Jeremi and Zachary, with guest Alan McPherson, discuss what we can learn from the long history of democratic efforts in Cuba, and how many of them were caused by America's foreign policy.

Zachary sets the scene with his poem titled "Certainly Probable".

Alan McPherson is Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy at Temple University. He has written and edited 11 books, the most recent of which is Ghosts of Sheridan Circle: How a Washington Assassination Brought Pinochet’s Terror State to Justice.