Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

Season 1

2024 · 9 episodes · 10h 13m in all · 9.5/10

Episodes

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   1. The Sun Came Up Tremendous

   12 Mar 2024 · 79 min · 9.5/10

   During World War II, the US begins to work on a top-secret project that results in the atomic bombings on Japan — and a global conflict lasting decades.

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   2. Poisoning the Soil

   12 Mar 2024 · 64 min · 9.5/10

   As communism takes off in Russia and China, Joseph Stalin begins his ruthless reign and the Soviet Union enters an era of terror.

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   3. Institutional Insanity

   12 Mar 2024 · 67 min · 9.5/10

   Preparing for war against the Soviet Union, the US starts to test thermonuclear weapons. The CIA forms and interferes with global politics.

4. 

   4. The Wall

   12 Mar 2024 · 66 min · 9.5/10

   The US and Soviet Union get caught in a nuclear arms race. A wall divides Berlin. John F. Kennedy looks for a peaceful solution after a crisis in Cuba.

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   5. War Games

   12 Mar 2024 · 67 min · 9.5/10

   With both sides planning for the worst-case scenario, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev find common ground. Tragedy strikes after a nuclear disaster.

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   6. Empire Is Untenable

   12 Mar 2024 · 67 min · 9.7/10

   The USSR's grasp on Eastern Europe weakens as the Berlin Wall comes down and the Communist Party mounts a coup against a prominent Soviet Union leader.

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   7. The End of History

   12 Mar 2024 · 67 min · 9.0/10

   A new Russian leader emerges, and the republics seek independence. As the Soviet Union dissolves, several powers sign a landmark treaty on nuclear arms.

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   8. Moscow Will Not Be Silent

   12 Mar 2024 · 64 min · 9.5/10

   Russia struggles to find a national identity as Vladimir Putin comes to power. With the Cold War in the rearview, a war on terror begins.

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   9. We Are Not Dead Yet

   12 Mar 2024 · 72 min · 9.5/10

   Russia invades Georgia and Ukraine, putting Putin under intense scrutiny. While disinformation thrives, threats of nuclear war persist.