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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 797 The Real Fidel Castro, Not the Cutesy One Who Made Everyone Literate

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2016

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The version of Fidel Castro's life we get from Hollywood and the media is cartoonish and laughable. Here's the real story of Cuba and Castro, with every progressive talking point answered.

Show notes for Ep. 797

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0:00.0

The Tom Woods Show, episode 797.

0:03.5

Prepare to set fire to the index card of allowable opinion.

0:08.1

Your daily dose of liberty education starts here, the Tom Woods Show.

0:14.3

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0:21.4

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0:28.3

when you use coupon code Woods. Hi everybody, Tom Woods here. Well, with the recent death of Fidel Castro,

0:35.4

good heavens Facebook has not been a safe place to be if you have friends

0:40.3

across ideological lines, because, oh my goodness, are tears being shed for Fidel Castro, of all people,

0:48.0

for heaven's sake. So let's get to the bottom of the true Castro legacy, the true history of

0:53.9

Castro, what the whole story was in Cuba.

0:57.0

And we're going to do that with Umberto Fontova, who is the author of Fidel, Hollywood's favorite

1:04.7

tyrant, as well as the longest romance, the mainstream media, and Fidel Castro.

1:11.0

Tom Woods.com slash 797 is where to go to get links to those books.

1:17.7

And then stay tuned after my conversation with Umbarto.

1:20.2

I'm going to add a little bit of additional information I learned from Uri Maltsev about Castro.

1:25.6

But for now, I'm very glad to welcome Umbarto to the show.

1:29.3

Thanks for being here.

1:30.4

Hey, great to be here, Amigo.

1:32.0

Thanks for the invite.

1:32.9

Anytime.

1:33.5

All right.

1:34.0

Look, I'm a little bit behind schedule here.

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