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Aug 16
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Saturday Matinee: Real Dictators

Airship | Noiser | Wondery
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On today’s Saturday Matinee, we visit a humble farm in the east of Cuba to witness the early years of Fidel Castro, to see how this man would one day become the country's most revolutionary dictator.



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