{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/616deb4bd2f62500126bf9d9/6504d3e3ccb2760011a99641?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ronald Reagan","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/616deb4bd2f62500126bf9d9/1726896512678-ea476181-1a2f-491e-8cb4-619c9d0e4d0e.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>On this episode, we finally tackle the most overrated politician in American history, Ronald Reagan, and the monumental screw-up that kept a loaded gun to the world’s head up to the present day.</p><p><br></p><p>Podcast to recommend: <em>The Almost Forgotten (</em><a href=\"http://almostforgotten.squarespace.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http://almostforgotten.squarespace.com/</a>)</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Sources</strong></p><ul><li>Brood, William J. <em>Teller’s War: The Top Secret Story Behind the Star Wars Deception</em>. New York City, NY: Simon &amp; Schuster, 1992.</li><li>McCouley, Martin. <em>Russia, America, and the Cold War, 1949-91</em>. New York City, NY: Routledge, 2008.</li><li>Powaski, Ronald E. <em>The Cold War: The United States and the Soviet Union, 1917-91</em>. Oxford, UK: Oxford U. Press, 1998.</li><li>Service, Robert. <em>The End of the Cold War, 1985-91</em>. New York city, NY: Public Affairs, 2015.</li></ul>","author_name":"Cody Reynolds & Theresa Daniels"}