Orígenes: A Cuban History Podcast

Jul 27 2024 8 ep. 45 mins 78

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A podcast about Cuban history from its pre-colonial past all the way to the present with host Andrés Pertierra, a History PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Episode 7 - The Habsburg Takeover

Jul 27 2024 49 mins

In this episode we jump back to Europe in order to understand how the change of Spanish dynasties, from Trastámara to Habsburg, radically changed the trajectory of world history and foreshadowed the profound structural problems that would hamstring Cuba's colonial development for centuries to come. Music for the episode is by Cuban musician Yaxx Castillo and art is by Cuban arti

Episode 6: The Four Horsemen, Part II

Mar 01 2023 59 mins

In this episode we finally cover the initial conquest and colonization of Cuba, from the aftermath of Christopher Columbus' death all the way to the early colonial period in the 1520s. This is a story that you will probably not find anywhere else. Usually, when discussing the early colonial period at all, the processes of conquest and colonization are summarized in a few lines or a

Episode 5: The Four Horsemen, Part I

Oct 10 2022 57 mins

In this episode we cover the colonization of the Caribbean from 1492-1507. This is a sort of 'special' episode on Columbus and his role in this key period in Cuba's history. While the episode discusses his role as a navigator, it also focuses on his role in colonizing the island of Hispaniola (modern day Haiti and Dominican Republic). The story of how Columbus used violence to i

Episode 4: Colonization Before Columbus

Jan 12 2022 47 mins

In this episode we learn how different Iberian Christian kingdoms expanded, explored, and colonized before Columbus ever set foot in the Americas. We also finally bring the story up to 1492.

Episode 3: Antediluvian, Part II

Jun 04 2021 62 mins

And we're back! Continuing Episode 2's look at pre-colonial Cuba, this episode looks at the daily lives of the Taino. Here I cover their politics, town layouts, social organization, culture, food, trade, and religion.

Episode 2: Antediluvian, Part I

Aug 31 2020 54 mins

This episode is an introduction to the world of the Taino, the largest indigenous group on the Greater Antilles. First, the sources we have for understanding it and, second, the broad cultural frontiers that define it. This is part I, with the next episode digging deeper into what daily life was like for the Taino. This episode is a bit denser than most and in future episodes lik

Islands

Jan 17 2020 20 mins

In this episode we look at Cuba's geography, not simply as a space where things happened but as a dynamic place, whose features would shape how Cubans interacted with it and which Cubans would shape in turn.

Introduction

Sep 08 2019 10 mins

Welcome! Here is the official announcement of the podcast and its objectives.