The Cold War Vault

Mar 26 2023 58 ep. 33 mins 1.4k
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Tales from the most dangerous decades in history. Declassified stories that take you beyond the textbooks and into the Vault.

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EP56: Doom Inflation -the Doomsday Clock

Mar 26 2023 35 mins  
Recently, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved the minute hand of the "Doomsday Clock" to 90 seconds to midnight. Since 1947, the clock has been a symbol of existential dread. But has it outlived its purpose?

A SHOW UPDATE and Cuban Missile Crisis Project Report

Nov 03 2022 13 mins  
This is a short one. It's a show update for the new YouTube series on the alternate end of the Cuban Missile Crisis on this 60th Anniversary. And a little speculation on how things might have been. I have lots to share on the new channel https://www.youtube.com/@coldwarvault The new series is just a start. Come see what I'm building there and subscribe. And come to Patreon.com/co

EP54: Movies of the Cold War AFTERMATH

Aug 10 2022 67 mins  
The final installment of the series on cinema of nuclear war brings us to the uncertain world of the "aftermath." From immediate effects to decades after, who knows what the world after a nuclear war will be like? Movies of the Cold War have made an attempt to figure it out.

EP53: Movies of the Cold War STRIKE

Jun 14 2022 46 mins  
In the third episode of this series of nuclear war on film, we look at the moment the missiles land and how it was depicted through the decades of the Cold War--from survival to hopeless destuction.

EP 52: Movies of the Cold War LAUNCH

Mar 08 2022 44 mins  
This is the second part of a series about the films of the Cold War. This time we go beyond escalation to launching the war. What kinds of glitches and mistakes might have caused the balloon to go up and how it was represented in the movies.

EP51: Movies of the Cold War ESCALATION

Jan 20 2022 75 mins  
In this series we'll break down the greatest films of the Cold War and see each phase of a conflict through the lens of the movies. The first episode is "escalation." What do films have to say about the period leading up to the war? What lessons can be learned about the fears of the public and the intentions of the filmmakers? This is episode 1 of a four part series.

EP50: Aliens in the Sound Channel

Nov 16 2021 45 mins  
We start with whales and end with aliens on this episode of the Cold War Vault. By exploring geophysicist Maurice Ewing's contributions to the national defense in submarine warfare, we will go on a journey that takes us to the darkest depths, to Roswell, New Mexico, and on to other unsolved mysteries of the skies and the seas.

EP49: An Interview with John McEuen

Sep 28 2021 37 mins  
John McEuen was a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and in 1977 was invited on a musical tour of the Soviet Union. On this episode, John McEuen recounts some stories about the tour and thoughts on what the Soviet Union was like in those days.

EP48: The Taiwan Crisis of 1958

Aug 17 2021 49 mins  
Recently uncovered documents reveal how close the 1958 Taiwan Crisis came to going nuclear. Important context to have in the current world.

EP47: Sleeper Agent with Ann Hagedorn

Jul 22 2021 35 mins  
An interview with author Ann Hagedorn about an early Cold War espionage ring and the American-born spy who escaped to the Soviet Union--but only after stealing secrets from the Manhattan Project. Sleeper Agent by Ann Hagedorn was released on 20 July 2021.