{"id":5993,"date":"2026-10-01T21:58:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T21:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/the-day-jfk-revealed-the-nuclear-threat-the-bomb-podcast-kennedy-khrushchev-bbc-world-service\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T21:58:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T21:58:23","slug":"the-day-jfk-revealed-the-nuclear-threat-the-bomb-podcast-kennedy-khrushchev-bbc-world-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/the-day-jfk-revealed-the-nuclear-threat-the-bomb-podcast-kennedy-khrushchev-bbc-world-service\/","title":{"rendered":"The day JFK revealed the nuclear threat &#8211; The Bomb Podcast: Kennedy &#038; Khrushchev, BBC World Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bJcyhDs01es?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>President Kennedy sends shockwaves around the world with a televised speech to the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Click here to subscribe to our channel \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/bbc.in\/3VyyriM<\/p>\n<p>He imposes a blockade on all ships bound for Cuba &#8211; Premier Khrushchev brands it \u201can act of piracy\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>But he knows that hidden in a tiny Cuban port, there\u2019s a Soviet ship laden with unimaginable destructive power. <\/p>\n<p>Hosts Nina Khrushcheva and Max Kennedy, relatives of the superpower leaders, tell the personal and political history of the Cuban Missile Crisis.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Eyeball to eyeball<br \/>\n05:00 JFK\u2019s speech to the nation<br \/>\n11:42 The US blockade begins<br \/>\n15:13 The Aleksandrovsk arrives in Cuba<\/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!#bbcworldservice  #WorldService #kennedy #krushchev #cubanmissilecrisis #nuclearwar #coldwar<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bJcyhDs01es\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Kennedy sends shockwaves around the world with a televised speech to the nation. 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