Topic: Yalta

3 chapters across the catalog

Manterruptors
Episode 821 1:07:15 - 1:11:06

821: Manterruptors

Peacock Lane Development, Crimea Annexation Anniversary

A donor from Portland, Oregon, requests "karma" to stop a developer from destroying the historic character of Peacock Lane. Another listener shares observations from a trip to Crimea during the two-year anniversary of its annexation by Russia. The report describes a festive atmosphere in Sevastopol and claims that the local population is satisfied with the transition from Ukraine to Russia.

Too Many Clips
Episode 368 17:28 - 20:38

368: Too Many Clips

FDR, King Saud, and the Yalta Conference Secret

A historical segment examines the papers of Edward Stettinius regarding the 1945 Yalta Conference. The transcript suggests President Franklin D. Roosevelt made a controversial remark to Joseph Stalin about giving the "six million Jews in the United States" to King Saud of Saudi Arabia. The hosts discuss whether this indicated anti-Semitism or Roosevelt's declining health months before his death.