Cold War enthusiast - not a communist. A podcast covering the history and pop culture of the Cold War with Ryan Lewellin
Polk City, IA
Joined July 2017
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Farsi/Persian-language Numbers Station active now on 7842kHz.
Loud and clear in 🇮🇹Milan at 18:00zulu March 08 2026
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“One last job, Mike. You in?”
“What’s the target?”
“Greenland.”
Interesting take @Atomic_Hobo
The Most HORRIFYING Nuclear War Film Ever Made: 100 Lessons from 'Threads' youtu.be/hqaIKw_jpJM?si=kqMI… via @YouTube
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Fulda Gap Francis never blinked.
He stared across the German plains for years, waiting for the Red horde to come storming through.
He had three NCOERs that read:
“Vigilant as hell.”
The Soviet Union collapsed.
He didn’t flinch.
Still hasn’t.
Ivan is still out there…
Francis is out there too—somewhere, crouched behind sandbags, whispering:
“Any day now…”
Tag your favorite Cold War vet and thank them for their service keeping World War III hypothetical.
#DuffleBagKids
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'Why the capitalist gun is inferior' — Article in The Black Panther newspaper (4 July 1970) comparing the AK-47 and M-16.
In my latest podcast about the Chinese invasion of Tibet I was shooting from the hip and wondering if the free Tibet movement of the 90’s had something to do with America looking for dragons to slay after the collapse of the USSR. To clarify…. 🧵 (short)
I remember an uptick in the Chinese being the baddies during this period which probably put a little wind in “Free Tibet” ‘s sails. Most of that movement’s supporters were not of the typical political persuasion of the ardent cold warriors and/or too young to care (college kids)
The issue of Tibet was still a mark against the last vestiges of communism and could be used as such…but still probably represented the zeal of democracy in the aftermath of the Cold War.
I think it was more of a product of “Pax Americana”, Fukuyama’s “end of history” and such. The dragons we were out to slay weren’t specific ideologies or nations, but obstacles to our brand of liberal democracy globally.
India’s first nuclear test “Smiling Buddha”.
They said it was given that name because it happened on a Buddhist holiday, but it was probably a little way to let China know they’ve got their number too. Relations between India and China fell apart after the invasion of Tibet.
