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The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

88: The Missiles of December

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Society & Culture, History

4.839.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2017

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

It was never good new when the red phone rang - and on this December night it was ringing off the hook.

Transcript

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0:00.0

In New York you can gaze up at the towering skyscrapers or...

0:05.0

You can sunbathe on top of one.

0:08.0

In LA you can catch a neon lit rollercoaster ride on Santa Monica Pier.

0:14.0

Before catching a California catfish off Santa Monica Pier.

0:19.0

Oop!

0:20.0

Virgin Atlantic fly to the world's most iconic destinations

0:24.0

but how you see them is up to you.

0:26.0

Book now with Virgin Atlantic. See the world differently.

0:30.0

This is the way I heard it.

0:37.0

Harry was having a tough day at the office.

0:40.0

The stress was heavy in the air and he could feel the headache forming in the base of his neck,

0:45.0

like an early warning, biological alarm.

0:49.0

If he didn't stop it now he knew the doll eight would settle in for a long winter's nap somewhere behind his left eye.

0:55.0

Welcome to upper management he thought swallowing three more aspirin and another mouthful of cold coffee.

1:02.0

Harry was no stranger to pressure or bad coffee or the tension headaches that came with his career of choice.

1:09.0

But this year this stress felt sharper.

1:12.0

Maybe it was the holidays that made people anxious or maybe it was the headlines.

1:17.0

Economies in Europe teetering on the verge of collapse.

1:20.0

America's infrastructure woefully inadequate taxes through the roof and the country divided among race and class.

1:27.0

And now on top of everything else, Russia was added again, meddling in America's affairs, causing all sorts of trouble.

1:35.0

What next?

1:37.0

Harry sighed and dropped the newspaper into the trash.

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