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Today, we explore the Berkeley Mafia, a group of Indonesian economists who, with US support, laid an economic blueprint for Indonesia still in place to this day. In the process, a lotttt of people died—and yes, contrary to what US officials said, it was all bad.

Today's story comes from "The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein and "The Jarkarta Method" by Vincent Bevins

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We explore how the relationship between the US and Iran became so cantankerous in the first place—in other words, we travel to Tehran, where in 1953, the US conducted one of its most consequential coups abroad.

Today's story comes from "All the Shah’s Men" and "The Brothers" by Stephen Kinzer

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This time out, we cut Teddy Roosevelt down to size jusssst a hair and explore a very juicy scandal from 1905. Turns out our beloved 26th president may not have been such a “trustbuster” after all…

Today's story comes from "We, the Corporations" by Adam Winkler and "Stamped from the Beginning" by Ibram Kendi.

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We explore the origins of the racist precedent that still prevents people in US territories from having any voting rights. Plot twist: it has to do with the Philippines.

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We explore the US-backed coup in Guatemala, engineered by the Dulles Bros. As it turns out, they weren’t the only people (or dogs) in the US government keen to help the United Fruit Company and depose Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz.

Today's story comes from "Bitter Fruit" by Stephen Kinzer and Stephen Schlesinger; "The Jakarta Method" by Vincent Bevins; and "Empire’s Workshop" by Greg Grandin

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The first episode of Season 2 investigates how brothers Allen and John Foster Dulles, director of the CIA and secretary of state in the 1950s, led one of the largest and most foolish covert operations in US history.

Today's story comes from "The Jakarta Method" by Vincent Bevins; and "The Brothers" by Stephen Kinzer.

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