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More than our share of the mattering nebobs of negativism.

But I'm not a crook.

I'll never tell a lot.

But I am not a bully.

I'm the King of the World!

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall. It's the Ricochet Podcast with Rob Long and Peter Robinson. I'm James Lallix and today we're going to speak with Ken Adelson, who will take us back to those

momentous hours at Reykjavik when Reagan stared down Gorby.

And then we'll talk to Bill Crystal to examine the landscape both international and domestic.

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