J. Edgar Hoover
Today, J. Edgar Hoover is remembered as a power-hungry, corrupt and prejudiced man, obsessed with an imagined threat of domestic communists. But during his life, he was widely respected and admired as...
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Weaponizing the Weather
Jim Fleming is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Colby College and a research associate at the Smithsonian Institution. He has earned degrees in astronomy (B.S. Penn...
31 Joulu 202237min
The Moscow Signal and Havana Syndrome
In 2017, reports of the mysterious "Havana Syndrome" dominated the news. American diplomats around the world reported experiencing a variety of symptoms including hearing a sudden loud noise, pain in ...
31 Loka 202226min
Able Archer: The Invisible Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis is widely considered to be the closest the world has come to nuclear war. But while that crisis played out in public view, there was another close call that happened in the sh...
31 Elo 202246min
In Review
In this episode, we are taking a look back at the series so far and looking ahead to where it's going in the future. John Stimpson is the producer of Coming in From the Cold and a member of CNA's Offi...
31 Heinä 202234min
The Rise of the Right
From the beginning of the Cold War, a network of U.S. conservatives dreamed of an international anti-communist revolution. Rather than overthrowing communist regimes directly, they instead pinned thei...
30 Kesä 202247min
Nixon and Watergate 50 Years Later
50 years ago, the Watergate scandal rocked American politics. The break-in and subsequent cover-up by the Nixon administration led to the only presidential resignation in American history and defines ...
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