The Old Man and the CIA, Part 2: Dulles's Down | Historical

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4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Some men make headlines. Others make history. A subtle few mold the future of nations in their image - and you'd never even know it. In this 2-part True Spies miniseries, journalist and author of The Devil's Chessboard, David Talbot, joins Sophia Di Martino to uncover a hidden history of the United States. A history penned by a man who made an outsized impact on the way we live today - Allen Dulles. In Part 2, the seeds of Dulles's ruin are sown on a beach in Cuba. From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Frank Palmer. Music by Nick Ryan.

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0:50.0	Content warning.
0:51.0	This episode contains references to suicide.
0:54.0	Incoming transmission.
0:57.0	Welcome.
1:00.0	This is true spies, the podcast that takes you deep inside the greatest secret
1:07.2	missions of all time. Week by week you'll hear the true stories behind the operations that have shaped the world we live in.
1:16.3	True spies.
1:17.3	You'll meet the people who live life under cover.
1:22.1	What do they know? What are their skills? And what would you do in their position?
1:29.0	This is true spies.
1:32.0	Dulles himself was a very arrogant guy.
1:35.0	I think he was stunned by Kennedy how stubborn he was,
1:39.0	how resolute he was, how he stood his ground at the very pigs. I think that he thought Kennedy would pave and he didn't and I think he was shocked by that.
1:50.0	I'm Sophia D. Martino and this is True Spies from Spyscape Studios.
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