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Fidel Castro Part 2: Shipwrecked in the Swamps

Castro strikes up a rapport with an Argentine known as β€œChe”. Together, they head to Cuba

Castro wrestles with Marxism and begins another affair. Attempting to reignite the revolution, he swims naked across the US border. At a get-together in Mexico City, he strikes up a rapport with a scruffy Argentine known as β€œChe”. Together, in a battered old boat, they will set sail for Cuba - to bring the fight to Batista…

A Noiser podcast production.

Narrated by Paul McGann.

Featuring Michael J. Bustamante, Carlos Eire, Lillian Guerra, Jonathan Hansen, Irene Lopez, Alex von Tunzelmann, Eduardo Zayas-Bazan.

This is Part 2 of 10.

Written by Edward White | Produced by Ed Baranski and Edward White | Exec produced by Joel Duddell | Sound supervisor: Tom Pink | Sound design & audio editing by George Tapp | Assembly editing by Dorry Macaulay and Anisha Deva | Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink | Mix & mastering: Cian Ryan-Morgan | Recording engineer: Joseph McGann.

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54 minutes