Fruit of the Doom: The Dismantling of Guatemala
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Fruit of the Doom: The Dismantling of Guatemala
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Mark All
The final episode covers how presidents after Ike engaged with Guatemala. Superficially idealist, practically brutal and like so many other countries in Latin America, things get exponentially worse when Reagan shows up.The civil war escalate
Arbenz is exiled as Guatemala backslides into facsism with the State Departments approval. But the new military government presses too far, igniting a civil war that would tear the country apart for decades to come. United Fruit faces its own
Where the League of Nations failed, the UN will succeed, right? Will international diplomacy and cooperation act as a bulwark for Guatemala's defense? How will the CIA organized invasion succeed with scant fighting forces and very little popula
The counterfeit liberation force finds it's frontman as the CIA plots behind the scenes to put their pawns in place while diplomatic attempts to resolve the situation stall. An analysis of the efficacy of Arbenz's reform and the ideological com
What happens when United Fruit's stockholders are elected to the Senate? What happens when the legal counsel of United Fruit rises to the highest office in the State Department? What happens when the head of the CIA is personal friends with
We are first introduced to the iconic yellow fruit that changed the fates of an entire region and the fortunes of a few men, including a forgotten American titan of agriculture and industry, and a sinister monopoly known colloquially as "The Oc
On this episode, the boys reflect on the past 4 years of doing the podcast and (barely) listen to some shitty shit crap music.
On this episode, Max and Ben announce their plan to end First Play Podcast at the end of July and listen to some shitty music.
On this episode, we reflect on childhood and the fundamental deceit of nostalgia and get very, very off track.
On this episode, Ben wants to talk about theology, an Army of Squirrel addicts takes over and the boys take a spiritual trip to South Carolina.
On this episode, we listen to a man struggle with his hard head and some abominable funk music sung by Racist Rick James.
On this episode, we're talking about Booty's. That's right. Big wet butts, bouncing in the club. We go off the rails hard, which is to be expected at this point. First Play Forever
On this episode we listen to a list of reasons why life is hard, some sickening affirmation and a treatise on resilience, and an example of when the hyper critical voices in your head are right.
On this episode, we listen to some god awful pseudo-scat music, negro spirituals for white people and some Curren$y raps if he spelled his name with a cent sign instead of a dollar sign.
On this episode, we get back to our roots with some classic dick talk and a few songs that sound just like other songs but worse. You know, that old chestnut.
First Play Podcast; We fuck around so you can find out! On this episode we listen to some overwrought crooning, and some classic adultery jams, which are our bread and butter at this point.
On this episode, we adhere to a content challenge, listen to some instruments that we're almost certain are guitars and get a blast from the past with the worst sounds of 2013 we were happy to forget all about.
On this episode. we listen to a very convincing Muse cover band, shitty rapping and the ear-piercing blaring of Max's racism alarm.
On this episode, Ben forgot to edit it on time on account of being in Las Vegas. But it's here. What songs will we listen to? I don't remember but its a good one!
On this episode, we listen to certified wife guy antics, some OK rappers, (that's a pun) and some anthems for the lads.
On this episode, we listen to criminal baby talk, racially ambiguous raps and a woman who is desperately trying to warn us of the coming spider invasion.
We're on vacation so didn't get a chance to record a new one but in celebration of our apparent 3 year Twitter Anniversary, we're going back into the vault to bring you the first ever episode we recorded in June 2018. Enjoy!
On this episode, we listen to impassioned yodels, Soljia Boy adjacent jams and stinky party anthems.
On this episode we listen to a commercial for Viagra, a stupid soundscape and some intense bay area accents.
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