On episode 12 of Unclear and Present and Danger, Jamelle and John talk about, and puzzle over, the 1991 action comedy (comedic thriller?) “Company Business.” They have an extended discussion of Gene Hackman’s career, talk Mikhail Gorbachev and the collapse of the Soviet Union, and think about the surge of populism that struck American politics in the early 1990s.

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Links from the episode!

New York Times front-page for September 6, 1991

Martin Chilton’s 2020 profile of Gene Hackman

“Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union” by Vladislav M. Zubok