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EP10 Strangelove Whisperings

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

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Reagan and Gorbachev - The Ultimate Coal Warriors

"I was fascinated by how the different presidents sort of dealt with this issue in a way that sort of matched their personality," he says. "Instead of doing it like an Eisenhower level or a Kennedy level where he was looking at the giant Doctor Strange love and von Neumann side of this, he took it down to a human level." Reagan's secret nuclear abolitionist: He said if we were attacked by aliens from outer space, the quarrels and disputes between us here on Earth would seem trivial by comparison.

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