Bay of Pigs: Lessons Not-Learned (Part Two)

Bay of Pigs: Lessons Not-Learned (Part Two)

From This Day (An America 250 History Show) by Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia

April 23, 2026 · 28 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the Bay of Pigs invasion, focusing on the combat days in Cuba and the lessons learned for US foreign policy.

We continue our conversation about the Bay of Pigs invasion with a look at how it all went wrong on the two days of combat in Cuba. Plus, the long-term lessons for JFK, the CIA, and US foreign policy. Join our America250 newsletter community ! Subscribe for free to get the latest news and analysis of how America250 is playing out. Paying subscribers get access to early, ad-free versions of the show. Plus bonus features throughout the year. To support our work and get access to everything, subscribe now . This Day is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories. If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.com Get in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Follow us on social @thisdaypod Our team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Audrey Mardavich is our Executive Producer at Radiotopia. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

People in this episode

Host: Jody Avirgan

Topics covered

  • Bay of Pigs
  • US foreign policy
  • JFK
  • CIA
  • Cuban combat
  • historical lessons

Keywords

  • Bay of Pigs
  • Cuba
  • JFK
  • CIA
  • foreign policy
  • combat
  • history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Radiotopia, CIA

Places: Cuba

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