Hard Fried History

Serving as the world's most-populous Islamic nation, Indonesia's modern history has been dominated by Suharto, a general who took power in a violent counter-coup, annihilated the opposition while susp...

5 Aug 20201h 3min

Do the ends justify the means? No. They don't. At least, not in the case of Mao's governing. Join us as we discuss what Mao does once he finally ascends to the position of undisputed ruler of China, h...

29 Jul 20201h 3min

A once-great country splintering into various factions all jockeying for control causing a Civil War even though the hostile factions should really rejoice in the common bond of their collective patri...

22 Jul 202049min

In less than a century, China transformed itself from a colonized nation dreaming of its former glory to one of the world's dominant economic and political powers. For better or for worse, this transf...

15 Jul 202050min

The Rosenbergs, two Soviet spies stationed in Manhattan are alleged to have passed vital information about the atomic bomb to the Soviets, secrets so pivotal they provided the Russians the breakthroug...

8 Jul 202053min

Suez Canal, the Cuban Missile Crisis, civil war in the Congo, the construction of the Berlin Wall, the assassination of JFK; all this and more on this episode of Hard Fried History.

1 Jul 20201h 1min

What's the only type of party you don't want to attend? A party purge. Communist boogeyman Nikita Khrushchev survived not only waves of bloody purges, but other historic free-for-alls such as the Russ...

24 Jun 202056min

Absolute power corrupts? Absolutely! Cuba might be under economic blockade, but they've got a new chief export: the revolution. Join us as we talk about Fidel's attempts to support independence moveme...

17 Jun 202059min