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Podcast: You Can’t Make This Up
Episode: Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Description: Former allies became foes when the Soviets maintained their grip on post-war Eastern Europe to spread communism. Beyond the clash of ideologies, an arms race had begun between emerging superpowers. For decades Americans stood at hypervigilance, living under the constant threat of a nuclear exchange. When the Soviet Union finally collapsed from within, it looked like the US had won the Cold War. But from its long legacy remain the old divisions which fuel today’s conflicts. Netflix’s Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War explores the decades-long struggle between the United State...