"Nous ne nous rendrons jamais" [We will never surrender] was heard on the radio waves in France during the fall of 1940. Despite a number of successful counterattacks that had delayed against the advancing Wehrmacht, the French were finally giving way. Would they continue fighting? In what capacity? We sit down with Reid Palmer, a History graduate student from the University of Wisconsin-Madison to find out!

Nous Ne Nous Rendrons Jamais - France does not surrender in World War 2 (Reid Palmer)

In 1959, Fidel Castro shocked the world by overthrowing Fulgencio Batista in Cuba, and then repulsing a U.S.-backed counterrevolutionary invasion in the Bay of Pigs. But what would have happened had they received air support from the US Air Force? Would the Cuban Revolution have failed? What would the consequences have been for the Cold War in general? For Nikita Khrushchev? For Cuba itself? Kirk Sharma discusses this and more in this week's podcast. Furthermore, in the Histori-rant section, he gives us his thoughts on the issue of Syria.
Music by Cuban Cowboys
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Failed Cuban Revolution (Kirk Sharma)

Spanish conquest of the New World was a key event of world History. Both the Aztec and the Inca empires appeared to succumb to a handful of Spanish conquistadors, and thus opened Europe and Asia to immense quantities of New World Silver. But must if have happened that way? In this week's podcast, Jorge takes on the guest role and discusses what would have happened had Inca emperor Atahualpa had not blundered into the Spanish trap and had instead captured Francisco Pizarro. The consequences are momentous. 
In the histori-rant section, Jorge explains the Chile-Bolivia border dispute and offers a bold solution to the problem. Check it out!

Music by Edgard Civallero - Vientos de tierra 

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