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2. Will the Real Evil Empire Please Stand Up?

2022/10/12
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SNAFU with Ed Helms
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主持著名true crime播客《Crime Junkie》的播音员和创始人。
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播音员：本集探讨了1983年美苏关系紧张的背景下，里根政府的政策和苏联的反应如何导致了差点引发核战争的危机。从轻易按下核按钮的可能性，到罗杰·费舍尔关于核密码的设想，都体现了对核战争风险的担忧。里根政府的强硬姿态和对苏联实力的误判，以及苏联对‘邪恶帝国’论和‘星球大战’计划的解读，都加剧了紧张局势。 Ed Helms：本集重点关注里根和安德罗波夫两位领导人的决策，以及他们如何将彼此逼入绝境。通过对里根早年经历和政治生涯的回顾，以及对安德罗波夫神秘背景的探究，展现了这两个复杂人物的形象。同时，本集也分析了核武器在美苏关系中的象征意义，以及信息误判和政治策略如何导致了差点引发灾难性后果的危机。 播音员：通过对苏联民众在核战争演习中的经历和感受的描述，以及对‘欧陆导弹’部署的影响的分析，展现了冷战时期普通民众在核威胁下的生活状态和心理感受。里根政府的‘邪恶帝国’论和‘星球大战’计划，以及苏联对这些政策的解读，都加剧了紧张局势，差点导致核战争。

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The ease of launching nuclear weapons and the psychological impact of such a decision are discussed, highlighting the myth of the big red button and the reality of the nuclear war plans that follow the US president.

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A former Hollywood actor and a former Chairman of the KGB walk into a bar and... blow the whole thing up? In 1983, the decision to launch nukes lay in the hands of two men: Ronald Wilson Reagan and Yuri Andropov. Let's talk about how their teeny tiny… inferiority complexes set us on a path – right to the edge of a nuclear cliff. Produced by FilmNation and Pacific Electric Picture Co. in association with Gilded Audio.

 

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