Season 2, 5. Counterinsurgency and Drugs in Cold War Thailand and Mexico

History Talk, the history podcast from Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective

On this episode of Prologued, we continue our examine of how the War on Drugs intersected with the Cold War by examining domestic politics in Thailand and Mexico during the 1960s and 1970s. Host: Brionna Mendoza (@brionna_mendoza) Guests: Daniel Weimer Alexander Aviña (@Alexander_Avina) Aileen Teague (@AileenTTeague) Want to learn more about how history shapes our world today? Connect with us! Twitter: @ProloguedPod and @OriginsOSU Instagram: @OriginsOSU Facebook: @OriginsOSU Website: origins.osu.edu Email: [e-mail] Show Description Prologued is a serial podcast from Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective that performs in depth discussions of historical roots that have been lost, ignored, or misconstrued, resulting in modern society being confused by the current course of events. With the help of esteemed scholars, each season will re-construct the history of a major issue society is facing, in an effort to not only explain how we got here, but to reveal a path forward.