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Stuff You Should Know

SYSK Selects: Did Reagan's Star Wars program win the Cold War?

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

While Reagan's "Star Wars" program was derided at home and abroad, historians are beginning to wonder if it didn't help win the Cold War after all.

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0:00.0

There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.

0:05.7

That's why we launched The Big Take.

0:08.3

It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit

0:14.0

to give you some space to think.

0:16.4

I'm Wes Kosova.

0:17.7

Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.

0:23.6

Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

0:30.9

Hey everybody, it's me Josh and for this week's S.Y.S.K. Selects, I've chosen Did Reagan

0:36.7

Star Wars program Win the Cold War, which we originally released back in August of 2012.

0:43.6

It's a pretty good look at the time Ronald Reagan bled the Soviet Union dry so badly that

0:49.3

it actually brought an end to communism.

0:52.1

Basically all over the world.

0:54.6

It's a pretty good episode and I hope you enjoy it.

0:57.8

Let's listen now.

1:03.8

Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from House Stuff Works.com.

1:13.6

Hey and welcome to the podcast.

1:15.2

I'm Josh Clark.

1:16.6

There's Charles, Dev you chuckers, Bryant sitting across from me.

1:22.4

Hi.

1:23.4

Have you ever seen Diny Darko?

1:24.4

Out, dude.

1:25.4

That's one of my favorites.

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