#or other fidel anecdotes that didn't make it into the pod

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every time i meet up with my friend i have to update him on my increasingly parasocial fascination with fidel castro and che guevara 

#it's because i'm listening to blowback and i've never learned cuban history before #mostly i just recount the most wild parts of the episodes and then he hits me back with some of his family's stories from the revolution #or other fidel anecdotes that didn't make it into the pod #i mean there's been a lot of great bits so far but maybe the best was che guevara post bay of pigs #talking to a white house aid close to jfk and essentially giving very generous negotiation terms to normalize relations #and then ending those terms with: and i just want to thank you for deciding to invade and then being enormous losers. #you've really helped us become a serious player in the world #like. SAY THAT !!! jfk IS a loser and the cia and mob did fucking suck shit!