The Cold War Vault Dr. DJ Kinney
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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
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?
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A SHOW UPDATE and Cuban Missile Crisis Project Report
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/coldwarvault for more material, early releases and a direct line to my ear. --DJ -
EP54: Movies of the Cold War AFTERMATH
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.
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EP53: Movies of the Cold War STRIKE
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.
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EP 52: Movies of the Cold War LAUNCH
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.
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EP51: Movies of the Cold War ESCALATION
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.