeners will benefit from and be entertained by stories, tips, and tricks from this life-long learner and educator and enjoy practicing their listening with his typical New England(USA) native English accent.

'Creativity is Curiosity.' Mathematics professor at Oxford, art historian, poet, philosopher, superb aphorist - is there anything Simon Altmann can't do? Listen as he discusses how creativity and curiosity have shaped his life. Simon Altmann was born in Argentina and grew up in the shadow of WWII. After receiving British Council funding to study in London for two years, Simon returned to Argentina. He soon realised he would have to leave, not only because there was little opportunity to earn a living as a mathematics professor, but also because of the political situation under Juan Peron. After refusing to join the political party, Simon left to work in Oxford and has only returned to Argentina once ever since. As a professor of mathematics, Simon made many breakthroughs. He wrote code for the Manchester computer and developed new uses and understanding of rotational algebra. After retiring in the 1990s, Simon turned his attention to writing, publishing a book on mathematics and then philosophy. He continues to write poetry and has recently published a paper on art history. In this podcast, Katie and Simon discuss the role of curiosity in creativity. They examine how being curious allows one to learn more and deepen understanding and how this in turn permits you to be more creative. They also talk about the need to go back to the source, reading not just the expert opinion, but the opinion which informs the expert opinion. Read more from Simon in the Madras Courier: https://madrascourier.com/author/simonaltmann/ Learn more about Claret Press: https://www.claretpress.com/ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClaretandConversation/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaretPress

This month Jess and Joe will dive into with the little known “Dirty War” that took place in Argentina from 1976-1983 after the death of Juan Peron. What followed would be a miltary coup followed hostile closure of any democratic forms of the government. They just so happen to also have the World Cup hosted … 111- Argentina’s Dirty War Pt. 1Read More »

In this episode Dan & Henry discuss; the real use for log cabins, how to succeed in academia, and some Steven Universe talk (finally)

L’histoire d’Eva et de Juan Peron a en Argentine une dimension mythique, voire mystique.Haïs ou adulés, Juan et Eva créèrent ensemble une pensée, un courant politique qui subsiste aujourd’hui. Celle qu’on surnommait Evita est considéré par ses admirateurs comme une sainte, une protectrice. Difficile de prendre la mesure du couple Peron, de réaliser l’importance de ces quelques années ensemble, qui se compte pourtant sur les doigts d’une main… Une histoire de destin, de coups d’état et de ferveur. Une histoire d’amour.1944, Buenos Aires. Nous sommes le 22 janvier. Il y a une semaine tout juste, un séisme de magnitude 7,4 a ravagé la ville de San Juan, à l'ouest du pays. Des milliers de personnes sont mortes. Dans la capitale, un événement caritatif se prépare suite au désastre. Plusieurs actrices sont venu présenter leur collecte en faveur des victimes.Celles qui ont amassé le plus de dons reçoivent une décoration. En haut du classement, les grandes Nini Marshall et Libertad Lamarque, icônes de leur époque. D'autres actrices sont moins reconnues, des vedettes de téléfilms ou de modestes pièces de théâtres.Parmi elles, Eva Duarte, 24 ans.Eva est originaire de Los Toldos dans la province de Buenos Aires. Une petite ville agricole où l'on cultive les céréales, le maïs et où l'on élève des bovins. Elle est la cadette d'une fratrie de cinq. Son père, Juan Duarte est propriétaire agricole. Comme souvent à l'époque chez les hommes de classe supérieure, le père d'Eva entretient deux familles : une légitime, à Chivilcoy et celle de la mère d'Eva, Juana Irbaguren. En 1926, Juan Duarte meurt dans un accident de voiture. La famille d'Eva se trouve se trouve alors sans ressources et sans protection. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the Argentine presidential election last week, Alberto Fernández managed to outrun incumbent Mauricio Macri using the fact that he isn’t Cristina Kirchner, his running mate, as well as the fact that he’s close enough. This year’s election tugged at people’s memories of an easier time. It worried investors and critics of the Kirchners who are afraid the country is sliding backward. And on the flip side, it gave young, progressive activists a way to participate in a new political moment. LAND’s Eileen Rodríguez reports on the election results.Guests: Demian Bio, Pedro Camacho, Nicolás Saldías and Colby Smith. Reporter: Colleen Connolly, Alanna Elder and Eileen Rodríguez. Hosts: Chase DiBenedetto and Dayana Perez. Producer: Alanna Elder. LAND editor: Colleen Connolly. Music and sounds: Nada #1 by La Tabú (Free Music Archive), Ocho Octubre by La Tabù (Free Music Archive), Sad Moments by Ketso (Free Music Archive), “Canguro" by Wos (with permission) and a mix by Dax on the Trax.Other sounds:"Discurso completo de Alberto Fernández presidente - Elecciones 2019 Argentina, resultados completos" La Nación, Oct. 27, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6663VM9maxo"Ganó Alberto Fernández: Discurso completo de Mauricio Macri asumiendo su derrota", La Nación, Oct. 27, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6663VM9maxo"Cristina en la Plaza de Mayo", Télam, Oct. 23, 2011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaxRA1nMeTo"Protests in Argentina over plan to ask IMF for loans", France 24, May 10, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmUy2zy4uL4"Discurso de Eva Duarte en la primera transmisión de Televisión argentina", La Casa Rosada, 1950, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMrVm7j4nzU"Palabras de Juan Peron por el dia de trabajador", June 18, 2009 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9OpCoMzibI"Dozer vs Roma - Cuartos, Final Nacional Argentina 2019", Red Bull Batalla de los Gallos, Oct. 20, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpsUnUPw7WQ

We were back at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre this week - one of our favourite places to do our Curtain Call visits. It was a welcome return for us to see not only a Jamie Lloyd production, but following the sell-out success of Jesus Christ Superstar two years ago, another Andrew Lloyd Webber hit show. Samantha Pauley as Evita Peron, Trent Saunders as Che and Ektor Rivera as Juan Peron discuss their journey from across the Atlantic to Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

We're here to connect you with Orlando's creative communities. It's 'This Week In Art'.- Wednesday, Orlando Shakes opens 'Evita'. Set in Argentina between 1934-1952, the Tony Award-winning musical follows Eva Duarte on her journey from poor illegitimate child to ambitious actress to, as the wife of military leader-turned-president Juan Peron, the most powerful woman in Latin America. It runs through October.- Tuesday, Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Floridaopens 'Let Me Be Myself', an exhibit covering the life of Anne Frank.- Friday is Movie Night at Harry P. Leu Gardens. This month they're showing 'Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom'.- Saturday & Sunday, Orlando Science Center opens Bubble Bash! Love Mess Fest at Orlando Science Center? Then you’ll love the squeaky clean sister event.Get out and do something new!

Lovebugs, this is a fun one. There are so many rumors and after 12 hours of research, I’ve barely scratched the surface of Eva Peron or Evita, as she’s often called. Eva Peron was an actress, turned First Lady, turned activist, turned kind of saint. You’re going to hear the word “supposedly” A LOT in this episode. Like a lot a lot. Things are a little murky about her life, particularly before she married Juan Peron, the man who would become the 29th and 41st president of Argentina.

In 1950-1, Argentine dictator Juan Peron and German scientist Ronald Richter announced that they had cracked the secret of limitless energy from nuclear fusion, and would soon sell energy "in pint-sized bottles, like milk" to every household in the nation.  Of course, the slight problem was that this technology was really (perhaps) a century away, and Ronald Richter was a crackpot. But they still had their impact on the history of nuclear fusion. This is their story.  Physical Attraction is the podcast about physics, science, and technology. You can find further details about the show at www.physicspodcast.com - where you'll find the contact form, for any comments, questions, or concerns you may have. [I'm very good at responding to stuff that isn't spam.]  You can also donate to the show via www.paypal.me/physicspodcast and you can subscribe to our Patreon via www.patreon.com/PhysicalAttraction . Both will give you the opportunity to purchase our past bonus episodes for a nominal donation!  The best way you can support the show, though, is to tell as many people about it as you possibly can.  You can engage with us on social media - Twitter @physicspod and Facebook, Physical Attraction.  Until next time, take care. 

Argentiinassa Juan Peron ehti olla 1940-luvun alun ja vuonna 1974 tapahtuneen kuolemansa välillä sotilaskaappaaja, vaaleilla valittu presidentti, maanpakolainen ja taas presidentti. Hän oli populisti, joka ei kaihtanut väkivaltaa. Peronin yhtä lailla vasemmistoa kuin Saksan natseja liehitellyt populismi pani Argentiinan politiikan niin sekaisin, ettei maan vaaleissa ole vieläkään helppo erottaa vasemmistoa oikeistosta. Vahvoille väitteille siitä, että Juan Peronin sukujuuret ylettyvät Ahvenanmaan Peroniuksiin ei tietokirjailija, filosofi Leif Sundström lämpene. Toimittajana Raimo Tyykiluoto. Kuvalähde: Wikipedia

Powered by some pretty spectacular voices, Sonoma Arts Live’s clever, minimalized production of Webber-and-Rice’s iconic musical “Evita” scores major points for musicality, invention and sheer guts, emphasizing the politically ominous rags-to-riches story of its heroine by removing the massive cast and the elaborate dance numbers for which the beloved stage show first became known. On the medium-sized stage at Andrews Hall - in the historic Sonoma Community Center, just off the Sonoma plaza - wooden planks, scaffolding and a brilliantly employed piece of moving machinery take the place of the ornate sets usually employed for musicals of this scale. Originally announced as a “staged concert,” the show, as directed by Lauren Miller, exists somewhere in between a concert and a full-production. Though the blocking of the tight nine-actor cast tends a bit to often towards the static - with several people standing in a line, striking slightly stiff poses while singing straight out to the audience - what this approach lacks in dynamism and visual energy it more than makes up for in helping tell its story simply and clearly. Ellen Toscano, a ten-year-veteran of San Francisco’s Beach Blanket Babylon, deploys her stellar singing voice as Eva Peron, who started out as a middle class dreamer from the outskirts of Argentina, became an actress and screen celebrity, and worked her way up to become the first lady of her country, the wife of the dictator Juan Peron. Though a bit physically rigid at times, her face is constantly alive with emotion, ranging from resolve to disdain to love to anger to pain, and sometimes all at once. As her politically ambitious husband, Juan, Michael Conte strikes the perfect tone of austere authority, and his voice is magnificent. As the narrator Che, who steps in and out of the story - frequently offering challenging perspectives in the form of wry commentary - Robert Dornaus is also quite strong, climbing up and down the set pieces, leaping to the audience floor, even operating the man-lift at a crucial moment, easily giving the shows most varied and animated performance. In the small part of Peron’s kicked-to-the-curb mistress, Fiorella Garcia delivers one of the show’s most powerful moments, singing the lovely “Where do we go from here,” and as Eva’s lounge-singing first conquest, Tod Mostero is appropriately smarmy, smitten and entertainingly surprised at being less in control of his hungry paramour than he assumed. The ensemble is in fine voice throughout, though at times they seem to be wishing they has more to do then file onstage, sing beautifully, and file off again, though perhaps this is the remaining vestiges of the original “staged concert” concept. All in all, the miraculous thing about this production is how well the parts that work, work, especially the marvelous moment when Toscano sings the show’s most famous number, “Don’t Cry for me Argentina.” I won’t spoil the surprise of how the song is staged, but it’s truly delightful and inventive. Perhaps most surprising of all is how pertinent and powerful this story feels today, as it traces the way that politicians often take advantage of the people they claim to be wanting to help, using them to gain the power they need to take control—then convincing them that they’ve delivered what they promised, even when they have done the exact opposite. ‘Evita’ runs Thursday through Sunday through Feb. 5 at Sonoma Arts Live, at the Sonoma Community Center. www.sonomaartslive.org

In his frankest interview yet, former Mexican President Vicente Fox pulls no punches about the man he calls a “false prophet."  It was recorded the same week as his apology to Donald Trump, and President Fox strikes a very different tone, doubling down on his statement "I'm not going to pay for the f-ing wall" and adding "and please don’t take out the f-ing full word." Vicente Fox compares the man he calls the "hated gringo" and "ugly American" to Latin American dictators like Hugo Chavez and Juan Peron.  He also warns that if Trump starts a trade war, then Mexico could retaliate by stopping or limiting money transfers and remittances for US corporations and American tourists in Mexico.  Because as Vicente Fox says "Don’t play around with us, we can jump walls, we can swim rivers, & we can defend ourselves."  And he warns that if Trump becomes President, he "could take us to a war, not just a trade war."   Special thanks to the Milken Institute for hosting this interview during the 2016 Milken Global Conference. Visit www.milkeninstitute.org to learn more.  If you enjoyed this interview, you can learn more about the Centro Fox at www.centrofox.org.mx. You can follow Vicente Fox on Twitter at @VicenteFoxQue. Please subscribe to KickAss Politics on iTunes and leave us a review. You can also help us reach our fundraising goal for this year and donate at www.gofundme.com/kickasspolitics. Or go to the website for the show at www.kickasspolitics.com and click on the donate button. Thanks for listening!

Op 22 November gaan die Argentyne stembus toe. Die nuwe leier sal die leisels oorneem by president Christina Fernández de Kirchner, wat in 2007 geskiedenis gemaak het deur die eerste vrouepresident van Argentinië te word. De Kirchner is dikwels vergelyk met die ikoniese Eva Peron, alhoewel die vergelyking nie deur almal beaam word nie. Eva Peron, het as Juan Peron se regterhand baanbrekerswerk gedoen, en haar nalatenskap en invloed op Argentinië se politiek en kultuur is steeds sigbaar. Este Gross vertel meer van die ikoniese Evita.

Joan of Arc   Born 6 January, c. 1412[1]Domrémy,      Joan of Arc        nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" (French: La Pucelle d'Orléans), is considered a heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint.    Joan was the daughter of Jacques d'Arc and Isabelle Romée[23] in Domrémy, a village which was then in the French part of the duchy of Bar.[24] Joan's parents owned about 50 acres (20 hectares) of land and her father supplemented his farming work with a minor position as a village official,    She later testified that she experienced her first vision in 1425 at the age of 13, when she was in her "father's garden"[26] and saw visions of figures she identified as Saint Michael, Saint Catherine, and Saint Margaret, who told her to drive out the English and bring the Dauphin to Reims for his coronation       In 1418, Paris was taken by the Burgundians, who massacred the Count of Armagnac and about 2,500 of his followers.[16] The future French king,Charles VII, assumed the title of Dauphin – the heir to the throne – at the age of fourteen, after all four of his older brothers had died in succession.[1           "... the Maiden lets you know that here, in eight days, she has chased the English out of all the places they held on the river Loire by attack or other means: they are dead or prisoners or discouraged in battle.    The sudden victory at Orléans also led to many proposals for further offensive action. Joan persuaded Charles VII to allow her to accompany the army with Duke John II of Alençon, and she gained royal permission for her plan to recapture nearby bridges along the Loire as a prelude to an advance on Reims and the coronation of Charles VII.      Joan Arc song CBBC: Horrible Histories - Joan of Arc Song - YouTube         Boudica Died circa AD 60 or 61, Britannia   Boudica was a striking looking woman. - "She was very tall, the glance of her eye most fierce; her voice harsh. A great mass of the reddest hair fell down to her hips. Her appearance was terrifying     Boudica's husband Prasutagus was ruler of the Iceni tribe. He ruled as a nominally independent ally of Rome and left his kingdom       when he died  Boudica was flogged, her daughters were raped, and Roman financiers called in their loans.           In 60 or 61 AD, while the Roman governor Gaius Suetonius Paullinus was leading a campaign in North Wales, the Iceni rebelled. Members of other tribes joined them   The Iceni warriors managed to destroy Camulodunum (Colchester) they also defeated the Roman IX Legion. Hearing the news, Paullinus rushed back from Wales and set about evacuating Londinium (London). He guessed (correctly) that it would be the Britons next target. Boudicca and her army destroyed Londinium and then attacked Verulamium (St Albans), destroying that city too. Some people believe that more than 70,000 people were killed in the attacks on Camulodunum,    The Roman army in Britain regrouped in the Midlands and finally defeated the Britons in the Battle of Watling Street.     Roman cavalry was released which promptly encircled the enemy and began their slaughter from the rear. Seemingly mad with blood lust, Tacitus records that 80,000 Britons; men, women and children, were killed. The Roman losses amounted to 400 dead with a slightly larger number wounded.   Boudica was not killed in the battle but took poison rather than be taken alive by the Romans.   Alfred Lord Tennyson, the Victorian poet, wrote a poem called Boadicea, and Prince Albert commissioned Thomas Thornycroft to create a statue of Boudicca and her daughters riding a war chariot. The sculpture was finished in 1905 and it is situated close to the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Bridge. Boud Horrible Histories - Boudicca - YouTube     Eva Perón   Born out of wedlock, Eva, commonly known as Evita, left school when she was 16 and went to Buenos Aires to pursue her dream of becoming a star.     Juan Duarte, a wealthy rancher from nearbyChivilcoy, already had a wife and family there. During this time period in rural Argentina, it was not uncommon to see a wealthy male with multiple families.[13] However, the lack of legitimacy for Juana and her children would still leave them stigmatized and rejected. Referred to as "bastards", the family was somewhat isolated     Soon after, Juana moved her children to a one-room apartment in Junín. To pay the rent on their single-roomed home, mother and daughters took up jobs as cooks in the houses of the localestancias.    In 1934, at the age of 15, Eva escaped her poverty-stricken village when, according to popular myth, she ran off with a young musician to the nation's capital of Buenos Aires.     She found a job on one of the radio stations and remained there until, in 1943, she met Juan Peron, the Secretary of Labour and Social Welfare, who had ambitions to be president, and was working with the Argentine workers to support this bid       Peron stood in the presidential elections in 1946 and Evita was an active campaigner by his side, an unprecedented occurrence in Argentine politics.       On 21 October 1945, Evita and Juan were married.   Peron was duly elected and Evita CONTINUED to play an active role. She kept her promise to the working classes and took such an interest that, in everything but name, she became the Secretary of Labour, supporting higher wages and greater social welfare benefits.     Cleopatra   (presumably) Born 69 BCAlexandria, Egypt Died 12 August 30 BC (aged 39)Alexandria, Egypt Cleopatra was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, a family of Macedonian Greek[2] origin that ruled Egypt afterAlexander the Great's death    Ptolemy XII died in March 51 BC, thus by his will making the 18-year-old Cleopatra and her brother, the 10-year-old Ptolemy XIII joint monarchs. The first three years of their reign were difficult, due to economic failures, famine, deficient floods of the Nile, and political conflicts. Although Cleopatra was married to her young brother, she quickly made it clear that she had no intention of SHARING power with him     Cleopatra dropped Ptolemy's name from official documents and her face appeared alone on coins, which went against Ptolemaic tradition of female rulers being subordinate to male co-rulers. In 50 BC Cleopatra came into a serious conflict with the Gabiniani, p        Cleopatra's younger brother Ptolemy XIII became sole ruler.[11] She tried to raise a rebellion around Pelusium, but was soon forced to flee with her only remaining sister,Arsinoë.[12]     Eager to take advantage of Julius Caesar's anger toward Ptolemy, Cleopatra had herself smuggled secretly into the palace to meet with Caesar.   Caesar restored Cleopatra to her throne, with another younger brother Ptolemy XIV as her new co-ruler.[17][18 She became Caesar’s mistress, and nine months after their first meeting, in 47 BC, Cleopatra gave birth to their son, Ptolemy Caesar, nicknamed Caesarion, which means "little Caesar."         Horrible Histories Awful Egyptians: Cleopatra's beauty regime. "Historical Hospital": Dr Isis - YouTube   Caesar Special_News of the Roman Empire World - YouTube Horrible Histories Julius Caesar' Romeover, Bob Hale's Roman Britain Report - YouTube

Judaism, anti-semitism, and Argentina provide the main themes this week on Latin Pulse.  The program revisits the mysterious case of the death of Alberto Nisman, a special prosecutor looking at terrorism cases that may have links to Iran.  The program discusses how the Nisman case continues to provide a crisis atmosphere in Argentina.  Also, the program reflects on the history of Judaism in Latin America and the various waves of prejudice that the Jewish population of the region has weathered. The news segment of the program covers the latest round of diplomacy between Cuba and the United States regarding human rights.The program includes in-depth interviews with:Shannon O'Neil of the Council on Foreign Relations; andMarjorie Agosin of Wellesley College.Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; Producer: Jim Singer; andProduction Assistant: Gabriela Canchola.(To download or stream this podcast, click here.) (The program is 30 minutes in length and the file size is 42 MB.) podcastnewsLatin AmericaelectionspoliticsArgentinamilitary espionageCubaAlberto NismanUnited Statescultureeconomicsanti-semitismhuman rightsJuan PeronHector Timmermandebt crisisreligionMaximo KirchnerDaniel ScioliSergio MassaJudaismdiplomacyCristina Fernandez de KirchnerSalvador AllendeAugusto PinochetChilePeronismdefaultdebtfinancesterrorismIranBraziljusticeMexicocolonialismSpainNazisimmigrationUruguaycoupIsraelHezbollahPalestiniansPeruCarlos Menemcorruption

Georgie Anne Geyer writes a syndicated columnist who writes on foreign policy and international affairs for 120 American and Latin American papers, including the Chicago Tribune and the Washington Times. She is a regular commentator on PBS's Washington Week in Review and Frontline. Fluent in five languages, her career has been a whirlwind of ground-breaking journalism. She is the only American to interview Argentine president Juan Peron, one of the first journalists to interview Ayatollah Khomeini, and the only person to interview Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia when all American reporters were forbidden to enter the country. She is the author of six books, including Buying the Night Flight, an autobiography of her odyssey as one of the first women foreign correspondents.

Happy Valentine's Day from Canto Talk!  Historian and "masculinity expert" Barry Jacobsen and the Goddess of Capitalism, Leslie Eastman, talk about some fascinating couples from the past: Antony and Cleopatra, Isabella and Ferdinand, Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, Lord Horatio Nelson and Emma Hamilton, Evita and Juan Peron, and the Taj Mahal's Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal.   Our sponsors:  AVALON PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATIONS    THE BOOKS OF AARON CLAREY (CAPTAIN CAPITALISM)   CUBANOS IN WISCONSIN BY SILVIO CANTO JR  

Daniel Benzali joins the cast of ABC's long-running and mutli-Emmy Award winning GENERAL HOSPITAL in the recurring role of Theo, a hypochondriac patient who befriends Dr. Robin Scorpio. Benzali was a theatre actor before making guest-starring roles on television series such as Star Trek: The Next Generation, The X-Files, NYPD Blue and L.A. Law. Because Steven Bochco was so impressed with Benzali's performance on the long-running NBC series, he cast him in the lead role of his 1995 series Murder One, playing attorney Ted Hoffman. For this role he was nominated for a Golden Globe award. In addition, Benzali starred on the series The Agency, and in films such as By Dawn's Early Light (1990), Murder at 1600 (1997) and The Grey Zone (2001). He also appeared in the post-apocalyptic CBS series Jericho as the enigmatic former Department of Homeland Security director Thomas Valente. Most recently he starred in the FX television series "Nip/Tuck" as the main character's psychotherapist and later patient, Dr. Griffin. On the stage, he portrayed Juan Peron in the London cast of Evita, and played faded film director Max von Mayerling, alongside Patti LuPone, in the original cast (1993) of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard. Benzali had previously appeared on Broadway in Fiddler on the Roof, and other smaller productions.

Step into the historical realm with "Five Minutes of Fire," your daily portal to the past, dissecting Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" in quick, engaging episodes. Join us twice a day as we unravel the historical names and events that define the 20th century.In today's episode, the flames of history blaze brightly with the geopolitical complexities of the Communist Bloc, a Cold War powerhouse that shaped global politics. We then dive into the enigmatic world of Roy Cohn, a figure whose influence touched both politics and the legal landscape. The episode concludes with a journey to Argentina and the charismatic leadership of Juan Perón.In just five minutes, we'll guide you through these pivotal moments in history, offering context, anecdotes, and a deeper understanding of the forces that molded the world. Whether you're a dedicated Billy Joel fan or someone eager to explore the stories behind the lyrics, "Five Minutes of Fire" is your daily dose of historical enlightenment.Subscribe now to join us as we unravel the verses of "We Didn't Start the Fire," offering insights that illuminate the captivating tales behind the names etched into the song. "Five Minutes of Fire" - where history unfolds swiftly and vibrantly, twice a day. Don't miss your daily spark of historical exploration!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy