Evita And Juan Peron: Rise Of A Dynasty

This is part 2 of our series on Evita, part 1 can be found here:    • Evita: Birth Of A Legend   The playlist of all of our episodes on Evita can be found here:    • Evita: The Life And Death of Eva Peron   This is a catch up episode on our YouTube channel, the audio version of this podcast was released last year. This is episode 495 of The Rest Is History. Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @restishistorypod   00:00 The power couple 06:21 Argentine politics in the 1930s 09:07 The rise of Juan Peron 17:27 Was Juan Person a fascist? 19:03 Politics as vibes 23:15 Juan Peron sees his opportunity 26:15 The couple meets… 34:28 The use of Eva to Juan Peron 37:44 Eva Peron as a political actor 41:36 The plotting of the coup 45:20 The attempted coup 48:48 The most dramatic day in Argentine history 56:24 The marriage Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Producer: Theo Young-Smith Assistant Producer: Tabby Syrett Editor: Jarrad Templeton Social Producer: Harry Balden Executive Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony Pastor