[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":133},["ShallowReactive",2],{"episode-small-island-big-shadow":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":8,"tags":13,"thumb":16,"excerpt":22,"content":23,"transcript":24,"transcript_file":25,"audio":26,"resources":30,"segments":31},199,"small-island-big-shadow","Small Island, Big Shadow","Cuba and the US",{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},1458314927,"03.18.16","Mar 18, 2016","March 18, 2016",[14,15],"Cuba","U.S.-Cuba relations",{"src":17,"caption":18,"derivatives":19},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fsmall-island-big-shadow-2016\u002FSpanish_Misrule.jpeg","\"The duty of the hour; - to save her not only from Spain, but from a worse fate.\"  Chromolithograph, 1898.  Library of Congress.",{"square_small":20,"square_medium":21},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fsmall-island-big-shadow-2016\u002Fsquare_small\u002FSpanish_Misrule.jpeg","https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fsmall-island-big-shadow-2016\u002Fsquare_medium\u002FSpanish_Misrule.jpeg","On this episode, we mark President Obama's historic trip to Cuba with a look back on the outsized influence that this small nation has had on three centuries of American history. ","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">No sitting U.S. president has visited Cuba in nearly 90 years, but this month President Obama will do just that. This historic visit could signal a new chapter in U.S.-Cuban relations.  \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this episode, Peter, Ed and Brian consider dramatic moments in U.S.-Cuba relations that reflect Cuba’s outsized influence throughout American history. 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