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Under the Shadow

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  • A podcast on US intervention and revolutionary resistance in Latin America, and all the ghosts that still linger, from independent journalist Michael Fox. Co-produced by The Real News Network and NACLA (North American Congress on Latin America).

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Episodes
  • Nicaragua. Sandino | Under the Shadow, Episode 9

    Nicaragua. Sandino | Under the Shadow, Episode 9
    Apr 23 2024
    In 1912, the United States invaded Nicaragua and began what would become the longest US occupation in Latin American history. The occupation would birth both a dictatorship and one of Latin America’s most important revolutionary heroes: Augusto Sandino.

    Sandino would wage a six-year-long guerrilla insurgency to rid Nicaragua of the US Marines. And he would win. The United States finally pulled out in 1933, the year before Sandino was assassinated by the forces of the man who would take power and rule for decades.

    In this episode, host Michael Fox takes us on the trail of Augusto Sandino. We visit his hometown and then speak with University of Pittsburgh historian Michel Gobat about Sandino’s life, the US occupation, and how it set the scene for everything that would come decades later, including the 1979 Sandinista Revolution.

    Under the Shadow is an investigative narrative podcast series that walks back in time, telling the story of the past by visiting momentous places in the present.

    In each episode, host Michael Fox takes us to a location where something historic happened — a landmark of revolutionary struggle or foreign intervention. Today, it might look like a random street corner, a church, a mall, a monument, or a museum. But every place he takes us was once the site of history-making events that shook countries, impacted lives, and left deep marks on the world.

    Hosted by Latin America-based journalist Michael Fox.

    This podcast is produced in partnership between The Real News Network and NACLA.Guests:
    Michel Gobat

    Edited by Heather Gies.
    Sound design by Gustavo Türck.
    Theme music by Monte Perdido and Michael Fox
    Other music from Blue Dot Sessions.

    Follow and support journalist Michael Fox or Under the Shadow at https://www.patreon.com/mfox

    For background, see Michel Gobat’s book Confronting the American Dream: Nicaragua under U.S. Imperial Rule (2005, Duke University Press)

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Episode 8 | Nicaragua, William Walker

    Episode 8 | Nicaragua, William Walker
    Apr 12 2024
    William Walker was a journalist, lawyer and physician from Nashville, Tennessee, who in 1855 invaded Nicaragua with a few dozen troops and conquered the country.

    At the time, he was one of thousands of private U.S. citizens who had their sights set on taking over foreign nations, all in the name of Manifest Destiny.

    In this episode, host Michael Fox follows in the footsteps of William Walker as he recounts one of the most twisted stories of U.S. imperialism in Central America — a story that still has lasting repercussions for Latin America, the United States and across the world.

    Under the Shadow is an investigative narrative podcast series that walks back in time, telling the story of the past by visiting momentous places in the present.
    In each episode, host Michael Fox takes us to a location where something historic happened — a landmark of revolutionary struggle or foreign intervention. Today, it might look like a random street corner, a church, a mall, a monument, or a museum. But every place he takes us was once the site of history-making events that shook countries, impacted lives, and left deep marks on the world.

    Hosted by Latin America-based journalist Michael Fox.This podcast is produced in partnership between The Real News Network and NACLA.

    Guests: Michel Gobat
    David Díaz
    Many thanks to Victor Acuña

    Theme music by Monte Perdido. Other music from Blue Dot Sessions.

    Follow and support journalist Michael Fox or Under the Shadow at https://www.patreon.com/mfox

    The Real News Network
    Donate: therealnews.com/uts-pod-donate
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    54 mins
  • Under the Shadow, Update 3 | Honduras. Narcodictator. Convicted.

    Under the Shadow, Update 3 | Honduras. Narcodictator. Convicted.
    Mar 26 2024
    A New York court has found former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández guilty of drug trafficking and weapons possession. It’s a huge verdict that will likely see the former president imprisoned for life.

    In the last episode of Under The Shadow, host Michael Fox looked deeply at Hernández’s time as president from 2014 to 2022, which many came to call a narco-dictatorship. He won office in a fraudulent election, consolidated unprecedented power, pushed a neoliberal sell-off, and carried out widespread human rights abuses.

    In this Update 3, Fox looks at the New York trial that convicted him. What went down, what it meant, and what it means going forward for Honduras. And most important, what was missing — namely the role of the United States and Canada in propping up the Hernández regime.

    For this update, we speak with Karen Spring, the co-coordinator of the Honduras Solidarity Network and host of the Honduras Now podcast. She was in the New York courtroom throughout Hernandez’s trial.

    Under the Shadow is an investigative narrative podcast series that walks back in time, to tell the story of the past by visiting momentous places in the present.

    In each episode, host Michael Fox takes us to a location where something historic happened — a landmark of revolutionary struggle or foreign intervention. Today, it might look like a random street corner, a church, a mall, a monument or a museum. But every place he takes us was once the site of history-making events that shook countries, impacted lives, and left deep marks on the world.

    Hosted by Latin America-based journalist Michael Fox.
    Recorded in San Salvador, El Salvador

    This podcast is produced in partnership between The Real News Network and NACLA.

    Guests: Karen Spring

    Theme music by Monte Perdido. Other music from Blue Dot Sessions.

    Follow and support journalist Michael Fox or Under the Shadow at https://www.patreon.com/mfox

    The Real News Network
    Donate: therealnews.com/uts-pod-donate
    Sign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/uts-pod-subscribe
    Like us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnews
    Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

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    59 mins
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