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Conspiracyland

S4E33: Bonus Episode 3: "A Havana Travelogue"

Conspiracyland

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Medical Ailments, Biden, Conspiracy, Yahoo News, Investigative Journalism, Havana Syndrome, Conspiracyland, Michael Isikoff, Russian Intelligence, News, Vladimr Putin, Cuba, Obama, Trump, Conspiracy Theories

4.41.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In Bonus Episode 3, A Havana Travelogue, Isikoff talks with Conspiracyland producer Mark Seman about our wild, surreal experiences in Cuba and veteran Cuba watcher, journalist Patrick Symmes, about how the story of Havana Syndrome -- and the events it triggered-- fits into the long Cold War history of U.S. relations with Cuba.

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Hello Conspiracy Land listeners.

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We thought we'd offer you, you know, one more bonus episode that provides a little background

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on how we made this podcast, what it was like to visit Cuba in the year 2022.

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And also some takeaways about what to make of everything we've found.

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And I'll be joined here by my producer, Mark Seaman, Mark, good to see you again through

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zoom.

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And long time Cuba watcher, journalist Patrick Symes, Patrick, thanks for joining us here.

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So Mark, let's talk a little about our trip to Cuba because as I mentioned in episode

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one of Conspiracy Land, it was dramatically different than when I'd last been there seven

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years ago, almost a night and day experience when I was there in 2015, you know, it was

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a heady time, Obama had normalized relations.

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The Cubans were welcoming Americans to the island and things seemed to be thriving.

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But man, during our trip, it was clear.

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The Cubans are suffering.

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The economy is in really horrible shape, shortages of food and medicine.

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