Kennedy and Khrushchev: 4. Almost caught

A covert convoy of ships carries Soviet missiles across the Atlantic, while American U-2 planes spy over Cuba and the sea routes. And as the ships arrive, Khrushchev writes to Kennedy about the divided city of Berlin. It’s a distraction tactic. But the American spy planes photograph an alarming development. Hosts Nina Khrushcheva and Max Kennedy, relatives of the superpower leaders, tell the personal and political history of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

You can listen to Kennedy and Khrushchev: 4. Almost caught online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Kennedy and Khrushchev: 4. Almost caught is an episode from The Bomb by BBC.

This episode is 35:47 long.

This episode was published on Dec 22, 2025.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from The Bomb when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.