Real Dictators

Podcast series exploring the personal lives of historical dictators AI summary

NOISER Visit website › History · EN · 165 episodes · latest 2026-11-04

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Real Dictators is the award-winning podcast that explores the hidden lives of history's tyrants. Hosted by Paul McGann, with contributions from eyewitnesses and expert historians. New episodes available two weeks early for Noiser+ subscribers. You'll also get ad-free listening, early access and exclusive content on shows across the Noiser podcast network. Click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started or head to noiser.com/subscriptions For advertising enquiries, email info@adelicious.fm No part of this podcast may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems. In accordance with Article 4(3) of the DSM Directive 2019/790, Noiser Ltd expressly reserves this work from the text and data mining exception.

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Rafael Trujillo Part 3: The Goat is Dead

2026-11-04 · 1 hr 1 min · Season 6, episode 143

As the Cold War hots up in the Caribbean, Trujillo finally meets his match - in a young, charismatic revolutionary named Fidel Castro. Resistance solidifies within the Dominican Republic as the murder of women and…
Rafael Trujillo Part 2: Poacher Turned Gamekeeper

2026-10-28 · 55 min · Season 6, episode 142

After an apocalyptic natural disaster Trujillo makes his own mark on the Dominican landscape. Erecting monuments to himself that leave little to the imagination and renaming whole cities in his honour, the outsized ego…
Rafael Trujillo Part 1: Scourge of the Dominican Republic

2026-10-20 · 52 min · Season 6, episode 141

Rafael Trujillo held the Dominican Republic in his grip for 31 long years, from 1930 to 1961. He ruled with extraordinary brutality and a colossal ego. Yet riding the currents of geopolitics, he managed to hold onto…
Augustus Part 3: Birth of a Dynasty

2026-09-22 · 1 hr 6 min · Season 6, episode 140

With his enemies vanquished Octavian returns to a hero’s welcome. Consolidating personal rule over Rome’s vast dominions, he begins dismantling the old republic. The Senate declares him the most “August” of Caesars, an…
Augustus Part 2: Caesar’s Revenge

2026-09-15 · 1 hr 2 min · Season 6, episode 139

Alongside Mark Antony, Octavian hunts down Great-Uncle Julius’s assassins. But Antony will soon go rogue, beguiled - just like Caesar - by Queen Cleopatra of Egypt. Octavian will strike without mercy. With General…
Augustus Part 1: Rome’s First Emperor

2026-09-08 · 59 min · Season 6, episode 138

On the Ides of March 44BC, Julius Caesar is murdered in the Senate. With Rome’s long-time dictator deposed, the would-be inheritors of his estate and offices begin jostling for position. But as it turns out, Caesar has…
Tito Part 5: The Sun King

2026-07-14 · 1 hr 1 min · Season 6, episode 137

Tito becomes an international celebrity, with a jet-set lifestyle to match his status. His hybrid ‘coca-cola socialism’ sees Yugoslavia booming. But the good times have been built on shaky foundations. And as Tito ails…
Tito Part 4: The Marshal Versus Stalin

2026-07-07 · 1 hr 2 min · Season 6, episode 136

In the war’s aftermath Tito exacts his bloody revenge. Manoeuvring the king out of the picture, Yugoslavia is swiftly consolidated under communist rule. A clash with the US risks further conflict, even a nuclear strike.…
Tito Part 3: The Partisan in the Mountains

2026-06-30 · 1 hr 7 min · Season 6, episode 135

When the Nazis invade Yugoslavia Tito takes to the mountains. Winston Churchill dispatches a crack team of paratroopers, led by a man rumoured to inspire the character of James Bond. Sneaking their way through the…
Tito Part 2: The Man of Disguises

2026-06-23 · 1 hr 2 min · Season 6, episode 134

An assassination in Marseilles plunges the Balkans into turmoil. The Europe-wide battles of Black versus Red make their way onto the streets of Yugoslavia. Pegged as a trouble-maker and pursued by the authorities, the…

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Oldest episode in feed: 04/2020 · over 6 years
Typical length: 50 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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