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“Wikipedia suggests that the Cold War began in 1947 and ended in 1991, but 1947 is actually a bit late. After all it has been 4 years and 152 episodes, and Cam and Ray’s Cold War podcast has yet to even reach that initial year (1947) of the Cold War in their show.
There have been a few times when it seemed as if the podcast would make it into the timeframe in which the Cold War actually occurred. For example, there were episodes on the Marshall Plan which brought the listener up to 1948, and things seemed to be progressing nicely. However, those episodes were quickly followed by shows that had the narrative hopping back to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference in order to detail Ho Chi Minh’s early struggles for Vietnamese independence from France. After about 30 years of Ho’s story, and once again approaching 1947, the two decided to take the story back to… you guessed it, 1919- for a second crack at the first Red Scare. This pattern of nearing the 1950s before returning to the teens or earlier has been repeated like clockwork on this show. It has led this listener to conclude that the only thing that we can be sure of moving forward is that this podcast is set to last longer than the actual Cold War did.
That is because though, as with all of Cam and Ray’s shows, they are so well-researched, informative, enlightening and entertaining that it takes a tremendous amount of time and backstory to deliver the comprehensive chronicle of hilarious history that they consistently produce.
I, however, would like to shift gears now and take the opportunity to focus the remainder of this review on something that I deem far more important.
After listening to these guys for half of a decade, the true nature of this series has become evident to me. While on the surface, it appears that Cam is the commie-loving red menace of the pair, I have deduced that Ray is actually the secret agent of international communism that we need to fear.
There is no possible way that someone who claims to have grown up and lived in the United States for the past 50 years can know so little, not only about American history and the Cold War, but about average everyday American life and popular culture in general. This is evidenced every time Cam, in the midst of one of his rants usually, forgets an anecdote or tidbit about something and asks Ray for some assistance in recalling it. Cam will ask, “What was the name of that song,” or that “show,” or even for help remembering a common phrase or word from ordinary present-day vernacular. Without fail, Ray’s eternal response is, “oh, I don’t remember” or “I’m not sure.”
Yet, he claims he was born in South Carolina and lived much of his life in Virginia. Please!
If you have ever seen the 1980s movie, The Experts, starring John Travolta, you will notice that Ray’s level of American cultural awareness is tantamount to the film’s KGB spies in training. It confounds me that nobody else has picked up on this.
Despite this realization, the show is extraordinary and is seriously worth a listen. If you think you know everything there is to know about the Cold War, think again. These guys take it to another level.
As with all of their shows, 5 stars- only because I am not allowed to give more.”
Angelo Iaconetti via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/22/20
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Joke . They made brain wash to people whit left wing ideology.”
Bininnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnh via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
08/22/18
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“It’s an absolute pleasure to hear the Cold War spoken about without the anti-Soviet, pro-Western biased that I’ve heard all my life!!
As in depth, maybe more so as it’s more recent and there’s more information available than the ancient history podcasts, but no less as funny, or musical.
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Gaius Valarius Crispus via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
06/04/18
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“What can I say. This is a fun, crude and highly entertaining podcast that gets past the tip of the Cold War and pushes deep into history behind it.
Only the way its going in the current global strife you may need to hurry up before we all have to break out the factor 5000.
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Andy Haggers via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
04/18/17
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