Fidel Castro Part 1: Rise of ‘The Crazy One’

Real Dictators

NOISER

History, Fiction, Drama

4.8 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Fidel Castro - a revolutionary turned strongman dictator, beloved by his supporters and loathed by his enemies. The bête noire of the United States who pushed the world to the brink of annihilation. The ultimate political survivor who evaded hundreds of barely believable assassination attempts. We scroll back to the early years of the one they would call El Loco. It all begins on a farm in the east of Cuba - an island paradise with dark undercurrents swirling beneath the surface… A Noiser podcast production. Narrated by Paul McGann. Featuring Michael J. Bustamante, Carlos Eire, Lillian Guerra, Jonathan Hansen, Peter Kornbluh, Jennifer Lambe, Rogelio Martinez, Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo, Alex von Tunzelmann, Ileana Yarza, Eduardo Zayas-Bazan. Special thanks to University of Miami Libraries for the use of the Huber Matos archive. This is Part 1 of 10. Written by Edward White | Produced by Ed Baranski and Edward White | Exec produced by Joel Duddell | Sound supervisor: Tom Pink | Sound design & audio editing by George Tapp | Assembly editing by Dorry Macaulay and Anisha Deva | Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink | Mix & mastering: Cian Ryan-Morgan | Recording engineer: Joseph McGann. Get every episode of Real Dictators a week early with Noiser+. You’ll also get ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to shows across the Noiser podcast network. Click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started. Or go to noiser.com/subscriptions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:08.8	It's July the 26th, 2006, Sunrise, in the city of Bayamum, Cuba.
1:18.6	In the Plaza de la Patria, something special is stirring.
1:23.6	At this early hour it would normally be all but empty. This morning is full to bursting.
1:31.3	100,000 people fill every inch of the plaza and the surrounding streets.
1:38.3	Many are dressed in patriotic red t-shirts.
1:42.3	Almost all are holding tiny Cuban flags.
1:47.0	They're here to commemorate events that took place on this very day 53 years earlier, when
1:52.6	a gang of rebels attacked the Moncada Army barracks.
1:57.7	To many in the country this is a cherished event, the opening sally of the Cuban Revolution.
2:06.6	It was also the first time that most Cubans had ever heard the name of the rebels leader,
2:12.6	a name they would never forget. Fidel Castro. As the song fills the plaza with daylight, an elderly man with a patchy gray beard dressed in military green, shuffles onto a stage.
2:37.4	It's the headline act, the one they're all here to see.
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