Episodes

  • #114 The Missing Link - Ep 2 The Real-Life Magisterium: the secret history of the Roman Catholic Church

    #114 The Missing Link - Ep 2 The Real-Life Magisterium: the secret history of the Roman Catholic Church
    Oct 22 2025
    What real connection is there between the earliest, informal meetings of the first apostles and their friends, and the mighty, glitzy, authoritarian institution that mushroomed in the 4th Century, and especially after AD320? And is still here today. Is it possible that there is in reality, no direct connection at all?

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    32 mins
  • #113 Whatever happened to Saint Peter? - Ep 1 The Real-Life Magisterium: the secret history of the Roman Catholic Church

    #113 Whatever happened to Saint Peter? - Ep 1 The Real-Life Magisterium: the secret history of the Roman Catholic Church
    Oct 15 2025
    The Church says that Simon Peter was chosen by Jesus as the foundation of the Church. It says that Saint Peter was the first bishop of Rome and that there is a chain of direct continuity from Peter to the present pope Leo. It’s these direct links that gives the Church the right to tell its followers what to do and what to think. But is there any historical evidence?

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    33 mins
  • #16 The Men behind the Myth - Ep 7 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?

    #16 The Men behind the Myth - Ep 7 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?
    Oct 8 2025
    Within days of 28 October 1962 two journalists publish the official but untruthful White House account, as instructed and edited by the President. They also call-out a political enemy for daring to consider a humiliating missile swap with the Soviets. But we show how the Kennedys had already suggested this very missile swap to Khrushchev via private backchannels, on condition he kept it secret. Which he did. (R)

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    21 mins
  • #15 'The Fourteenth Day' - Ep 6 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?

    #15 'The Fourteenth Day' - Ep 6 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?
    Oct 1 2025
    28 October 1962: by holding his nerve Kennedy defuses the crisis in just 13 days. He says it’s over although he’s unable to verify whether Khrushchev ever withdraws his missiles or not. The last missiles do indeed leave Cuba on day 48 of the crisis but for very different reasons. (R)

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    30 mins
  • #14 'Eyeball to eyeball' - Ep 5 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis

    #14 'Eyeball to eyeball' - Ep 5 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis
    Sep 24 2025
    22 October 1962: President Kennedy goes on prime-time TV and announces a blockade around Cuba to prevent more Soviet missiles reaching the island. But US sailors call the so-called ‘quarantine’ nothing but ‘grand theatrics.’ Not a single Soviet ship is stopped by the US Navy. What was going on? (R)

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    32 mins
  • #13 'Russian roulette' - Ep 4 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?

    #13 'Russian roulette' - Ep 4 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?
    Sep 17 2025
    15 October 1962: Soviet nuclear missile sites are discovered. It’s only three weeks before the mid-term elections. Kennedy decides that to negotiate publicly with Khrushchev would be a disaster at the polls; as would ignoring them which is what his allies advise him to do. So, as Noam Chomsky puts it, the President chooses ‘to play Russian Roulette with nuclear missiles.’ (R)

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    24 mins
  • #12 'The only way to save Cuba' - Ep 3 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?

    #12 'The only way to save Cuba' - Ep 3 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?
    Sep 10 2025
    The Cuban Missile Crisis begins not because Castro is a dangerous communist but because he is NOT. Khrushchev tells his ruling council: ‘The only way to save Cuba is to put missiles there’ - not only to prevent an American invasion, but also to keep Fidel Castro sweet. (R)

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    22 mins
  • #11 Fidel Castro was not a communist - Ep 2 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?

    #11 Fidel Castro was not a communist - Ep 2 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?
    Sep 3 2025
    1959: The first country the new revolutionary president of Cuba visits is the United States of America. And he’s a big hit. The students at Princeton carry him on their shoulders. Castro wants a trade deal with the American government. So why does Kennedy fight the presidential election of 1960 on getting tougher than the Republicans with Cuba? (R)

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    29 mins