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Cuba Analysis

12 episodesLatest Jul 26, 2026
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Think you know Cuba? Think again. Since the Revolution of 1959, Cuba has defied expectations and flouted the rules. It is a country of contradictions. A poor country with world-leading human development indicators. A small island that mobilises the world’s largest international humanitarian assistance. A weak and dependent economy which has survived economic crises and the United States blockade - the longest and most extensive system of unilateral sanctions applied against any country in modern history. Anachronistic but innovative. Traditional but creative. Formally ostracised, but with millions of defenders around the world. Despite meeting most of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, Cuba’s socialist development strategy is not upheld as an example. We’re going beyond the headlines to explore those contradictions. Using sources you never see and speaking to specialists you never hear from. On Cuba Analysis, we dissect the facts. We put things in context. Get to the root of the issue. We challenge assumptions and ask: Who’s shaping the narrative? Who benefits from the story? Join us. This is Cuba Analysis.

Episodes

  1. Interview with Professor Isaac Saney on the US State Department's anti-Cuba report

    Interview with Professor Isaac Saney on the US State Department's anti-Cuba report and its implications. In this episode of the Cuba Analysis Podcast, co-hosts Helen Yaffe and Ni…

    01:19:42
  2. Interview with anti-imperialist journalist and filmmaker, Abby Martin

    In this episode of the Cuba Analysis Podcast, Helen Yaffe and Nina Blodau speak to radical journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin from The Empire Files about the intensifying US war…

    58:38
  3. Interview with Zue Jernstedt, US veteran turned anti-war activist

    In the next episode of Cuba’s Analysis podcast, Nina Blodau speaks with US army veteran Zue Jernstedt, who served in Afghanistan before leaving the army and becoming an anti-imperi…

    44:41
  4. Interview with Cuban Ambassador Ismara Vargas Walter

    In this episode of Cuba Analysis, Helen Yaffe sits down with Cuban Ambassador Ismara Mercedes Vargas Walter to discuss recent and escalating threats from the US government under Pr…

    01:05:51
  5. Interview with Alan MacLeod

    In this episode of the Cuba Analysis Podcast, Helen Yaffe and Nina Blodau talk to Alan MacLeod about the Trump administration’s use of propaganda, misinformation and psychological…

    E859:25
  6. Interview with Dr Emily Morris, development economist and Honorary Senior Researcher

    In this episode of Cuba Analysis Podcast, we speak to Dr Emily Morris, a development economist and Honorary Senior Research Associate at the University College London, whose work p…

    E701:03:08
  7. Interview with Vijay Prashad: Cuba, the Tricontinental, and National Liberation Socialism

    Historian and Executive Director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, Vijay Prashad, joins Cuba Analysis to examine Cuba’s revolutionary endurance, the legacy of th…

    E601:04:42
  8. Cuba Analysis exclusive: Ana Maldonado reports from Caracas on the US attack

    Don’t miss this urgent and compelling episode of the Cuba Analysis Podcast, hosted by Helen Yaffe and Nina Blodau, with Ana Maldonado, a Venezuelan sociologist and the Internationa…

    59:58
  9. Interview with Mitchell Valdés Sosa, Director of Cuba’s Neuroscience Centre

    Leading Cuban neuroscientist, Mitchell Valdés Sosa joins Cuba Analysis to discuss Cuba’s commitments to sovereignty, socialism and science. He explains how the National Centre for…

    E401:13:23
  10. Interview with Cuba journalist, Pedro Jorge Velázquez, ‘El Necio‘

    Note: This interview is in Spanish, you can check the video in Youtube for English subtitles. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3-LQks3DNA 🎙️🇨🇺 Cuba Analysis podcast di…

    01:17:42
  11. Interview with Irish legend David Hickey

    Interview with Irish legend David Hickey, whose extraordinary life bridges three worlds, as Irish surgeon, sports legend, and solidarity activist. Deeply inspired by Cuba’s public…

    E252:18
  12. Interview with Johana Tablada, Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    In July 2025, Helen Yaffe and Nina Blodau sat down with Johana Tablada, then Deputy Director General for the United States at Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs but subsequently ap…

    E101:15:25
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