The Depressing Truth about THE BERLIN WALL- Chrissy Chaos Presents - Christories History Lessons - ep 41

Chris Distefano Presents: Chrissy Chaos

Chris Distefano

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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TODAY WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT THE BERLIN WALL, cute Germany!! 🙆🏼‍♂️ We’re tearing down walls, literally! In this episode of Christories, we dive into the Cold War drama that split Berlin in two, turning neighbors into strangers and the city into a tense playground for the U.S., USSR, and their global squad. The Berlin Wall was built overnight in 1961 to keep East Germans in and capitalist vibes out. JFK came through with his "Ich bin ein Berliner" moment, Checkpoint Charlie became the ultimate showdown spot, and spies were basically running the place. We’ll get into wild escape attempts, epic propaganda battles, and a press conference blunder that accidentally kicked off a revolution. By 1989, it all came crashing down thanks to confusion, courage, and a whole lot of people power. Grab your hammer and get ready to smash some history!!! SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS BetterHelp - Chrissy Chaos Presents: Christories is brought to you by BetterHelp. Our listeners get 10% off their first month at https://betterhelp.com/CHAOS Christories Disclaimer* it is important to note that Christories knowledge and understanding of historical events, facts, and figures may not be 100% accurate or complete! Note that information in this episode has been lightly researched and we encourage you to continue your learning outside of this episode too, Babes! Follow us Muffin Butt! 🙆🏼‍♂️ Chris DistefanoInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/chrisdcomedy/Twitter - https://twitter.com/chrisdcomedyWebsite - https://www.chrisdcomedy.com/ 🙋‍♀️ Venetia Geras - Writer / ProducerWebsite - https://www.venetiageras.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/venetiaageras/Twitter - https://twitter.com/venetiaageras 🎥 Steve Ciccone - EditorInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/erthtone/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@erthtone John Grady - Graphic Designerhttps://www.instagram.com/gradydesign/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:14.2	we're going to be talking about a symbol of ideological division, suppression of human rights
1:19.4	during the Cold War, an iron curtain that separated Western Europe and democracy
1:25.3	from the Eastern bloc and communism,
1:27.9	we are talking about the one, the only, Berlin Wall, Heiden Schweider Heida Heida. So let's set the stage.
1:53.3	We are in 1945 post-World War II, Germany.
1:58.4	They have just lost the Nazis that got their butts handed to them by the good guys,
2:03.2	the allies. We nuked 100,000 innocent Japanese. It was bad. The USSR, the UK, and the USA
2:10.3	destroyed Hitler. Sorry, we're not going to stand for that. Can't put people in ovens, 80.
2:16.9	You're going to get killed for that.
2:18.5	And you did.
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