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Hidden History
by Ellis Tucci
Hidden History is a bi-weekly podcast by Ellis Tucci that covers the unknown, and often intentionally hidden, parts of our history. Whether it's on the CIA’s secret armies, the Lavender Scare, or the end of history itself, Hidden History has you covered. Follow Hidden History on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HiddnHistoryPod or support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hiddenhistorypod
Episodes
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121: Paperclip
Episode 121: From 1945 to 1959, the United States brought 1600 Nazi scientists to America in order to leverage their knowledge against the Soviets. Many were unrepentant war criminals who had played active roles in the slave trade and the Holocaust almost all were given American citizenship and...
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120: Art & Artifice Part II: The Pen and the Sword
Episode 120: Part 2 of 2. Throughout the Cold War, the CIA maintained a vast web of secret publications that it used to influence public thought and perceptions of the United States. Meanwhile back home, it funded successful attempts to remove politics and philosophy from American creative…
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119: Art & Artifice Part I: The Long Leash
Episode 119: Part 1 of 2. Throughout the 1950s, the CIA, through a number of secret fronts, provided funding and publicity for abstract modern art in the United States. Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko became arrows in the Cold War quiver, as the Agency turned them, and scores of other modern...
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118: A Brief History of Modern Afghanistan, Part II
Episode 118: Part 2 of 2. The American War in Afghanistan was defined by its cruelty, inhumanity, and futility. This episode takes a look at the history of Afghanistan in the 21st century, consumed by the shadow of America’s longest war. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link Sources…
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117: A Brief History of Modern Afghanistan, Part I
Episode 117: It’s known as “The Graveyard of Empires,” and its history certainly lives up to the nickname— as news about Afghanistan is plastered across television screens throughout America, let’s take a look at the history of the country so many know so little about. Part 1 of 2. Twitter: Link...
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116: Flight 655
Episode 116: On July 3, 1988, the USS Vincennes, an American cruiser, sailed into Iranian waters and launched a surface to air missile at Iran Air Flight 655, which it supposedly mistook for a fighter jet. Out of the 290 on board non survived. What were the events that led up to July 3rd, and how...
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115: Los Desaparecidos
Episode 115: Throughout the Cold War, the United States, through the CIA, funded, supplied, and protected a vast continental network of right-wing death squads that spanned South America. This genocidal collaboration between the CIA and six US-backed dictatorships was known as Operation Condor.…
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114: Silkwood
Episode 114: On November 14, 1974, a labor activist and chemical worker named Karen Silkwood left a union meeting and set out to blow the whistle to a reporter from the New York Times. She was never seen alive again. Who killed Karen Silkwood? Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link...
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113: Gladio
Episode 113: Throughout the Cold War the CIA organized, funded, and supplied a network of secret armies across Europe. Recruited from fascist anti-Communist circles, these groups wove a vast web domestic terrorism— carrying out bombing campaigns, massacres, military coups, and more, all in the…
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112: The Great Flood
Episode 112: On May 31, 1889, a 60 foot wall of water tore through the city of Johnstown, destroying everything in its path. In the end, over 2,000 lay dead, and all so some rich guys could catch a couple fish. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link Sources and Further Reading…
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111: The Twinkie Defense
Episode 111: On November 28, 1978, former City Supervisor Dan White snuck into San Francisco City Hall and assassinated Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first widely known openly gay politician in America. Who was Harvey Milk, rise through the ranks of city politics, why was…
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110: May 13, 1985
Episode 110: It’s been 36 years since the Philadelphia Police Department dropped two bombs on the roof of a house in West Philadelphia, killing 11 people, including five children, in an attempt to destroy the environmentalist Black liberation group MOVE. What were the events of that led up to the...
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109: The Colfax Massacre
Episode 109: On Easter Sunday, 1873, a band of Klansmen and Confederate veterans committed one of the most sickening acts of violence of the Reconstruction era. In the Colfax Massacre white supremacists murdered mover 100 people in an attempt to overturn to Louisiana gubernatorial election of…
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108: The Raising of Chicago
Episode 108: In the 1850s and 1860s, the young city of Chicago was blighted by disease, its growth hampered by its lack of a sewer system. In order to solve the city’s constant public health crises, a group of engineers concocted a plan that would be unthinkable today: physically lifting an…
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107: The Yellow Car
Episode 107: Let’s take a ride through history while examining the state of American transit infrastructure, the lost streetcars of the past, and the 1940s corporate conspiracy that may have stripped transit from your city. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link Sources and Further...
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106: The Death of Frank Olson
Episode 106: At 2:25 AM on November 28, 1953, a CIA bacteriologist and chemical warfare specialist named Frank Olson got up, and ran across a dark room in his underwear, dodging two beds, to hurdle through a closed window with the blinds closed and the curtains drawn, falling 10 stories to his...
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105: CIA MD
Episode 105: Unfortunately, America has a long history of unethical medical experimentation, a tradition that’s caused mass suffering around the globe, and served to massively decrease trust in medicine. This episode covers the CIA’s fake Pakistani vaccination program, the Guatemalan Syphilis...
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104: No Gun Ri
Episode 104: Some call it "The Forgotten War," and they definitely have a point- the Korean War has not been memorialized in the American memory, it had neither the scale of World War II, nor the cultural impact of Vietnam. Make no mistake: brutal, horrifying, and influential, the Korean War is...
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103: Grapes of Wrath
Episode 103: During the Great Depression, as millions of Americans went hungry, and 2/3rds of families were in poverty, famers across the country destroyed their crops- burning wheat, cracking eggs, and pouring out milk. This episode explores the history of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and...
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102: The Bengal Famine
Episode 102: From 1943 to 1944, as a result of decades of exploitative colonial policy, and intentional neglect from the British government, a terrible famine gripped the colonial Indian province of Bengal. Estimates bring the death toll in Bengal alone to three million people. This episode…
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101: The Lavender Scare
Episode 101: From 1950 to 1954, as a part of his rabid anti-Communist crusade, a notorious liar and habitually drunk Senator from Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy, led a crusade against homosexuals in the American government that would influence anti-gay policy all the way up until the 1990s. What was...
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100: Fascist USA
Episode 100: On February 20th, 1939, twenty thousand American Nazis held a rally in Madison Square Garden, declaring George Washington as the “first fascist.” How did Nazi movements come to thrive in the United States, and what were the social and historical conditions that paved the way for…
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99: Killing King
Episode 99: This week’s episode is about COINTELPRO, the secret, illegal spying and assassination program orchestrated by the FBI from 1956 to (technically) 1971, and the 1999 trail that established that the United States Government was likely part of a conspiracy to assassinate Martin Luther…
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98: Banana Republic
Episode 96: This week’s episode talks about the history of American empire and international intervention, the creation of the “Banana Republic,” the Spanish American War, and the aggressive imperial policy of 1900s America. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link Sources Empire, Public...
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97: Rodney the Reindeer
Episode 96:This week’s episode is a decidedly less-gruesome tale about a big catalogue, a little book, and a red-nosed reindeer. Hidden History Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hiddenhistorypod Sources Robert L. May: https://rb.gy/2qwdgw 1944: The Removal of Sewell Avery: https://rb.gy/kprjpc...
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96: The Good Doctor Freeman
Episode 96:This week’s episode is about Walter J. Freeman. Jr., the surgeon without surgical training who pioneered a brutal procedure that was used to punish the women of the 1950s for stepping out of line. Let’s talk about the gruesome and brutal history of lobotomy. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link...
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95: Are You Tired?
Episode 94: This week’s episode is about the unrelenting agony of the American experience. Happy stuff. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link Sources Thousands in Texas line up in cars to receive food before Thanksgiving: https://rb.gy/f2bxhu A 2-mile line in Arizona. A four-hour wait...
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94: Waltzing Matilda
Episode 94: This episode talks about the beginnings of the First World War, Serbian conspiracies, the doomed campaign in Gallipoli, and a fate worse than death. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link Sources Gallipoli: https://rb.gy/wcjiyu Searching for Gavrilo Princip:...
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93: Chemicals and You!
Episode 93: In a world where the vast majority of corporate maneuvering is invisible to the average person, how have the actions of one specific sector, the chemical industry, unknowingly impacted each of our lives? What current problems can we trace back the actions of the chemical companies of...
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92: Future Imperfect
Episode 92: Let’s talk about centrism, the election, the records of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, anti-activism within the democratic party, and the future of politics. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link Sources S.256 - Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of…
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91: Bhopal
Episode 91: In this episode, let’s talk about the worst industrial accident in American history, and the worst industrial accident in human history, both caused by the endless greed of the same company: Union Carbide. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link Sources More Chemical Leaks…
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90: The Waters of Life
Episode 90: It’s time to talk about the right to, and commodification of, water, Daniel Day Lewis, and why you should hate Nestle for what they’ve done to our world. The music featured in this episode is This is the Day, by The The Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link Sources…
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89: Comin' Home
Episode 89: This episode takes on the many different forms of housing discrimination, the systems that encourage it, and how we can put an end to it. The music featured in this episode is Comin’ Home Baby, by Mel Tormé Hidden History Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hiddenhistorypod Sources...
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88: Life at the End of History
Episode 88: Will we ever reach a time in humanity’s existence where our ideological evolution just…stops? Is it possible to settle on one set of rules until the end of time? Are we living through the “End of History?” The music featured in this episode is Gassenhauer, by Carl Orff Twitter: Link...
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87: Bad Things, Bad People
Episode 87: The grand lesson of this episode is: it’s ok to laugh about Trump getting Covid. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link
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86: Anatomy of a Genocide
Episode 86: Let’s talk about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the legacy of the Supreme Court, involuntary sterilization, and a chilling court case from 1927. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link
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85: The Green Dream
Episode 85: In this episode, it’s time to talk about the overwhelming bleakness that comes with being a young person today, the knowing destruction of our world by fossil fuel companies, useless politicians full of empty platitudes, and why meaningful social progress is impossible under…
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84: Disco Inferno
Episode 84: On July 12th, 1979, disco died in a stadium in Chicago. Let’s talk about the social history of disco music, and the nature of reactionary movements. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link
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83: Let Go of Obama
Episode 83: It’s time to reevaluate the presidency of Barack Obama and discuss the dangers of a “return to normalcy.” Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link
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82: Lists
Episode 82: This episode takes a look at the American surveillance state's ultimate goal of crushing political movements, the Disposition Matrix, and the drone war. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link
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81: Mr. Bones Wild Ride
Episode 81: This episode examines an infamous ride in an almost 20 year old video game, and explores how it can be an allegory for the cruelty inherent within social systems. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link
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80: Mutiny
Episode 80: On the night of May 22nd, 1942, Black American troops who had been the victims of brutal racism from their white commanding officers finally decided to take matters into their own hands. What happened next was hidden from the public for 70 years. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and...
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79: Monumental
Episode 79: In a culture where our founding fathers are revered as gods, what does it mean for our knowledge to be based on a lie? This episode explores monuments, both physical and cultural, as a means of propaganda, with special attention paid to Mt. Rushmore and the ever-popular musical,...
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78: Red Summer
Episode 78: In 1917, thousands of Black Americans joined the Army in hopes that their sacrifices during World War One would guarantee them civil rights at home. The horrors of the Western Front would never prepare them for the terrors of the Red Summer. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and…
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77: Malaga
Episode 77: In Casco Bay, off the coast of Southern Maine, sits a tiny hunk of rock, and though it’s only .06 square miles, Malaga Island holds a terrible secret. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link
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76: Southern Nights
Episode 76: A man was lynched yesterday in Palmdale, California. His name was Robert Fuller. This week’s episode is an angry examination of the murders of Robert Fuller, Chauvis Carter, sundown towns, police abolition, Southern Exceptionalism and the Troxler Fading. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link...
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75: Other People's Voices
Episode 75: America is ridden with terminal white supremacy. It pervades every aspect of our society, and leaves nothing untouched. Hidden History is committed to the destruction of white supremacy, the defunding of the police, and the struggle for justice. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and...
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74: Insurrection
Episode 74: As protests envelop a failed nation, debased and poisoned by white supremacy, authoritarianism, and greed, we take a look at the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898, a brutal white supremacist coup that overthrew the government of a North Carolina city. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts...
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73: 500 Words or Less
Episode 73: In a society where more and more pressure is placed on young people to attend top colleges, how does the college essay serve as a means for commodifying personal pain? Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link
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72: Take Me To Church
Episode 72: In 1975 a senate committee chaired by Frank Church uncovered vast and terrifying abuses of the American public by the FBI, CIA, and NSA. From guns that can give the target a lethal heart attack three days later, to ruthless spying and assassinations of political opponents, it begs the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Hidden History is a bi-weekly podcast by Ellis Tucci that covers the unknown, and often intentionally hidden, parts of our history. Whether it's on the CIA’s secret armies, the Lavender Scare, or the end of history itself, Hidden History has you covered. Follow Hidden History on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HiddnHistoryPod or support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hiddenhistorypod
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