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The history and the pop culture of the Cold War with Ryan Lewellin
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- Voices From Orbit: A Cold War Ghost Story · 25 minDuring the early space race, two Italian radio enthusiasts claimed to hear final transmissions from dying Soviet cosmonauts on secret missions. In this year‘s Cold War Halloween…
- Canada’s Vietnam War: Draft Dodgers, Volunteers and a Divided Nation · 40 minToday we are talking about the Canadian experience during the Vietnam War. Although they were not a direct participant, the war certainly touched our northern neighbor. I’ll…
- Biological War by Annie Jacobsen · 24 minToday I’m reviewing the recent book by Annie Jacobsen, Biological War, about a scenario where an errant biological weapon escapes a laboratory in Russia and hits the United…
- Kuril Islands and Sakhalin: Japan’s Cold War Frontier · 55 minVladimir Putin recently visited the Kuril Islands, sparking protest from Japan. Today we’re talking about the dispute between Japan and Russia over these islands that goes all…
- Alas, Babylon & A Canticle for Leibowitz: Can Civilization Survive Nuclear War? · 28 minToday we’re looking at two books that ask the question of what really happens to civilization in the aftermath of nuclear war. Alas, Babylon deals with the immediate aftermath of…
- Australia in the Vietnam War · 37 minIn the years after World War II, Australia, a bastion of Anglo/European civilization on the fringe of Asia, looked north with trepidation. Communism was on the march and once…
- The War That Built South Korea - Vietnam · 49 minWhen the United States went looking for friends during the Vietnam War, few countries answered. Foremost among them was impoverished and war-torn South Korea. South Korea’s…
- Congo’s World Cup Standing Guy - Patrice Lumumba · 17 minEveryone is wondering why the Democratic Republic of Congo has the fan that stands and poses as a statue for the duration of their matches. He is channeling the likeness of…
- Animal Farm by George Orwell · 19 minAnimal Farm by George Orwell was just remade into an animated film by Angel Studios. In this episode I give a little background info about Orwell, his life and the world around…
- The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) · 26 minToday we’re talking about one of the key films of the Cold War, The Day The Earth Stood still. In the film a humanoid alien, Klaatu, delivers a message to Earth - live…
- Chuck Norris: A Cold War Tribute · 33 minChuck Norris was a hero of American cinema forged in the Cold War. Today we’re going to honor his life from a Cold War perspective. His character begins with real life service…
- Ghosts of the Cold War: Iran’s F-14 Tomcats · 34 minToday we’re talking about the last Tomcats (you might remember them from “Top Gun”) on Earth - In Iran. This is a story of Iran and the United States aligned by the Cold War…
- Ghosts of the Cold War: Iran’s F-14 Tomcats · 34 minToday we’re talking about the last Tomcats on Earth - Iran’s F-14s. Iran acquired them during a period of the Cold War when the US and Iran were aligned against the Soviet Union…
- USS Iowa: From WW2 through the Cold War · 37 minThe USS Iowa was built in anticipation of clashes with Japanese battleships in the Pacific. Although World War 2 ended without a mega showdown between battleships, the Iowa went…
- Before Aliens: When Flying Saucers Were A Cold War Threat · 25 minWhat’s scarier, aliens or commies? Today we’re talking about a period during the tense, paranoid and uncertain early Cold War where Americans saw a rash of UFO sightings, setting…
- Kim Jong Un - Cold War Orphan · 24 minToday we are talking about Kim Jong Un, the current (dear) leader of North Korea. We’ve been discussing current heads of state and how the Cold War has shaped them. Kim Jong Un…
- Xi Jinping and the Cold War · 40 minFor Xi Jinping the Cold War never really ended. What we saw as a victory of democracy was a failure of weak men and a cautionary tale for Xi and the Chinese Communist Party. In…
- Cold War Nicolas Maduro and Venezuela · 26 minNicolas Maduro is in the news right now. When we look at his history and ideology, we find that he’s pretty much a guy that showed up late to the Cold War. We discuss his humble…
- Cold War Donald Trump · 42 minPart 2 of our series on current world leaders and the Cold War Today we’re looking at how the Cold War shaped Donald Trump and his experiences growing up during a period of peak…
- House of Dynamite · 12 minNetflix just released House of Dynamite, a nuclear thriller that brings the looming horror of the Cold War and nuclear war to the present day. Today I’m giving you my off the…
