Episode Notes

How close did we come to "The End of Everything?" Pretty darned close, to hear Dr. Ric Kabat's take on the Cuban Missile Crisis. In Cuba, 59 years ago, nuclear war was only a blink away as the Soviets and the United States, hampered by misunderstandings and a lack of reliable communication, nearly stumbled into World War III...but they didn't. Listen to find out what happened, and how this near-disaster paved the way for a thawing of the Cold War.

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