Kennedy and Khrushchev: 7. Eyeball to eyeball

President Kennedy sends shockwaves around the world with a televised speech to the nation. He imposes a blockade on all ships bound for Cuba - Premier Khrushchev brands it “an act of piracy”. But he knows that hidden in a tiny Cuban port, there’s a Soviet ship laden with unimaginable destructive power. Hosts Nina Khrushcheva and Max Kennedy, relatives of the superpower leaders, tell the personal and political history of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Kennedy and Khrushchev: 7. Eyeball to eyeball is an episode from The Bomb by BBC.

This episode is 37:50 long.

This episode was published on Jan 12, 2026.

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