Real Dictators

Real Dictators is the award-winning podcast that explores the hidden lives of history's tyrants. Hos

Episodes

Total: 144

The first man in space arrives in Cuba for a special visit. A passenger liner from the Soviet Union

A man who was right there tells us the tale of one of history’s most notorious military failures. Ca

Castro goes on a victory parade, eventually arriving in Havana on top of a tank. Vengeance is wrough

While Batista tries to convince the world that Castro is dead, Fidel regroups in the mountains. The

Castro wrestles with Marxism and begins another affair. Attempting to reignite the revolution, he sw

Fidel Castro - a revolutionary turned strongman dictator, beloved by his supporters and loathed by h

This is a taster episode of a brand-new podcast from the Noiser podcast network. Join host Paul McGa

As Italy switches sides, Hitler hatches a plan to rescue his pal. But with the Axis collapsing on al

It all starts to go horribly wrong… After the disastrous invasion of Greece, Mussolini sends troops

At the Munich Conference, Mussolini postures as a peacemaker. With Hitler in the ascendancy, the Rom

Il Duce uses propaganda to become a folk hero - part saint, part Father Christmas. He bans journalis

World leaders line up to hail the new Italian strongman. But the fascists are already silencing diss

Wounded at the Front, Mussolini’s war ends early. A playboy aristocrat forms his own private army, o

A brand-new release from the Noiser Network. Join Hugh Bonneville on a thrilling journey through Sir

We begin at the end… in 1945, with a pile of bodies dumped in Milan then strung up for all to see. A

The Falklands War casts a long shadow over Argentina as the junta teeters on the verge of collapse.

The 1978 FIFA World Cup rolls into Argentina. A surreal fortnight ensues. Fans flock to revamped sta

Videla’s dirty war begins. ‘Subversives’ are rooted out, with torture centres established across the

Argentina. The story of a gaunt, hawkish man who earned the nickname “the Hitler of the Pampa”. A ma

Almost every dictator, at one time or another, has put pen to paper. Some have wrestled with ideas,