I'm Rebecca Lervoy and this is You Can't Make This Up is The Podcast, where we uncover the True Stories behind your favorite

Netflix documentaries and films.

On today's episode, we take a closer look

at the Netflix documentary series, Turning Point,

the bomb and the Cold War.

We weren't talking about the loss of a thousand people. We weren't talking about the loss of

God forbid 10,000 people. We were talking about the potential loss of

millions of people, perhaps a billion people.

Today we're talking to Executive producer and director Brian Nappenberger.

Former allies became foes when the Soviets maintained their grip on post-war Eastern Europe to

spread communism. Beyond the clash of ideologies an arms race had begun between

emerging superpowers. For decades Americans stood at hyper-vigilance living under the constant threat of a nuclear exchange.

When the Soviet Union finally collapsed from within, it looked like the U.S. had won the Cold War, but from its long legacy remained the

old divisions which fuel today's conflicts.

Netflix's turning point, the bomb and the Cold War, explores the decades long struggle between the United States and Russia.

World leaders, prominent academics, and other witnesses to history weigh in on the existential threat of this global chess match.

From detonation to detente, from the fall of the Soviet Union to the rise of Putin, this series

makes the case that the Cold War still is felt in today's hot zones.

If you define a Cold War as a state of conflict with a nuclear-armed opponent where you can't get at each other even though you are

functionally hostile to each other, then we're in a new cold war with the Russians.

And I'm joined now by director and executive producer Brian Knappenberger.

Brian welcome back to you can't make this up.

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