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The Similidudes Podcast is safe for younger or sensitive listeners.
00:00 Introduction
02:31 Consumption Corner– Albert Camus “The Stranger” and “The Mersault Investigation” by Kamel Daoud. YouTube, Dr Mike’s Rocky Summaries and the History of blood-doping
6:52 Similitude Proper “The Cold War is like Fireball in D&D”
Drew misses the date of the Cuban Missile Crisis by a month. Bat guano magic? Contra (but not the video game)
The News
16:08 – Stanislav Petrov the man who saved the world
Sting’s Russians
24:42 Eyes on Belgium– Nato headquarters, ugly tapestries in the land of wolves.
37:55 Soviet Video Games– Businessman, learn the perils of capitalism. A Tetris too-far.
47:14 Videogames Overthought– Street Fighter II is our historiography
50:48 Name That Cold War Movie
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The Similidudes Podcast is safe for younger or sensitive listeners.
00:00 Introduction
02:31 Consumption Corner– Albert Camus “The Stranger” and “The Mersault Investigation” by Kamel Daoud. YouTube, Dr Mike’s Rocky Summaries and the History of blood-doping
6:52 Similitude Proper “The Cold War is like Fireball in D&D”
Drew misses the date of the Cuban Missile Crisis by a month. Bat guano magic? Contra (but not the video game)
The News
16:08 – Stanislav Petrov the man who saved the world
Sting’s Russians
24:42 Eyes on Belgium– Nato headquarters, ugly tapestries in the land of wolves.
37:55 Soviet Video Games– Businessman, learn the perils of capitalism. A Tetris too-far.
47:14 Videogames Overthought– Street Fighter II is our historiography
50:48 Name That Cold War Movie