EPISODE 3: HOW A POP SONG, A TV MOVIE AND 4 MOMS SAVED THE WORLD

People remember the Cuban missile crisis as the most frightening moment of the Cold War. On this episode we travel back to the fall of 1983 when the world almost ended, not once, but twice. The 1980s was a time when the world stood on the precipice of nuclear destruction. It wasn't Ronald Reagan who ended the Cold War and brought down the Berlin Wall.

We look at how ordinary people took to the streets in increasing numbers to challenge the deployment of cruise missiles and pushed to de-escalate the nuclear nightmare. 

Inspired by the book Dangerous Memory:Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed by Charlie Angus published by House of Anansi Press 2024. 

 

Music:
The Grandfather Song - L'étranger ©1983 Angus/Cash
Sticks and Stones - L'étranger ©1984 Angus/Cash
War Zone - L'étranger ©1983 Angus/Cash
Go Gently - L'étranger ©1983 Angus/Cash
This is How the City Falls - Grievous Angels ©2023 Angus