Episode – 0966 : The Most Important Supermarket Visit in History Podcast Transcript The cold war was the defining event of the second half of the 20th century. When exactly […]
Episode – 0800 : The Berlin Airlift
Episode – 0800 : The Berlin Airlift Podcast Transcript On June 24, 1948, the Soviet Union placed a blockade on Berlin’s American, British, and French-occupied zones. No food, fuel, or […]
Episode – 0620 : The Pueblo Incident
Episode – 0620 : The Pueblo Incident Podcast Transcript On January 23, 1968, the USS Pueblo, a US Navy intelligence-gathering ship was on a routine surveillance mission in international waters […]
Episode – 0533 : The Highly Improbable Flight of Mathias Rust
Episode – 0533 : The Highly Improbable Flight of Mathias Rust Podcast Transcript In 1987, a German teenager and novice pilot named Mathias Rust set out on a two-week flight […]
Episode – 0498 : Operation Paperclip
Episode – 0498 : Operation Paperclip Podcast Transcript After World War II, the American forces in Germany implemented a program of de-Nazification in the parts of the country which they […]
Episode – 0464 : Stanislav Petrov: The Man Who Saved the World
Episode – 0464 : Stanislav Petrov: The Man Who Saved the World Podcast Transcript I’ve done episodes before about people who have saved a large number of human lives. Mostly, […]
Episode – 0453 : The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
Episode – 0453 : The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Podcast Transcript In the early 1950s, war ravaged the Korean peninsula. However, the fighting ceased on July 27, 1953. Both sides […]
Episode – 0415 : Starfish Prime
Episode – 0415 : Starfish Prime Podcast Transcript In the 1950s and 1960s, the United States detonated nuclear bombs on land, on the water, underground, underwater, and in the atmosphere. […]
Episode – 0381 : The 1972 World Chess Championship
Episode – 0381 : The 1972 World Chess Championship Podcast Transcript During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union competed in almost every arena: space, sports, and […]
Episode – 0256 : The B-52 Stratofortress
Episode – 0256 : The B-52 Stratofortress Transcript World War II was the first major conflict that saw the use of strategic bombers. In the months immediately after the war, […]
Episode – 0205 : Cosmos 954
Episode – 0205 : Cosmos 954 Transcript According to the old adage, what goes up must come down. Unless you are talking about a satellite, which can go up and […]
Episode – 0203 : Project MKUltra
Episode – 0203 : Project MKUltra Transcript After the end of World War II, the newly created Central Intelligence Agency investigated anything and everything which could give the US an […]
Episode – 0110 : Tsar Bomba
Episode – 0110 : Tsar Bomba Transcript On October 30, 1961, the Soviet Union detonated the largest explosion the world had ever seen, before or since. The explosion was so […]
Episode – 0096 : That Time the CIA Kidnapped a Soviet Lunar Lander
Episode – 0096 : That Time the CIA Kidnapped a Soviet Lunar Lander Transcript In the late 50s and early 60s, the US space program wasn’t doing great. The Soviets […]