Concave Inverted Ass: Episode 69 (Operation Gladio and more CIA fuckery in Post-War Italy)

In this episode of the podcast we sip on a delightfully tangy gin and champagne treat called the French 75. This cocktail, named in honor of the French 75-millimeter light field gun (a fast and deadly weapon used during WWI), was quite the hit in France in the late 40s and early 50s the time when STEPHANIE’s scandal would start in Italy and be pushed out to the rest of Europe.
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STEPHANIE sheds like on Gladio, the codename for the secret CIA-backed paramilitary network of “stay behinds” in Western Europe whose explicit goal was to activate in the event of a Soviet invasion but in reality was used in the event the working class grew too strong once again. We 🥂to doing fascists things with your friends! 
Operation Gladio - Full 1992 documentary BBC  
Operation Gladio - Wikipedia 
Stay-behind - Wikipedia 
Office of Strategic Services - Wikipedia 
Was the US involved in neo-fascist Italian terrorism? 
EVOLUTION IN EUROPE; Italy Discloses Its Web Of Cold War Guerrillas - The New York Times 
CIA ORGANIZED SECRET ARMY IN WESTERN EUROPE - The Washington Post 
BBC DOCUMENTARY: Operation Gladio - State Sponsored Terrorism in Europe — PJB 
Killing Hope US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II – Part I William Blum 
Secret Warfare: Operation Gladio and NATO's Stay-Behind Armies 

ALSO DISCUSSED: “Somebody” spun a yarn, brunch girlie gang, best mimosa recipe, Oliver Stone, gladiator, Western Front could never, concave inverted ass, capitalism’s invisible army, NATO, yo that’s crazy, tacos, someone has the the look they deserves, Hashtag History podcast, spremuta, School of Americas, fascist Big Brothers Big Sisters, nosey Italian, foreign aid, and the No Homers Club.

For more info on our episode cocktail the : French 75
The Food Timeline--beverages
French 75 Recipe | Bon Appétit
French 75 Cocktail Recipe
Classic French 75 Cocktail Recipe

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Operation Sea Spray: Episode 49 (That Time The US Government Gassed The Good People of San Francisco)

On this very special episode of Beyond Reproach we are imbibing on a fruity communal tiki punch called the Scorpion Bowl because we are joined by the incredible ladies of the Well That’s Interesting podcast, Jill ChaCha and Marisa Riley (@wellthatsinterestingpod). For those who are uninitiated their podcast is a biweekly Comedy Sciencey show for people who like learning weird sh*t.They join us to tell a scandal from California in the 1950s that ties into the era and region of the episode cocktail.

Blood & Fog: The Military's Germ Warfare Tests in San Francisco | Discover Magazine
'One of the largest human experiments in history' was conducted on unsuspecting residents of San Francisco
In 1950, the US Released a Bioweapon in San Francisco | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
Operation Sea-Spray - Wikipedia

We apologize for a few slight audio issues we had during this recording. We promise we did say goodbye to our guests during our recording, but we lost their mics at the very end. 😬🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏾‍♀️

ALSO DISCUSSED: Surfer marketing, gay drinks, gin fights, vitality tonics, Scientology, the Nuremberg Code, the MCU, sriracha, vermillion, declassified reports, health benefits of cigarettes, UTIs, hot tamales, American ingenuity, CIA tea, fucking around and finding out.

JILL CHACHA + MARISA RILEY walks us through Operation Sea-Spray, that time the US government gassed the good people of San Francisco. 

For more info on our episode cocktail the: Scorpion Bowl
Food Timeline: Trader Vic's cocktails 1946 
Scorpion Bowl - PUNCH 
The Mysterious Origins of Tiki Classic the Scorpion Bowl 
Tale of the Scorpion | Distiller 
A Brief History of The Scorpion Bowl | First We Feast
Scorpion bowl - Wikipedia 
Vintage 1950s Trader Vic's Restaurant Drinks Cocktails Bar Menu Honolulu Hawaii  
Scorpion Bowl - How to Make the Famous 1941 Tiki Punch (Smuggler's Cove Version) 

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Summer Break Re-Release: Operation Mongoose

STEPHANIE introduces her favorite scandal from earlier seasons of Beyond Reproach—Episode 14: Operation Mongoose. This was the code name for the Cuban Project, the US government-sponsored terrorism campaign whose sole mission was to topple the Castro regime through a series of preposterous covert plots and unbelievable harebrained schemes.

Stephanie chronicles the Cuban Project code name: Operation Mongoose, the secret US government-sponsored terrorism campaign blessed by JFK whose sole mission was to topple the Castro regime. 

Records Concerning National Aspects of U.S. Military Intervention in Cuba
TAYLOR, MAXWELL D.: ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW - RFK #1, 10/22/1969
Big If True: E32: Operation Mongoose
Operation Mongoose
Volume III Evolution of CIA's Anti-Castro policies, 1950 - January 1961
Wiki - Cuban Project
Fidel Castro: Dodging exploding seashells, poison pens and ex-lovers
JFK Documents Highlight Talks On Clandestine Anti-Cuba Ops
Fidel Castro: The CIA's 7 Most Bizarre Assassination Attempts
JFK FILES REVEAL US BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PLANS AGAINST CUBA
Program Review by the Chief of Operations, Operation Mongoose (Lansdale), 18 January 1962
Operation Mongoose
Operation Mongoose: The Story of America's Efforts to Overthrow Castro
Noam Chomsky on the Long History of US Meddling in Foreign Elections
Declassified JFK Documents
13 Horrifying Ideas America Had For Invading Cuba

ALSO MENTIONED: Paninis, Guantanamo Bay, Manuel Noriega, Puerto Rico, CIA-assisted vampires, PSA for Ms Brenda, More Than a Crush Podcast podcast,  Operation hurt Castro’s feelings, DJ Khaled, and Tux’s neighborhood’s self care project.

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