{"id":5908,"date":"2026-09-14T21:10:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T21:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/the-most-dangerous-day-in-history-the-bomb-podcast-kennedy-khrushchev-bbc-world-service\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T21:10:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T21:10:46","slug":"the-most-dangerous-day-in-history-the-bomb-podcast-kennedy-khrushchev-bbc-world-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/the-most-dangerous-day-in-history-the-bomb-podcast-kennedy-khrushchev-bbc-world-service\/","title":{"rendered":"The most dangerous day in history &#8211; The Bomb Podcast: Kennedy &#038; Khrushchev, BBC World Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JlcQ4EnAR5s?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Soviet anti-aircraft fire takes down an American spy plane over Cuba, as the crisis spirals.<\/p>\n<p>Click here to subscribe to our channel \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/bbc.in\/3VyyriM<\/p>\n<p>The pilot is killed. <\/p>\n<p>With nuclear missiles almost ready for launch in Cuba, how can the two superpower leaders pull back from the brink of war? <\/p>\n<p>This is the personal and political history of the Cuban Missile Crisis, told by Nina Khrushcheva and Max Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Black Saturday<br \/>\n04:00 Khrushchev \u2013 A second letter<br \/>\n07:06 Crossed wires<br \/>\n10:47 US reaction to Arctic U-2<br \/>\n12:48 A last-minute preparation before nuclear war<br \/>\n16:21 News of U-2 reaches JFK<br \/>\n23:48 Back channels<\/p>\n<p>How the nuclear bomb shaped world history. Nuclear war is terrifyingly close. Can the superpowers of the Soviet Union and the USA prevent apocalypse? Nina Khrushcheva and Max Kennedy, relatives of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and US President John F Kennedy, tell the story of the Cuban Missile Crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Watch more episodes of The Bomb here \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLQ1eSm2ilMcA<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nThis is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel.<br \/>\nIf you like what we do, you can also find us here:<br \/>\nInstagram \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbcworldservice<br \/>\nTwitter \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcworldservice<br \/>\nFacebook \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/facebook.com\/bbcworldservice<br \/>\nBBC World Service website \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/worldserviceradio<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for watching and subscribing!<br \/>\n#BBCWorldService #WorldService #kennedy #krushchev #cubanmissilecrisis #nuclearwar #coldwar<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JlcQ4EnAR5s\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soviet anti-aircraft fire takes down an American spy plane over Cuba, as the crisis spirals. 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