JFK's Fallout Shelters [Some Sunday Context]

This Day in Esoteric Political History by Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia

Aug 16, 202616:28Society & Culture

This past week we did a two-parter on the race to the moon, whichs started under JFK, and started as part of a growing arms race with Russia. Today, for our Sunday Context episode, a conversation we had in 2020 that help...

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