Conspiracyland
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Conspiracyland's "The Strange Story of Havana Syndrome," hosted by Yahoo News chief investigative correspondent Michael Isikoff, is an investigation into the baffling medical ailments-- headaches, dizziness, extreme fatigue and even brain injuries-- that have been reported by over 1,100 American diplomats and spies in recent years, confounding the U.S. intelligence and diplomatic communities. These symptoms are commonly known as Havana Syndrome because they were first surfaced in Cuba more than five years ago though they have long since been reported all over the world. But what and who was causing them remains a mystery. As Conspiracyland documents, the reports about Havana Syndrome were used as a political trigger to upend U.S. relations with Cuba: They set off a chain of events that led the Trump administration to reverse President Obama's efforts to normalize relations with the island nation, a rollback that has continued under President Biden. It also has led to an endless spate of news stories suggesting these health ailments were the result of targeted microwave attacks by a foreign power, with the Russian intelligence services under the control of Vladimir Putin considered the leading candidate. But as Conspiracyland reveals, the real story of Havana Syndrome is starting to look very different than it did at the time. 
JFK: The Mother of all Conspiracy Theories (w/ Phil Shenon & Jeff Morley)
We talk to two leading experts on the subject of the JFK assassination about the newly released material on the matter, former New York Times reporter Phil Shenon and former Washington Post Reporter Jeff Morley.
Dec 22, 2022
1 hr 5 min
S4E33: Bonus Episode 3: "A Havana Travelogue"
Host Micheal Isikoff and Producer Mark Seman discuss their wild, surreal experiences in Cuba.
Sep 16, 2022
23 min
S4E32: Episode 3: "It’s Not What We Thought It Was"
This episode recounts how senior U.S. officials became increasingly dubious about sensational claims about Havana Syndrome pointing to the lack of any hard evidence that a secret microwave weapon even exists.
Sep 16, 2022
38 min
S4E31: Bonus Episode 2: "Henry Kissinger's Radiation Treatment"
Peter Kornbluh, of the National Security Archive describes the years of Cold War conflict with the Soviet Union over reports that the Russians were bombarding the U.S. Embassy in Cuba.
Sep 15, 2022
11 min
S4E30: Episode 2: "The Mystery of the Moscow Signal"
An examination of the Cold War mystery over suspected microwave attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and how Pentagon fears about such bombardments heavily influenced the initial response to Havana Syndrome.
Sep 15, 2022
30 min
S4E29: Bonus Episode 1: "A Cuban Doctor's Diagnosis"
Mitchell Valdes Sosa, the director of the Cuban Center for Neuroscience, offers his own diagnosis of what is behind the Havana Syndrome symptoms.
Sep 14, 2022
9 min
S4E28: Episode 1: "A Broken Heart"
Host Michael Isikoff and his producer Mark Seman travel to Cuba to talk find out how the reports of Havana Syndrome were viewed by the country's leadership.
Sep 14, 2022
38 min
S3E27: Bonus Episode 2: "Khashoggi and the 9/11 lawsuit"
In the fall of 2017, Jamal Khashoggi secretly met with a former FBI agent working for the legal team suing the Saudi government for alleged complicity in the terror attacks of 9/11.
Jul 10, 2021
49 min
S3E26: Bonus Episode 1: "Training the Assassins"
This special bonus episode of Conspiracyland explores how the Trump White House covered up evidence that a U.S. security firm helped train members of the Saudi Tiger Team that flew to Istanbul to kill Khashoggi.
Jul 8, 2021
31 min
S3E25: Episode 8: "Anatomy of a Cover-up"
In the aftermath of Khashoggi’s brutal murder, the Saudis launch a bungled cover-up, denying any knowledge of what happened to him inside their consulate while destroying key evidence.
Jul 8, 2021
50 min
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