About this episode

The episode discusses the CIA's involvement in Guatemala and the role of United Fruit, featuring insights from Colonel Towner-Watkins.

Yesterday I had Colonel Towner-Watkins on for part 11 of the CIA Files. This week we were talking about the CIA involvement in Guatemala and how United Fruit participated. We covered the different figures involved on the US side, the kill list they put together, the media playbook they used, and the agenda of the local politicians that was unacceptable to the State Department. You can find the Colonel on Twitter , Rumble , YouTube , and Substack. Kontrarian Korner is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.kontrariankorner.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: Ben Kelleran

Guest: Colonel Towner-Watkins

Topics covered

• CIA involvement
• Guatemala
• United Fruit
• political agenda
• media playbook
• kill list

Keywords

• CIA
• Guatemala
• United Fruit
• politics
• media
• kill list
• State Department

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: United Fruit, State Department

Places: Guatemala

More episodes of Kontrarian Korner

• The CIA Files - Part 12 · July 21, 2026 · 1h 13m
• Kontrarian Korner #132 - Purple Drink Capital · July 20, 2026 · 56 min
• Kontrarian Korner #131 - Tom Luongo & Dexter White · July 17, 2026 · 1h 40m
• Kontrarian Korner #130 - Matt Smith · July 16, 2026 · 55 min
• The CIA Files - Part 10 · July 8, 2026 · 1h 5m
• Kontrarian Korner #129 - Porter Collins & Vincent Daniel · July 7, 2026 · 1h 15m

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Kontrarian Korner podcast page.