Season 1 · Ten episodes
Ten episodes on one declassified operation. What the program was authorized to do, what the Agency built instead, and what the files still will not settle. Listen down this page in order; open show notes when you want the citations.
Eisenhower’s March 1960 authorization for small teams and a resistance that never materialized — handed to a new president who was never asked, on the record we have, whether he wanted an invasion at all.
Player points to /audio/s1e01.mp3 (upload to CDN before go-live).
Guatemala camps, the November pivot to amphibious assault, and five contradictory answers to what the exiles were promised about American backing.
Player points to /audio/s1e02.mp3 (upload to CDN before go-live).
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Cited document bundles by email. The cables, the memos, the record numbers — facts first, no hype.