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    Iain Dale talks to former US diplomat and law professor Colleen Graffy about the life of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinchochet.

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    Jun 22 2025

    Iain Dale talks to political journalist Adam Boulton about the life and career of Paraquayan dictator, Alfredo Stroessner.

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  • 207. János Kádár – Hungary (1955-88)
    Jun 15 2025

    Iain Dale talks to János Kádár’s biographer Roger Gough about the life of the Hungarian dictator.

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  • 206. Tito – Yugoslavia (1945-80)
    Jun 8 2025

    Iain Dale talks to journalist and historian Connor Hand about the extraordinary life of rule of Yugoslavua’s post war ruler, Tito, who started out in life as Josip Broz.

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    45 mins
  • 205. Wu Zetian – China (690-705)
    Jun 1 2025

    Iain Dale talks to historian C J Corn about the only female in the book THE DICTATORS, who he describes as “the most powerful woman the world has ever seen”.

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    32 mins
  • 204. Nicolae Ceaușescu – Romania (1965-89)
    May 25 2025

    Iain Dale talks to Emma Burnell about the man who ruled Romania with an iron fist for a quarter of a century.

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    33 mins
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    May 18 2025

    I talk to US historian Alvin S, Felzenberg about the life and rule of a dictator who ended up in The Hague.

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    43 mins
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    May 11 2025

    Iain Dale talks to Britain’s pre-eminent expert on the Third Reich, Professor Richard J Evans about the life of German dictator, Adolf Hitler.

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