The Venezuelan Curse (Part 2)
1/20/20261 hr 2 min
The conclusion to our story about Venezuela. How a country goes from a prosperous democracy to a poverty-ravaged dictatorship. The End (our 2022 episode on Greenland): Either this Substack link or this Spotify link.
The Many Faces of Chavismo - Alejandro Velasco
Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse - William Neuman
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First 90 secondsPJ Vogt· Host0:00
Hi. Quick note before we start this week: while this episode is about Venezuela, a country that recently found itself the focus of our country's confusing, ADHD-inspired imperial ambitions, Greenland has also landed in a similar spot, and very surprisingly, we happen to have reported an hour-long documentary about Greenland. I went to visit there a few years ago to a melting glacier on a trip with climate change activists and crypto people. Our Greenland story contains a lot about Greenland's history, just what the place is like, it's very strange, even ideas about resource extraction there. The story is absolutely one of my favorite things I've ever gotten to work on. If you wanna hear it, it's called The End. We'll throw a link to it in our show notes. That is Greenland. This week, Venezuela, after this short break. [upbeat music] Hello, Search Engine listeners. This is the final part, part two of our very fascinating, in my opinion, history of Venezuela, told to us by the Platonic ideal of a history professor, Alejandro Velasco. If you've not yet heard part one,