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Chile's DINA & Augusto Pinochet

It's said that there were three sources of power in Chile: God, Pinochet, and DINA. The DINA was Chile's secret police from 1973 to 1977 in the early years of the Pinochet dictatorship. They were often compared to the Gestapo or the KGB by American intelligence. 
La Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA) was the regime’s iron fist that kidnapped, brutalized, butchered, and disappeared thousands of people inside Chile. Under the guidance of director Manuel Contreras, the DINA also launched terror campaigns in the United States, Europe, and Chile’s neighbors. DINA answered to Pinochet only and in many ways superseded the armed forces.
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Sources: 
The Pinochet Files: a declassified dossier on atrocity and accountability. Peter Kornbluh. 2013.
 
The Condor Years: how Pinochet and his allies brought terrorism to three continents. John Dinges. 2004.
 
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A Super Quick History of Chile. Mr History. November 4, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9na4XyC3-4&ab_channel=MrHistory 
 
Ferdinand Magellan - First Circumnavigation of the Earth. Simple History. February 9, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylwiOLab5AA&ab_channel=SimpleHistory 
 
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Pinochet's German godfather by Wilfried Huismann. March 9, 2023. Tagesschau. https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/wdr/chile-pinochet-diktatur-nazis-rauff-100.html 
 
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Insurers’ response to riots in Chile reflects a broader trend. Juan Pablo Covarrubias V.  October 26, 2021. https://global.lockton.com/gb/en/news-insights/insurers-response-to-riots-in-chile-reflects-a-broader-trend  
 
Chile: Pinochet Money-Laundering Exposed: U.S. Senate Investigation Uncovers Secret Bank Accounts. Human Rights Watch. March 16, 2005. https://www.hrw.org/news/2005/03/16/chile-pinochet-money-laundering-exposed 
 
The Complicated Legacy of the “Chicago Boys” in Chile. Daniel Matamala. September 21, 2021. Promarket. https://www.promarket.org/2021/09/12/chicago-boys-chile-friedman-neoliberalism/ 
 
GOLDSMITH WEIL, Jael. Milk Makes State: The Extension and Implementation of Chile's State Milk Programs, 1901-1971. Historia (Santiago) [online]. 2017, vol.50, n.1 [citado  2025-02-14], pp.79-104.
 
Lucía Hiriart, Powerful Wife of Chile’sDictator, Dies at 98. John Bartlett. December 19, 2021. New York Times.
 
Music:
Scorching Action by Jonathan Margrove
Blood Kiss by Hainbach - Topics
Kalahari Wind by Humans Win
Cinematic Ambient Orchestral Drama Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP
Dramatic Investigation by Jon Presstone
Andante Sostenuto piano solo classical by Raighes Factory
Tension in the Dark by Jon Presstone 
Gnosienne by Eric Satie performed by Neil Cross and Raighes Factory
Bones - Quirky and mysterious plucked strings. Murder mystery and gothic mood by Gerardo Garcia Jr
Shake It and Break It (Weary Blues) by Humans Win
Old Money Old Problems by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP
 
Sound FX:
Storyblocks
WexFlex Music
SoundEffectsFactory
Project Soundbox
Bengi Sounds
Sound Effect Database
 
WEBQ (Who Else But Quagmire)Historical Aviation Film Unit
Pepe truelo
Played N Faved - Sound Effects & Stock Footage
Coffee Spill
Foley Sounds Effects
Attractive Sounds
 
Disclaimers: scenes are dramatizations and probably didn’t actually happen in that way. For example, Pinochet was not at La Moneda during the coup. The opening scene is not a real scenario involving Carter Cornick.
 

Congo's Force Publique & King Leopold II

If greed were a person he would be Belgian monarch, King Leopold II. In this episode, we will explore the incredibly dark history of the Congo region in Central Africa. Congo has a history of exploitation by European colonizers and extractive industries. The worst of these predators was King Leopold II whose need to secure a colony for Belgium drove the him to deceive the international community for decades.
His deception was a cover for his quest to create wealth for his own fortune and for Belgium at the cost of an estimated many millions of lives. Leopold’s personal property, the Congo Free State, utilized the barbaric services of The Force Publique, a secret police force that terrorized the Congolese people.
 
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Sources:
Geography Now. Geography Now! CONGO (Democratic republic). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD3ZFQ62Vxc&ab_channel=GeographyNow
 
The Kongo Kingdom. Infographics Africa. The Rise and Fall of the Kingdom of Kongo: Tales of Three Kings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z73ievjudi8&ab_channel=InfographicsAfrica 
The Kingdom of Kongo. Step Back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8DmKlw1jcA&ab_channel=StepBack 
 
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Revising the Population History of the Kingdom of Kongo by John K. Thornton. The Journal of African History (July 2021).
 
The Miserable Story of The Congo. Hoser. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4INpgF4YPhA&ab_channel=hoser 
 
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Why is Belgium a country? - History of Belgium in 11 Minutes. Knowledgia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxEySPSUcXs&t=42s&ab_channel=Knowledgia 
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What Each Nation Wanted From the Scramble for Africa. Vologda Mapping. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygUZ7K-0nVY&t=70s&ab_channel=VologdaMapping 
 
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Violence and Colonial Order: Police, Workers and Protest in the European Colonial Empires, 1918–1940 by Martin Thomas. 2012.
 
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Democratic Republic of the Congo: Industrial mining of cobalt and copper for rechargeable batteries is leading to grievous human rights abuses. Amnesty International. September 12, 2023. 
 
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Digital 2024: The Democratic Republic of the Congo by Simon Kemp. February 23, 2024. https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-democratic-republic-of-the-congo#:~:text=The%20DRC's%20internet%20penetration%20rate,January%202023%20and%20January%202024. 
 
Congo (DRC) Country Profile – Military / Security by by COL L. Bortoluzzi Garcia. Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute. Army War College. September 13, 2020.
 
History and renovation. Africa Museum. https://www.africamuseum.be/en/about_us/history_renovation 
 
(1890) George Washington Williams’s Open Letter to King Leopold on the Congo. https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/primary-documents-global-african-history/george-washington-williams-open-letter-king-leopold-congo-1890/ 
 
Belgium/Democratic Republic of the Congo Trade. The Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC). 2022. https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-country/bel/partner/cod 
 
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How did Patrice Lumumba die? Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/story/how-did-patrice-lumumba-die 
Music:
Scorching Action by Jonathan Margrove
Blood Kiss by Hainbach - Topics
Kalahari Wind by Humans Win
Cinematic Ambient Orchestral Drama Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP
Dramatic Investigation by Jon Presstone
Andante Sostenuto piano solo classical by Raighes Factory
Tension in the Dark by Jon Presstone 
Gnosienne by Eric Satie performed by Neil Cross and Raighes Factory
Bones - Quirky and mysterious plucked strings. Murder mystery and gothic mood by Gerardo Garcia Jr
Shake It and Break It (Weary Blues) by Humans Win
Love of God Cello by SBA
 
Disclaimers: NO AI was used to write or edit the contents of the show.The opening scene is an excerpt from George Washington Williams' Open Letter to King Leopold IIJanuary 15, 2024 changed the opening scene.

Iran's SAVAK & Mohammad Reza Shah

In 1921, Reza Khan rose to power with the help of the British government. He led a modernization of Persia, insisting the international community refer to his country as Iran. His son, Mohammad Reza Shah, inherited the throne in 1941.
The Shah expanded his authority using a violent secret police force called SAVAK. They terrorized the Iranian people and preyed on Iranians abroad. They helped enforced the Shah's rule, even as his White Revolution displaced rural communities and alienated Shia clergy. Decades-long economic exploitation and authoritarian repression ignited a series of phases leading to the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
 
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Sources:
 
1979 Iranian Revolution, Explained | Last Persian Shah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXlHxrBJoik&ab_channel=Timeline-WorldHistoryDocumentaries 
 
Geography Now! Iran. Geography Now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xQM4Zy5zIk&ab_channel=GeographyNow 
 
Top pistachio producing countries
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A Super Quick History of Iran. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sTf1FIxnJs&ab_channel=MrHistory 
 
The Background of Human Rights. https://www.youthforhumanrights.org/course/lesson/background-of-human-rights/the-background-of-human-rights.html 
 
Zoroastrianism Explained. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl9QgeHdKYk&ab_channel=Cogito 
 
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Shia and Sunni: Understanding different Muslim interpretations
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Muslim Populations
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Fath-Ali Shah’s descendants. Joseph M. Upton, The History of Modern Iran: An Interpretation. Contributors: – Author. Publisher: Harvard University Press. Place of publication: Cambridge, 1960, p.4 
 
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Great British Pound inflation calculator. Bank of England. https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator 
 
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The Shah by Abbas Milani. January 2011.
 
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Oil Profit distribution. All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror by Stephen Kinzer. 2003. 
 
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Note: The Recap section was written with the assistance of ChatGPT-4.
 
Music: 
Scorching Action by Jonathan Margrove
Blood Kiss by Hainbach - Topics
Kalahari Wind by Humans Win
Cinematic Ambient Orchestral Drama Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP
Dramatic Investigation by Jon Presstone
Eye Of The Storm (Feat. Cicely Parnas) - Instrumental Version
Gnosienne by Eric Satie performed by Neil Cross and Raighes Factory
 
 
 

Japan's Kempeitai & Unit 731

We’ve heard about a lot of evil on Secret Police, but the actions of the Kempeitai and the wider Imperial Japanese Army are particularly poignant for their brutality and the extent to which violence prevails if you believe your enemy is inhuman.
 Who were the Kempeitai?
How did the Kempeitai develop out of Japan’s long military history?
What were the Kempeitai’s connections to both German and Russian secret police?
What was the level of the Kempeitai’s involvement in various atrocities in China?Thank you all for your patience and your continued support!
Sources:
 
Kempeitai: Japan's Dreaded Military Police by Raymond Lamont-Brown (1998).
What Are The Major Natural Resources Of Japan? By Sophy Owour. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-are-the-major-natural-resources-of-japan.html
 
The Dawn Empire | Animated History of Japan. Suibhne. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zwi3XXLci8&list=PLyw95kShWfm_JqDRyLAxEAob74zWH-BI2&index=4&ab_channel=Suibhne
 
Origin of the Samurai | History of Japan 5. Linfamy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6xgz4p2d60&ab_channel=Linfamy
 
How Europeans Tried to End Japanese Isolation - Colonialism DOCUMENTARY. Kings and Generals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFJRc6jYOaI&ab_channel=KingsandGenerals
 
Feature History - First Sino-Japanese War. Feature History. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdWY8aWxNL4&t=615s&ab_channel=FeatureHistory
 
Japanese Invasion of Manchuria | 3 Minute History. Jabzy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_sdkbYWiww&ab_channel=Jabzy
 
WW2 - Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1941. Eastory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTkRBg2Dwz0&ab_channel=Eastory
 
THE NANJING MASSACRE - DOCUMENTARY OF THE RAPE OF NANKING. History of China. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CAYFxXBohA&t=2s&ab_channel=HistoryofChina
 
The Most Disturbing Human Experiment Ever. Wendigoon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRwCNiWuUpQ&ab_channel=Wendigoon
 
Meiji and Taishō Japan: An Introductory Essay. University of Colorado Boulder. https://www.colorado.edu/ptea-curriculum/becoming-modern/meiji-and-taisho-japan-introductory-essay#:~:text=By%20the%201920s%2C%20things%20had,member%20of%20the%20international%20community.
 
H-057-2: I-400 and Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night: Japanese Plan for Biological Warfare – September 1945. Naval History and Heritage Command. https://www.history.navy.mil/about-us/leadership/director/directors-corner/h-grams/h-gram-057/h-057-2.html
 
Daniel Barenblat, A plague upon humanity, 2004.
 
Sheldon Harris, Factories of Death, 2002.
 
Japan’s Infamous Unit 731 by Hal Gol. 2004.
 
The Unspeakable Things That Happened In Unit 731. A Day in History. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BpKixUKbU8&ab_channel=ADayInHistory
 
General Ishii Shiro: His Legacy is That of Genius and Madman General Ishii Shiro: His Legacy is That of Genius and Madman Gregory Dean Byrd East Tennessee State University. May 2005.
 
 
The Path to Pearl Harbor.The National WWII Museum of New Orleans.
 
Unit 731 by Avani Sihra. Atomic Heritage Foundation.
 
Remembering Pearl Harbor, A Pearl Harbor Fact Sheet. US Census. https://www.census.gov/history/pdf/pearl-harbor-fact-sheet-1.pdf
 
Japanese announcement of the attack at Pearl Harbor, 1941. THE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY. https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/japanese-announcement-attack-pearl-harbor-1941#:~:text=In%20January%201941%2C%20Admiral%20Isoroku,tensions%20with%20the%20United%20States.
Encyclopedia Britanica:
Iva Toguri D'Aquino. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Iva-Toguri-DAquino
Hideki Tojo. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tojo-Hideki
Counting the dead at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. https://thebulletin.org/2020/08/counting-the-dead-at-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/
 
Tojo The Last Banzai by Courtney Browne. 1998.
 
About the B-25 History Project. https://b-25history.org/history/carrier.htm#:~:text=Most%20everyone%20knows%20that%20on,of%20the%20CV%2D8%20U.S.%20S.
 
Hideki Tojo -The Face of Japanese Militarism in WWII. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecRuPE-PzVE&ab_channel=Biographics
 
Second Sino-Japanese War
https://www.britannica.com/event/Second-Sino-Japanese-War
 
Bushido’s Eight Virtues. https://www.themartialway.com.au/bushidos-eight-virtues/
 
More on Bushido
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bushido
 
What Japanese history lessons leave out By Mariko Oi. BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21226068  
 
 
Music:
Scorching Action by Jonathan Margrove
Blood Kiss by Hainbach - Topics
Kalahari Wind by Humans Win
Cinematic Ambient Orchestral Drama Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP
Dramatic Investigation by Jon Presstone
Exploring The Possibility by Jon Presstone
Eye Of The Storm (Feat. Cicely Parnas) - Instrumental Version

Bonus Episode! The Fingermen

V for Vendetta is a graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Llyod.
The story shows a bleak future where the United Kingdom is run by a totalitarian government run by a political party called Norsefire. A masked vigilante known simply as "V" is bent on sparking a revolution, driven by a vendetta against those in the government that subjected him and his country to repression and terror. V orchestrates a series of symbolic attacks, picking off government officials in an effort to inspire resistance. Evey Hammond gets caught up in V’s schemes when she’s rescued from Norsefire's secret police, The Fingermen.Thank you for listening!
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Sources:
 
V for Vendetta graphic novel by Alan Moore - Thank you to yodaskid on YouTube for reading the entire novel with images. 
V for Vendetta (film)
 
V for Vendetta wiki
Vforvendetta.fandom.com
 
Alan Moore talks - 01 - V For Vendetta. Livestreaming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX7ehbE1vc0&ab_channel=Livestreaming 
 
Selected bits from V for Vendetta (2006)
 
Music:
Scorching Action by Jon Presstone
Tension in the Dark by Jon Presstone
Gnosienne by Eric Satie performed by Neil Cross and Raighes Factory
Introitus by Michele Nobler
1 Minute Suspense Cinematic Dark Ambient Riser Build Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP
"Hun Dun" - Hard Trap Beat by C.j. Harris

Haiti's Tonton Macoute & Papa Doc

The Tonton Macoute was a secret police force established by Haitian physician and dictator, Francois Duvalier, better known as Papa Doc. The Macoute brutalized the Haitian people and hijacked the country’s Vodou traditions to invoke fear of a mythical bogeyman. We’re going to go through the history of Haiti: how it was found by Europeans, the slave trade, the types of crops cultivated in Haiti, slave rebellion, and of course the secret police. 
We’re going to find out how Papa Doc got into power. Who led the Tonton Macoute through its years of activity? Why did Papa Doc find it necessary to establish such a brutal institution? And how close was this regime to the US government?
Empires Podcast the Ottomans hosted by Frank:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/empires-podcast-the-ottomans/id1439365965
 
Sources:
Perspectives in History Podcast. Haitian Revolution (series). 
Real Dictators. Papa Doc (series). Noiser Podcasts. August 2020.
Christopher Columbus: Bad Explorer, Great Conman. Biographics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe9_FAANig8&t=143s&ab_channel=Biographics 
A Tale of Two Islands. Hoser. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U67cf6VDhXM&ab_channel=hoser 
 
State Areas
https://wisevoter.com/state-rankings/states-by-area/#:~:text=Alaska%2C%20the%20largest%20state%2C%20covers,state%2C%20boasts%20163%2C695%20square%20miles. 
 
Vodou: Haiti's African-Derived Religion. ReligionForBreakfast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VofAQYxcHHY&ab_channel=ReligionForBreakfast 
 
Vodou, Serving the Spirits. Harvard University. The Pluralism Project. 2020. /https://hwpi.harvard.edu/files/pluralism/files/vodou-serving_the_spirits_0.pdf 
 
The Origins of the Zombie, from Haiti to the U.S. | Monstrum. Storied. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIGmsxBMnjA&ab_channel=Storied 
Stannard, David E. (October 14, 1993). "American holocaust : the conquest of the New World". New York: Oxford University Press – via Internet Archive.
 
Thornton, Russel (1987). American Indian holocaust and survival : a population history since 1492. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-8061-2074-4.
 
Churchill, Ward, A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust and Denial in the Americas, 1492 to the Present, City Lights, 1997, 381 pages, p. 86, ISBN 978-0-87286-323-1
 
Sheri P. Rosenberg, "Genocide Is a Process, Not an Event," Genocide Studies and Prevention 7, 1 (April 2012): 16–23. © 2012 Genocide Studies and Prevention. doi: 10.3138/gsp.7.1.16
 
David Moshman (2007) Us and Them: Identity and Genocide, Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, 7:2, p. 125, DOI: 10.1080/15283480701326034,
 
Alexander Laban Hinton, "Critical Genocide Studies," Genocide Studies and Prevention 7, 1 (April 2012): 4–15. © 2012 Genocide Studies and Prevention. doi: 10.3138/gsp.7.1.4, p. 11
 
Keegan, William F., "Destruction of the Taino" in Archaeology. January/February 1992, pp. 51–56.
 
Grenke, Arthur. God, greed, and genocide: The Holocaust through the centuries. NewAcademia Publishing, LLC, 2005. pp. 141–143, 200.
 
Rosenbaum, Alan S. Is the Holocaust unique?: perspectives on comparative genocide. Routledge, 2018. p. 302.
 
Donald Bloxham, A. Dirk Moses, The Oxford Handbook of Genocide Studies, OXFORD UNIVERSITY press, 2010, p. 310.
 
Norman M Naimark, Genocide a world history , OXFORD UNIVERSITY press, 2017, p. 39.
 
Jones, Adam. 2006. Genocide: a comprehensive introduction. London: Routledge. pp. 108–111.
 
Dr. Mu-Kien Adriana Sang (1999). Dr. Mu-Kien Adriana Sang (ed.). Historia Dominicana: Ayer y Hoy (in Spanish). SUSAETA Ediciones Dominicanas. pp. 78–79, 81.
 
The Dictator’s Handbook. Bruce Bueno De Mesquita & Alaster Smith. 2011.
 
The Haitian Revolution. A Documentary History. David Geggus.
 
Feature History - Haitian Revolution (Parts 1 & 2). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9KbN5EFajk&ab_channel=FeatureHistory 
 
A Super Quick History of Haiti. Mr History. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-XZLYGlLBA&ab_channel=MrHistory 
 
Yaws Disease. Cleveland Clinic. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/25011-yaws 
 
FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1958–1960, AMERICAN REPUBLICS, VOLUME V. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1958-60v05/d309 
 
Juang, R. M., & Morrissette, N. (2008). Africa and the Americas : culture, politics, and history : a multidisciplinary encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO.
 
Secretary of Legation Davis to the Secretary of State. Department of State, Washington, January 12, 1916. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1916/d352#:~:text=Since%201886%E2%80%94when%20General%20Salomon,and%20six%20driven%20from%20office. 
 
Florida Department of State. Division of Corporations. https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/corporationsearch/SearchResultDetail?inquirytype=EntityName&directionType=ForwardList&searchNameOrder=HEMOCARIBBEAN%203681800&aggregateId=domp-368180-f7bebe83-4e09-4b58-8d66-efad7640d000&searchTerm=HEMMER%20&listNameOrder=HEMOCARE%20L410570 
 
Transatlantic Slave Trade Data
https://www.un.org/en/observances/decade-people-african-descent/slave-trade#:~:text=For%20over%20400%20years%2C%20more,darkest%20chapters%20in%20human%20history.  
 
Alan Whicker meets Papa Doc 1969. Chatham43. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMAbmaNHSoM&ab_channel=chatham43 
Sugar cane and milling
 
Mastering Sugar Cane Cultivation: Easy Steps to Grow and Harvest Sugarcane in Your Home Garden! California Gardening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpnWyB-KLXg&ab_channel=CaliforniaGardening
 
How Sugar is Made. Factora. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-MJORaNkSQ&t=214s&ab_channel=Factora 
 
How to Make Best Sugar from Sugar Cane? 龙梅梅Longmeimei. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iqG6VDoRPQ&t=528s&ab_channel=%E9%BE%99%E6%A2%85%E6%A2%85Longmeimei 
 
Music:
Scorching Action by Jonathan Margrove
Blood Kiss by Hainbach - Topics
Sneaky Snitch by Kevin MacLeod 
The Vastness by Amber Waldron
Kalahari Wind by Humans Win
Cinematic Ambient Orchestral Drama Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP
Tension In The Dark by Jon Presstone
Dramatic Investigation by Jon Presstone
Exploring The Possibility by Jon Presstone
Gnossienne No. 1 by Erik Satie 
 

The FSB DOES NOT want you to hear this ft. Kristaps Andrejsons

A conversation with Latvian journalist, and host of the Eastern Border podcast, Kristaps Andrejsons. We recap the Russian secret police series while Kristaps provides his unique perspective on my show, Soviet times, and the future of Russian security services. Please check out Kristaps' show: https://theeasternborder.lv
Aquarius by Viktor Suvorov: https://www.amazon.com/Aquarium-career-defection-Soviet-military/dp/0241115450 Secret Police IG: https://www.instagram.com/secretpolicepodcast/
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Russian Secret Police Summary! What Happens Next?

Almost 2 years ago, I was inspired by The Dictator's Handbook to start a podcast on secret police. It was a grueling task, much of it self-inflicted because I'm a sucker for detail, but this episode will be light. 
This episode starts with a brief summary of each episode part I - XI: the leaders, the secret police, and the history. 
Next, I'll share my thoughts and what I've learned on this journey. 
We'll end with some behind the scenes and I'll show you what's next for Secret Police podcast.
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