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Fin vs History

A Real Country Doesn’t Collapse Over Bananas (with Geoffrey Asmus) | The CIA Under Allen Dulles

Fin vs History

Fin Taylor & Horatio Gould

Comedy

4.7997 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Geoffrey Asmus joins us to talk CIA coups under its most controversial head, Allen Dulles. Was he a sinister puppet master orchestrating coups against democratically elected politicians? Or a man who just loved bananas? The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened.   For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon ⁠patreon.com/fintaylor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome back to Finn versus History.

0:13.2

I'm here with the ratio Gould.

0:14.5

Hi-ya.

0:15.1

And our guest, Jeffrey Asmus,

0:17.1

Hello.

0:17.9

The Assmaster.

0:19.6

The As-Man.

0:20.4

The Hamas Master. Jeffrey Asthmouth. I was called that a ass man. The ass man.

0:39.2

Jeffrey asked him out. I was called that a lot in high school. Yeah. So normally when I guess wear a suit, we had Tom Jilby who looked like he suited a suit. We have a lot of people wear a suit. It looks like they're doing a court appearance. Yeah. Jeff, I feel it's more traveling salesman. Yeah. Yeah, I haven't been able to afford one that fits quite.

0:40.0

I haven't sold enough gloves. Sleeping in the car.

0:41.3

You've been picked up off the streets and put in a suit to stop being a bum and get a job. You're going to get a job. You're going to get a job. You're going to go and get a job. And it's not, it's not works. This is the nicest I've looked at a long time. I just stand behind him and do his tie up because I went to private school. Yeah, right, yeah.

0:58.0

I was... It's not, it's not works. This is the nicest I've looked at a long time. I just, I stand behind him and do his tie up because I went to private school. Yeah, right, yeah. I went to private school in America. We don't do the tie. We don't do the tie. Yeah, well, you guys are old. It's not really private school, is it? Right. You're not playing soggy biscuit, are you? Exactly. Do you know what song? Exactly. Is that a game? Do you want to explain what Soggy Biscuit is?

1:13.6

That's your idea of a fun game. You're not playing soggy biscuit, are you? Exactly. Do you know what soggy biscuit? Exactly.

1:11.2

Is that a game?

1:12.0

Do you want to explain what soggy biscuit is?

1:13.6

That's your idea of a fun game. It's not a fun game. It's a way of life. It's a way of life. Uh-huh. What do you do? You get a very robust British biscuit. Digestive. Okay. and you all masturbate onto it.

1:28.1

Whingrace.

1:28.9

And the person who wanks,

1:30.2

who comes last has to eat. That's British. That's probably, is that more theoretical or you actually did that? It's a practical test and a theory test. Exactly. That's like driving. We invented football and then the French codify. I think the French are trying to codify. So they're trying to make inter federation. It's like you don't understand the real. No. They're doing not like a baguette, like a nice bread. Yeah. It's one of the five sauces or whatever. It will lose something if it becomes a professional. It's played by amateur gentleman yes exactly yeah

2:01.5

yeah

2:02.8

okay maybe I have to bring that

2:04.9

to the across the pond

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